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[SPOILERS] Make sense with Ilse of the Empty Eye assumptions

Hello everyone,

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I am DM-ing S&S as a solo campaign for my wife. She just had a blast winning the regatta and had some kind of revelation : "I get it!", she said, "Harrigan is the spy from Cheliax!". As I put on my best poker face, she continued : "I know how Paizo works. That's why I had to sail over the whole Shackles following that trail of a spy network: Harrigan will come with a chellish army and attack the Shackles in the end of the campaign".

Meanwhile, when she first heard of Arronax Endymion's origin as a Chellish exile, she quite fast set aside the idea that he would work for his previous homeland (would be too obvious) and jumped to the conclusion that the guy would probably hate it instead.

I swear I did not try to help her linking all that together and I gave her no clue of it. While I am quite happy she's thinking so accurately far into the campaign and sees Harrigan as the BBEG that he is, I have some fears this mindset might scramble a little bit some Tome 4 events. Indeed, at several points of 'Ilse of the Empty Eye', the book assumes the PCs should "have some suspicions about Endymion's loyalty" and that "While Endymion is occupied with defending himself against the PCs' accusations, Harrigan will be free to carry out his own betrayal". Those assumptions look compromised to me.

Can anybody tell whether this could become a problem campaign-wise or narratively speaking ? Should I change parts of the story to adapt them in accordance to the clever girl I have in front of me and to my expectation that she will not take seriously to claims that Endymion is the culprit in any of the events that mention his name ?
My father is a pirate in the Shackles

Hello,

I am DMing Skull and Shackles for my wife who is playing the campaign in solo. She plays a dhampir coming from Cheliax. Her father is a vampire and she knows he is a renowed pirate captain of the Shackles, although she never crossed path with him. Because she barely knows her fathers name, he could end up being a foe, any ally, or a neutral figure. Anything is possible.

She started Tempest Rising tome and just got her Letter of Marque from Kerdak Bonefist.

I would like to plan an encounter/meeting with her dad at some point of the campaign, but I don't know when to do that. I am in no rush for that, it could happend in the later tomes of the campaign, but I don't want to miss a good occasion. Of course, her father only shows himself at night and his boat is filled with ghouls and other kind of 'smart' undead creatures.

Is there any good point where this character could be included ?
Secret doors in big V tomb

Hello,

My players are currently going through big V tomb and I am quite puzzled by some parts of the dungeon.

First, the secret door between areas W16 and W18. Nothing avoids the PCs from safely going through the Vestibule from W16 to W17, then going from W17 to W18 using standard doors. What is the point in having a secret door here ?

Second, the secret door between area W24 and W26. Same story. Nothing mentions any difficulty to pass the doors between areas W24 and W25 or between W25 and W26. Area W25 seems to be an important unguarded room in the dungeon, there is not reward for the party to find the secret door and avoid the Oculus Chamber. I would have expected the doors to be the other way around, with two secret doors going to area W25 and a normal door from W24 to W26.

I already saw a post from Bobson describing what he considered as a fix to some anomalies in the dungeon, but I don't feel like it actually solves my issues.

Does anybody have any insight on the subject ?
Carnival of Tears and what to do with Syntira

Hello everyone,

My 5 players are just starting to build their new kingdom after defeating the Stag Lord and I am definitely tossing the Carnival of Tears to their capital.

For a bit of context, up to now, big N appeared in their dream once and presented herself as an ally. She gave them a blessing to use in the fight against the Stag Lord. I joyfully plagiarized the kingmaker video game for that idea. Now, I was not expecting her to reveal her true intention right after the capital settlement.

I was just wondering whether I would keep Syntira (from Carnival of Tears) as such or replace her by big N. From what my players have seen, they would look a lot alike and they would be wondering why I would send them two separate badass fey queens at the same time.

What do you think of this? Should I just tell them it is just another fey asking for their help or could I merge the two characters ? If I merge them, what would big N intentions be now that the Stag Lord is gone ?

I thought she could simply consider the new nation as promising and would help them grow up to the level of a kingdom, after which she would start showing her true nature. The Witch Queen from the North could be some the Winter court (while big N would be from the Summer court, which would be consistent with her first appearance early in the Spring). The Witch Queen from the North may try to disrupt big N plans by destroying the new nation early on.