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Set Piece: The Trouble with Magic (for Shadow in the Sky or other Riddleport-based adventure path; Careful, its 4.4MB) -> CLICK HERE

As I mentioned before, I have been hacking away at a "set piece" in my (very little) spare time. It's been a humbling experience. Those that crank these things out week in and week out have my appreciation and awe.

While I was going to finish the whole thing then post it, I came to the realization that with all of the words, I might need a little editing help as I go - perhaps this will keep the reviewing work to smaller, more manageable chunks.

Some background - The locale is available to be used as a traditional magic item sale/purchase scenario with some role-playing opportunities or can be used to set up a foe or run as an "adventure".

Some known issues: I need to put richer detail surrounding the issues and motivations of The Squint and Jezebeth. I have perhaps too much detail I want to put in (connecting Nocticula, the Writ, and Voodoo magic) which is why I shied away from too much in the front section so far. Also, if the party decides to try a "screw it, we attack" method, with everyone in the shoppe present, the EL will quickly blow into TPK land. I am re-working the earlier versions of Constantine and Jez ATM. Another thing, I am not totally zen with the whole "I go out and buy 12 wands today" sort of thing. While I don't want to role-play every single little interaction, and I like magic to be accessible, I also like magic to have some sense of rarity - e.g. More like Greyhawk (as I imagine it) than the poles defined by the Forgotten Realms or Iron Kingdoms.

If anyone is interested in providing feedback, with the understanding that it is clearly unfinished and a work in progress, please do. I'll incorporate any cool ideas people have if they work and want me to put them in. I'll try to keep updating the pdf until I start having a problem with uploading it (which will...

I'm just getting into running Second Darkness and was wondering if anyone had a copy of this set piece? It sounds incredibly interesting, I'd love to get a copy if I could!

Had I all the money in the world I would have hired Lisa Gerrard to create the Song of Silver, but I don't have that, and I didn't want to half-ass it on my own, since I know my limitations.

But I'm still also quite disappointed there's no music or lyrics for it. :(

While I can admit I was very much looking forward to seeing what Paizo could do with the Song of Silver, I can see why you would leave it out. I feel like one of the biggest obstacles in writing something like that is no matter what, it won't match up with someone's perception of what it should be. I'm not personally musically talented, but I definitely had a vision in my head of what the Song of Silver would feel like.

This way, GMs can create their own SoS, and tailor it to the feel of their campaign.

Don't be dissapointed, I've read through the 'lyrics' I drafted for our table several times now, and, while they may not be beautiful when sung, I made sure they had a lot of meaning in them and, more importantly, sound like a folk tune.

I've put the draft lyrics behind spoiler tags** spoiler omitted **

For a tune, it will probably sound like an amalgamation of Ranken Bass's song of the Misty Mountains, God Rest Thee Merry Gental Men and the Hanging Tree from the Hunger Games Movie.

OOOOOH Reo, this is awesome. For giggles, I put this to the tune of 'The Hanging Tree' (because I'll admit, I've been kind of wanting to use it for SoS) and it fits so very, very well. Essentially, repeat each verse twice (sing verse 1-3, then do so again), then repeat the last verse, with the potential for some minor tweaks.

Thank you so very much for this gift :D

Can I just say that I absolutely love/hate this volume.

Love because I play in a group where we take turns DMing, but Cheliax is hands-down my baby. This has so many juicy bits I want to dance.

Hate because I am half-way through running the fifth installment of Council of Thieves and I would have sold my soul to Asmodeus to have this two years ago...