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Good stuff Order, I'll have to make use of that once we finish our side step into Daughters of Fury.

I reckon the fog being out of place adds to the mystery thus works well for some foreshadowing.

I dig Curtisin's idea. In fact I think it could be expanded in a way to highlights a lot of weird weather patterns that seem antagonistic to the PCs as a means of foreshadowing the BBEG - at least for what little we know of him at this point.

It looks like this module could be fit in at the end of Battle of Bloodmarch Hill. Has anyone given thoughts to how it might be fit into the larger story as we know it so far? Are others using it?

Sounds like a good start, I especially like your idea of the Orc emissaries. I may have to borrow that.

Yeah I'm definitely going to run something as a preamble to get the players to Trunau. I want something that'll work more or less as an establishing shot, to use a cinema term, of Belkzen and the reality of the threat that it represents to a small human community. I think the lore around the hopeknives implies some of this but I want the PCs to get a bit more. I think I'm going to adapt the PFS scenario Goblinblood War and tool it for the fallen Hordeline as a way to get a sense of the potential carnage the Orcs can bring while also letting a few whispers of a gathering orc tribe filter through. After that then I'll get into the investigation. I like the rest of book 1 esp part 2. But starting it all off with an investigation of a guy only loosely related to the PCs (only if they've taken a trait) is just kind of meh.

I gotta say, I'm not thrilled with how this AP starts. A big long investigation doesn't seem like the best way to pull the party together. How are other people approaching beginning this AP?

I have the chance to run with a steady group through the Emerald Spire and I want to try my hand at a Grippli. However I'm drawing a blank on cool character ideas. The group GM has already played a Frog Druid so thats out.

Any cool ideas out there that speak to Grippli based RP?