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Not much combat, but plenty of thinking! I had a blast playing this scenario. It has challenging, but solvable, puzzles and is simply clever all around. Played this as a Taldan bard and had a blast.

If you like thinking, don't miss this one.

Had a blast playing this and can't wait to play it again.

It started a bit slowly as the PFS NPC guiding our group explained a number of dangers that Pathfinders might encounter. It's a lot of exposition at the beginning of the scenario, but it's good information, especially for players new to PFS.
Hint: players, listen to her and do what she suggests!

The encounters were of moderate difficulty for level 1 characters. In the second encounter, my level 1 swashbuckler was reduced to one hit point, but survived. I believe that was the only serious damage our party took.

This has to be the worst PFS scenario that I've played.

Two rounds into the first encounter, three members of our five-person group were dead, including me, a level 7 fighter. Once the creature appeared, there was basically no chance for our group to escape.

After that first battle, I refused to attempt finishing the scenario. If the first encounter is a monster that can slaughter our party in two rounds, what might we face in the second and third encounters? I was really looking forward to playing this scenario, but raise dead and restoration spells are expensive.

Nonetheless, the setup was great and I loved the tie-ins to the Queen of Thorns novel.