I am very impressed with W1, an excellent adventure, but I have a quibble concerning encounter I, the lake pollution. It would appear that the Petal and Coldrun flow from the mountains down into the Mist Lake, yet it seems that the magical pollution travels only up the Petal (apparently not affecting the Mist Lake) and past the fort. The text notes that the pollution ends/originates at the edge of the lake. Am I reading this incorrectly or is this an error?
Director of Games
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I am very impressed with W1, an excellent adventure, but I have a quibble concerning encounter I, the lake pollution. It would appear that the Petal and Coldrun flow from the mountains down into the Mist Lake, yet it seems that the magical pollution travels only up the Petal (apparently not affecting the Mist Lake) and past the fort. The text notes that the pollution ends/originates at the edge of the lake. Am I reading this incorrectly or is this an error?
You are correct here and we noticed this little problem after it went to print. Fortunately, the pollution is of a magical nature and can spread to wherever it needs to. For the sense of logic, I would say that if flows throughout the waters of the entire region... not just the Petal.
Jason Bulmahn
Author
Jason,
Thanks for the reply and again, I really enjoyed the whole feet of W1. Another issue is that wraiths are powerless in sunlight. A fix could be to move the encounter up river and only have the shadows and wraiths active at night. (The history check revealing that the attack by the barbarians came as night fell, the last defenders overcome just before dawn.) This would allow the pollution to run from dusk on one day, finally being flushed away by dusk the next. Since its unlikely that Tolgrith would risk his scouts by sending them out at night (investigation during the day discovers nothing as they're not there) it also explains why the source hasn't been discovered yet.