Erik Mona Chief Creative Officer, Publisher |
The event has an "end point" to it. Basically, if you get to the end of the first level of the Spire, the event is "over". Next year I will debut a second level of the event, and only folks who have played the first level will qualify (I'll probably run the first level again too).
I ran this last year as a standard 4-hour event twice at last year's PaizoCon, and they didn't get through half of it. I ran the event in a similar slot at Dragonmeet in London, and they did marginally better. At last year's Neon Con I ran it over two rounds until 3 A.M. and the group actually finished it. So I've decided it's essentially a two-round event.
I think it is likely that this event will include a fairly substantial break in the middle and, if the players make smart decisions and the luck of the dice is with them, I think it's achievable in about 8 hours.
Since Josh is running 5-hour slots, though, the length of this ballooned. I'm content to run it as long as it takes in order for the group to finish.
It should be a lot of fun!