So, I was just wondering, for those of you who have finished running/playing 'Souls for Smuggler's Shiv', how many session did it take to play the whole book?
So, I was just wondering, for those of you who have finished running/playing 'Souls for Smuggler's Shiv', how many session did it take to play the whole book?
4. We didn't hit everything in the book, either, and the npc interaction was minimal. Easily 5 or 6 sessions on that goat-infested island if you really work it out.
Five sessions, 50 days on the island, about 2 diseases contracted and cured per character, including red drip, boot soup, malaria for me and fire gut for the paladin, twice. Didn't hit everything in the AP, the paladin still hasn't gotten to eat the many bazillions of crab that infest it, even though its his favorite food. Explored about half the island... *shrug*
Just as I thought. Are 4/5 sessions enough for going from level 1 to 4? After playing the first session, it occurred to me that it's very possible the PCs reach the cannibal camp way before 2nd level, thus finishing the adventure before 4th level. On what level did you finish the module?
As I don't have any PC with item crafting feats, I was consider not giving them XP and just telling them to level up when they reach the part of the story the book says they should level up.
Thanks for the replies!
We finished our 6th six-hour game session this past Sunday. The PCs are currently exploring the Azlanti temple. They've been on the island for 19 days, and reached 3rd level at the end of session 5.
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Just as I thought. Are 4/5 sessions enough for going from level 1 to 4? After playing the first session, it occurred to me that it's very possible the PCs reach the cannibal camp way before 2nd level, thus finishing the adventure before 4th level. On what level did you finish the module?
As I don't have any PC with item crafting feats, I was consider not giving them XP and just telling them to level up when they reach the part of the story the book says they should level up.
Thanks for the replies!
I have 6 (sometimes 7) players and they made a bee line (more or less) towards the cannibal camp. I used the fast XP progression and it worked out well. They were 2nd at the cannibal camp and 3rd by the time they hit the temple. They made 4th after finishing the temple. Note that I did scale encounters up (additional combatants and max HP) to accommodate the large party, so that added XP as well.
Over the course of 5 sessions lasting 3 hours apeice, my party beelined it to the temple (they were determined to hug the coast against all odds, even making a raft to cross the SE bay). I let them have access even w/o the cannibal camp, and the beat the mod at 2nd level.
Only 1 NPC was lost to morale failure. Lots of diseases though. Missed a huge chunk of the book's content.
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Just as I thought. Are 4/5 sessions enough for going from level 1 to 4? After playing the first session, it occurred to me that it's very possible the PCs reach the cannibal camp way before 2nd level, thus finishing the adventure before 4th level. On what level did you finish the module?
As I don't have any PC with item crafting feats, I was consider not giving them XP and just telling them to level up when they reach the part of the story the book says they should level up.
Thanks for the replies!
I think it's too many levels too fast. Finished at Level 4.
I think it was 6 seven hour sessions. Four PCS. Total time on the island was slightly over 60 days. They had the island secured slightly over 30 days though. The additional month was waiting for rescue.
The party was extremely smart. They explored a section of the island, then would move the camp up into the "safe" explored zone usually the next day. Rinse, repeat. Party hit 95% of the island and pretty much took out almost every large predator around, 1 PC death, 2 NPC deaths, several close calls, one PC got gnawed on badly twice, 3 diseases Vijali(PC) got brain worms from a zombie, Gelik (NPC) got malaria, and Adam Smith (PC) had cholera. The temple took an entire session alone as small as it was.
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My group hasn't finished the adventure yet, we are heading into session 4 and only one of the PCs is level 2 at this point (assuming no one dies in session 4, they should all be lvl 2 by the end of it).
Also my PCs are being somewhat methodical, clearing the next chunk of the island, moving camp, rinse & repeat.
I expect things to pick up when they start meeting some of the cannibals. :)
Assuming of course that they manage to survive the jungle goats... :)
10 3 hour sessions, north of island (vegepygmies and tengo npc) missed out), 1 dead PC and 1 dead NPV.
In the end, it took 6 sessions of about 6 hours to run SfSS. The party only missed the Vegepygmy part; and they only lost one PC (an elven bard at the hands of the Mother).
We're going on 3 months of 3-4 hour sessions once per week and are still not finished yet. As a PC I have a feeling that we must be close to the end on account that we have nearly explored every inch of the island. Only my DM knows for sure though...
