Hi All,
Me and my friends have just recently started the Haunting of Harrowstone campaign, we had previously completed the beginner edition campaign, which we really enjoyed and after looking at reviews, Carrion Crown was rated highly and we liked the sound of it.
I have ran into a few problems though with this book and just general playing, if anyone can answer all or some of my questions that would be great or if you need more detail let me know!
We are beginner players and play roughly correct and we are really enjoying it, we would like to atleast finish this part of the campaign as we have started it, however the big change from the beginner to this is very different and i'm struggling with it a lot.
[SOME SPOILERS FOR HAUNTING OF HARROWSTONE] (If you have not played it)
We have played three times now, and the players have completed burying Lorrimor, have investigated the crypt, and have had a look around Gibb's house as well as some research in Kendras library.
The problems i am encountering is that I have no idea what to really do, and as we are all new-ish players Its hard to guide them as to what they should do next. This campaign is very open compared to the beginner edition we played which in the booklet was all set out with exact maps, things to say, what happens in each room etc. and it was very easy to follow for us as well as elaborate on it to enhance the story, but here I am struggling, there isn't much structure to the book, the players seem to have to stay here for 30 days and figure out that they need to go to the prison, but day 1 my players wanted to go there already, which would have skipped everything else in the book, so i stopped them, but now they are in the city I cannot see 30 days worth of content in this book, or any real structure as to the order they could or maybe should do things, and i'm feeling overwhelmed with keeping it organised.
- Can the players go the prison when ever they want too? If they do are we just skipping all other content? How did/would you handle this?
- What sort of general order should they complete things in?
What additional stories or content did you add around anything in this book to make it last longer?
- How did your version of this story go? What did the players do each day, at what time did they go the prison? When did they actually complete this campaign?
- Any advice for running this campaign? General advice that a novice can understand would be great.
- Are there any campaign books which are set out almost exactly like the beginners book? Where i can just follow it page by page as they progress, as opposed to having 10 different possibilities all on different pages and struggling to keep up with the players/keep track of everything/remember every possibility.
Sorry for the long post, but i want to get as much information across as i can to try to improve this campaign for our group!
Thank you for taking the time to read.
