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The problem with that is that the scenario says "The ritual begins with one dragon forest rot and one ooze, expelling them near to where the PCs have been set to guard both Urwal and the wounded dragon."
The dragon is literally touching the bottom of the stairs, so having them manifest next to the dragon puts them less than 10 feet (a Stride even for the slow-moving oozes) from the PC's starting area. That's pretty much the definition of "near" as far as I can tell. If someone interprets the set up to mean they manifest within the ritual area, I cannot really object to that given the text, though it makes just as much sense to have them drawn from the dragon like poison from a wound and manifest next to her.
Venture-Agent, Finland—Tampere
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About to write a review for the scenario as I think it's under-rated at the moment on the store page.Thank you so much for your review. I am hoping that more GMs and players take time to review it as well!
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I really enjoyed playing the scenario, but I prefer to review scenarios after I have run them myself because players never get the full picture x'D
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Ran the game again at Paizocon, and I had a player request the lines I had pre-written for Jackpot during the openning skill challenge, and realized it might be a helpful aid for other GMs as well. I thought it'd add to the levity of the scene by giving Jackpot a high pitched child voice and having him make various knowing remarks about his own impending doom to introduce each of the obstacles, while also giving Tonbu a bit more of a chance to interact with the party early on so that the second encounter feels a bit more rooted. All of the read-aloud I'd written for this has been included below, feel free to adjust or adlib as you see fit if you want to use it in the scenario's opening.
> response to party: J:“That’s wonderful! I sure hope NOTHING BAD happens on my way to that (delicious fertilizer/some other goal/finish line)!”
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When ready to start:
As Tonbu: “All right Jackpot, don your blindfold and get going!”
J: "I can’t wait (to eat all that yummy fertilizer/reach some other goal)!"
With a clap from the centaur, the leshy begins to blindly jog forward. (briefly explain the how the skill check encounter works before getting to the next Jackpot readout.)
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pit:
J: “I sure hope there aren’t any cliffs nearby! I’m just so enamored with NATURE’S MAJESTY that I just would never know!"
Centaurs: "Better watch your charge’s step, lads!"
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thistle:
J: “Oh boy, the ground here feels rough! I must have wandered ALL THE WAY off the path! I SUUUUURE hope Gozreh’s guiding me in the right direction!"
Centaurs: "Oh no lads!(sarcastically) Jackpot’s heading for that blood-soaked thistle! That’ll cut his fragile body open for certain!"
**while the thistle in question is just a shrub, the leaves do seem to have been coated in a sticky jam that would apply to Jackpot upon entering it.
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river:
J: ”Oh boy, do I hear the sound of running water? I suuuure hope I’m not walking towards thaa-aat!”
Centaurs: "Sink or swim, boys! Or do ya think Jackpot’ll just float himself across with that gourd a’ his?"
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medicine:
Suddenly, the leshy trips, accompanied by the sound of a glass jar breaking as jam leaks from his gourd.
J: ”Oh no! I fell down a ravine, and now there’s all this BLOOD EVERY-WHERE!” he says as he grabs handfuls of jam and starts rubbing it over his body. “I need FIRST AID or else I’ll - DIIIIIE!-“
Centaurs: “You heard the lad! Fix him up before he bleeds out!”
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Success:
J: “Yaaaay! We made it to the end! I guess you guys were STRONG, DEPENDABLE pathfinders af-ter all! I have some jam left over, so you can have it! Hooray!”
