Can anyone give me some advice on how to run Part 2 of chapter 5, Full Bloom. It feels like a lot of random rolls until the PCs get enough research points, but the consequences are just repeating the same events over and over which I don't want to do because I think my players will get bored
I've ran it before. Because you can get different monsters appearing even for the same event, you can describe what happens differently so that even though it's the same event, it can feel like each one is unique. I pre-picked some monsters with descriptions so had them ready to go when rolled to give the appearance that they aren't repeating.
From the player's point of view, it will hopefully feel like whack-a-mole as they struggle to stay afloat until they figure out the what and where from, and then take satisfaction and kick the cult's teeth in.