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Love the giant-beating-crystal-heart as boss. Tying the encounters to its beating is a smart way to drive home the urgency here.
That's something you don't see everyday: a scenario for expert players. This is gonna grind any naive player. Very good, very climatic. A perfect finale for any campaign. Any DM need this, maybe they don't know but they do need it
There’s a welcome juxaposition between the heroic intro text dripping with everything heroic fantasy has got and the lovely map with the little, deadly knights on the next page. The module itself seems a bit harsh on the players, but if they didn’t want to play, they should’ve stayed home ;-D
I like that tha actual heart is the boss, acting on itself. I’m not sure it needed the old bastard of a dragon additionally, but you know what you’re doing ;)
I love the visual design, this looks so great! The heartbeat mechanism is a nice way to add time pressure to the session and underscores the theme. A module full of great ideas, this wll be fun to play.
This is great, the design choices are really interesting and I think work well. Also I love the map, think that's my favourite bit
I really really love the theme and the story. I always love a story involving a being who aspire to become a god, this reminds me of my favourite game called Cultist Simulator and the overall vibe and theme really encapsulates it. The journey to prevent a cruel god being born is just *chefs kiss*. I also love the heartbeat table and the encounter table. It really adds tension and time constraint to the whole adventure. I can't wait to see more of your creation in the future!
Incredible presentation. Feels like you’ve cracked open an old book full of notes.
Very confident presentation with a tightly-designed location. I really like the drawn map!
Excellent lowkey entry, wow.
Huge fan of the adventure being presented across various disparate clippings and papers with faux handwritten annotations. And the writing matches this impressive layout. Both the Heartbeats and the Random Encounters are an excellent ways of ratcheting up the tension and putting pressure on the heroes. Absolutely brilliant stuff!
Really like the presentation as though it’s notes within the novel itself. Solid vibes throughout. I’d read the book this is based on.
This was a blast to read. The whole visual aesthetic is so crunchy, the tables are terrifying to read. My absolute favorites is in the details, the 3 adjectives for the NPCs. Beautiful from beginning to the end. Great job!
Those two random tables really do not play around, love the drama!
Thanks, I was trying my best for my first written adventure :D