Really enjoyed this module. First, it has more than a few fun NPCs to roleplay to guide you to the boss fight. Love playing Soggy Wren and … uhm… "Grandmothers" are a hoot to play. The Ramshackle King has a fun backstory and a good scene. Since Tier 3 modules are much less common than 1s and 2s, a lot of the monsters in this module were new to me - and to the players. I just wish this were a "very strong" table, so I could see their faces when given a third gargantuan foe to face in an early fight!

I ran this today for a 4-person table, a Barbarian/Battlemaster 11, a Thief/Champion 11, a Light Cleric 13 and a Battlemaster 15. This table rated as a "weak" table and if I had to do it again, I'd probably give them the challenge of "average" or "strong" combats. Perhaps it was their hot dice and the fact that I kept rolling 3s for initiative, but my table didn't have too much of a threat during the battles. Since the module is generous with long rests, the characters were able to enter the final battle with full strength and all their combat abilities to unleash in each encounter. In the final boss battle, I upped the big bad's HP by 50 points and even with that buff, she was killed before she was able to take a second attack. Tier 3 characters have lots of attacks and powerful magical items and with a few hot rolls, a character could quickly knock 100+ HPs off of a BBEG.

Am I disappointed? Heck no. I really want to run this again. It's a fun adventure to run and now that I have one run-through under my belt, I'm looking forward to giving this another go. The players also had a great time.

I am having a difficult time figuring out what score to give this. There is a 5-star adventure in here with a few tweaks (or if run by a DM who is better at adjusting on the fly than me). Maybe it's a 4-star module as presented. Let's average it out and call it a 4.5, rounded up to 5 stars for this review. The next time I run it, I guarantee the table will be playing a 5-star adventure.