Ser Killian On Hiatus

After last week's musings about my dungeon crawl rules, I decided to put Kilian's story on hiatus.

Killian (left) with Haiden his squire, Nashad the man-at-arms, and Martin his priest.
I imagine Haiden as a bit older, but otherwise Chat GPT did a good job.

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Killian's Story

Killian's story ended nicely when I completed the Dragon of Icespire Keep module. He defeated the titular dragon, built a church in Phandelin, and brought peace to the region.

I enjoyed the climax so much I decided to continue with the sequel module, Storm Lord's Wrath (SLW). I played the first adventure then stopped.

A New Strategy

I have some ideas for tweaks to my Micro Dungeon rules. I think it will be best to test them with new characters. But first, I wanted to finish SLW.

Problems Arise

Last weekend, I pulled up SLW and began prepping the remaining adventures. This involves translating D&D encounters into my rules. Sometimes, I need to add encounters because the published adventures are pretty slim and also include social encounters, which I drop.

As I worked through the module, I encountered some problems.

• Multiple main quests - in SLW, you face the minions of TWO evil priests. Couldn't they just focus on one? I considered dropping one main quest and just completing the other. That would give me some closure.
• Stupid side quests - there are some side quests that have no bearing whatsoever on the main story. I want to finish Killian's story quickly, therefore I won't bother with these.
• The Big Bosses aren't here - this is the big issue. The confrontations with the evil priests aren't in this module. There are two more modules! I did not realize this when I bought SLW. I thought it would be like Dragon of Icespire Keep, in which the main quest is completely in the module. But no, they want to string me along. I am not buying another modern D&D module.

Because of these problems, especially the last one, I'm done with SLW.

What Next for Killian?

I'm leaving Killian at the start of a story. I feel like I need closure. Perhaps I will create my own story where he fights one of the evil priests.

BUT, that is a bit of work. I think I will put Killian on hiatus and start new characters.