In episode thirty-seven of Carnagecast, Dan, Hunter and Toby return to the show to discuss their further adventures in the Pathfinder adventure path, Carrion Crown, following on from their first excursion in The Haunting of Harrowstone. From the sleepy village of Ravengro, the heroes stride further to the relative metropolis of Lepidstadt, embroiling themselves in the trial of a monster and nefarious doings of the Whispering Way.
Trial of the Beast saw the birth of Ustalav’s pickle motif, viz. the “mob of angry pickle farmers,” plus some of the most fun Toby’s had in the campaign to date in the titular court proceedings, but also warrants critique on the topics of tacked-on dungeons for the purposes of leveling and deprotagonization of player characters during narrative climax.
Show Links
- Carrion Crown
- Carnagecast 31: The Haunting of Harrowstone
- Cthulhu idol
- Spell-less Ranger
- Rumpole of the Bailey
- haste
- Victor Fries
- Peter Cushing
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Great comments on the structure and flow of this module, guys! Much appreciated. I’ve been going back through each of these episodes and look forward to the next.
Thanks for listening, Bob!
It’s high time we scheduled a recording session for the following chapter, Wake of the Watcher, particularly considering we’re nearly — I think — done with Ashes at Dawn.
Your mention of Carrion Crown this past weekend prompted the renewed interest. You have a good group to roleplay (and podcast) with, so additional coverage of the modules is appreciated.
Though it’s more likely that I’ll be drawn into a Dungeon Crawl Classics campaign, some guys in my group have wanted to try Pathfinder for a while and I suspect that I might be the one to DM it if we do. This adventure arc (or whatever Paizo calls it) is very appealing.
Dungeon Crawl Classics is pretty popular up at Triple Play, I’ve heard. I’ll be interested to hear how it works for your group, if they don’t go with Pathfinder.
Hearing about your group’s experiences in Carrion Crown would be interesting, too. I like mapping the differences between how two different groups play through the same series of events.