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CCC-SFBAY-01-01 Plots in Motion

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In the midst of a ferocious storm, a band of mercenaries raids a lighthouse. Is this just a plot against trade with Mulmaster, or something more sinister? Journey down the River Lis and explore a forgotten keep in search of answers.

An eight hour adventure for 5th-10th level characters.

Included with the purchase is the Fantasy Grounds conversion, full scale printable battle maps, and custom item and story award certificates.

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Mark C January 27, 2019 6:48 am UTC
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I loved this module. It was well written and quite challenging for the players. There is a mix of combat, skill checks and a chance for the PC's to interact with NPC's. I hope to see more modules written in the future by this author.
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Jason D October 25, 2018 2:44 am UTC
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The FantasyGrounds mod for this adventure has been updated, and should now work with the more recent FantasyGrounds client as expected. This includes the FG navigation buttons, items, quests, and monster stat blocks.
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Brett W September 11, 2018 12:08 pm UTC
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I haven't rated it yet. but the Fantasy Grounds module is not very usable. Monsters and NPC's just don't work. Attacks aren't functional. Someone ran us through it and the DM complained the whole time. I said it couldn't be that bad. I ran it a few months later and realized he was right. The monsters don't work, there aren't treasure parcels. If you need assistance in cleaning this up, let me know. In general, the fantasy grounds modules on DM's guild are great. This one is not. Can you please update and correct this?
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Jason D September 12, 2018 12:11 am UTC
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I can not personally stand to use FG; and do not have a group of players willing to do so even if I could. The FG module for Plots is based on other AL fantasy grounds modules I had access to and reverse engineered (FG does not provide documentation on its file format). As far I can tell it replicates the functionality found in those modules.

Specifically :

1) You are not the first person to complain about the treasure parcels, but the db.xml files includes them as appropriate and I can pull them up when I load the file into FG. What specifically is the problem with them? Are you sure you just didn't miss them? This module is really meant to be navigated via the top level table of contents, and treasure shows up under the rewards at the end.

2) Monster stat blocks show up as intended, and are linked appropriately to encounters when I pull those up. They look correct to me. What about them doesn't work?

3) Nothing I found in my example modules allowed for automating...See more
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Brett W September 16, 2018 4:21 am UTC
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The monsters attacks do not work. I play about 8 times a week using Fantasy grounds and run lots of games and play a lot. There is a large number of users who play with FG :). are you raw editing XML? If you end up needing an example of working monsters, you can get the monsters from the D&D 5e SRD bestiary. If you would like to see what the exact issue, I would be happy to show you in Fantasy Grounds.
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Christopher S September 18, 2018 9:53 pm UTC
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I made a throw away email address: plotsinmotion@gmail.com
Contact me there if you would like to see my suggestions on the FG mod + a sample. Either way loved the adventure and appreciate the effort that went into the PDF.
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Jason D October 25, 2018 2:44 am UTC
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The FantasyGrounds mod has been updated, please download and try the new version.
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Bradley D July 12, 2018 5:54 am UTC
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Enjoying the module, just started it up for my FLGS. Going to try to do it in three 2 hour sessions. Is there a sequel to this module? Seems to be set up to have at least 1 sequel if not a trilogy.
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benedict A March 16, 2018 9:52 pm UTC
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I'm not sure if this was intentional or an error but the encounters are missing attack information for a lot of Monsters I had to manually enter the attacks for quite a few of the monsters for the encounters from my monster list in encounter Tab IN fantasy grounds.
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Matthew M May 05, 2018 3:59 am UTC
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The adventure is very good, but the FG mod has a few challenges.

- The NPCs are built wrong, so you can't use the automatic functions from the combat tracker (see comment above). This makes combat tricky unless you rebuild the encounters.
- The Maps are oriented incorrectly. You can adjust on the fly, but easy to forget when reading the words.
- The items / parcels are incorrect in some cases (smoke doesn't work in the PC item)
- The story has no numbering system to ensure the item pages of the story are ordered. It has next and previous, but sometimes you need to jump back to something else.

Some of these things are that bad, but the NPC issue is a major item.
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Jason D October 01, 2018 7:16 am UTC
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It appears that Smite Works has made serious changes to the way their client works and those changes have broken some previously working mods. When I can get some answers from them about what changed I will begin the process of trying to restore functionality to my mod. Check back in week.
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Christopher S September 19, 2017 4:06 am UTC
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Fantasy Grounds mod gives me an error. It doesn't like db.xml.
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Jason D September 20, 2017 5:59 am UTC
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Apologies, I appear to have broken it with the last update. I have uploaded a new mod file that should fix the problem. Let me know if you encounter further problems with the mod file.
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Christopher S September 22, 2017 1:23 am UTC
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Working. Thanks for the quick response!
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Kenneth Brewer B August 12, 2017 10:49 am UTC
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Would it be possible to get Magic Item Certificates in the typical Adventurers League format with this module? I'd like to give my players a cert they can trade a Fai Chen's trading post, but I don't think Fai Chen will accept certs with this unique formatting.
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Jason D September 01, 2017 2:45 am UTC
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I have add an official certificate suitable for use at Fai Chen's. This version of the adventure also fixes a great many typos in the original text.
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Barry Z July 05, 2017 5:41 am UTC
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This is still one of the best mods I have every played. From the day that I did the play test I enjoyed what was there at the time could not wait to play the full version. Jason is made a really great mod in that the hook is really nice, everything flows very well together and gives great advice on what to do in parts since there are going to be people that are going to want to look around the mod at cretin things. But the part that I actually enjoy the most is that this is a very fun read, and that there are no, or if any typeos. Everything is written really well. It is also good in the way that it give advice on how to run the mod if you are pressed for time and do not have the full 8 hours to play. It does give a good stopping point to take a break and let your character get a long rest. I highly encourage you to get this Mod since you will be pleased with what you play.
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Erik T April 14, 2017 6:20 pm UTC
Hi, I'm thinking about purchasing the module, but I have a question, is there a good break point anywhere near the middle to allow splitting play across two sessions?
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Jason D April 14, 2017 10:03 pm UTC
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Yes, the module has a natural break point at about the half-way point where the characters get a long rest; no record keeping between sessions. Additionally, there are instructions on how run the module in four hours without sacrificing any of the plot if time is an issue (such as at a convention).
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Wrich P March 15, 2017 7:14 am UTC
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If you do find ANY typos please let the Author know, as he fixes them ASAP, and will update on next pass through, especially if it is formatting.
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Br H March 04, 2017 5:08 am UTC
Is this an AL legal title? Looks like there is a listing issue?
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Wrich P March 05, 2017 6:46 pm UTC
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It is an AL legal title, however the listing of the title is outside of the author's control. Hopefully it will be corrected by the site admins.
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Shawn P H March 02, 2017 2:38 pm UTC
Preview, please.
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Wrich P March 05, 2017 6:48 pm UTC
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The quick preview is working, this may have been a temporary issue. If you think the preview is not of what you would typically want to see, that may be worth changing, etc.
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