DDAL07-17 Cauldrons of Sapphire

Hello. Like others have said this module it full of things that make no sense and obviously got missed during the QA stage if there was one. I also agree the Wastriliths make much more sense. I also echo the comments that none of the fiends have immunities to fire or any resistance to acid so they would never survive the Caldera. I definitely would play it that the fiends have resistance to acid to make this reasonable (perhaps due to the atropal). I would also allow characters that have just resistance to acid and fire to take no damage. Also has been mentioned the changes to the dragon are not consistent with an Ancient dragon. So I would put the DC back at 24 and up the damage to 13d6 fire and 13d6 acid.

isnt 18d6 a little low for an ancient dragon breath weapon?

I'd love to know who the editor/developer was, because besides questionable content choices... the stat block given for Dagon doesn't match the description in the text. (HP, armor class, spells, special legendary action; all differ.) Robert A, I'm surprised if you didn't ask to be Alan Smithee'd (I guess you don't have access to make/upload changes?) because there are great bones here but the editing leaves a lot to be desired. (Personally, I also feel that a few tweaks for consistency with the other DDAL07 tier 4 adventures would make this really shine.)

This was one of my favourite mods when I initially ran it, but the nalfeshnese always seemed really out of place. Prepping to run it again, and I come here and see they were put in instead of the authors preferred Wastriliths, which are the perfect creature for this module, both mechanically and thematically.

Mr. Adducci, whoever was responsible for this has done you a great disservice. My initial rating of this mod would've been a 4/5, but if it had had the originally intended wastriliths, and not the wildly out place nalfeshnese, itd have been a 5/5.

This was an interesting module to run, especially since it was basically all underwater. It was a little difficult for 'theater of them mind' situations, but still doable. I'll say my players had the most fun during the BBG fight as he was casting "dispel magic" (or attempting to at least) a lot. I was also able to bring and use my new kraken miniature to add to the gameplay.

Scribbly reviews: DDAL07-17 Cauldron of Sapphire
Always interesting to force adventurers to survive in exotic locations, deep underwater in this case. With the crushing depth and constant threat of drowning appearent, what tricks of magic and cunning could they possibly use to stay safe? No dawdling allowed as they might not survive long.
The 3rd in season 7's climactic ending is one of my favorit mods ever. I personally enjoy the chance to see Ubtao's workshop and the tools of creation as opposed to constantly hearing myth after myth that never lead anyware.
Of course I do have 1 suggestion for any DM running this one. Give your players a 1 time use of an "Apparatus of Kwalish". Not an unlock of course. Just go ahead and play with it.

Characters:
Dagon is kind of a non charactor here.
Xuzgaal makes up for Dagon in spades. A scientist demon playing with there vary tool box of creation. He can build anything and is delighted at the chance to have his fun....See more
Combat:
With the constant threat of drowning if unlucky enough to be dispelled, combat here can be especially tense. Such a disadvantage ads a real threat and incredible fun to combat.
Role Play:
With the constant threat of drowning, talking your way out of a fight might just save everyone's lives. This mod has a nice mixture of role play and combat, a perfect structure that really feels like a high level adventure.
Magic Item:
If you can use it, you absolutly want to take a look at this item. Wow.

Prepping to run this mod this weekend, I notice all the monsters with adjustments to their stat blocks are listed in the adventure but not in their stat blocks. As a Dm this is incredibly frustrating, please add the changes to immunities, water breathing legendary actions ect. Also since the character is purchasing items from the Merchant prince do they need to spend 10 downtime days per item?

The stat block for Dagon is missing Lightning Storm.

As has been posted previously, the stat block for the Nalfeshnees is missing.

Error on the FG mod file download - "FAILED - The requested source file could not be found.: d:/RawPDFs/rpg/Dungeon Masters Guild/925821-DDAL7-17_-_Cauldron_of_Sapphire.mod"

The thermal vent section states that "necessitates successful group skill checks" - How many checks was this designed for to be successful?

What's new in the updated version?

There doesn't appear to be a stat block for the Nalfeshnee in the mod, and I am assuming based on the info on page 6 it is a modified stat block. Can you give any input on what the modifications are? Going to be running this on Tuesday.

Grasping Spout attack on page 6. What is it?