DDAL-DRW03 Saving Silverbeard

From starting to prep this and talking to others who have had the misfortune to run it:

Has this adventure been checked over at literally any point? A “Cr 15” rogue with no sneak and an average of 12 damage a turn, a red dragon who is too big for her lair (and can’t actually get to the combat) and someone spying on you who has a +1 to stealth and will be spotted near instantly- not exactly threatening to a t3 party. When the scariest thing in the dungeon other than the party is the person you are here to rescue that says a lot.

Had they decided to create a map for the adventure instead of lifting dyson logos “black ichor of the obelisk” (which note doesn’t get properly credited in the adventure) then maybe the combats would be more usable (and it would make sense as to why there is an obelisk spewing black ichor in the middle of the map but not in the adventure)
Also worth noting the adventure starts with a “you must lose this fight otherwise the session ends now”...See more combat, and follows up with an hour long section dealing with a storm which does zero damage to characters (does potentially do 2d6 damage to the vehicle, which has an unspecified number of hp), and has zero consequences (doesn’t even have the option to fall overboard!) But hey your ships weapons may break (note the ship isn’t mentioned having any weapons before this point)
Also if you want a map for the ship you will need to go find it from saving umberlees resolve cause despite the fact there’s a ship combat you’re not getting a map for it!

And now for the positives:
Some interesting encounters on the island which as long as your party doesn’t fly over or anything could be interesting I guess