So after the last murder is complete, the now one handed murderer walks from the beach all the way back to the mine, climbs the ladder back down into the mine, and intentionally goes to the very back where he gets himself stuck for 5 years. And he manages to subsist on hand caught fish from the underground river for those 5 years while deranged. Was there some forgotten text about him chasing Ruby back there that led to him getting stuck? But why would he want to hurt Ruby anyway? Oh, and the person he was most angry at and who prompted his spree was the one who he didn't bother finishing off, all so that we could have some final words of regret from that person for our PCs to find.

If I do run this, I'm going to have to overhaul a lot of the adventure. Make Maovor free and able to stalk the PCs as they explore the base camp, and rewrite the boxed text to be less verbose, and remove some of the most eye rollingly unsubtle bits of allegory.

There's zero guidance on how or when to introduce Ruby to the party, and there are zero incentives for the players to seek out the answer to what happened. They could completely ignore all the clues and walk along the linear path and reach the exact same game conclusion and get the exact same rewards for doing so.

With how much work I'll need to do if I decide to make this runnable, I'm real skeptical on whether this was worth charging money for.

If I do run an investigation one shot, I'd be better served trying to adapt Beseeching Parliament to 5e than running this.

A good starter adventure for a group. Lots of ways to bring the characters into the story, whether they're going from one story hub to another or just getting things started. Not much in the way of hard combat for those expecting it in a session, but a good story with lots of stories to tell, and develop for the players.

As a first time DM with first time players, this was a perfect introduction, plenty of information was given so that i could expand the story and spread the game time out. one player in particular quite badly wanted to use the severed arm as a thrown weapon against its previous owner. one suggestion is to get Ruby introduced as quick as possible as it became a struggle to add him in later on.

Definitely worth purchasing. I added some more monsters since I have a large party and needed to balance out the combat so it wouldn't be a big gang up. Throw in a spectre when they enter the Lent house and watch the panic fly. Great start adventure game for a group of beginner players where focus is not just on combat but actually trying to figure out the mystery. Award an inspiration point for whomever is able to figure it out :)

Excellent! A great mystery adventure! The story evolves nicely and the layout and artwork are fantastic. Well done!

An interesting adventure. It offers what it promises. You should give it a try. Full review here.

Another brilliant effort from Remley Farr. This is not your standard dungeon crawl... this is a thoroughly entertaining read setting up an intriguing, often gruesome, murder mystery. Ideal as a campaign starter or a fun one off I can't recommend The Sun Goes Down with a Ruby Smile enough. Do yourself a favor and pick up all three of Remley's adventures right away... you'll be glad you did.

This was such a fun mod for my group to run. I was a little worried at first being a mystery instead of the usual door kicking adventures, but they absolutely loved it! The story was very well written and so many twists and turns, it had the whole group guessing the whole time. I will definitely be running this modular again.

Played with a small group of beginning players. They loved the mystery and were eager to work out what happened. I have a group that is more heavily into exploration and role play instaed of hack and slash so this worked perfectly. In regards to running the adventure I found the layout simple to follow with clear maps and diagrams. The descriptions provided were clear and enteraining. Even though this has been written for a first level group their was a varity of monsters for the party to deal with that helped teach them the basics and caught their interest. Thank you!

We started our campaign with this one. 4 new players had a GREAT time trying to solve this mystery. I, a new DM, enjoyed running it and keeping them guessing.

It ran really smoothly with very few hitches. Thank you so much! I recommend this highly.