Me(DM) and my PC really enjoyed playing this adventure! If you are looking for something different than dungeon-crawl, then it is an adventure for you :). It is a mini-sandbox adventure(as previous reviewer stated), with cool NPCs, and a lot of RP!
However I feel like I needed to prepare a lot to make it work, like create additional encounters, to show my player all the sides of the conflicts - Adwyn, Louissa, Destin and Bertrand.
For example, there is no encounter that will introduce Destin or Louissa before everything is resolved. Following what is in the pdf will also not motivate our PC to sneak into Louissa house. At least these are my conclusions, also I am a beginning DM, so possibly I missed something :P.
What worked for me was following preparations steps from the "Return of the lazy DM".
So I took all of the gossips and information from the whole adventure, and then I used it whenever I needed to show it, instead of sticking it to the paper note of the Louissa's jacket in her apartment.
And also creating a list of encounters that may possibly introduce all of the characters/side of conflicts or move the action forward.
And just FYI, it took me 2 3/4 hour sessions to finish it.
Five stars because I loved the story!
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