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CCC-COS-01 The Only Way To Be Sure $2.99 $2.39
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CCC-COS-01 The Only Way To Be Sure
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Kjeld F. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 03/02/2022 05:37:38

GM'ed this one in a shop event last week, and had great fun, with nice feedback from the players. The exploration part, the roleplay and a challenging end-fight in the bonus objective, was all mixed expertly together. Well written with freedom to make space for lots of roleplay.



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Creator Reply:
Thanks for the kind words!
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CCC-COS-01 The Only Way To Be Sure
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Lance C. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 07/26/2020 23:15:44

I loved this adventure. I ran it twice. It was a hit at the con I ran it at.



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Creator Reply:
Thanks for the review, Lance!
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CCC-COS-01 The Only Way To Be Sure
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Gwenyth G. J. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 11/09/2019 21:07:01

This adventure exemplifies the three pillars of TTRPGS – exploration, social interaction, and combat. Depending on the makeup of the party and how everyone involved wants to play the game, this adventure can be a horror-heavy fright fest (best ingested with mood music and creepy snacks) or an analytical rescue mission akin to a group of scientists tasked with documenting a supernatural phenomenon. The NPCs characters meet are engaging and help to further along the story and the characters’ task at hand. The included maps help along any DM describing what each character sees, but the adventure is also written well enough to be played theater of the mind.

Regardless of how DM and characters sway the story, the adventure is expertly written and there is ample detail for DMs to rely on as well as plenty of space for each party playing to make it their own.



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Thank you for the kind review!
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CCC-COS-01 The Only Way To Be Sure
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Brendon W. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 09/03/2019 21:41:44

Ran this adventure last night and loved every minute of it, I'd like to run it again in a quieter setting with some creepy ambient music to play up the eerie elements as there's a lot to work with here from a storytelling perspective. The story is well written and gives you just enough to entice the party in and make them jumpy and wary of everything around the next corner.

I will say however that I think it would be much less satisfying to run this without the bonus objectives so if you're planning to run it then plan for the whole 4 hours, or at least 3. The first bonus objective is a little uneventful unless the party is looking for a fight so there could be a little more fleshed out there to make it seem worthwhile.

That said a great creepy adventure with some scary thematic enemies, horror themes and potentially deadly encounters for a T2 if the party doesn't play their cards right. Highly recommended.



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Creator Reply:
Thanks for the kind review, Brendon!
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CCC-COS-01 The Only Way To Be Sure
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Kevin T. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 08/20/2019 10:24:07

I enjoyed the mod, it's great, eerie and thematic but I have a few constructive critisisms that I'll post in the discussion section.



Rating:
[4 of 5 Stars!]
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Creator Reply:
Thanks for the review and critique, Kevin!
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CCC-COS-01 The Only Way To Be Sure
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Ed S. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 08/12/2019 12:08:23

Not just another bug hunt.

This adventure draws heavily from the movie Aliens in inspiration and tone. That is a good thing. I loved it. The players have a lot of chances for exploration and roleplay depending on how they approach each encounter. The writers give the DM enough leeway to have it play out as a creepy investigation fraught with weird and horrific discoveries or as a simple rescue mission that ends in a bang. Tons of fun and well written. The included digital maps are a nice touch. I highly recommend it.



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Creator Reply:
Thanks for the review, Ed! It's much appreciated.
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CCC-COS-01 The Only Way To Be Sure
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Peter B. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 08/10/2019 12:54:12

This last March I had the opportunity to run this adventure at my local con, for which this adventure was written. It was wonderful!

I ran the adventure three times, and the players interaction with the story changed each time. This made me extremely happy. I love that there are enough RP moments where the players can affect the story.

The story itself is unlike any of the other DDAL modules I have ever run. The BBEG was fun to RP. It took me a while to wrap my head around the eeriness of the setting; I am not always the most evocative of DMs, but I felt I got there eventually, and the players could feel it.

I would definitely recommend this adventure for anyone looking for a fun, slightly eerie, game.



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Creator Reply:
Thank you for the review, Peter! (And thanks for running it so many times!)
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