This adventure is fun to read and delightful to look at! It's also very well-organized, and the information is presented in clever and useful ways. As a DM who likes to do different voices at the table, I particularly appreciate the roll playing voice suggestions for each NPC. The adventure offers a nice balance between linear and non-linear story progression, and even anticipates the many possible endings and their repercussions. Full disclosure: I have not run the adventure for my players yet, but I will update this review after I have. I think we're going to have a blast!

Update January 22, 2022

I just finished running this campaign on Roll20 for my crew of 6 friends. Their PCs were all 9th level, so I had to bump up some of the difficulty, which was pretty easy (the author was kind enough to offer some suggestions when I reached out Dungeon Masters Guild).

It took us 7 2-3 hour sessions to complete, spread out over 3 months

Overall it was a really fun adventure to run, and I think my players had a good time as well. There was a good balance of roll playing, exploration, and combat; a lot of twists and turns in the plot to give the players interesting choices, and a lot of memorable and fun inter-related NPCs. The adventure can be dark and scary in places, but it generally has a very tongue-in-cheek tone, which I embraced.

I really like how the adventure is organized, and how the author accounts for multiple possible outcomes and epilogs based on the character’s actions.

SPOILERS AHEAD

After the party got their quest from Lord Orion and had explored a bit of Storaad, I added an encounter in the town square where the Pink Miasma was creeping up through the sewer vents and causing some of the villagers to transform into horrible aberrations (based on Chuul statblocks).

The party ventured down to the Cove of the Damned in search of Chadwick and The Souther Scourge, as well as the sidequest for Nara. I made the Pink Miasma harder to avoid, and came up with extra effects beyond the 10 options included in the adventure (some of which I thought were not fun).

The party met Chadwick and stole back Orion’s teeth; he didn’t notice they were missing until later, which caused him to freak out. Together they killed the Southern Scourge and rescued Ni’ena, and the party was getting ready to kill Chadwick too (I played him pretty annoying and arrogant) before he spilled the beans about his true motivation to save his son. After learning about his dilemma, the party decided to try to help him. They used the Brooch to summon Lord Orion to Chadwick’s house. He got his teeth back and was ready to kill Chadwick too, but the party convinced him instead to help recover Liam.

For the final confrontation I buffed the Mind Flayers to full strength to challenge the characters. I turned a few of the NPCs the players had met into mind-controlled goons, which the Mind Flayers commanded while levitating above the rooftops. With clever use of Orion’s spells (Nondetection and Greater Invisibility) the party was able to steal Liam back before the Mind Flayers caught on. After one Mind Flayer was killed, the remaining two fled, perhaps to resurface again someday for revenge. All the PCs survived, but player-favorite NPC was slain.

Afterwards there were some nice interactions between the party and Chadwick as he thanked them, and they honored the dead NPCs. Lord Orion invited the party back to his castle for their rewards: some bespoke magic items, which I will work with the players to design, as well as information from scrying that may be helpful for their individual character hooks.

I can highly recommend this adventure, though of course there are some small areas for improvement:

Statblock inconsistencies - the Southern Scourge is resistant to lighting damage, but is also susceptible to being shocked by lightning damage?

Chadwick has no attacks listed in his statblock. I let him use the Soothsayer sword from his trophy case, because why not?

Logic problems - Chadwick should have a way to conceal the fangs from Lord Orion, otherwise a simple Locate Object or other divination spell could find them. I gave Chadwick a magic bag.

Art and Maps - The art is great; it would have been nice to have some VTT-formatted tokens for NPCs and creatures. There is no scale or grid on the maps for Cove of Damned or Chadwick's Place. This made sizing them for VTT a bit tedious.

Other - There is a lock on the large sewer grate between B1 and E1, but no DC for picking the lock or forcing the door open.

Pretty minor issues, and there is plenty of room to expand on or alter encounters with your own ideas. Enjoy!

This adventure is amazing! I purchased this adventure to play for my birthday, and it didn't disappoint! It was so easy to run, and my players loved it.

You can tell this was put together by a skilled artist/designer, because the module is beautiful! The artwork alone makes this an instant buy.

Had the priviledge of playtesting an early version of this adventure and as a player it was one of the most memorable sessions I've had! This is an extremely well realized story that will fluctuate between terrifying, hilarious, and heartwrenching depending on the scene. It leans strongly on roleplay, but includes tons of information for the DM on how to RP each character, and how to have the world react to the choices that the players will make. The illustrations included and presentation as a whole are also top notch and filled with personality! Heck, even if you don't plan on running the adventure it's worth getting just to ogle at the artwork.