This was my first attempt to run a game as GM with a newbie player. It went amazingly smooth, thanks to the great setting of this adventure. I read that there is a sequel to this adventure, and in retrospect I should have read it before running this one, since I fear now that my depiction of the villagers will differ quite a lot from what is needed for the 2nd Penchant adventure and also some more background information on the monks would have been nice. But anyway, that's my bad, and this first one is a really good way to intoduce someone to D&D.

Needing a solo adventure to help a new (to 5e) player and new DM (me) into the system, I "purchased" Penchant for Adventure. I'm glad I did. The level 1 warlock was holding his own up until the final encounter. I would definitely recommend this adventure to any new players. Actually 1-on-1 isn't too bad a way for a DM to get a new player familar with D&D's 5e.

I ran myself through this adventure, trusting that with my several epochs' worth of experience as a DM, I would be able to enforce some degree of reasonable decision making and not just give myself everything. Even with a fair degree of self-inflicted "You can't do that!", I had to be a bit lenient with multiple attempts and hitting the reset button.

Some of these encounters are REALLY hard for a single level-1 character!

Due to the fifth edition focus on bounded accuracy and economy of action, any 1-on-1 fights against inferior opponents are likely to turn out in the player's favor, with some allowance for bad luck. However, the 3-against-1 fights (there are two of them) can QUICKLY turn from threatening to deadly. The one encounter with 3 kobolds – stinkin' little kobolds! – took me seven attempts to pass, with a monk. (Full disclosure: since the stat blocks in this module are [intentionally?] incomplete, I didn't realize kobolds suffer from sunlight sensitivity until attempt #6!! Have all your core rulebooks handy, adventurers!)

The final encounter is potentially very difficult to emerge from victorious, but it's definitely possible. I think it also bears mentioning (since the module itself doesn't), losing the fight is not necessarily fatal! Again: consult your core rulebooks, players! :)

Overall, I am VERY happy to have discovered this module. I think it could use a little more polish and/or expansion, but considering it's FREE, it's definitely worth the price of admission. I'm eager to check out the rest of the Filbar 5th edition titles, especially the FVS line.

This is just what my wife and I were looking for. We both wish there more solo adventures like this

At first it seems strange that half the write up is about a village you just spend a couple of minutes passing by. OK, it still seems strange. But once past the irrelevant village the adventure starts, and does well.