This is the first adventure I've run as a first-time DM and my friends absolutely loved it. Perfect for 2 3-level players (I've run this thrice for such parties) and the tension still holds for magic users. The overall directions and content provided to move the story forward was easy to follow and there weren't too many times when I wasn't sure what to do.

Some things that I wasn't exactly sure what to handle (maybe this is because I am new to DMing):

• What happens when the characters don't try to run from Shilo? Does he still run past them or was a battle supposed to ensue? To follow the song, I had him run past them without doing anything, but it seemed a bit weird.
• What happens when Shilo is completely mutilated when downed the first time, but his head isn't chopped off? I had a party that had thrown him into the fire (not the head), chopped off his limbs, and probably broken his neck - but since his head wasn't chopped off, I had him come back to life. Does Shia Surprise still apply there?
• Does the shotgun attack count as one of the multiattacks (i.e. can follow up with bite/melee attack) or as an alternative to multiattack?