This is perfect for a first level adventure, there is just spculation and investigation.

My players started the adventure with "can't be it, it's to predictable" to "i **** knew it!" loved the triggering

Tought if they aren't prepared well the last fight is going to be one sighted

I've been playing for about two years, but I'm going to be using this as my first session as a DM! It was super easy to follow, has a great story, and looks like it's going to be very fun! It's also going to be very easy to tweak to fit my homebrew setting, which is definitly another bonus! Can't wait to run it!

This is a great detective story, there is probably only one combat but plenty to do. Some groups will love it, others will get bored. I ran it for two characters and took the Fighter myself. Very well written and put together, pretty easy to follow. Some of the information is slightly scattered, such as details of Thames's death - they usually tied to people that know it but itsome sort of quick facts table might help.

The mystery is quite nice, the party will probably work out the monster fairly quickly (and be very chuffed with themselves) then will take a bit longer to work out the villain.

Some suggestions if you are running the game:

There are some red herrings you can throw their way that the guide could emphasise a bit, for example: Gnolls being in the area are mentioned - they have claws that could be responsible (but would probably eat the dead). I had some people being suspicious of the drow tinkerer. They are fairly obviously wrong but gives the party satisfaction in eliminating them.

You might want to think of a strategy for Insight checks - you don't want to tell the party to roll when you know someone is lying as that is a bit obvious! One option is to roll for the NPC against the players' passive Insight (possibly in advance) or to encourage them to roll it whenever they "interview" someone (my party first spoke to the Father when asking if the village could shelter in security of the Temple).

The party are given a scroll of Moonbeam... but the suggested group doesn't include anyone that can use it so I just let the cleric fire it off.
If Moonbeam works then the enemy can't shapechange and thus has no attacks - I gave him a dagger.

This is definitely worth a few bucks - I would send some the author's way if I could!?

This adventure is absolutly beautifull. It looks like it has been made by the wizards themselves! It is well writen with some usefull tools for the DM. I have started writing my own adventures and making my own content on the DMs guild and this product definitly inspired me to improve.

Ran this module as my first DM experience. Players had a great time and I ended up using this story as a jumping off point for my homebrew campaign. Only constructive criticism would be developing a small wrap up to the module after killing the BBEG at the end, granting closure to the story. Maybe an two alternate endings depending on what the PCs do. No real complaints though, thanks for making something fun!

A really cool story, with a lot of helpful advice for beginer GMs and helpful hints for GMs looking to get the party back on track. I am looking forward to more works from this writer

This gives me a lot of help with the West Marches game I am developing for my group. Coming up with encounters is fun but it is also time consuming. This gives me a helping hand and I can easily incorporate it into our world.