This is pretty much my favourite module (it also helps that Groundhog Day is one of my favourite comedies). We had so much fun with this module, mixing it up each day and trying several things. The absolute highlight for me and the players was when Urdlen's influence played out at the Wrestling competition. Things went Royal Rumble and I got to do a pretty decent B+ Hulk Hogan impression "Say your prayers and drink your Healing Potions; Halflingmania is running wild!!!"
If you invest time and research this can be a really special and memorable module for everyone, however it almost begs for an 8 hour run time minimum, this is what we played and it worked really well. The basic structure I ran was:
Day 1: events, and they caught the last few words or Urdlen's curse so they did not know what was happening until next morning.
Day 2: Some success, some failure at the Faire doing good deeds then more clues to both Patcher and Nanny's part in this.
Day 3: TPK. I pulled all the stops for "the final battle". This was also the end of the first session.
Day 4: Much success at the Faire, also made sure to split up some bad guys so there wasnt an easy TPK, but also not an easy fight. They prevailed and felt like they earned it.
Other add-ons: I did a lot of research and pre-wrote some good heckles for the Comedian, had a "children of the corn' riot when the Puppet Show went bad, The anger explosion at the Caricaturist was Legendary as I wrote a real life story into it, and probably my finest acheivement, I found an all flute version of "I Got You Babe" on Youtube that sounds really Ren Faire to play at the beginning of each day (no one got the reference but I don't care it was cool).
Highly recommend for anyone who likes RP and exploration.
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