I will preface this by saying I am huge fan of GHC and had the pleasure of DMing or playing every adventure so far set in the border kingdoms. That being said, I was dissappointed with this adventure.

It had elements that were interesting, two different routes to go through, but the adventure as a whole screamed to me that it had not been playtested. The lead ins to the two different routes made very little sense, and the exposition as to "why" the players were forced to do what the adventure demanded was practically nonexistent. There was only the word of one faction (which as of season 8 is worth very little) as to why it is important to defeat the black wyvern. Furthermore, there is no way presented to the characters to explain a crucial plot point to the adventure. However, that is not my biggest issue with the adventure.

Nor is my biggest issue with the adventure that it claimed one of the most interesting monsters released in dnd (at least to me) an oblex, and used it as a gate guard that the adventure described as easily able to be sneaked around.

My biggest issue with the adventure was that it used the primary villain in the tier two arc of the border kingdoms as a tool to be thrown at the players, and one lacking a great deal of coherence or precision at that. All of the other adventures allude to this villain called "the black wyvern" and out of nowehere in this adventure you fight and slay him for no real reason. There is no powerful tension building, just a simple boss fight on a tower, a reprehensible end to an otherwise interesting character.

Relative to all of the other ELW products i found this one to be lacking. Part of this is that it is the third adventure in a row that revolves around the individuals planning an infiltration of yet another building, and part of it was that the information that they were told be recovering was information that was already revealed to them through their own actions.

That being said, I dont think that there is anything wrong with the adventure itself as a standalone, if you are playing a character that has not done the previous three adventures this is a good way to brief yourself on everything thats been accomplished so far and the infiltration can be quite fun, but its placement in a serious makes it boring and repetitive.

This is unequivocally my favorite adventure available on Dmsguild. It came out maybe two days ago and I have run it for two different groups of players. It has remarkable intrigue, cinematic moments that dont seem forced, intrigue and the gray morality that makes eberron such a memorable setting to me. Not to mention it throws an amazing boss fight at level five players (complete with legendary actions and resistances as well as a unique random effect on hit). I cannot recommend this adventure enough even if it doesnt have a printer friendly version.

Ill be keeping my eye out for any further Will Doyle adventures in this or any setting.

Easily one of the most creative plots for an adventure that I had seen. That being said, as the opener to season 8 adventurer's league i think the magic item could have been better to reinvigorate some of the lost enthusiasm for organized play. In addition it needs a printer friendly version.

Needs a printer friendly version. Otherwise i greatly enjoyed the adventure.

Really enjoyed the adventure. Excellent capstone to the trilogy, made me excited for the continuation of season 8 modules.

That being said, definitely needs a printer friendly version.