The adventures on the ship were nice and fleshed out and the side quests are brief but interesting. The main part of the adventure in the tower was a bit thin though. I realize it's a one shot so you can't have too much content but I'm a little frustrated because I bought it for the adventure in the tower and, of all the pages, only 1 or 2 have to do with it.

I loved the details about the townfolk and the background details on the opponent. In excecution, it was a lot of back and forth traveling, all the clues were in books and logs and concentrated in 2 locations, and it could have used more excitement.

My players seemed to really enjoy this adventure. The information portion was good and had a lot of flavor but some of it was repetitive and overly verbose, I would have prefererred a more concise and organized approach. I would have really liked some basic maps of the city and/or the vermishards. Also, for the major NPCs: more information and roleplaying tips (not just the queen) and descriptions of their environments would have been nice. The adventure part was good too. An adventure to save/return Metrol would have been ideal, maybe in the future?

This is my favorite adventure that I have DMed in 20 years of DMing. I loved the historical illusions and the flavor of the adventure. I loved where they go into space. My party saved Thamber from himself and now he works happily as the professor's assistant. Instead of attacking, the Nothics required each party member to willingly give up 1 secret (which was a great rollplaying opportunity) as a toll for going through their domain. Morgrave University turned the Academy into their Stormreach branch.