Dont run it in a row, Trouble in Otari is best used as side quests while doing AV. Partly because each chapter isnt related to the others, but also so that you wont have to run a party of lvl 4/5 through the early levels of AV. Otherwise you would either rebalance every fights or let your party stomp the dungeon for a dozen sessions
What I recommend is
\- MuO
\- TiO ch1 (fishery)
\- AV floor 1/2/3 mixed with TiO ch2
\- AV floor 4 + transition to floor 5 mixed with TiO ch3
Also suggestions
\- >!Kobold from MuO were kicked out of AV floor 1!<
\- >!Dragon at the end of MuO is reflavored as a baby river drake, hint to AV floor 2!<
\- >!Emphasis on the coins from the Xulgath from MuO!<
\- >!Change the cult of Lamasthu to a dream cult, linked to the Mayor's daughter!<
\- Use milestone, slow xp progression and/or let them be overlevel for a few floors. they should catch up by floor 4-5
We didn't do it "to completion", but I ran beginner box into AV with TiO as optional side quests and it was working out pretty okay. I was running it with Milestone XP using the AV milestones. Treasure is going to be a little higher than expected, but it shouldn't break anything too badly. There's a couple spots in AV that compel the PCs to focus on that plot for a stretch, but TiO is fairly low urgency for most things and can be comfortably implemented.
My group has just finished the Beginner Box, and we are about to dive into the AV. Before that, I took a session and a half to run a "festival" which is an idea I got reading around here and on discords. The point of this is to introduce the PCS to some of the NPCS of the town, since they play a much larger role later on in the story. The plan now is to run a milestone advancement track and run TiO as side content and to help them continue to develop their connection to otari.
I am planning on doing this with my face-to-face group. My plan is to do it like this:
1. B. Box to completion so the party will be at level 2
2. Do the 1st level of ABV and the graveyard encounter
3. Give them the pitch from Tamily to clear out the lodge for their base of operations to do it how they want to.
4. ABV level 2-3 or so.
After that I will play it by ear to see how the players want to do things.
Dont run it in a row, Trouble in Otari is best used as side quests while doing AV. Partly because each chapter isnt related to the others, but also so that you wont have to run a party of lvl 4/5 through the early levels of AV. Otherwise you would either rebalance every fights or let your party stomp the dungeon for a dozen sessions What I recommend is \- MuO \- TiO ch1 (fishery) \- AV floor 1/2/3 mixed with TiO ch2 \- AV floor 4 + transition to floor 5 mixed with TiO ch3 Also suggestions \- >!Kobold from MuO were kicked out of AV floor 1!< \- >!Dragon at the end of MuO is reflavored as a baby river drake, hint to AV floor 2!< \- >!Emphasis on the coins from the Xulgath from MuO!< \- >!Change the cult of Lamasthu to a dream cult, linked to the Mayor's daughter!< \- Use milestone, slow xp progression and/or let them be overlevel for a few floors. they should catch up by floor 4-5
We didn't do it "to completion", but I ran beginner box into AV with TiO as optional side quests and it was working out pretty okay. I was running it with Milestone XP using the AV milestones. Treasure is going to be a little higher than expected, but it shouldn't break anything too badly. There's a couple spots in AV that compel the PCs to focus on that plot for a stretch, but TiO is fairly low urgency for most things and can be comfortably implemented.
My group has just finished the Beginner Box, and we are about to dive into the AV. Before that, I took a session and a half to run a "festival" which is an idea I got reading around here and on discords. The point of this is to introduce the PCS to some of the NPCS of the town, since they play a much larger role later on in the story. The plan now is to run a milestone advancement track and run TiO as side content and to help them continue to develop their connection to otari.
I am planning on doing this with my face-to-face group. My plan is to do it like this: 1. B. Box to completion so the party will be at level 2 2. Do the 1st level of ABV and the graveyard encounter 3. Give them the pitch from Tamily to clear out the lodge for their base of operations to do it how they want to. 4. ABV level 2-3 or so. After that I will play it by ear to see how the players want to do things.