The crampness will just make for interesting tactics I believe given how I have one main front liner and three ranged. It’ll make for great chokepoints. I’ll keep that in mind.
Glad to hear the difficulty is well tuned. The party isn’t fully optimised for combat so I’m compensating by letting them start at a slightly higher level before starting the delve. Hopefully that should balance things out.
I already have two locals who actually grew up in Otari. The bard and the barbarian grew up together as step sisters and are friends with the various townspeople. The other two are friends with the two and have also been offered the fish camp as a place to stay. So I’m feeling quite solid for the local connections that will motivate the investigation.
I will definitely look into that podcast, thanks.
I like how Pathfinder 2E does it. A 20 brings your result one tier higher. A 1 brings your result one tier lower. With a high enough base expertise, you can still succeed when rolling a 1, just not as awesome as you normally are. And a 20 isn’t a guarantee against really strong foes.
Such a lovely game and tons of mini games and a fun story behind it. Totally worth the few hours of fun.
Plus a nice soundtrack to boot.