#taisen fireblossom

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I'm shocked that the crew would nix at least 3/5 of the Icebound gang in an optimized redo of the campaign; imo, a large part of their charm is that they have such varied backstories and vibes, and that most of them are there purely by happenstance. They have such a lovely group chemistry, regarding interactions? It makes me curious who/what they'd be replaced with... but akin to what someone in the tags of your post said, I think the story overall would be less satisfactory if more of the characters were like Jornir.

Right! I completely agree! Icebound is my favorite campaign of theirs so far and the crew holds such a lovely place in my heart. The characters that they feel are "out of place" thematically creates that feeling of out of place, sense of dread, and hopelessness really shine though in my eyes at the beginning where they were struggling to survive.

I think they meant to have the party kind of be "on theme" for icebound like how the Edge of Midnight party is all on theme but still unique. Richie was saying that the Icebound crew was the last of the old ways of character creation where they all are just a collection of races, classes, and backgrounds without the understanding of the core theme of the story. Andy said he wanted to re do Beneath dark wings for the same reason, he thinks Skrimm is a more fleshed out character than Felix and would completely rebuild Felix from the ground up which I found interesting as I am watch bow for the first time rn.

Mace said he was still VERY new to playing a long campaign, it was monthly, they were all working and not doing dnd full time so he struggled keeping Taisen characterization consistent. He wanted to re do icebound, I am assuming, to give the campaign and Taisen justice.

I am glad IceBound is the way that it is and that they have grown as creatives from it. Maybe next time they do a hardcore survival campaign we can see a glimpse of what they would have changed without touching the magic they have made so far.

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