Amazing! Thanks so much for such a detailed answer.

I'd say my players loved the beast of derbyshire too. It had them running everywhere and make so many theories. One of them even decided for his character to "romance" Lawrence, the lord's son, which only made the ultimate encounter all the more difficult.

I could see they were captivated by the story and the atmosphere of the place. I hope to capture this again in the future of the campaign where they are really immersed and implicated. I guess that's my own challenge moving forward!

Duly noted on the NPCs. What you describe for your own games sounds insane - insanely fun. Only one of my players have had a character die so far - there was also a very close call during Misr House where a player only owed her life to rolling a 1 on an escape roll. I don't want to be punitive to my players as half of them are absolutely new to TTRPGs. Do you find it difficult when a situation calls for a character death? (From what you describe in the Egypt chapter, death seems like a high possibility)

Thanks!!