Any problems with the Darkstryder Campaign?

[Xzil Maru]

I was thinking of running this campaign in the near future, has anyone had any difficulty with running it?

Better yet any suggestions...or advice. Especially about keeping aspects of the characters a secret from the PC playing them, that seemed weird.

And if you have run it how'd it go?
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[Volar the Healer]

I played this campaign as a player. The only difficulty I saw is when some of the NPCs started having secrets revealed, the PCs had never even been given a hint beforehand. I realized later that our PCs took over some of the lead NPC roles, but the director artfully moved the NPCs into secondary roles where they still accomplished their story purpose;

For instance, several of our characters were fighter pilots - all of the characters listed in the module were NPCs. My character, LCDR Simass - Iceman, was appointed flight leader and "Wing Ripper" was set up as my executive officer (second in command), but she still did what the storyline suggested she should do.

There was a good blend of fighting and skullduggery. I especially enjoyed...well, I wouldn't want to spoil it for anyone...
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[schnarre]

With Darkstryder you have to make sure you've read the stuff all the way through first (sometimes more than once), so as to keep things moving along. When I last played in it, we basically left out the main NPCs--they still did what was written, but we players got to get stuff on the spur of the moment & this helped avoid the potential for "the NPCs are all important, again" (which can really ruin a game).

[Xynar]

You have to have regular communication with your players about their characters and certain developments they need to know about. Also it is your job as a GM to guide them in those roles. In theory, this works great. I've never had it work properly though.
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