irvanovich says:
Nope...everyone getting their butts kicked is actually storyline...everyone lives to see chapter 1.
Well, not the NPCs...but you guys will be fine. :)
When I wrote this campaign, there were players at my table who, if the situation didn't suit their characters some how, they wouldn't participate in the campaign. I either had to railroad them in (which I
HATE doing...) or come up with a completely separate campaign, just for them...which was difficult and very trying as far as my patience goes.
I wrote this prologue, specifically, to give them and other RP heavy "What's my motivation?" PCs a good, solid reason to fight and complete the game: revenge.
Whether it was justice for those innocents who were wrongly slain, or vengeance for getting their butts handed to them by a glorified lizard...every character had a reason to complete this campaign by the end of the prologue.