First, this is an excellent adventure. Other than a few alterations for personal preference this adventure is ready to run with a great sense of atmosphere about it.

In the first print I have comes across a number of minor word slips and typos that do not affect the playability of the module in any way.

When referencing sections of the module I refer to either specific and easily identifiable headings or use a system based on page, columns, paragraphs and sentences which I abbreviate to Pg.#, C.#, Pr.#, S.#

I also use "Should Be" frequently and have abbreviated this to "SB".

I'm guilty of my own typos, sentence miscounts and overlooked errors so please let me know what I have mistaken or missed.

RC1 The Thing in the Valley 1st Printing

1). Pg.4, C.1, Pr.1, S.4
"Game)." there is no begining parentheses.

2). Pg.5, C.1, Pr.1, S.3
"All of following" SB "All of the following".

3). Pg.6, C.1, Pr.4, S.1
Quotation mark is missing at begining of sentence.

4). Pg.6, C.1, Pr.7, S.2
"women with cry" SB "women will cry".

5). Pg.7, C.1, Pr.(Titled) Description of the Thing, S.5
"weilds" SB "wields".

6). Pg.7, C.2, Pr.1, S.2
"(the Hunt)" SB "(The Hunt)".

7). Pg.7, C.2, Pr.6, S.2
"to wander valley" SB "to wander the valley".

8). Pg.8, C.2, Pr.3, S.6
"PC's" SB "PCs"

9). Pg.8 C.2, Pr.4, S.1
"to village" SB "to the village"

10). Pg.9, C.2, Pr.3, S.4
"PCs is hopes" SB "PCs in hopes".

11). Pg.9, C.2, Pr.3, S.6
"quest to the visit" SB "quest to visit".

12). Pg.9, C.2, Pr.4, S.1
"notice that dog" SB "notice that the dog".

13). Pg.11, C.2, Pr. (Titled) Farmhouse (attacked), S.2
"by remnants" SB "by the remnants".

14). Pg.12, C.1, Pr.1, S.2
"would pointless" SB "would be pointless".

15). Pg.12, C.1, Pr.3, S.6
"his name Spike" SB "his name is Spike".

16). Pg.12, C.2, Pr.3, S.8
"Things cloak" SB "Thing's cloak".

17). Pg.14, C.2, Pr.1, S.4
"look have been" SB "look to have been".

18). Pg.14, C.1, Pr.3, S.2
"this purely" SB "this is purely".

19). Pg.15, C.1, Pr.4, S.2
"alternative from" SB "alternative to".

20). Pg.15, C.2, Pr.2, S.6
"will loose all" SB "will lose all".

21). Pg.15, C.2, Pr.2, S.7
"waterfall have no" SB "waterfall has no".

22). Pg.16, C.1, Pr.3, S.1
"in previous a previous" SB "in a previous"

23). Pg.16, C.2, Pr.1, S.6
"immense clearly" SB "immense and clearly".

24). Pg.17, C.1, Pr.1, S.1
"pike with goblin" SB "pike with a goblin".

25). Pg.17, C.1, Pr.1, S.2
"ruin" SB "rune".

26). Pg.17, C.1, Pr.1, S.4
"ruin" SB "rune"

27). Pg.17, C.2, P.1, S.2
"leans against slab" SB "leans against a slab".

28). Pg.17, C.2, Pr.3, S.4
"if combat goes bad" Sb "if the combat goes bad" or "if combat goes badly".

29). Pg.19, C.2, Pr.2, S.5
"look outs" SB "look-outs)."

30). Pg.23, C.1, Pr.2, S.2
"the outside a bar" SB "the outside has a bar".

31). Pg.23, C.2, Pr.7, S.2
"pair of boots are actually" SB "pair of boots is actually".

32). Pg.26, C.1, Pr.1, S.1
"wepaons, either in racks" ? Should there be an "or" as in an either/or statement.

33). Pg.26, C.1, Pr.2, S.1
"maces an flails" SB "maces and flails".

34). Pg.27, C.1, Pr.2, S.3
"armor ad sword" SB "armor and sword".

35). Pg.27, C.1, Pr.3, S.7
"drain and opponent" SB "drain an opponent".

36). Pg.28, C.2, Pr.2, S.3
"dispell" SB "dispel"

37). Pg.28, C.2, Pr.2, S.5
"dispell" SB "dispel"

38). Pg.28, C.2, Pr.3, S.5
"spell absorbion" SB "spell absorption".

39). Pg.29, C.1, Pr.1, S.4
"has... world" SB either "had... would" or "has... will".

40). Pg.29, C.1., Pr.3, S.3
"dispell" SB "dispel"

41). Pg.30, C.1, Pr.3, S.1
"theirs" SB "their"

42). Pg.30, C.1, Pr.3, S.2
"Halfings" SB "halflings" (no capital H).

Jason,
Thanks for that comprehensive list.

Many of those edits have already in gone into a revision that will eventually become the third printing as well as some other changes (additional encounters, etc) and a full conversion to AD&D/OSRIC.

Several of those edits were corrected in the second printing.

Just to clarify. RC1 did not see the same editing as RC2 and RC3 (which had editorial boards). So as I move forward with Pacesetter, the quality of finished material will improve...and I know it has already.

With TM1 I have a very large editorial board reviewing the Rough Draft, and they will also have the opportunity to review the final draft. Keep in mind these are all volunteers, with varying levels of expertise, but that is a strength, in my opinion. I get plenty of feedback coming from differing perspectives. This will only make Pacesetter products stronger as we move forward.

So while I cringe when looking at RC1 first print and the horde of grammatic errors, I still think the product is solid. I know that sounds like an oxymoron, but I think you get the idea. I will always look back at RC1 as a standard upon which to build on.

bbarsh wrote:Jason,
Thanks for that comprehensive list.

Many of those edits have already in gone into a revision that will eventually become the third printing as well as some other changes (additional encounters, etc) and a full conversion to AD&D/OSRIC.

Several of those edits were corrected in the second printing.

Just to clarify. RC1 did not see the same editing as RC2 and RC3 (which had editorial boards). So as I move forward with Pacesetter, the quality of finished material will improve...and I know it has already.

With TM1 I have a very large editorial board reviewing the Rough Draft, and they will also have the opportunity to review the final draft. Keep in mind these are all volunteers, with varying levels of expertise, but that is a strength, in my opinion. I get plenty of feedback coming from differing perspectives. This will only make Pacesetter products stronger as we move forward.

So while I cringe when looking at RC1 first print and the horde of grammatic errors, I still think the product is solid. I know that sounds like an oxymoron, but I think you get the idea. I will always look back at RC1 as a standard upon which to build on.

Actually the 2nd printing is identical to the first except for a lighter block of ink at the bottom of the contents page and the words 2nd printing. All notations I made for the first printing are true for the second.

There are also two products on the back cover (and the covers of RC2 and RC3 as well) with the code TM1. I'm not sure if this is an error or not.