Help with the Sylvan Key adventure.

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#1

zombiegleemax

Mar 06, 2004 17:23:12		I am starting my first Dragonlance campaign tomorrow. I'm fairly new to the world, having only read the first 3 novels. I am going to run the sylvan key adventure from the campaign book, and could do with a little help from those with more knowledge of the background than me! Basically I want to roleplay out the scene where the Herald tells of the War of Souls, but I'm not 100% sure of the details. I have read the timeline in chapter 6, but I do not feel confident enough to use this information to tell the story to my players, who know nothing about the setting. Would anybody be able to point me to a synopsis of the main events that I could 'borrow' for my session, or even better, quickly write something for me to use. I would really appreciate any help I could get.
#2

zombiegleemax

Mar 06, 2004 23:42:32
Originally posted by Tobias1407
Basically I want to roleplay out the scene where the Herald tells of the War of Souls, but I'm not 100% sure of the details.

I'm wondering if I'm going to go down in Dragonlance history as the "guy who beat the crap out of the Herald." Could be!

Jamie Chambers
Sovereign Press, Inc.
#3

talinthas

Mar 06, 2004 23:44:36 		Dude, jamie, my party kept wondering why the guy who is the living history of krynn went down so easily, and kept waiting for him to bring the deus ex wrath of god down, despite my insistance that in the first session of a lowlevel adventure, i'm not such a cheesy DM as to pull a fizban =)
#4

zombiegleemax

Mar 08, 2004 10:52:21 		First time I read about the Herald was in the DLCS adventure and he was on the ground within two pages.
#5

b4real

Mar 08, 2004 13:12:18 		Are Hogart's stats different than the other thugs stats in the adventure ? I am assuming they are since he has more hit points.
If so, what is Hogart's stats ?

~B4Real
#6

talinthas

Mar 08, 2004 13:28:57 		i made him a commoner level 1. you could go warrior, but i dont think he's that good.
#7

Nived

Mar 08, 2004 13:31:21 		My party managed to save the Herald from a good butt whooping. With a Centaur PC and a Minotaur PC putting themselves between the hostiles and the Herald... the herald escaped without a scratch.

Makes a DM proud.
#8

b4real

Mar 08, 2004 13:33:00 		How did you run that because from what I read the guy was just supposed to get beat up.

~B4Real
#9

zombiegleemax

Mar 08, 2004 13:33:25
Originally posted by Nived
My party managed to save the Herald from a good butt whooping. With a Centaur PC and a Minotaur PC putting themselves between the hostiles and the Herald... the herald escaped without a scratch.

Makes a DM proud.

He got away?!?

I'll get you next time, Herald. Next time...

;)

Jamie Chambers
Author of "The Sylvan Key"
#10

b4real

Mar 08, 2004 13:54:20
Originally posted by Nived
My party managed to save the Herald from a good butt whooping. With a Centaur PC and a Minotaur PC putting themselves between the hostiles and the Herald... the herald escaped without a scratch.

Makes a DM proud.

How do you work a centaur into a 1st-level campaign ?

~B4Real