1) How far would you say Pegrin's Camp is? OR basically, how far did you place it when you ran it?
2) Not a very big question, but i have to ask it. In the DLCS, it states that the current year is 420AC, and in the AoM book it says 422 AC as the current year. Which one is correct?
I probably will have more questions as time passes.
I have one other question. If I was run the campaign with 5 characters instead of 4, do you think it's necessary to adjust the encounters to make it work? I ask this cause i dont have much experiance with fixing published adventures to fit a group with more characters than the adventure intended.
Assuming you have 5 level 1 characters, then their party level should be only 1 still, and the encounters should still be the same. If they are not, just add a goblin. Goblins even everything out.
Originally posted by Jacen Solo 5007
Add up all of the character's levels and divide by 4. Round to the nearest number. That woul be their party level. For example, if 8 level 5 characters went adventuring to restore the Blue Crystal Staff of Mishakal to Xak Tsaroth, then their party level would be 10. Meaning that an EL 10 encounter would be appropriate for them instead of EL 5.
This isn't strictly how it works. Encounter Levels are figured according to the standard 4 character party of adventurers facing a challenge that exhausts 25% of their resources, and XP gained from such an encounter is split between all members who take part in the combat. XP is determined by comparing EL with the average party level, not the party's total levels divided by 4. A group larger than 4 therefore gets less XP, but didn't have as hard a time of it. A group with less than 4 members gets more XP (larger shares) but had a harder time of it.
Doubling a group's size is like adding 2 to the average party level. 8 characters can handle an EL of their average party level +2 without trouble. So, a party of eight 5th-level characters could handle an EL of 7 as easily as a party of four 5th-level characters could handle an EL of 5. This is because doubling the number of monsters in an encounter increases the EL by +2, so it's more or less the same thing in reverse.
Cheers,
Cam
1) How much emphasis of RP and fighting will there be in KoD.
2) A player in my online game over on the Real D&D/d20 adventuyres board is playing a ranger, and he wants to know what would be good for a favored enemy. I want him to have something thaat will appear in the adventure, not jsut pick something that probably not show up at all.
Originally posted by themind
Ok I have a few more questions for you guys.
1) How much emphasis of RP and fighting will there be in KoD.
2) A player in my online game over on the Real D&D/d20 adventuyres board is playing a ranger, and he wants to know what would be good for a favored enemy. I want him to have something thaat will appear in the adventure, not jsut pick something that probably not show up at all.
Let me take a stab at this...
(1) Chris and I see eye-to-eye in adventure design, in that it should have a good mix of role-playing opportunities, problem-solving/investigation, and good ol' combat! Some parts of the adventure emphasize certain elements more than others, but I think you'll find a good, even mix as a whole.
(2) Let's see, there is a red dragonspawn on the cover...
Jamie Chambers
Sovereign Press, Inc.
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The adventure is basically a run through a thieving guilds maze with the pc's using their heads to overcome obstacles. I would like to know can this be done without disturbing the KoD storyline ?
Also, players are all currently at 2nd-level, maybe half way to 3rd. Should I hold off on awarding them XP until KoD actually gets to the stores ?
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But as I am here and willing to take a stab at it....Perhaps there is a nearby city has a thieves guild. I'm not so sure that pashin is large enough for that. But if you take the group to another city you have to come up with a viable reason to hae them return.
Perhaps they can return to Pahin in time to catch up with the Herald before he leaves town....maybe to ask him "What gives...That dream you told us about....that's creepy dude..."
Not to sound nasty...but it isnt really the designer's task to come up with a way for you to incorporate another adventure in...It bears saying that it isn't Mr. Coyle's fault that the module has taken so long to be released....
Not to sound nasty, but I never said it was Chris's fault. Where do you get this stuff ?
What thread are you reading anyway ? Chris is a freelance writer and thus has nothing to do with the release date.
The people behind the modules extra late release is the Sovereign Press company, but that is old news.
Not to sound picky but I am looking for Chris to help me out(Or someone that is directly related to playtesting the module.) because he/they know what is in store and can tell me if what I am about to do would mess up the storyline.
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I am trying to avoid having them meet her because after that they receive the map to Hurim and then I am stuck. I have a campaign set for about two hours from now.
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My primary suggestion was, if I'm understanding the "Thieves Guild Gauntlet" type scenario correctly, is that although the sewers of Pashin don't really support having a huge underground network such as that, it is possible to modify the adventure slightly and have the Gauntlet be located beneath the ruins of an ancient keep or fortress outside of town.
Or, perhaps as Serina suggested, there's a deeper network of tunnels further below the sewers, that the Guild has gained access to. Without a primary Thieves Guild, it is possible that Blackbird & his goons have mobalized enough to have cleared out some old smugglers tunnels that haven't been used since the War of the Lance, dating back to preCataclysm days.
I don't get Dungeon magazine all that often, particularly since I've moved over to the UK & haven't had the time to go to the game stores all that often & restock up on what I've been missing... Amazon's been helping me there *laughs*
Christopher
I was actually able to use what was in the KoD preview for my session on Friday. I got them up to the part where they met up with Shaylan(At the end of the online preview.).
My next session is planned for 05/15/04. I remember Jamie saying the adventure should be out mid-May.
Maybe it will be in the stores by then! :D
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If it doesn't come then I may save my money up for Eberron and in the mean time start running Ravenloft again. I really don't want to fall back into the mists(I am sick of RL.) but I cannot just go to the gaming sessions empty handed. My players would stone me.
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