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#1
zombiegleemax
Oct 28, 2004 5:02:18 So I've decided to ditch Eberron after a one-time game of Call of Cthulhu (we played a scenario I cooked up: a reality tv show, Cthulhu style! lots of fun), and my group will be doing Dark Sun. Yay, excitement.

Anyway, I'm starting everyone out with a modified Freedom adventure, and I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions in general for it?

nic
#2
jon_oracle_of_athas
Oct 28, 2004 5:10:34 Depends on your character composition.
#3
elonarc
Oct 28, 2004 7:12:41 Do not miss the 3.5 conversion of all the Freedom NPCs found here in the "NPCs" section.
#4
pringles
Oct 28, 2004 8:07:25 be ruthless with your PC cause they will want to escape. If they plan to, make there plan discovered by the guard and whip them to near death a couple of time.
#5
Pennarin
Oct 28, 2004 8:17:20 I know I repeat myself, but make a Search of the forum for "Freedom" and you'll find your question has been answered before with, IIRC, pretty imaginative - and useful - answers.
#6
zombiegleemax
Oct 28, 2004 13:17:47 Choose ahead of time one PC who will be granted every favor, every benefit of luck, every useful item. Then, 2/3 of the way through the adventure, stab that character in the back and kill him.
#7
zombiegleemax
Oct 29, 2004 12:18:15 I've tried to run Freedom two times. Both party was wiped out. I was not cruel, simply followed the rules lined in the module.

And a weak point is when they could get out from the slave pens for a courier job in the city. Why would they go back to the pens than? This I could never understand.
#8
zombiegleemax
Oct 31, 2004 13:17:24
And a weak point is when they could get out from the slave pens for a courier job in the city. Why would they go back to the pens than? This I could never understand

Because the VA needed someone on the inside. The pc's only reason to return would be to be the "good guys". This also gives preserver PCs an opportunity to get in good with the Tyr alliance.

If they don't take the bait, you just skip ahead to the arena scene and usher the PC's inside, using a little force if necessary.
#9
zombiegleemax
Nov 02, 2004 15:53:35
Because the VA needed someone on the inside. The pc's only reason to return would be to be the "good guys". This also gives preserver PCs an opportunity to get in good with the Tyr alliance.

This "good guys" thing works in every other world, but not in Dark Sun. And even a preserver thinks twice to go back into the slave pits for the good relationship with the VA. Then says no. Good relationship worths nothing if you are dead.

The slave pits are a death trap, plain and simple. The first party I DMed through Freedom simply died dehydrating in the pits, according to the rules in the module. No sane being would go back there for any promised reward.
#10
zombiegleemax
Nov 02, 2004 21:26:12 The simple, elegent, Athasian solution: magical (or psionic) compulsion. Fixes that problem right up. For the VA, not the soon-to-be-slave-again. But that's their problem.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 zombiegleemax Oct 28, 2004 5:02:18	So I've decided to ditch Eberron after a one-time game of Call of Cthulhu (we played a scenario I cooked up: a reality tv show, Cthulhu style! lots of fun), and my group will be doing Dark Sun. Yay, excitement. Anyway, I'm starting everyone out with a modified Freedom adventure, and I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions in general for it? nic
#2 jon_oracle_of_athas Oct 28, 2004 5:10:34	Depends on your character composition.
#3 elonarc Oct 28, 2004 7:12:41	Do not miss the 3.5 conversion of all the Freedom NPCs found here in the "NPCs" section.
#4 pringles Oct 28, 2004 8:07:25	be ruthless with your PC cause they will want to escape. If they plan to, make there plan discovered by the guard and whip them to near death a couple of time.
#5 Pennarin Oct 28, 2004 8:17:20	I know I repeat myself, but make a Search of the forum for "Freedom" and you'll find your question has been answered before with, IIRC, pretty imaginative - and useful - answers.
#6 zombiegleemax Oct 28, 2004 13:17:47	Choose ahead of time one PC who will be granted every favor, every benefit of luck, every useful item. Then, 2/3 of the way through the adventure, stab that character in the back and kill him.
#7 zombiegleemax Oct 29, 2004 12:18:15	I've tried to run Freedom two times. Both party was wiped out. I was not cruel, simply followed the rules lined in the module. And a weak point is when they could get out from the slave pens for a courier job in the city. Why would they go back to the pens than? This I could never understand.
#8 zombiegleemax Oct 31, 2004 13:17:24	And a weak point is when they could get out from the slave pens for a courier job in the city. Why would they go back to the pens than? This I could never understand Because the VA needed someone on the inside. The pc's only reason to return would be to be the "good guys". This also gives preserver PCs an opportunity to get in good with the Tyr alliance. If they don't take the bait, you just skip ahead to the arena scene and usher the PC's inside, using a little force if necessary.
#9 zombiegleemax Nov 02, 2004 15:53:35	Because the VA needed someone on the inside. The pc's only reason to return would be to be the "good guys". This also gives preserver PCs an opportunity to get in good with the Tyr alliance. This "good guys" thing works in every other world, but not in Dark Sun. And even a preserver thinks twice to go back into the slave pits for the good relationship with the VA. Then says no. Good relationship worths nothing if you are dead. The slave pits are a death trap, plain and simple. The first party I DMed through Freedom simply died dehydrating in the pits, according to the rules in the module. No sane being would go back there for any promised reward.
#10 zombiegleemax Nov 02, 2004 21:26:12	The simple, elegent, Athasian solution: magical (or psionic) compulsion. Fixes that problem right up. For the VA, not the soon-to-be-slave-again. But that's their problem.