Yeah, or rather, just a little part of it. I have definitely been slacking on this conversion, but to be honest, there has been very little time lately. It's not that my schedule is clearing up or anything, but I will try to make an effort to speed things up, should anyone be using the stuff I post.

Also, if you are reading this, you are more than welcome to give some feedback, in terms of both good and bad things. I would love to improve what I do.

Anyway, for starters...

Edit: added skill challenge "exposing the spy" to be used with the-not-so-sick-spy encounter.







EXPOSING THE SPY
Skill challenge level 9 (800 xp)
Complexity 2 (requires 6 successes before 3 failures)
Primary skills: Insight (DC 22), Diplomacy (DC 18), Perception (DC 18)
Other skills: Heal (DC 17) and Streetwise (DC 19)
Victory: They expose Miha and her friends, resulting in a fight
Defeat: They fail to expose Miha. She either joins the party, plotting an ambush, or trails them, ambushing them at a very opportune (for her) moment.





The Greater Barghest (as well as the barghests in the earlier encounter) are heavily inspired by the ones from Dungeon Denizens. The Ogre is oh so very slightly beefed up, just for a little more punch. The Blackspawn Raiders were fairly basic straight-forward creatures originally, so I made them brutes. Overall an encounter that didn't have to be changed much.








The players should hit level 10 about now

















The level of the dragon is still very much debated in my head.

I think it's pretty much safe to say that by now, this conversion is dead. The interest is just not there, I would much rather do my own stuff or work on 4e material.

Jack99

RHoD was by far the best WotC adventure to be made during the 3.x era and definitely one of the best adventures released during those years.

Now 4e is here, and even though a few of my players are somewhat familiar with the module, I am sure that I one day will run it for them.

I had been thinking about a conversion for a bit, but one of the things that I couldn't decide upon, was which level range it should be. Then Draconomicon came out, and the answer was obvious.

So, even though it will probably be years before I get to run this for 4e, I plan to convert it here. If you disagree with the choices I make, feel free to chime in. The only thing I won't budge on is the level range. The conversion will be balanced against a 5 man party that start out at level 8.

Edits:
8th Feb: added treasure and quest info.
8th Feb: changed the name of one of Zarr's powers.




RIDING INTO TOWN
Skill challenge level 7 (300 xp)
Complexity 1 (requires 4 successes before 3 failures)
Primary skills: Diplomacy (DC 16), Bluff (DC 18), Intimidate (DC 24)
Other skills: Insight (DC 16) and Streetwise (DC 17)
Victory: They impress Sergeant Hersk and you can gain access to several pieces of information (see page 20)
Defeat: Hersk lets the players pass, but offers no additional info. He is one cranky guard

THE TOWN SPEAKER
Skill challenge level 8 (700 xp)
Complexity: 2 (requires 6 successes before 3 failures)
Primary Skills: Diplomacy (DC 15), bluff (DC 17), insight (DC 16)
Victory: The players are offered 3000 gold pieces and 2 healing potions each (total worth 3500 gp) for solving the hobgoblin problem for the town.
Defeat: They are only offered 2000 gold pieces

Major Quest: Figure out what is behind the hobgoblin attacks on Drellin's Ferry (1750 xp)

Treasure: 2000 gp or 3000 gp and 10 healing potions.

GETTING LOST (if they cut across the Witchwood)
Skill challenge level 8 (700 xp)
Complexity: 2 (requires 6 successes before 3 failures)
Primary skills: Endurance (DC 13), perception (DC 14), Nature (DC 16), History (DC 20)
Victory: You arrive unharmed at Jorr’s cabin
Defeat: Each player loses 1 healing surge and they run into a level 8 encounter

JORR'S CABIN
Skill challenge level 8 (700 xp)
Complexity: 2 (requires 6 successes before 3 failures)
Primary skills: Bluff (DC 19), diplomacy (DC 15), intimidate (DC 21), history (DC 17), insight (DC 14)
Victory: Get Jorr to be their guide
Defeat: Jorr refuses to help the players









OLD WARKLEGNAW
Skill challenge level 8 (1050 xp)
Complexity: 3 (requires 8 successes before 3 failures)
Primary Skills: Diplomacy (DC 15), bluff (DC 17), insight (DC 16), nature (DC 18) (handing OG the gauntlet from Vraath Keep gives 2 automatic successes).
Victory: Calm down Old Warklegnaw (partial) and enlist him in the war (full). A partial victory is achieved after 3 successes.
Defeat: (Complete) Old Warklegnaw attacks! (partial) OG invites them to share his dire boar diner, but he refuses to aid them in the war.



As the players return to Derrin's Ferry and tell the council what have happened, they complete their quest. Between the fight at the bridge and the xp from completing the quest, they should now be level 9







DESPERATE COUNSEL
Skill challenge level 9 (1200 xp)
Complexity: 3 (requires 8 successes before 3 failures)
Primary Skills: Diplomacy (DC 15), bluff (DC 17), insight (DC 16), history
Victory: The players convince the council of following their suggestion
Defeat: Indecision fills the council. Move to slaughtering the town in “Massacre at Drellin’s Ferry”

I will update this blog as I get things converted

Jack99

My players are currently in the Feywild, running my very warped version of the otherwise great adventure, King of the Trollhaunt.

Last time we played, they met this bad boy, who is my own version of the Troll Witch, and we had an awesome battle. My players loved the monster, so I figured it would put it up for sharing. I also included a nasty Fey Goblin that they will run into the next time. So far all the goblins they have met have been minions, so they are starting to view them as wizard-fodder. Oh boy are they in for a surprise.

The Fey Goblin was modelled after the drow lurker of the same level.

Troll Ice Shaman Level 12 Controller
Large natural humanoid XP 700
Initiative +8 Senses Perception +10
HP 124; Bloodied 62
Regeneration 10 (if the troll witch takes acid or fire damage, regeneration does not function until the end of its next turn)
Vulnerable 5 fire
AC 25; Fortitude 25, Reflex 22, Will 24
Speed 7
m Claw (Standard, at-will) Reach 2; +16 vs Armor Class; 1d10+6 damage.
R Freeze the Flesh (Minor, at-will) * Cold
Ranged 10; +16 vs Reflex; the target takes 1d6 point of cold damage, and any time an ally deals damage from a melee attack against the target for the remainder of the encounter, the target takes an additional 1d6 cold damage. Also see Statue of Ice.
R Statue of Ice (Standard, recharge 5, 6) Polymorph, Cold
Ranged 10; If target is an enemy affected by Freeze the Flesh, it takes -2 to saves; +16 vs Fortitude; Target is slowed and takes ongoing 10 cold (save ends). First Failed Save; Target is frozen* and takes ongoing 10 cold damage (save ends). Aftereffect: Target is slowed and ongoing 5 damage.
C Cold Spikes (Standard, encounter)
Close blast 5; targets enemies only; +16 vs Fortitude; 2d8+5 damage, and the target is dazed and slowed (save ends).
Troll Healing Healing
If the troll witch is reduced to 0 hit points by an attack that does not deal acid or fire damage, it rises on its next turn (as a move action) with 10 hit points.
Alignment Chaotic evil Languages Common, Giant
Skills Endurance +16, Insight +10
Str 18 (+10) Dex 15 (+8) Wis 9 (+5)
Con 20 (+11) Int 12 (+7) Cha 18 (+10)
Equipment: Hide, Staff

Fey Goblin Opportunist Level 11 Lurker
Small fey humanoid XP 600
Initiative +13 Senses Perception +11; lowlight vision
HP 83; Bloodied 41
AC 24; Fortitude 20, Reflex 22, Will 19
Speed 6
m Shortsword (standard; at-will) ✦ Weapon
+14 vs. AC; 2d8 + 5 damage
R Hand Crossbow (standard; at-will) ✦Weapon
Ranged 10/20; +14 vs. AC; 3d6 + 5 damage
M Opportune Bastard (immediate reaction when an enemy gets bloodied; recharge 6) * Weapon
+14 vs. AC; 4d8+5 damage. The Fey Goblin Opportunist shifts up to 6 and makes an attack with combat advantage against a enemy who was just bloodied.
M Finish the Weak (standard; encounter, only against bloodied)
+14 vs. AC; 4d10+5 damage
Alignment Evil Languages Common, Goblin
Skills Dungeoneering +11, Intimidate +8, Stealth +15
Str 14 (+7) Dex 19 (+9) Wis 13 (+6)
Con 11 (+5) Int 13 (+6) Cha 12 (+6)
Equipment chainmail, shortsword, hand crossbow, 20 bolts

Jack99

As mentioned in one of my previous blogs, my players are rapidly approaching the mysterious Danar Hold mentioned on the ancient dwarven tablets that they found in the dwarven crypt during the first session of our campaign.

Danar Hold is (drumroll) nothing other than Keep on the Shadowfell.

Since they have just reached level 2, there will obviously have to be some tweaking when it comes to the encounters (not to mention that I have 6-7 players most of the time, although this is luckily only during the summer. As soon as soccer practice begins, one of our players drops out, as his private life doesn't leave room for both).

Anyway, I was looking at the burial site encounter, and I decided that the party will stumble upon it on their way through the Silent Forest, and find some clue that hints about what goes on in Danar Hold.

So what does go on in Danar Hold, and how does it tie in with Castle Whiterock and the kidnapping of the players in session one?

Mr Jacoby has through a thieves guild called the Dark Finders made contact with the kobolds of the Green Lizard tribe. Together they have set up a slavery "ring", where Jacoby sets up adventurers (by poisoning food that he gives them when they accept their "mission") to be kidnapped by the kobolds. The kobolds drags them to Castle Whiterock, where some other associates of the Dark Finders and Mr Jacoby have set up camp. Those same associates further sells the slaves to the orcs (this might change though) in the deeper levels, who uses them to dig for an artifact that they are looking for.

The kobolds, who are supposed to deliver all prisoners to Castle Whiterock, are also involved with the Orcus Priest who is buying some of their prisoners, since he needs an awful lot of blood for the ritual that opens the rift to the Shadowfell.

Both Danar Hold and Castle Whiterock (both ancient keeps) both holds a portal to a forgotten keep in Qu'orath, although the one in Danar Hold is damaged and doesn't work. However there will be clues that there is a similar portal in Castle Whiterock, and where it leads. Neither the Orcus priest of Danar Hold, nor the Dark Finders at Castle Whiterock have any clue that their are literally sitting on a portal connected to an unexplored area of the new world.

Anyway. Back to the first encounter, at the burial site. The gnome skulk struck me as kinda boring, even though he has a nifty racial ability. So I decided to give him a slightly more old-school feel, by leveling him to level 4, and making him a wizard (illusionist) instead. I guess I could just have used the gnome arcanist from the MM instead, but I had completely forgotten that it was there..

Gnome Wizard (Illusionist) Level 4 Controller
Small fey humanoid XP 175
Initiative +2 Perception +1; low-light vision
HP 38; Bloodied 19
AC 18; Fortitude 15, Reflex 18, Will 16; Speed 5

m Dagger (standard; at-will) Weapon; +6 vs. AC; 1d4+1 damage.

R Illusory Ambush (standard; at-will) Arcane, Illusion, Implement, Psychic; Ranged 10, +8 vs Will, 1d6+6 psychic damage, target takes -2 to attack rolls to the end of your next turn.

R Grasping Shadows (standard, encounter) arcane, illusion, implement, Psychic; Area burst 1 within 10 squares. Target: Each creature in burst; +8 vs Will, 1d8+6 psychic damage, and target is slowed until the end of your next turn. Effect: Any creature that enters the area of the grasping shadows takes 5 damage and is slowed until the end of its next turn.

R Phantom Chasm (standard, daily) arcane, illusion, implement, psychic; Area burst 1 within 20 squares. Target: Each creature in burst; +8 vs Will, 2d6+6 psychic damage, and target is prone and immobilized until the end of it's next turn. Miss: The target is immobilized until the end of it's next turn.

Fade Away (immediate reaction, when the gnome wizard takes damage; encounter) Illusion. The gnome wizard turns invisible until it attacks or until the end of its next turn.

Reactive Stealth If a gnome has cover or concealment when it makes an initiative check at the start of an encounter, it can take a Stealth check to escape notice.

Alignment Unaligned Languages Common, Elven

Skills Arcana +14, Bluff +10 Stealth +9
Str 10 (+2) Dex 11 (+2) Wis 12 (+3)
Con 14 (+4) Int 19 (+7) Cha 16 (+5)
Equipment robes, dagger

After having made the gnome, I must admit I am not too happy about him, but for now, I will keep him to harass the party, while they deal with the other "monsters" at the burial site. But I guess I should really let go of the old ways of "stating up" full NPC's and instead just go the monster route. In this case, I should probably go with the arcanist and modify his powers a bit. Hmmm..

Let's see if we can't whip up another NPC that we will need, by using the monster building blocks instead. I am thinking of Melchin, the guy in charge of the Dark Finders at Castle Whiterock. I am thinking he will be the first solo the party will meet. (Yes, that means there is a monster or two from Keep that will be removed.

Melchin, Level 4 Solo Controller
Medium natural humanoid
Initiative +5; Perception +10
HP 216; AC 21, Fortitude 20, Reflex 18, Will 18; Speed 7;
+5 to saves; Action Points 2

Unarmed Attack (standard; at-will) +9 vs AC, 1d10+4 damage

Monk’s Surge (usable only while bloodied; encounter) Melchin makes a basic attack and heals 54 hps.

Flurry of Blows (standard; at-will) Melchin makes two basic attacks against one or two targets

Stunning Fist (standard; recharge 5, 6) +7 vs Fortitude, 1d10+4 damage and target is stunned (save ends)

Circle Kick (standard; recharge 4, 5, 6) +9 vs AC, 3d10+4 damage. Target is pushed 3 and knocked prone.

Whirling Kick (standard, burst 1, recharge 6) +7 vs AC, 3d6+4 damage

Deflect Arrow (Immediate Interrupt, at-will) Melchin deflects an arrow, bolt, dagger or other ranged weapon that will hit him (I have a bit of trouble formulating this one, but the intend should be clear enough - am a bit uncertain about this one though, as it will only affect the ranger and possibly the rogue, but it will hurt them a lot)

Str 18 Con 14 Dex 15 Int 10 Wis 15 Cha 11

Jack99

I figured I would post the complete price list by level, in order to save others from needing to go look for it, in case someone makes their own rituals.

Level - price
1: 50
2: 100
3: 125
4: 175
5: 250
6: 360
7: 520
8: 680
9: 840
10: 1000
11: 1800
12: 2600
13: 3400
14: 4200
15: 5000
16: 9000
17: 13000
18: 17000
19: 21000
20: 25000
21: 45000
22: 65000
23: 85000
24: 105000
25: 125000
26: 225000
27: 325000
28: 425000
29: 525000
30: 625000

There are at the present time, 3 exceptions to this table:
Level 1 Silence costs 75 instead of 50.
Level 4 Arcane lock costs 150 instead of 175
Level 5 Brew potion costs 75 instead of 250

Why oh why. I looked over the rituals, and I do not see why they should be any cheaper than the others. I sense a house-rule incoming.

Jack99

I am pretty sure my first character would be:

Zzaz
Zzaz had a violent start to his life. First of all, his existence was due to a rape. His human mother, being a devout follower of Bahamut, decided to keep the baby, even if she knew it would become a tainted child, a tiefling. As if this wasn't enough, Zzaz' mother was assaulted again, a mere 7 months later. This time however, it wasn't rape. A starved to death crazy lowlife tried to rob her. When she didn't do as ordered quick enough, because the shock had started the contractions, the mad murderer slashed her throat and took her money, leaving her for dead. Somehow, she managed to crawl to the nearest temple. That's where the priests of the Raven Queen found her dead a few minutes later, grasping a newborn tiefling in her hands. By some miracle, she had found the strength to deliver her baby, while her lifeblood was fleeing her at rapid pace. But the fight was not over. Being born months early, Zzaz was a frail baby, and the priests deemed his chances to make it through the first night as extremely small. Zzaz was put on the altar of the Raven Queen, and left there for the night. The next morning, much to everyone's surprise, they found a healthy (but very frail) baby, quite alive and hungry on the altar. Ever since that day, Zzaz was whispered to be a special one, one marked by the Queen, for future greatness.

As Zzaz grew up, raised by the priests, it quickly became quite obvious that the brutal and early way he had come into the world, had left a mark upon him. His body, while no longer dangerously frail, never seemed to develop as it should, considering all the martial training he went through. Not that it seemed to hamper him. While not naturally strong, Zzaz was gifted with a strength of personality and force of will like very few other. Some say that his love of the Raven Queen and his belief in the infailibility of death guides his sword and shield, making natural strength redundant.

Having completed his training at the temple, Zzaz has recently decided to see the world. And while there is no doubt that he believes that all death has a purpose and a time, there is also little doubt to those that know him that two men should look out for him coming, because when he does, their time in this world will be up. Those two men are of course his father and the man who killed his mother.

Zzaz, Tiefling Paladin
Str 10
Con 12
Dex 10
Int 12
Wis 16
Cha 18

Hp 32; Fortitude 12, Reflex 14, Will 15
AC 20 (plate, heavy shield)
Weapon: Longsword
Skills: Religion, Heal, Diplomacy, Endurance

Feats :
1:Toughness
2:Channel Divinity: Raven Queen's Blessing
4:Healing Hands
6:Initiate of the Faith
8: Durable?
10:Ritual Caster?

Powers:
1:Bolstering Strike
1:Enfeebling Strike
1:Shielding Smite
1:On Pain of Death
2:Sacred Circle Martyr's Blessing
3:Righteous Smite
5:Hallowed Circle
6:Wrath of the Gods
7: Divine Reverence
9:One Stands Alone
10:Noble Shield

Paragon Path
Most likely Justiciar

Jack99