D&D 5E Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh 5e
ExploderWizard
Hero
I have run this adventure in AD&D 3E and GURPS. It is a really cool adventure that will adapt well to 5E. Because 5E has so many options for fighter types, the players can be swashbuckler types and they will fit in nicely with the flavor of the adventure. To me it seems the typical heavily armored dungeon exploration type of party doesn't fit as well with all the action that can take place on and around the ship.
If you're going to be playing all week long and you also have copies of U2 Danger at Dunwater, and U3 The Final Enemy... you might want to think about bringing/playing all three.
As U1 Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh is really only just a haunted house exploration followed by possibly taking over the smuggler ship, you might get through the adventure rather quickly. I think when I ran the module during the D&D Next Playtest we actually finished the entire adventure in one evening. Thus... having the second module (where the group goes to the lizardfolk to possibly formalize an alliance) and the third module (where the party and lizardfolk invade the sahuagin lair) available to continue the adventure throughout the week might be good to have. The three modules are a nice beginning-middle-end to a fun little story.
As U1 Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh is really only just a haunted house exploration followed by possibly taking over the smuggler ship, you might get through the adventure rather quickly. I think when I ran the module during the D&D Next Playtest we actually finished the entire adventure in one evening. Thus... having the second module (where the group goes to the lizardfolk to possibly formalize an alliance) and the third module (where the party and lizardfolk invade the sahuagin lair) available to continue the adventure throughout the week might be good to have. The three modules are a nice beginning-middle-end to a fun little story.
Remathilis
Legend
Find a copy of the 3.5 Dungeon Master's Guide II, it has a full writeup of Saltmarsh full of plot hooks. Its set somewhat after U1-3, but enough of its portable back. Seriously, its one of the best town writeups I've ever seen.
mach1.9pants
Hero
I forgot about DMG 2! I'm going to re-read that tonight, thanks.
EDIT: 30 odd pages .... and tons of levelled NPCs in a 4k person town!
EDIT: 30 odd pages .... and tons of levelled NPCs in a 4k person town!
Nebulous
Legend
good idea! That really was a fantastic book. For any game system.
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Nebulous
Legend
Ok, well, I do have the old DMG 2 and reading over it, and man, it's so packed with information you hardly NEED the saltmarsh adventures. That's not what I was looking for though, as awesome as it is. I wanted to run the first one (and maybe two and three) largely intact and update to 5e.
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