D&D 5E Neverwinter & the North (LMoP campaign sequel)

Unwise · Mar 16, 2015

I can't give much wide sweeping advice, but does the PC still have the cursed item? What I did was have a 'benefactor' that was quiet obviously evil-ish offer to cure the guy of the curse for free and take that nasty cursed item off his hands for safe keeping too. It seems like a great deal, but it led to some interesting RP as the guy wanted to be cured, but the rest of the party did not want to give the cursed item away, fearing it would be used for ill.

If they do give it away, other important people get struck down the the curse at some point, or in the case of a book, as cult starts up exploring its dark secrets.

phantomK9 · Mar 16, 2015

Just wanted to say thanks for posting all your play recaps. Not only did I find them entertaining, but your description of LMoP convinced me to go out and get a copy of the starter set for myself.

Once I start running the game, I plan on linking the lost mine to the 3e book I have called "City of the Spider Queen". Of course that is supposed to be for 10+ level characters, so I might have to throw in other things along the way.

Really looking forward to continuing to read your posts.

Nebulous · Mar 18, 2015

Unwise said:
I can't give much wide sweeping advice, but does the PC still have the cursed item? What I did was have a 'benefactor' that was quiet obviously evil-ish offer to cure the guy of the curse for free and take that nasty cursed item off his hands for safe keeping too. It seems like a great deal, but it led to some interesting RP as the guy wanted to be cured, but the rest of the party did not want to give the cursed item away, fearing it would be used for ill.

If they do give it away, other important people get struck down the the curse at some point, or in the case of a book, as cult starts up exploring its dark secrets.

That's a good approach. The Sewers of the Underguild from Quests of Doom actually fits perfectly into the adventure, combining as with the newly formed Chasm, the Book of the Black Spider and the portal to Evernight (both the Sewer map and the Evernight map have a river of Filth)

So either A) The leader of the Cult of Ashmadai, Sangre, will offer to remove the curse on the Elf he if becomes a vampire member of their eilte club (which is essentially like the shadowgovernment of Neverwinter)

B) The Ashmadai leader Sangre doesn't know how to get rid of the curse, or care, he wants its power for himself, and isn't scared of Keraptis or consequences

C) PCs have to enter Evernight and throw the book into the elemental fire of the Shadowfell river that flows through the city of the undead.

We didn't play last night, I wasn't feeling well so it will be another week.

Nebulous · Mar 18, 2015

phantomK9 said:
Just wanted to say thanks for posting all your play recaps. Not only did I find them entertaining, but your description of LMoP convinced me to go out and get a copy of the starter set for myself.

Once I start running the game, I plan on linking the lost mine to the 3e book I have called "City of the Spider Queen". Of course that is supposed to be for 10+ level characters, so I might have to throw in other things along the way.

Really looking forward to continuing to read your posts.

Thanks. I cannot stress how great I thought LMoP was. I wish I was still running it

. I'm having to put quite a bit of work into cobbling together the story now, and it's time consuming.

Nebulous · Mar 22, 2015

So for those who are following these last sessions of Lost Mine of Phandelver, I'm doing some heavily homebrew stuff and pulling from the 4e Neverwinter Campaign Guide and Quests of Doom - Sewers of the Underguild. The Cult of Ashmadai are a vampiric cult of Asomdeus worshipers and the PC Elgweth the elf has inadvertently given them the Book of the Black Spider (the Curse of Keraptis) - which was the whole curse and plot point of Return to White Plume Mountain by Bruce Cordell. My players did not take any of the plot hooks for White Plume Mountain so it has all been shifted to Neverwinter in the pre-cataclysm days before the Spellplague. Neverwinter is still rocked by an earthquake from Mt. Hotenow but it is not anywhere near citywide destruction. Instead, it opens up the sewer tunnels where the Cult of Ashmadai operate, and they happen to have the cursed book the PC was actively working on.

I am wrapping this campaign arc up soon and moving to Princes of the Apocalypse soon with all new PCs.

MonsterEnvy · Mar 23, 2015

Apparently Princes of the Appocolpes would have been good follow up to Lost Mines as their locations are pretty close.

Nebulous · Mar 23, 2015

MonsterEnvy said:
Apparently Princes of the Appocolpes would have been good follow up to Lost Mines as their locations are pretty close.

It would have been a perfect follow up. I could have seeded plot hooks from Princes into Phandelver a long time ago. Oh well, it will be fine.

mserabian · Mar 23, 2015

Would the Neverwinter Campaign Guide from 4e be a useful tool to keep the Sandbox nature of Lost Mines going?

Scrivener of Doom · Mar 24, 2015

mserabian said:
Would the Neverwinter Campaign Guide from 4e be a useful tool to keep the Sandbox nature of Lost Mines going?

IMO, it is especially because the Neverwinter Wood and Neverwinter itself both make excellent sandbox locations.

Here's the table of contents for my blog post on expanding the LMoP sandbox. Even if you don't like the ideas, the references can be helpful.

Nebulous · Mar 27, 2015

mserabian said:
Would the Neverwinter Campaign Guide from 4e be a useful tool to keep the Sandbox nature of Lost Mines going?

Yeah, it has more information in the 4e guide than you could ever possibly use.

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