King of the Troll Haunt - I has it!

[Plane Sailing]

Thanks for the information. This already sounds more appealing than 'pyramid of shadows'

Cheers

 

[MerricB]

The latter.

The way they're spelled in here, it looks like 'Fomorian'.

Fomorian is correct. The term is from Irish mythology - one of their most famous members was Balor of the Evil Eye.

Michael Moorcock uses "Fhoi Myore" in the second chronicles of Corum.

Cheers!

 

[Rechan]

The lack of questions surprise me. o.o

 

[Vayden]

The lack of questions surprise me. o.o

Eh. The only campaign I'm in that isn't home-brewing is 1/4 of the way through H2, and the other one I'm dm-ing is at level 5 right now. I'll be curious about P1 in a couple months, but not yet.

 

[Shroomy]

Are there any opportunities for role-playing encounters? One of the best parts about H3 was the sections devoted to roleplaying with the various factions.

 

[Rechan]

Are there any opportunities for role-playing encounters? One of the best parts about H3 was the sections devoted to roleplaying with the various factions.

There is the town, and there are some captives in one of the monster's lairs. There's some to talk about though, so click on the spoiler block.

[sblock]Take a look at the first encounter, the excerpt that WotC put out.

At the top of the second page is "Roleplaying the Oni Mage". One of the options is the Oni disguising himself as the dead courier and, if he fools the PCs, lead them into a dangerous situation and escape.

That is the RP encounters; monsters that pretend to be people and sucker-punch the party. With ONE exception (see below).

In the Warren (the big first area), there's a scene with two briar hags, and hanging from cages in the ceiling are giant boneshard skeletons. The hag in the room poses as a crone mending mushrooms, and waits for the PCs to get close, before dropping the whammy. (There's a sidenote that if the PCs fall at any time in the Warren, they end up in the cages).

In one of the Additional encounters in the DM booklet, in the Feywild, it has one with a Lamia posing as an eladrin scholar who offers up a treasure map. The treasure map is warded to blind whoever looks at it for a round, while she and her hook horror allies pounce on the party.

THE EXCEPTION:

In the warren is an adult black dragon. There is actually a skill challenge allowing the PCs to negotiate with the dragon for safe passage. If the PCs succeed with no failures, the dragon even gives a +3 Mordant longsword to fight the trolls.[/sblock]

 

[crash_beedo]

Here's a question - the previews point out that Moonstair is 'south of the Nentir Vale'... are there new regional maps expanding the POL setting or building on the Nentir Vale map? Just curious if more of the POL setting is starting to take shape.

The other thing - how about hooks to P2? What do we know about the upcoming Drow adventure?

 

[Rechan]

are there new regional maps expanding the POL setting

Not a damn one.

The other thing - how about hooks to P2? What do we know about the upcoming Drow adventure?

A sidebar mentions "The next adventure", offering suggestions for what to do after P1. Two has some hints.

[sblock] 1) The backstory of the adventure involves a hero named Etheran of Therund who wielded Sunwrath. He was fighting a dark cult in a far off land, and on the way back, paused in Moonstair to battle Skalmad. Skalmad pwned him.

The sword has to be returned to the Baron of Therund, Etheran's father. If the Pcs return the sword, they find out that the death cult has keyed up their operations with news of Etheran's death. He asks the PCs to fight the cult.

Quoting the book, "If the cult worships Orcus, this side adventure provides a possible connection to P2.")

2) There are two drow in negotiations with Skalmad the second time the Pcs bust in to fight him. If Skalmad escapes or dies, the drow flee.

Quoting the book, "The drow who were negotiating with Skalmad show up again in P2. This adventure throws the PCs into the middle of a power struggle between drow loyal to Lolth and those who serve Orcus."[/sblock]

 

[Jack99]

How much of the adventurer takes place in the Feywild? Just the final combat?

 

[Rechan]

How much of the adventurer takes place in the Feywild? Just the final combat?

[sblock]There are three real adventure areas.

The Great Warren (13 Encounters)
Raid on Moonstair (5 Encounters)
Feywild/Fortress of Mross Kagg (6 Encounters).

Skalmad's throne is both in the Material and Feywild; in the Feywild it's in an area secluded by steep cliffs, blocked off by a magic portal (skill challenge). There's then a pass through the outcropping and into some vegetation, an outpost, a waterfall flooded road, and then the guardhouse to Mross Kagg, the Fomorian fortress.[/sblock]