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We've finally gotten into "The Hall of Harsh Reflections" and I wanted to share some thoughts/questions. Event 2: Street Prophet Locals say that he shouted "the dragons of the rift and the sins they proclaim" which I thought was nonsense until I read up a bit on Dragotha, who lives in the...

We finished off Blackwell Keep last week. What I thought would take a few minutes ended up taking the entire session! They took my hint about checking out the submerged tunnel but were scared off by the "submerged" portion. Eventually they decided they could swim it. That triggered: 1) The...

Very minor correction - Shukak is listed as CR8 but only 1100 XP in Encounter at Blackwall Keep. Should be 3900 I believe. And in Hall of Harsh Reflections under Event 3, it says it's a DC 11 Charisma (Investigation) check, but should be Intelligence. Also, I like the reference to "each...

Why did the Shaman ask them to go to the egg chamber? Or were they just personally curious? My players keep re-directing the green worms plot to other agents, and they're not catching on to all the green worm clues. I need to engage them more! But in the meantime, I want to get them into the...

New questions: 1) They're in the lizardfolk lair, the allied with the shaman, and they destroyed the leaders. Everyone is friendly now...but how do I get them into the Egg Chamber? I've got some ideas, I'm just curious what other people did. 2) I'm looking at the Hall of Harsh...

I've had similar questions about Guardians vs. swarms - it feels like the swarm should be destroyed. But I don't think that's right (for swarms). Arguably, the worm starts the turn with complete cover (inside the Spawn) and isn't damaged, but then mid-round it leaps out and attacks, and if...

So the PCs sneak up on Blackwall Keep...and decide to boldly walk up and announce themselves to the Lizardfolk! I did not expect that. And they might have been able to bluff their way through it if their spokesperson didn't have a Jewel of Attacks on him, inciting everyone to attack him. Mass...

Running Blackwall Keep on Friday so I'm reviewing the big battle. I'm really glad I did as I just spotted the DM Note that the lizardfolk should have 44hp instead of 22. 44! And there are 28 of them! At least, there were - you've changed the 6 groups of 5 (including shaman + leader) to 4...

Argh! I typed out a response and lost it. Sigh. I do appreciate your detailed response again. 1. I just thought the viper was a pet, I didn't realize 3e had formal animal companions (not sure if they did in 1e/2e and I've just forgotten) 4. Clarification - you have the amulet and potion...

A year later and they are finally approaching Blackwall Keep (very infrequent play sessions). As always, it's great to have your conversion handy, and once again I have some questions. You've got Hishka in Area 8, but don't mention the viper companion. Intentional? Hishka is a 10th level...

I'm always amazed by the depth and breadth of your articles. Great stuff.

I'm very impressed by the level of detail in the research. An enjoyable read and trip down memory lane.

Here's the spellbook I put together: 1st level: Detect Magic, Disguise Self, False Life (p239), Identify, Magic Missile, Mage Armor, Ray of Sickness (p271) 2nd level: Blindness/Deafness, Crown of Madness (p229), Gentle Repose (p245), Magic Mouth (p257), Melf's Acid Arrow (p259), Ray of...

1. Friendly fire? Do you mean shooting arrows into a crowd? Because I'm a big fan of having a risk of hitting one of your own team, but my players are skeptical because it's not RaW. We've had one TPK and one "probably should have been actually dead" situation where a Flame Bolt into the...

...thinking about Filge some more... For room 9, you don't provide an updated list of spells in Filge's spellbook. I understand why Mage Armor is the only 1st level spell Filge has prepared, but doesn't that mean his 4 1st level slots are useless? He probably isn't casting Mage Armor 4 times...

I'm taking this as an invitation to dig deeper. I feel a bit lonely playing the adventure so many years later when everyone is done talking about it. I'm back into D&D after a 20-year absence (skipped 3rd and 4th edition) so I'm having trouble adjusting to the new world of massive amounts of...

Part 1 Comments + Thanks Thank you for doing this and posting this. I'm just finishing part one with my players and wanted to share my thoughts: 1) In Area 2 and 3 it mentions disadvantage for the wolves on perception. But the wolves naturally have advantage, so I believe this cancels out...