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I appreciate all the responses, and this thread has been useful to help me figure out some alternate "clues" to move along the main plot. Also, I'm going back to each point where there needs to be a major "reveal", and making sure there are multiple clues/leads/etc. to bring this event to...

Thanks, these are useful guidelines. They are a nice expansion to my already internalized guidelines of "don't leave the whole plot up to one event/clue/interaction and don't be too clever". From personal experience in past campaigns I've seen my seemingly very clever Red Herrings turn into...

Ha! That's hilarious. Imagine if the true mastermind wasn't actually the evil warlord/wizard but the potted plant on the desk? Extremely evil and powerful potted plant, but potted plant nonetheless :)

What's the point of your comment? Why do you seem to be both condescending and rude in response to a perfectly reasonable post I made? Seriously, don't you have basic good manners?

Quick question - page 1 talks about Kate Welch leaving, then the next couple of pages head off in tangential discussions. Does anywhere else in the 25 pages of this thread touch back on the original subject of Kate Welch leaving? I just don't have the time to read through a 25 page thread and...

Good observations! I played a lot of AD&D “back in the day”, and the OP rings true. lots of MU characters never made it past 1st level. Since Sleep was an extremely effective 1st level spell in 1E, I remember low level MUs basically being one or two shot Sleep spells then throw some darts...

To my knowledge there has never been an official, published source that details the underground areas of Sharn. The Forgotten Forge is a shirt adventure with a relatively small “dungeon”, and it covers a tiny fraction of the areas underneath Sharn. I think players wanting to sneak into Sharn...

I’m in the same club. It’s unfortunate it took a worldwide pandemic to free up enough time for me and D&D to coexist, but this is the reality.

I’ve played in three campaigns over the years where the characters were at or above 20th level. I can’t imagine a mountain climb being any sort of challenge for characters of that level.

Yes! Two of my favorite settings, and I’ve run campaigns in each. I ran many a WHFRP game back in the 90’s, but I’m somewhat embarrassed to admitin my games the cultists of the Ye Olde Worlde were VERY fond of writing EVERYTHING down on paper. it made the job of the PC Witchhunter pretty easy...

As for my players taking prisoners, I was partially joking and I think they're turning over a new leaf in this campaign. I pitched it as an urban/dungeon adventure, with a fair amount of intrigue and the resulting PCs are a Roge/Wizard (eventually Arcane Trickster), a Swashbuckler and a Bard...

Great ideas! There are merchants and traders who support the Big Plan, and while none know the big picture, they have useful information. I think I’ll make sure some shipments of certain goods, with merchant seals intact, are found in places they shouldn’t be. My rationale will be that if...

A good idea. I just need to train my players to take prisoners:rolleyes:

I'm honestly curious about which system and VTT you are using? Because I went from having zero prior VTT experience of any sort to running a VTT Pathfinder campaign about three weeks ago, and using Roll20 has been pretty painless. I did have some experienced resources I could bounce questions...

This is a good point, and a downside of VTT. I don't do random encounters in my VTT game, at least not in the old manner of make a few rolls, whip up a map/terrain and call for initiative. For certain areas or adventures where it makes "sense", I set up a couple of "random" encounters to use...

It seems one of the classic tropes of FRPG campaigns is that evil masterminds write detailed letters to their subordinates, who then leave these letters lying around so the PCs can discover them as they loot said subordinates lair (after helping the subordinate shuffle off their mortal coil)...

Some great maps in this thread!

Nothing. Because I wasn’t playing any RPG FtF. I went 5 years without a sugar gaming session. I discovered that fir me to e joy a game, I needed to collaborate with interested, invested gamers who all possessed a high level of system mastery. While I had this group a few times, inevitably...

This is the perfect “hitting the nail on the head” quote for my biggest dislikes of the Realms. I do like the Realms overall. I’m running a campaign in the Lake of Steam region right now. But I find the less “Greenwooded” the area of the Realms, the better. Kudos on this undertaking. I’ve...

Cool thread (y)