Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Adapting STK for tier 4 campaign
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="MonkeyWrench" data-source="post: 6921213" data-attributes="member: 20730"><p>I'm currently preparing to run Storm King's Thunder for a couple members of my core group as a "spin-off" campaign to our main game. The players involved really want to continue to play their characters from OotA, and given that we love high-level DnD, I've decided to try and adapt the adventure for them. My problem is that I no longer have the time to pour through a stack of books and cook up custom adventures week after week. I'd like to use as much of STK as possible, but clearly it'll take extensive work to make a campaign meant for 5-10 level into a suitable campaign for 20th level characters. </p><p></p><p>The Party:</p><p>- 20th lvl Hill Dwarf (formerly Duergar) Oathbreaker Paladin - wields Axe of the Dwarvish Lords; Deep King of Gracklestugh; master of poisons, diseases, and fermentation. Inveterate liar. The player wants to play STK pretty much to kill giants in grotesque style. From an in-game perspective, the dwarf and his new wife (see below) have decided to take a break from ruling to go top-side and have a nice honeymoon/adventure</p><p>- 16th lvl Hill Dwarf/Werebear Totem Barbarian - wayward daughter of the Brawnanvil clan and one-time betrothed to Bruenor Battlehammer Jr. She fled her wedding to Battlehammer to elope with the Oathbreaker (a 33 Cha roll and a Philter of Love will do that), thus setting off a war between Gracklestugh and Gauntlgrym. </p><p>- Ancient Red Dragon/ 20th lvl Dragon Sorcerer - a shapeshifted Themberchaud who will accompany his favorite drinking buddy (Oathbreaker) to the surface because he's bored with the life of luxury he leads and wants to experience the novelty of mammalian/humanoid life. </p><p></p><p>Background: </p><p>We wrapped up OotA with the party basically collapsing half of Menzoberranzen cavern, destroying the noble quarter and wiping out 5 noble houses, Baenre included. In this power vacuum stepped a revitalized Gracklestugh, now the premier power in the northern Underdark. The war between Gracklestugh and Gauntlgrym goes in favor of the Duergar as they have PCs on their side, and other members of the original party are in a different spin-off campaign. The player of the Oathbreaker isn't really interested in actually playing out the course of the war, so we've decided to go on a giant-killing romp instead. </p><p></p><p>What I'd like help with is setting up STK. I think one angle is using the Stone Giants in Gracklestugh as a possible hook. At the very least using them to relay to the party that the Ordning is broken and giants are going buck wild. in terms of motivation, the party could care less about the plight of the common folk, and may be just as likely to murder the Storm Giant court as help them kind Hekaton. I don't mind significantly altering the module's metaplot/background, but I could use some help brainstorming ideas to get the ball rolling. </p><p></p><p>Ideas on beefing up encounters are welcome as well. </p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MonkeyWrench, post: 6921213, member: 20730"] I'm currently preparing to run Storm King's Thunder for a couple members of my core group as a "spin-off" campaign to our main game. The players involved really want to continue to play their characters from OotA, and given that we love high-level DnD, I've decided to try and adapt the adventure for them. My problem is that I no longer have the time to pour through a stack of books and cook up custom adventures week after week. I'd like to use as much of STK as possible, but clearly it'll take extensive work to make a campaign meant for 5-10 level into a suitable campaign for 20th level characters. The Party: - 20th lvl Hill Dwarf (formerly Duergar) Oathbreaker Paladin - wields Axe of the Dwarvish Lords; Deep King of Gracklestugh; master of poisons, diseases, and fermentation. Inveterate liar. The player wants to play STK pretty much to kill giants in grotesque style. From an in-game perspective, the dwarf and his new wife (see below) have decided to take a break from ruling to go top-side and have a nice honeymoon/adventure - 16th lvl Hill Dwarf/Werebear Totem Barbarian - wayward daughter of the Brawnanvil clan and one-time betrothed to Bruenor Battlehammer Jr. She fled her wedding to Battlehammer to elope with the Oathbreaker (a 33 Cha roll and a Philter of Love will do that), thus setting off a war between Gracklestugh and Gauntlgrym. - Ancient Red Dragon/ 20th lvl Dragon Sorcerer - a shapeshifted Themberchaud who will accompany his favorite drinking buddy (Oathbreaker) to the surface because he's bored with the life of luxury he leads and wants to experience the novelty of mammalian/humanoid life. Background: We wrapped up OotA with the party basically collapsing half of Menzoberranzen cavern, destroying the noble quarter and wiping out 5 noble houses, Baenre included. In this power vacuum stepped a revitalized Gracklestugh, now the premier power in the northern Underdark. The war between Gracklestugh and Gauntlgrym goes in favor of the Duergar as they have PCs on their side, and other members of the original party are in a different spin-off campaign. The player of the Oathbreaker isn't really interested in actually playing out the course of the war, so we've decided to go on a giant-killing romp instead. What I'd like help with is setting up STK. I think one angle is using the Stone Giants in Gracklestugh as a possible hook. At the very least using them to relay to the party that the Ordning is broken and giants are going buck wild. in terms of motivation, the party could care less about the plight of the common folk, and may be just as likely to murder the Storm Giant court as help them kind Hekaton. I don't mind significantly altering the module's metaplot/background, but I could use some help brainstorming ideas to get the ball rolling. Ideas on beefing up encounters are welcome as well. Thanks! [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Adapting STK for tier 4 campaign
Top