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<blockquote data-quote="Burnside" data-source="post: 7236509" data-attributes="member: 6910340"><p>Hi. Sometime lurker, first time poster.</p><p></p><p>Next month, I will be starting a campaign arc as DM using the Season 5 Tiers 1 and 2 AL adventures.</p><p></p><p>I returned to D&D earlier this year after a 20+ year hiatus. I started up again as a DM in February 2017 with a group consisting of three completely new players and one who, like me, had not played since the 90s. We play once or twice per month, and are just wrapping up LMoP. </p><p></p><p>Once we finish LMoP, I'm going to transition them into AL Season 5. However, we won't be playing under official AL rules and I'm not logging the games or anything. I just like the adventures in this season and find them easy to use. So, for example, they'll probably hit level 5 before we finish the tier one adventures, but we'll be playing them anyway - I'll just make them a little harder when necessary.</p><p></p><p>In this thread, I'll share reports on how these adventures go, and also I'd <strong>really</strong> welcome any advice as it's my first time using AL material, and I'm still in my first year as a 5E DM.</p><p></p><p>The players (they're all 4th level):</p><p></p><p>Two Hits Millie - Female wood elf rogue (arcane trickster, Emerald Enclave)</p><p>Klegg - Male human fighter (champion, Order of the Gauntlet)</p><p>Black Wizma - Female high elf wizard (evoker, Harper)</p><p>Tordek Hornbrewer - Male human cleric (Life domain, Order of the Gauntlet)</p><p>Boiled Oysters Malloy - Male dwarf fighter (champion, Lords Alliance) - occasional drop-in player</p><p></p><p>I will be allowing them one use of the "rebuild before level 5" option after we finish LMoP but before we start Season 5, so we'll see if anybody wants to change anything. </p><p></p><p>The Campaign</p><p></p><p>Season 5 adventures were released in a staggered schedule, alternating between the tiers. We will be running the tier one adventures in order, and then moving on to the tier 2 ones.</p><p></p><p><u>The Adventures I'm Not Using</u></p><p></p><p><strong>DDAL5-01 Treasure of the Broken Hoard</strong> - This is the standard "5 one hour adventures for level 1 players" for this season. Most of these one-hour adventures look quite fun. Unfortunately, I'm not going to include them in my campaign. It's not because of the level issue; I could fix that. It's a story issue. This adventure is totally divorced from a storyline standpoint from the rest of the season. It begins with the party in Parnast, investigating nearby incidents of giant activity. Then DDAL5-02 the party...journeys across the Anauroch desert to arrive in Parnast for the first time. What happened there? Between having to re-work both the difficulty level and the continuity issues, it's easier just to skip this one. </p><p></p><p><strong>DDAL5-06 Beneath the Fetid Chelimber</strong> - This is a straightforward if somewhat uninspired trek through the swamp. There's is nothing terribly wrong with it in and of itself, but unfortunately it only works as a set up for DDAL5-07, which is a hot mess. </p><p></p><p><strong>DDAL5-07 Chelimber's Descent</strong> - A hot mess. I'm not going to belabor it; if you'd like you can read the reviews for it on DMSGuild; I'll just say that the reviews are correct.</p><p></p><p>DDAL5-06 & 07 can be safely skipped without really impacting the plot of the season. Literally the only important thing about them is that in Chelimber's Descent the party finds a book of rune magic. So that book just has to be placed somewhere else. </p><p></p><p>In order to fill the gap created by excluding the Chelimber adventures, I will be plugging in the one-shot "Into the Belly of the Beast" by Jeff C. Stevens (great swamp-based adventure available on DMSGuild). Again, not using AL rules, so adding this is fine. The rune book will be inserted into this adventure, and I will also put in faction assignments for the Harper and Emerald Enclave characters into this adventure, since their missions were jettisoned with the Chelimber stuff. </p><p></p><p>So the campaign will looks like this:</p><p></p><p>Session 1: <em>DDAL5-02 The Black Road</em></p><p>Session 2: <em>DDAL5-03 The Uninvited Guests</em></p><p>Session 3: Into the Belly of the Beast, Part 1</p><p>Session 4: Into the Belly of the Beast, Part 2</p><p>Session 5: <em>DDAL5-10 Giant Diplomacy</em> </p><p>Session 6: <em>DDAL5-12 Bad Business in Parnast</em></p><p>Session 7: <em>DDAL5-16 Parnast Under Siege (Mid-season finale)</em></p><p> </p><p>Session 8: <em>DDAL5-04 In Dire Need</em></p><p>Session 9: <em>DDAL5-05 A Dish Best Served Cold</em></p><p>Session 10: <em>DDAL5-11 Forgotten Traditions</em></p><p>Session 11: <em>DDAL5-13 Jarl Rising</em></p><p>Session 12: <em>DDAL5-17 Hartkiller’s Horn</em></p><p> </p><p>I have another 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] party one-shot, Bastion of the Frost Lord by M.T. Black, as a potential drop-in as it fits the campaign thematically. I may add it before “In Dire Need”.</p><p> </p><p>Will provide updates as we go!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Burnside, post: 7236509, member: 6910340"] Hi. Sometime lurker, first time poster. Next month, I will be starting a campaign arc as DM using the Season 5 Tiers 1 and 2 AL adventures. I returned to D&D earlier this year after a 20+ year hiatus. I started up again as a DM in February 2017 with a group consisting of three completely new players and one who, like me, had not played since the 90s. We play once or twice per month, and are just wrapping up LMoP. Once we finish LMoP, I'm going to transition them into AL Season 5. However, we won't be playing under official AL rules and I'm not logging the games or anything. I just like the adventures in this season and find them easy to use. So, for example, they'll probably hit level 5 before we finish the tier one adventures, but we'll be playing them anyway - I'll just make them a little harder when necessary. In this thread, I'll share reports on how these adventures go, and also I'd [B]really[/B] welcome any advice as it's my first time using AL material, and I'm still in my first year as a 5E DM. The players (they're all 4th level): Two Hits Millie - Female wood elf rogue (arcane trickster, Emerald Enclave) Klegg - Male human fighter (champion, Order of the Gauntlet) Black Wizma - Female high elf wizard (evoker, Harper) Tordek Hornbrewer - Male human cleric (Life domain, Order of the Gauntlet) Boiled Oysters Malloy - Male dwarf fighter (champion, Lords Alliance) - occasional drop-in player I will be allowing them one use of the "rebuild before level 5" option after we finish LMoP but before we start Season 5, so we'll see if anybody wants to change anything. The Campaign Season 5 adventures were released in a staggered schedule, alternating between the tiers. We will be running the tier one adventures in order, and then moving on to the tier 2 ones. [U]The Adventures I'm Not Using[/U] [B]DDAL5-01 Treasure of the Broken Hoard[/B] - This is the standard "5 one hour adventures for level 1 players" for this season. Most of these one-hour adventures look quite fun. Unfortunately, I'm not going to include them in my campaign. It's not because of the level issue; I could fix that. It's a story issue. This adventure is totally divorced from a storyline standpoint from the rest of the season. It begins with the party in Parnast, investigating nearby incidents of giant activity. Then DDAL5-02 the party...journeys across the Anauroch desert to arrive in Parnast for the first time. What happened there? Between having to re-work both the difficulty level and the continuity issues, it's easier just to skip this one. [B]DDAL5-06 Beneath the Fetid Chelimber[/B] - This is a straightforward if somewhat uninspired trek through the swamp. There's is nothing terribly wrong with it in and of itself, but unfortunately it only works as a set up for DDAL5-07, which is a hot mess. [B]DDAL5-07 Chelimber's Descent[/B] - A hot mess. I'm not going to belabor it; if you'd like you can read the reviews for it on DMSGuild; I'll just say that the reviews are correct. DDAL5-06 & 07 can be safely skipped without really impacting the plot of the season. Literally the only important thing about them is that in Chelimber's Descent the party finds a book of rune magic. So that book just has to be placed somewhere else. In order to fill the gap created by excluding the Chelimber adventures, I will be plugging in the one-shot "Into the Belly of the Beast" by Jeff C. Stevens (great swamp-based adventure available on DMSGuild). Again, not using AL rules, so adding this is fine. The rune book will be inserted into this adventure, and I will also put in faction assignments for the Harper and Emerald Enclave characters into this adventure, since their missions were jettisoned with the Chelimber stuff. So the campaign will looks like this: Session 1: [I]DDAL5-02 The Black Road[/I] Session 2: [I]DDAL5-03 The Uninvited Guests[/I] Session 3: Into the Belly of the Beast, Part 1 Session 4: Into the Belly of the Beast, Part 2 Session 5: [I]DDAL5-10 Giant Diplomacy[/I] Session 6: [I]DDAL5-12 Bad Business in Parnast[/I] Session 7: [I]DDAL5-16 Parnast Under Siege (Mid-season finale)[/I] Session 8: [I]DDAL5-04 In Dire Need[/I] Session 9: [I]DDAL5-05 A Dish Best Served Cold[/I] Session 10: [I]DDAL5-11 Forgotten Traditions[/I] Session 11: [I]DDAL5-13 Jarl Rising[/I] Session 12: [I]DDAL5-17 Hartkiller’s Horn[/I] I have another 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] party one-shot, Bastion of the Frost Lord by M.T. Black, as a potential drop-in as it fits the campaign thematically. I may add it before “In Dire Need”. Will provide updates as we go! [/QUOTE]
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