Dungeon 170: Monument of the Ancients

[Matt James]

Anyone ever end up playing this? I would love feedback!

 

[Derulbaskul]

Anyone ever end up playing this? I would love feedback!

Not yet. I'm still running a game in Akanul but my next campaign will be set in the Moonsea North beginning in Phlan. I can't wait to use the maps of both Phlan and the Moonsea North that came with your adventure! (My only complain about FR4E remains the "crappiest maps in the world" that appear in the FRCG and FRPG.)

That next campaign will also feature Monuments of the Ancients as a key paragon-level adventure.

May I ask: when you and your brother playtested the adventure did you run other adventures in the same area before and after? If so, would you be prepared to post a one sentence summary of each adventure? I would be keen to hear a really brief version of some of your other ideas for that area (and obviously ideas that you're not planning to turn into other adventures to be published in Dungeon).

 

[Matt James]

Not really. We playtested it with some Forgotten Realms authors and game designers at Gen Con 2009. As well, I ran through the combat encounters with some local friends.

Funny enough, we originally designed the adventure to be Epic level (for 21st level characters) and the story was much different. It involved some of the other "Lost Gods" and had a different twist that took the PCs all over Faerun.

The only major thing that we had to change from the playtest was the battle at Castle Vathar. We had originally intended this to be a "mass" combat encounter that dealt with new rules for large-scale conflict. Unforunately this was a massive FAIL but was neatly found during the playtest.

Anyways, if you want some ideas for the area, let me know! I am sure my brother would love to help out as well.

 

[Derulbaskul]

Thanks, Matt. Perhaps I will post over at loremaster.org as I think that might be the only site on the internet that is positive about the 4E version of FR!

 

[Matt James]

Thanks for the kind words Derulbaskul!

 

[Zaukrie]

I have started to foreshadow this adventure, but my PCs are level 8 right now.....the campaign I'm running started out as "stargate for D&D" but is morphing into finding the many sources of magic (one of which is the intersection of the world with other planes). They have already been to Phlan, and will likely be going back. They have heard the name of the BBEG. And, one of them is carrying an axe that is an artifact he has not yet been able to "activate", but I'm pretty sure when some barbarians come a'raiding, something will happen.....

 

[Wrox]

Nice Zaukrie. Foreshadowing is definitely the way to go when integrating these paragon tier Dungeon modules. And a Stargate-like campaign sounds pretty cool.

I found someone else who is using Monument of the Ancients as the basis for his Realms campaign and is blogging about it at War in the North Good stuff in there.

 

[Matt James]

I'm curious if anyone has run this adventure yet. I am always interested to see how people use content I design. That being said, if you ever need help updating monsters found within, let me know. I'll gladly do it free for all to use.

 

[Brix]

Anyways, if you want some ideas for the area, let me know! I am sure my brother would love to help out as well.

Absolutly!! I'm very much into this story and eager for any ideas on the topic!

 

[Wycen]

Good to see my original question continues to be ignored. Consistency is a virtue.