Ebberon Mods.

[ToddSchumacher]

After I finish my current campaign, I'm thinking of running the Ebberon Adventure mods.

Any advice?

 

[lyle.spade]

I have Shadows of the Last War and Grasp of the Emerald Claw. I ran the first one after putting my party through a hybrid and extension of the sample adventure in the Eberron book. Shadows was decent, in that it the NPCs and events had a very distinct feel, and helped both our entire group get a better feeling for Eberron as a whole. I have not yet run Grasp, and I don't know if I will -- not as is was written, at least. The problem I had with Grasp was that some of the NPCs were leftovers from Shadows...and the problem was that my PCs had killed the main antagonist, fair and square. In retrospect, Shadows and Grasp, and I can only assume the middle adventure (Whispers of the Vampire's Blade) are a tad bit formulaic and static. I don't really like encounter descriptions that flatly state "such and such bad guy will escape to fight another day," and that's what Shadows asked of me as a DM.

A big positive, in both adventures, is the introductory block that begins each encounter -- the sound, weather, light level, and overall feel of each encounter is described in narrative form to the DM, and this was a great help when I was 'answering' listen and spot rolls from my players.

I also recently read the first Eberron novel, by Keith Baker, and that has given me a tremendous number of ideas, especially for Sharn-based adventures.

Anyway, I hope that's helpful to you.

 

[diaglo]

Chugga, chugga, Choo, Choo.

i'll see if i can find the other threads about these for ya.

 

[Klaus]

lyle:

Spoiler

I'm assuming you mean that your PCs killed Garrow, the changeling. Whenever someone asked Keith Baker about what to do in such a situation, he said to take the pulp route: are you sure it was Garrow who was killed? Is he the *only* Garrow? Maybe Garrow is a shared identity of a cabal of changelings. Or maybe Garrow has a brother, who wants payback. "Hello. My name is Garrow. You killed my brother. Prepare to die."

 

[Plane Sailing]

A big positive, in both adventures, is the introductory block that begins each encounter -- the sound, weather, light level, and overall feel of each encounter is described in narrative form to the DM, and this was a great help when I was 'answering' listen and spot rolls from my players.

I agree, this was a really neat touch.

Cheers

 

[ToddSchumacher]

Hey thanks for the replys.

Reading the mods, it occurs to me that I'll probaly wind up having to replace that recurring villan too.