Epic Return to the Tomb of Horrors

the Jester · Jan 23, 2003

Has anybody done an epic-level conversion of RttToH? Everything from mountain giants to demilich to winter-wights seems to indicate it should be...

ruleslawyer · Feb 11, 2003

Y'know, Jester, I've actually been looking at this module, and considered an epic conversion. The problem is that with the exception of the demilich and winter wight, the monsters are uniformly sub-epic. (The mountain giant should be CR 16, not 26, IMHO.) I'd actually say that the best way to play this module would be to tone down the winter wight and run it for 16th level characters.

thegreatbuddha · Mar 16, 2003

One could always advance the Mountain Giants and other critters. Make the Mountain Giants all Fighter 5, and the shaman can be a Shaman 10 or Cleric 10.

Also, for most of the generic monsters encountered, drop a few templates or advance them some HD.

the Jester · Mar 17, 2003

And really, so what if the pcs can breeze through some of the early encounters? They are epic-level, after all.

ShatteredOne · Mar 17, 2003

RttTOH is probably my favorite module ever, I'd convert it myself, but I'm too damn lazy. I did an on the fly conversion as I was playing, the characters started at 13th level and ended up at about 17th I think. But and actual, true conversion would be neat. Wish I'd had the Epic level book back then

the Jester · Mar 20, 2003

I did a conversion of a lot of it, then the ELH came out and I realized I was aiming waaay too low. ToH was for, effectively, epic-level pcs in 1e. It only follows.

Haven't gotten back to it though.