[FR] Help on placing Ptolus

[GamerMan12]

Hi,

I am planning on running the Malhavoc Press module Banewarrens in my Forgotten Realm's Campaign, and I am looking for suggestions as to where I could place the city of Ptolus or a FR city I could use instead.

Ptolus is a coastal city, on a bay, built on a series of tiered cliffs. The highest level is the noble quarter and at the botton of the cliffs is the docks. It is in the shadow of a huge spire rock formation. It is a city of 30,000 and is built over an old dwarven city (although this isn't necessary to the module). It could easily be part of any non-evil empire or an even an independent city.

BTW the module certainly deserved its Ennie!

GM12

 

[arwink]

Personally, I wouldn't use Ptolus. I'd either use Waterdeep with the banewarrens filtering down into Undermountain, or I'd use a place like Westgate.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

It's your Realms. Just place it anywhere you want. Maybe on the sword coast, near Trollbark forest, halfway between Baldur's Gate and Waterdeep.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

I'm using the adevnture, but rather than one city, I've taken the various city elements and spread them across multiple towns/cities.

Rather than use the spire, I turned the entire thing on its head and have it burrowing down into the ground in an unpopulated area.

It requires a slight tweaking of the plot hooks and a little travel time on the PCs part, but otherwise seems to be working fine.

 

[Derulbaskul]

Halruaa.

The land is not well detailed (only the 1E or 2E book, The Shining South, plus three Elaine Cunningham novels) but it is a very, very magical place. The Inverted Pyramid seems perfectly suited to Halruaa; the church of Lothian could easily be replaced by that of Azuth.

Also, the Spire could be covered by a colossal illusion... which has been pierced or dispelled and now everyone is wondering what has happened.

Cheers
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[diaglo]

you can read about it from a player's perspective in the link in my sig.

 

[GamerMan12]

Thanks for the advice and suggestions, guys.

GM12