Freeport Trilogy... with Asaatthi!

[Psion]

I've been itching to run the Freeport Trilogy. I missed my chance to run it at 1st level, so contemplated powering it up to run at third level.

At the same time, I like the Scarred-lands snake-folk Asaatthi, and didn't feel the need to add another sort of snake folk.

So then... it occurred to me that I could kill two birds with one stone here... swap in the Asaatthi for the serpent-folk. There's even a shapeshifting Asaatthi variant in Vigil Watch: Asaatthi that would fill the bill nicely.

Anyone try this? Or any other power-ups for the Freeport Trilogy? Any ideas for adapting the backstory of the Asaatthi to fit their role in Freeport?

 

[catsclaw227]

This is a great idea. I wish I had done this WAAAAAY back when. I ran this trilogy as our first foray into 3.0 when it launched.

I wouldn't mind running this for another groups of players, only now I am married and have less time to game, every other week with an extra sneak-in game once in a while is a good as it gets.

 

[Nightfall]

I grant you 5,000 XP for this venture!

As for adapting their role, sure, make their "nameless god" be like a proto-Assatthi that Mormo raised up. Their whole race was destroyed when Mormo bit the big one. Thus they seek revenge on humanity for their upstartedness.

Anything else you require Psion?

 

[Psion]

Well, Mormo isn't really part of my cosmology... but she could be, being my favorite titan and all.

More generally, anyone scale up the Freeport Trilogy?

 

[Nightfall]

Well she's my third favorite (after Kadum and Mesos) but no reason to say she couldn't be like a Elder Titan from ELH.

*hasn't run the Freeport Trilogy so couldn't say* But it seems to me scaling it up shouldn't be that hard.

 

[talien]

Anyone try this? Or any other power-ups for the Freeport Trilogy? Any ideas for adapting the backstory of the Asaatthi to fit their role in Freeport?

Almost. I converted the snakefolk to ssanu, the snake people of Arcanis. The problem is that ssanu are CR 8 or so compared to the low-level snakefolk, which makes them considerably more dangerous.

I also bulked up everybody in the adventure by a couple of levels. Attached the revised stats for Death in Freeport.

You can read how Death in Freeport went in our story hour: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=103252

 

[Shellman]

I love the flavor of the scarred lands (although it is a bit diety heavy)

 

[Psion]

Almost. I converted the snakefolk to ssanu, the snake people of Arcanis. The problem is that ssanu are CR 8 or so compared to the low-level snakefolk, which makes them considerably more dangerous.

That's because they are Yuan-Ti surrogates. I can see the problem.

Asaatthi, while they are nastier than serpent people, are not quite so nasty.

I also bulked up everybody in the adventure by a couple of levels. Attached the revised stats for Death in Freeport.

I was planning on doing something to that effect. Thanks.


I was seeing my Milos as an Asaatth Saahuet (inflitrator breed) Cleric 3, and possibly a level or two of mystic theurge.

 

[ssampier]

That reminds me I have to play in this or run it. The 5-year anniversary ed. looks like a good deal.

 

[Kunimatyu]

Ssanu are CR4 not CR8, at least in the Ssethregore book, though an advanced Elder Ssanu might be higher. You could probably even make a lesser snakefolk either with one of the yuan-ti-ish templates in the back(if you wanted a shapeshifting hides-among-humans type), or just drop the poison DC and charm abilities of the CR4 ssanu.