General Discussion Thread X

[Solange]

Which judges do adventure approval? I've lurked for a long time, and given the number of people waiting in the Red Dragon, I thought I might try my hand at a short adventure.

Thank you thank you thank you

 

[Solnath]

Were I not completely new, I might as well, but all in all, yay!

 

[orsal]

Which judges do adventure approval? I've lurked for a long time, and given the number of people waiting in the Red Dragon, I thought I might try my hand at a short adventure.

All of us -- send it to all the judges listed in the Guide to LEW. Include spoiler space -- judges will decide whether they might want to play in it, and will refrain from reading on if they so choose. As soon as two of us have approved, you'll be able to present your hook.

 

[Knight Otu]

Which judges do adventure approval? I've lurked for a long time, and given the number of people waiting in the Red Dragon, I thought I might try my hand at a short adventure.

You can find (most) email adresses in this thread. Some people seem to have still not added theirs to the thread.

 

[Velmont]

I had hoped to set an adventure at some point to flesh the area out more, but so far nothing came out of it. It has been mentioned off and on in a number of adventures (such as the Tournament), and I've had Sairundani appear in my self-made adventures Dance of Soul and Slaves of the Dragon in minor to background-only roles (For example the owner of the "Scimitar" in Dance of Souls). You are, as I see, familiar with the background for the Hurakan. What else...

Now that I think of it...

Yes, I have created an NPC Sairundani, named Kwella (forgot the full name I gave him, I would need to find it in one of my thread). Also, I've made some rumors about some sight of an Efreet... but you know, rumors are what they are... only rumors. So if anyone want to do anything with that region and want to use what little I have made, I have no problem...

most probably, I'll run a new adventure once teh Tournement will finish, something more classic style, but I'll look which player there is around, as I can do presently about 1001 follow-up about what is happening in the Tournement.

 

[Trouvere]

What triggered the rush seemed to be three or four newbies who each made three characters, which can sort of make a wave.

It's true that I really don't like 1st-level adventures. Fortunately, since we are forced to use the DMG XP system, it is very hard to run any adventure of significant length that is a '1st-level' adventure (though apparently Blacklily Violence proved me wrong!) since the XP rises at such a rapid rate that characters will likely be level 2 or 3 by the time the main action occurs unless it happens all on the same day in game time.

Continuing in General rather than following up in this original thread:

It does seem like a lot of effort to put together half a dozen adventures for the newbies - particularly because good plot ideas tend to be a bit wasted on 1st level characters (and of course there's also the thing that DMs will quite reasonably prefer to run games for the higher level established characters with fun detailed backstories - though that runs the risk of making the community a little stale).

Maybe what LEW needs is a semi-regular 'event' that each player could put a new character through, once. Just as an idea, maybe Orussus's monotonously predictable annual sewer-workers' strike, demanding safer working conditions. After a week, the authorities give in and hire a few hardy souls to wander through the tunnels just to check everything's safe. You could something like that multiple times with a few separate groups with minimal effort. Just your usual rats, filth fever, mysterious objects found in the grime. No real story needed, just a few simple combats, a few XP earned, something to get the in-character interaction and alliances developing in a way that you can't really do in the RDI.

 

[EternalSword]

Sounds like a good idea. Anyone know how I can make decent combat maps for the adventure I'm working on?

 

[EternalSword]

Um, I hate to ask for a ret-con, but since apparently names of certain greater gods somehow manage to not be common knowledge IC, anyone mind if I delete a comment that required said knowledge?

 

[Rystil Arden]

Um, I hate to ask for a ret-con, but since apparently names of certain greater gods somehow manage to not be common knowledge IC, anyone mind if I delete a comment that required said knowledge?

You don't need to ask--just edit the post

 

[Solnath]

Knowledge (INT; trained only)

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Check: Answering a question within your field of study has a DC of 10 (for really easy questions), 15 (for basic questions), or 20 to 30 (for really tough questions).

I'd say recognising a massive divine power is really easy or basic at worst.