WotBS Looking for a good lead-in to WotBS

[Marcon]

Hi,

Scouring of Gate Pass is a very good but also very tough adventure. I want my PCs to fully live the 1st level stressful moments so I don't feel like pimping them too much before starting. Could anyone suggest a good lead-in to the module? I've been thinking about "Rumble in the Wizard's Tower" from Goodman Games/Wicked Fantasy Factory. Surprisingly, even though it looks like a basic dungeon crawl with cool additional features like finishing moves, the background is promising. Here's a snippet from the intro (Potential spoilers ahead) :

King from Nation A marries Princess from Nation B to somewhat secure peace between the 2 kingdoms. Princess from Nation B is then "captured" by the main villain who has a tower in Nation A. I'm putting "Captured" in quotes because the princess is actually in love with the main villain.

Nation B is understandably upset and war is about to break out again (Hmmm, see the link?) because they suspect Nation A is behind it all. The 2 lovers are even hoping to storm Nation A Castle during the chaos of the ensuing war. I really see some potential to set the tower in Gate Pass, Shahalesti could be Nation A and Ragesia could be Nation B.

Anyone is familiar with both WotBS and that adventure? Or did anyone use something else to lead their players to Scouring of Gate Pass?

-Marcon

 

[talarei07]

do you want them be higher level or what?

 

[Marcon]

do you want them be higher level or what?

Exactly, without having them plainly start at Level 2. I am now set on using "Rumble in the Wizard's Tower" a few days before the start of "The Scouring of Gate Pass". There is a perfectly acceptable reason why the town military wouldn't give a damn about a self-proclaimed warlord brewing mischief in his tower, considering Ragesia's army is almost at the city's door. Plus I like one of the potential outcomes listed in the book :

"...The king..., knowing of the heroes' resourcefulness, might hire them for any number of dangerous special ops missions".

-Marcon

 

[talarei07]

you might consider trying the burning plague (free download from wizards).

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Put the mine town just outside gate pass and the main villain a ragesian

 

[DonTadow]

Exactly, without having them plainly start at Level 2. I am now set on using "Rumble in the Wizard's Tower" a few days before the start of "The Scouring of Gate Pass". There is a perfectly acceptable reason why the town military wouldn't give a damn about a self-proclaimed warlord brewing mischief in his tower, considering Ragesia's army is almost at the city's door. Plus I like one of the potential outcomes listed in the book :

"...The king..., knowing of the heroes' resourcefulness, might hire them for any number of dangerous special ops missions".

-Marcon

My pcs followed the path of politician/adventures before starting it at 3rd level. They completed the iron giant and rumble in the tower. They also did a couple of basic mystery adventures from dungeon magazines.