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<blockquote data-quote="Demetrios1453" data-source="post: 9410384" data-attributes="member: 6801060"><p>LOL</p><p></p><p>Did you read my mind all the way from NZ? Those are <em>exactly</em> what I had plannned out to do!</p><p></p><p>I'm also appending the finale in the floating citadel in the Dragonlance book to that part of the adventure; the ruined temple is the only way into the floating citadel above (where the piece of the <em>Rod of Seven Parts </em>is actually located) due to a no-fly/no-teleport zone being enforced due to the moon mirrors in the adventure. Doing so will add some much-needed DL flavor to that section of the adventure. I'm also planning on adding some locations from <em>Descent into Avernus</em> for the Nine Hells part, and starting in the Rock of Bral for the Spelljammer section (so we get some actual Spelljammer ship action, like attempted pirate boardings and the like!).</p><p></p><p>The Greyhawk part will likely be a bit more free-form - the location given for the Vecna adventure is an island off the east coast of the Flanaess, with the nearest big city being Rel Astra - so I guess a journey through the Great Kingdom and all the associated horrors to show the players how awful it is (outright slavery, oppression, and devils actually walking the land) would be in the offing.</p><p></p><p>I was trying to figure out what to do with the Ravenloft adventure, and literally as I'm writing this, I realized that the portal malfunctioning due to a certain plot twist in the adventure could send them to a completely different Domain of Dread, which would give some foreshadowing to that plot twist without giving the game away (and would make that plot twist a bit less out of nowhere)</p><p>[SPOILER="Vecna Spolier"] Since Kas is impersonating Mordenkainen, and has been let loose, for the moment at least, from his Domain of Dread by the Dark Powers, the portal there could malfunction due to Kas being in the Sanctum (and/or the Dark Powers messing with everyone, as they are wont to do) and send the party to Tovag. There they would find that the Domain is in chaos due to Kas being mysteriously absent. Given Kas' relationship to Vecna, this would add an extra level of intrigue for the players, but won't link him to Mordenkainen. They would then travel through the Domain and through the Mists (with the Dark Powers' permission) to Barovia, which would give ample opportunity to showcase the setting and its flavor.</p><p></p><p>Heh, a quick look at the DMs Guild shows that someone has already thought of this! <a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/product/486010/Traversing-Tovag--DD-Vecna-Eve-of-Ruin-Chapter-5-Expanded?filters=0_0_0_0_0_0_0_45483" target="_blank">Traversing Tovag | D&D Vecna: Eve of Ruin Chapter 5 Expanded - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild</a></p><p></p><p>This adventure does it the other way I see upon reading it (having it as part of the escape from Barovia instead of the journey to there) but it should work either way.</p><p></p><p>With Greyhawk not yet allowed on the Guild, I couldn't find, unsurprisingly, something similar for that chapter.</p><p>[/SPOILER]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Demetrios1453, post: 9410384, member: 6801060"] LOL Did you read my mind all the way from NZ? Those are [I]exactly[/I] what I had plannned out to do! I'm also appending the finale in the floating citadel in the Dragonlance book to that part of the adventure; the ruined temple is the only way into the floating citadel above (where the piece of the [I]Rod of Seven Parts [/I]is actually located) due to a no-fly/no-teleport zone being enforced due to the moon mirrors in the adventure. Doing so will add some much-needed DL flavor to that section of the adventure. I'm also planning on adding some locations from [I]Descent into Avernus[/I] for the Nine Hells part, and starting in the Rock of Bral for the Spelljammer section (so we get some actual Spelljammer ship action, like attempted pirate boardings and the like!). The Greyhawk part will likely be a bit more free-form - the location given for the Vecna adventure is an island off the east coast of the Flanaess, with the nearest big city being Rel Astra - so I guess a journey through the Great Kingdom and all the associated horrors to show the players how awful it is (outright slavery, oppression, and devils actually walking the land) would be in the offing. I was trying to figure out what to do with the Ravenloft adventure, and literally as I'm writing this, I realized that the portal malfunctioning due to a certain plot twist in the adventure could send them to a completely different Domain of Dread, which would give some foreshadowing to that plot twist without giving the game away (and would make that plot twist a bit less out of nowhere) [SPOILER="Vecna Spolier"] Since Kas is impersonating Mordenkainen, and has been let loose, for the moment at least, from his Domain of Dread by the Dark Powers, the portal there could malfunction due to Kas being in the Sanctum (and/or the Dark Powers messing with everyone, as they are wont to do) and send the party to Tovag. There they would find that the Domain is in chaos due to Kas being mysteriously absent. Given Kas' relationship to Vecna, this would add an extra level of intrigue for the players, but won't link him to Mordenkainen. They would then travel through the Domain and through the Mists (with the Dark Powers' permission) to Barovia, which would give ample opportunity to showcase the setting and its flavor. Heh, a quick look at the DMs Guild shows that someone has already thought of this! [URL='https://www.dmsguild.com/product/486010/Traversing-Tovag--DD-Vecna-Eve-of-Ruin-Chapter-5-Expanded?filters=0_0_0_0_0_0_0_45483']Traversing Tovag | D&D Vecna: Eve of Ruin Chapter 5 Expanded - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild[/URL] This adventure does it the other way I see upon reading it (having it as part of the escape from Barovia instead of the journey to there) but it should work either way. With Greyhawk not yet allowed on the Guild, I couldn't find, unsurprisingly, something similar for that chapter. [/SPOILER] [/QUOTE]
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