Starting Keep on the Shadowfell or waiting?

[Elodan]

I think I'll get it and run it for my one group. It is unlikely they will switch over to 4E (my other group is going to though) but at least they can get a test drive of it.

Pretty much what I'm doing. I'm undecided on 4E and the rest of the group is pretty ambivalent about it. I'm going to run it and we'll have a group decision to upgrade or not.

 

[Evilhalfling]

Im waiting reviews on Enworld. My group is taking a few (baby related) months off, restarting in august, so I have plenty of time to decide. They are indifferrent to unfriendly about the switch, so the first adventure will need to be a good showcase. If shadowfell isn't it, I should have other options, including homebrew. because I am sure I will have lots of time while caring for a newborn

 

[catsclaw227]

Im waiting reviews on Enworld. My group is taking a few (baby related) months off, restarting in august, so I have plenty of time to decide. They are indifferrent to unfriendly about the switch, so the first adventure will need to be a good showcase. If shadowfell isn't it, I should have other options, including homebrew. because I am sure I will have lots of time while caring for a newborn

Congrats on the newborn (or newborn-to-be)!

I just had a little girl who is now 4 weeks old. Forget about the extra time. I thought I could read/homebrew between midnight feedings, but you sleep when you can. Between the full-time job and a consulting gig, I am surprised that my wife has given me the time every other week for my game - starting this week.

Admittedly, though, I am using some of my time while my wife sleeps to lightly sketch out what existing campaign setting I want to use for my new 4e game.

 

[Jack99]

[threadjack]

How is Castle Whiterock, anyway? I was considering a conversion of either Scarred Lands, Goodman's Aereth (sp?) or the Wilderlands from Necro as a template for my 4e campaign. Castle Whiterock looks pretty big, but is it just a vast dungeon with some extra set pieces?

[/threadjack]

Castle Whiterock is indeed "just" a vast (and freaking awesome) dungeon. But I have had it for a bit, and dying to run it. Besides, 4e seems much better suited for this dungeon-crawling, and after years of open-air campaigns, I am dying to run a dungeon-based campaign.

Of course, nothing is sure. We will start off in CW, and see how it goes. I have planted it in my own 4e world, so plenty of other things to do, should my players chose to.

Cheers

 

[Rowsdower]

Well color me green with envy.
I've got no groups and no (immediate) future prospects for playing.
But I voted to get it and allow rerolls because A) I'm insanely optomistic about finding people, B) I want to try it out regardless of whether I have a group (I'll probably take my friend and brother hostage to test run it), C) I am so freaking excited about 4ed that I want to sink my teeth into whatever material I can get for the game.

Speaking of KotS, I can't find when it comes out. Anyone able to tell me when the release date is? Hoping to grab it thursday before classes.

 

[Iron Sky]

I'm not sure when we'll start, but I know it'll be mid-June at the earliest. One more session of my 3.5 game, then people are busy until June. Then we'll need 2-3 more sessions(optimistically) to finish the campaign off and get another going.

So, by the time we'd be ready to run KotS, the books will have been out for a month anyway and we might as well start a new campaign.

 

[Belorin]

We're going to run with the pregens, then when the core books come out zap in the newly rolled pc's. Didn't tell the group that any lewt gets left behind with the pregens, they might run across the bodies later. XP earned will be held in trust till a appropriate skill challenge can be attempted.
I know it seems cruel and it is, but I was for running the pregens alll the way cause I want to play now. And the first player that says 'can I keep the (pregen) character I have will get an XP bonus. Of course, none of this will be know to the players.

Bel

 

[pukunui]

We're going to use the pregens (some of my players actually want to do that so they can get a feel for the game before trying to make their own characters) but I think I'll allow them to roll up their own PCs once I get the books if they so desire. Either that or I'll let them customize the pregens using the core books (that is, I'll let them level them up on their own rather than using what's in the quick-start guide).

I would wait except that there'll be about a month in between when KotS arrives and when I get the core books, and then it'll take me a bit of time to read through all three books and let the others read through them, so we won't really be able to play with the full rules right away anyway.

 

[Dice4Hire]

3000 yen for two weeks early start is not worth it to me, as it would probably be one single session.

 

[phil500]

they might run across the bodies later.
Bel

thats a great idea! I was wondering how to let my players reroll without totally messing up the RP/believability of the story.

now I think I will kill them all, and let the second wave (with xp tho) go in and find out what happened.