We finished our D&D 3e campaign

[Endur]

Just out of curiousity ... Did you run 3e conversions of the original TOEE and Maure Castle, or did you run the Return to TOEE and Return to Maure Castle?

If you ran the Returns, how far did the party go?

If you ran the originals, did the party have any interesting encounters with Iuz or other Demon Lords?

 

[teitan]

I am extremely interested in a few of the titles you have here. Can anyone tell me where to find Queen of Lies or The Lich Queen's Beloved? As a busy professional myself, I run mainly published adventures as well, though I modify most of them. Your 13th level adventure sounds like Headless, which I plan on using myself. Any info is appreciated.

DM

Someone already got Lich Queen's Beloved and I don't know about Queen of Lies but it is an excellent 3.0 adventure written by Monte Cook that is VERY reminiscent of the Vault of the Drow for 1e (intentionally) and it was published by Fiery Dragon a few years back. Like I said it is excellent but OOP though I think RPGNow has the pdf for sale.

Jason

 

[AlecAustin]

Just out of curiousity ... Did you run 3e conversions of the original TOEE and Maure Castle, or did you run the Return to TOEE and Return to Maure Castle?

Based on his statements, I strongly suspect he ran the original ToEE and the 3.5 version of Maure Castle that was published in Dungeon.

As I'm not the original poster, though, I can't provide a definitive answer.

 

[DarrenGMiller]

- The actual finish of the game was slightly anti-climatic (since they were so powerful that a CR 22 Dragon was dispatched in 2 rounds), but at the same time they had the satisfaction of bringing up a character all the way from 1-20.

Heh. The same thing happened when I ran some of the original "adventure path" 3E adventures. The party killed Ashardalon in the first round of the combat. There were two lucky shots. First, a spell that got past Ash's SR and his save was a 1. Then, immediately after, a PC scored a x3 Crit and rolled max damage. It went south for Ash quickly after that.

DM

 

[fanboy2000]

Let us know how Grim goes.

For nest time around, I'd sugesst that you City of the Spider Queen or the Shackeld City Adventure Path in Dungeon. (The one that started in issue 97)

 

[Thorin Stoutfoot]

Just out of curiousity ... Did you run 3e conversions of the original TOEE and Maure Castle, or did you run the Return to TOEE and Return to Maure Castle?

I ran the original. (If you look up some of the "official" conversions of the original ToEE, you'll see my name as the author of the very first one...) I ran the Maure Castle Dungeon adventure, since I didn't have Mordenkainen's Fantastic adventure.

The party did not encounter Iuz or Zuggtomoy. By the time they got that far, they had learnt a healthy fear of everything and took extremely cautious approach towards the dungeon. (Not all of it was due to good play by me --- the wizard had a lot of "own goals" scored against the party too)

At one point the Wizard had fried himself along with some of the party) so many times that when the party went to get him resurrected the priests said, "Is your last name 'Again'?" (The Wizard had chosen the unfortunate name "Slayne.")

 

[DarrenGMiller]

Sorry if I'm hijacking, but I have another question about Queen of Lies and Lich Queen's Beloved.

Hopefully this is not an obtuse question, but as far as general setting and style, are they more Forgotten Realms Underdark Drow, etc. style or are they more Greyhawk Underdark Drow style? Hopefully you understand what I mean by that. City of the Spider Queen is definitely FR style, while The Harrowing is definitely more GH style. I am looking for GH style and am planning on using The Harrowing.

DM

 

[Endur]

Queen of Lies is a basic drow adventure. The Drow raided the surface world. The good guys have to go retaliate. Some drow faction politics that the party may or may not see. Queen of Lies is not set in any particular campaign world.

Not sure how to compare The Harrowing and City of the Spider Queen. I remember COSQ vividly and the original G1-3D1-3Q1, but don't remember the Harrowing.

 

[Thorin Stoutfoot]

Sorry if I'm hijacking, but I have another question about Queen of Lies and Lich Queen's Beloved.

Hopefully this is not an obtuse question, but as far as general setting and style, are they more Forgotten Realms Underdark Drow, etc. style or are they more Greyhawk Underdark Drow style?

My game was set in Greyhawk, and they definitely didn't feel wrong in Greyhawk. Lich Queen's Beloved has no drow, just Githyanki. (One of the opening encountes is CR 25!)

 

[Nathal]

Tonight, the party found and destroyed the Lich Queen's phylactery, ending a 3.5 year game that started in October 2001. There were 4 players at the end, and they all reached 20th level with an 18th level cohort.

When 3rd Edition first came out it was said that the average campaign would last a year and that players ought to be able to bring their characters from 1st up through 20th level within that timeframe. This assumed, according to what I remember reading, a weekly session of about four hours, with four players of recommended strength facing challenges appropriate to their level, according to the CR system.

What I've gleaned from these boards is that the prediction has failed. Is the rate of advancement unpredictable, or is it more to the point that DMs all dole out experience at different rates, and might ignore the "recommended" level of challenge (25% of resources per encounter).

I'm curious...