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<blockquote data-quote="Rhenny" data-source="post: 7502617" data-attributes="member: 18333"><p>I ran Lost Mines with some of my old friends from high school (my D&D friends) at a weekend reunion. We played for 18 hours over 3 days and loved it. We got through parts 1-3 so we’re about 3/4 done and pcs ere at 4th level. </p><p></p><p>Spoilers </p><p></p><p>When you run it, I’d suggest not throwing out too many quests to chase when they get to Phandalin. The ones that take them to Thundertree seem especially off the beaten track and if they get to Thundertree too soon, the dragon could end it all pretty quickly. </p><p></p><p>There are lots of opportunities to role play with town folk, the Redbrands, and the one encounter with the Nothic in the Redbrand hideout can also lead to awesome role playing. </p><p></p><p>When the pcs in my group infiltrated the hideout, they had enlisted the help of a Redbrand who they spared from death to get them in. He told them about how they delivered the extortion money to some of the guys inside secret entrance so they staged a delivery, and ambushed the Redbrands when they met to give them the money. Just before the fight was over I had the Nothic in that area telepathically communicate with the cleric in the group. I played psychological mind games with him to sift his mind for secrets. After initially contacting him, I gave that player a minute or two to reveal to me the character’s deep dark secret. When the cleric player told me that the player stole money from his parents, the Nothic telepathically chided him and told him that Moradin was disappointed with him and he should be ashamed. The Nothic goaded him to jump into the ravine to end his shame. By this time, the player was totally freaked. He asked if he had to roll any check or save. I told him there was no save; he could respond any way his pc wanted to. Eventually, the Nothic emerged and attacked him, but the whole pre-fight was intense. </p><p></p><p>After the session, we talked about how awesome the telepathic mind games were because they were not tied to any save and it just became free form improv. I almost got the cleric to jump into the ravine by his own volition. It was spectacular.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rhenny, post: 7502617, member: 18333"] I ran Lost Mines with some of my old friends from high school (my D&D friends) at a weekend reunion. We played for 18 hours over 3 days and loved it. We got through parts 1-3 so we’re about 3/4 done and pcs ere at 4th level. Spoilers When you run it, I’d suggest not throwing out too many quests to chase when they get to Phandalin. The ones that take them to Thundertree seem especially off the beaten track and if they get to Thundertree too soon, the dragon could end it all pretty quickly. There are lots of opportunities to role play with town folk, the Redbrands, and the one encounter with the Nothic in the Redbrand hideout can also lead to awesome role playing. When the pcs in my group infiltrated the hideout, they had enlisted the help of a Redbrand who they spared from death to get them in. He told them about how they delivered the extortion money to some of the guys inside secret entrance so they staged a delivery, and ambushed the Redbrands when they met to give them the money. Just before the fight was over I had the Nothic in that area telepathically communicate with the cleric in the group. I played psychological mind games with him to sift his mind for secrets. After initially contacting him, I gave that player a minute or two to reveal to me the character’s deep dark secret. When the cleric player told me that the player stole money from his parents, the Nothic telepathically chided him and told him that Moradin was disappointed with him and he should be ashamed. The Nothic goaded him to jump into the ravine to end his shame. By this time, the player was totally freaked. He asked if he had to roll any check or save. I told him there was no save; he could respond any way his pc wanted to. Eventually, the Nothic emerged and attacked him, but the whole pre-fight was intense. After the session, we talked about how awesome the telepathic mind games were because they were not tied to any save and it just became free form improv. I almost got the cleric to jump into the ravine by his own volition. It was spectacular. [/QUOTE]
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