CrimsonScribe
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Thanks a lot to Jim for the pdf maps and to Arholly for hosting them. Of course having such splendid maps available raises another question: "When can we expect some "player" maps - if at all?"
World's Largest Dungeon in actual play [Spoilers!]
- Thread starter haiiro
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I've done it, I started dming my wld campaign today. I just finished half an hour ago in fact. All in all it went pretty well even if I feel rusty (i didn't master anything for one full year...)
But WLD is great for that with all the tactics added for encounters... It all run very smoothly, even if my players were quite lucky... I don't have a death to report yet, even a group of wandering stirges almost killed one of the players. They avenged themselves with room A80 were the sorcerer of the group casted a sleep spell for 16 hit dices.... After that they were easy picking... (I awarded less xp for that encounter... but still a large amount for three level 1 players)
I didn't have a level up yet, but they are very near. Next session I supose. We had fun, and the players are convinced that nothing humanoid survived the dungeon except for the two orcs at the entrance... They didn't manage to get the word on the situation out of them... Ho well maybe later
They also managed to be hit by almost all the traps on doors and checking traps for doors without one... And survive, barely...especially the falling wall one... It's nasty for level one player....
All in all it was a great evening.
But WLD is great for that with all the tactics added for encounters... It all run very smoothly, even if my players were quite lucky... I don't have a death to report yet, even a group of wandering stirges almost killed one of the players. They avenged themselves with room A80 were the sorcerer of the group casted a sleep spell for 16 hit dices.... After that they were easy picking... (I awarded less xp for that encounter... but still a large amount for three level 1 players)
I didn't have a level up yet, but they are very near. Next session I supose. We had fun, and the players are convinced that nothing humanoid survived the dungeon except for the two orcs at the entrance... They didn't manage to get the word on the situation out of them... Ho well maybe later
They also managed to be hit by almost all the traps on doors and checking traps for doors without one... And survive, barely...especially the falling wall one... It's nasty for level one player....
All in all it was a great evening.
Problems with the fansite
Hey Arholly,
First thanks for putting up the website. I am unable to access the forums and I am unable to access my private messages for some reason. My email is dosey69@comcast.net. If you could let me know how to access those, that would be awesome!!
Hey Arholly,
First thanks for putting up the website. I am unable to access the forums and I am unable to access my private messages for some reason. My email is dosey69@comcast.net. If you could let me know how to access those, that would be awesome!!
CrimsonScribe
First Post
You aren't the only one that is unable to access the forums on Arholly's site unfortunately and the Private Messaging function is tied to the forums (at least it is in every other piece of forum software I've seen).
I'm sure it will be working again as soon as possible.
I'm sure it will be working again as soon as possible.
BlueBlackRed
Explorer
Oh the horror
Well my players are definitely afraid of the WLD.
I'll post more details on the CinciDnD blog sometime today, but the very first fight left them in bad shape.
They ignored the sickly orcs. But when half the group had entered room A9 and it all went dark and a Darkmantle got the drop on them, it was a nightmare. Of the 6 adventurers in the group, 4 of them had hit negative hp at least once in the combat (one did twice).
The first to drop was the cleric (scary for us all), but since he was a cleric of Lathander with the Renewal domain, he was ok.
The group had poor tactics and even worse rolls. Eventually they left the darkness area and the thing became much easier to take down.
After that they stressed the point on their tactics to get out of the darkness next time.
Yeah, they're spooked now. Makes them a little more cautious and smarter.
That's when my fun begins.![:]](http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png "Devious :]")
Well my players are definitely afraid of the WLD.
I'll post more details on the CinciDnD blog sometime today, but the very first fight left them in bad shape.
They ignored the sickly orcs. But when half the group had entered room A9 and it all went dark and a Darkmantle got the drop on them, it was a nightmare. Of the 6 adventurers in the group, 4 of them had hit negative hp at least once in the combat (one did twice).
The first to drop was the cleric (scary for us all), but since he was a cleric of Lathander with the Renewal domain, he was ok.
The group had poor tactics and even worse rolls. Eventually they left the darkness area and the thing became much easier to take down.
After that they stressed the point on their tactics to get out of the darkness next time.
Yeah, they're spooked now. Makes them a little more cautious and smarter.
That's when my fun begins.
haiiro
First Post
I put up a webpage for my WLD campaign. At the moment, it's got the hook we'll be using to enter the dungeon, character creation guidelines and house rules, and a couple of suggestions.
In a few days, it should include the whole party, and down the road I may wind up posting some of the highlights. I don't have the energy to make it into a Story Hour or a blog, but sharing some of the high and low points seems like a fun middle ground.
On Monday I'll be ordering a set of Tact-Tiles -- I can't see any more efficient way to run combat in this sucker. For macro-level mapping (where the party has been), I'll be giving them graph paper maps on the fly, including room numbers for easy reference later.
First game should be next weekend. Everyone's making two PCs (one in reserve, so they can jump right back in if the first one croaks), and we'll see how it goes.
In a few days, it should include the whole party, and down the road I may wind up posting some of the highlights. I don't have the energy to make it into a Story Hour or a blog, but sharing some of the high and low points seems like a fun middle ground.
On Monday I'll be ordering a set of Tact-Tiles -- I can't see any more efficient way to run combat in this sucker. For macro-level mapping (where the party has been), I'll be giving them graph paper maps on the fly, including room numbers for easy reference later.
First game should be next weekend. Everyone's making two PCs (one in reserve, so they can jump right back in if the first one croaks), and we'll see how it goes.
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BlueBlackRed
Explorer
I have a question for the WLD makers and the DM's running the campaign.
When using the Darkness ability of the Darkmantles, do you treat the darkness as the 20% chance to miss darkness (as the spell in the 3.5PHB) or do you treat is as the original darkness that effectively gives total blindness?
Thanks,
BBR
When using the Darkness ability of the Darkmantles, do you treat the darkness as the 20% chance to miss darkness (as the spell in the 3.5PHB) or do you treat is as the original darkness that effectively gives total blindness?
Thanks,
BBR
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