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The three-part adaptation of "Scepter Tower of Spellgard" is now available from the RPGA ordering system. (The adventure codes for the three parts are ADAP1-2, ADAP1-3, and ADAP1-4.)

Please post any questions you may have about the adaptation (with spoiler tags as appropriate) in this thread. We'll keep an eye on this thread and try to answer questions as best we can.

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Howie23 wrote:

What are the parameters for playing other adventures between parts?

Once a character begins playing Scepter Tower of Spellgard, that character must either complete it or abandon it (and cannot return to it later if he abandons it). In this context, "abandonment" means "playing any other adventure between the parts of Scepter Tower of Spellgard."

So, a character who plays Part 1 must play Part 2 as his next adventure, and Part 3 immediately after that, or else he loses the opportunity ever to play the parts that he missed. (The player, of course, can always start over again with a different character.)

If a character abandons the adventure early (by playing another adventure instead of the next part of Scepter Tower) that character still keeps the XP and rewards that he earned in the parts he did play.

What are the parameters for starting a character in the middle, such as at the start of part two?

Characters may not start in the middle of the adventure. A character must play Part 1 before playing Part 2, and must play Part 2 before playing Part 3.

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: The adventure assumes (and the adaptation requires) that all of the characters in the party be either 1st or 2nd level at the beginning of Part 1. Characters will level up as they go along, and this does not disqualify them from continuing (indeed it is assumed and expected), but a character of 3rd level or higher MAY NOT play the adventure at all, because he will be too high a level to play Part 1 which means he will also never be able to play Part 2 or Part 3 (as the earlier parts are mandatory prerequisites for playing the later parts).

May a party start in the middle, such as at the beginning of Part Two?

No. (See previous answer.)

May characters level in the middle of a Part?

Yes, and it is very likely that this will happen, as each part of the adaptation is roughly one-third of the print product. (Part 3 gives the most XP, since it has the highest-level encounters, but Part 1 and Part 2 each give enough XP that it is quite likely for some or all of the characters in the party to reach the next level before finishing the entire part.)

The boilerplate text in the adaptation encourages the DM to award XP as frequently as needed to ensure that characters have the opportunity to level up during the adventure. The players only make logsheet entries at the end of each of the three parts, but the PCs can (and should) level up between encounters if they have earned enough XP to be able to advance a level.

This is particularly important during Part 1, which gives enough XP to take a character who is close but not quite 2nd level all the way to 3rd level. If that character does not level up mid-way through the adventure, then he will skip over 2nd level entirely, which is no fun. Even if it is only for a few encounters, we want people to actually get to play their characters at every level.