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10 months ago ::
Aug 24, 2012 - 6:56AM
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I am currently running H1 for a group that hasn't played D&D in decades, and its all going very well. So I was wondering where to go next?
Possible options:
H2 Thunderspire Labyrinth for lvls 4-6
HS2 Orcs of Stonefang Pass lvl 4
Madness at Gardmore Abbey lvls 6-8
All of which are interesting. So I was wondering, if you had played any of these, what you thought? And what would you recommend/avoid? Have I missed any options?
I am also wondering if its possible to get legitimate PDFs of these, rather than hard copy?
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10 months ago ::
Aug 25, 2012 - 11:47AM
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My group did H1 and H2 and wanted to leave the adventure modules and explore the world afterward.
H3 is nice but so weird, my players werent interested in it at all.
If i had to redo it all again, id cleary do H1, HS2 with maybe a splash of H2 to fill the gap to Madness at Garmore Abbey.
My group is now lv 11 and i'm sending them in Gardmore Abbey. ( I revised the whole place to make it interesting for Paragon.)
As far as i know, there's no legitimate PDFs of any 4th books.
Hope you have a blast running those, i did!
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10 months ago ::
Aug 27, 2012 - 8:53AM
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I'd run a scaled-up version of The Slaying Stone with a few side adventures in Fallcrest & Winterhaven & establish some Iron Circle threads, such as having them connected to the Severed Eye Orcs in Gorizbadd, spend a little time in Harkenwold before the Iron Circle invasion then run the Reavers of Harkenwold from the Gamemaster's Kit.
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10 months ago ::
Aug 28, 2012 - 2:04AM
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Unfortunately, Thunderspire is probably best avoided at this point. While it's an interesting locale with some great theme material, the fact that its adventure and encounter design leaves a great deal to be desired.
A somewhat scaled-up version of The Slaying Stone is probably your best bet for print adventures, although if you can get DDI (even for a month), the Chaos Scar material offers some good alternatives (and has the advantage of a pick-and-choose design).
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10 months ago ::
Aug 28, 2012 - 11:53AM
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I wouldn't rule out H2 entirely. If you're willing to put a bit of time into tweaking some design elements, the locale is fun and evocative. That said, you might strongly consider checking out Myrhdraak's amazing reworking of the whole published series, which draws much closer connections between the adventures and incorporates some flavorful new components: community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/758...
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10 months ago ::
Aug 28, 2012 - 3:54PM
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Thanks for the advice, all. Not sure which direction I will take but you've given me plenty of options.
cheers!
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9 months ago ::
Aug 30, 2012 - 6:02AM
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Regarding PDFs: I see that with 5th Edition being a year and a half away, there was mention at Gen Con about releasing content in PDF format. I've not had time to check out the comments first hand, but if true that would make me very happy.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 06, 2012 - 5:47PM
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Date Joined:
Oct 27, 2007
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I am currently running H1 for a group that hasn't played D&D in decades, and its all going very well. So I was wondering where to go next?
Possible options:
H2 Thunderspire Labyrinth for lvls 4-6
HS2 Orcs of Stonefang Pass lvl 4
Madness at Gardmore Abbey lvls 6-8
All of which are interesting. So I was wondering, if you had played any of these, what you thought? And what would you recommend/avoid? Have I missed any options?
I am also wondering if its possible to get legitimate PDFs of these, rather than hard copy?
What about Reavers of Harkenwold that comes with the 4E Dungeon Master's Kit?
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9 months ago ::
Sep 08, 2012 - 1:24AM
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Date Joined:
Aug 11, 2006
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That one might work, but chances are good that the PCs will have outleveled it by the time they're done with KotS.
The "Cairn of the Winter King" short adventure in the Monster Vault box may be appropriate, though.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 10, 2012 - 5:47PM
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Feb 21, 2012
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I am kinda asking the same questions
we started with redbox (twisting halls) then moved on to reavers of harkenwold (with afew add ons using dungeon tiles) and they are now at level 4 I'm not sure where I want to go from here I'm slowly designing my own campaign using hooks from dungeon mag but its taking awhile. I dont want to buy the monsters vault because im now using minis and print off monster stats from ddi.
any recommendations?
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