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Hey I'm sure everyone's tired of hearing about it but I'm running a Wilderlands campaign. Started out with "Idylls of the Rat King", and set it down in Anvil (silver mining town north of the CSIO, Map 4). I'd like to squeeze in the "Mysterious Tower" and "Aerie of the Crow G...

Our group had a lot of fun with this module. Some of the more notable encounters were G'Zogah the mad goblin wizard, the stinking badgers, and of course, Narzy the Gnome Necromancer. I was also impressed at how well "crafted" the adventure was from a PC advancement standpoint. The rewards ...

Session #6 For this session the party consisted of 5 adventurers: Cerrac, an Elven Rogue - Level 3 Griff Roaringbell, a Dwarven Barbarian, Level 2 Osfrid, Crusader of Mitra, Cleric, Level 2 Drogo Steelhelm, Dwarven Fighter X, a human Wizard, Level 2 Day 13, 24th of the Month of the Crimson Dragon Th...

I haven't posted an update in some time. Our group meets once a month, and the party spent the December session away from the Gannu Mines. In that session we did the following: - switched from D&D 3.5 to Castles and Crusades game system - introduced the campaign world: The Wilderlands of High Fa...

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Does this mean I have to make sure Lawrence escapes? My group is at most 2 sessions from the final showdown in Idylls.

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I think maybe Osfrid is too powerful. I'd considered that maybe I had played the Ogre Zombies and Skeletons wrong. But after reviewing the rules for Turn effects, and mulling it over the last few days, I think I played them right. The party walked all over the Ogre Zombies because Osfrid turned them...

Session #4 Day 6, 17th of the Month of the Crimson Dragon For this session the party consisted of Cerrac, an Elven Rogue - Level 2 Griff Roaringbell, a Dwarven Barbarian Karl (just Karl), Human Fighter (joins party later in session) Osfrid, Crusader of Pelor, Level 2 Cleric Wrath Truebeard, Cleric o...

JediOre wrote:How far will the government (public) schools sink? Standards for teachers are reaching the bottle of the barrel when a documented wererat is allowed to teach young children!

Cool idea. I'm thinking Narzy will get away in my campaign....we'll see. Thanks for sharing the ideas.

Session # 3 Day 5 After the battle with the wererat, X, Wrath, Karl, and Harg went back to town saying something about Karl needing time to recover from his wounds. Just then, Griff barged into the room still smelling from his ale bath and looking a little unsteady like he might have been drinking ...

I'm very interested in C&C. The Mysterious Tower port just makes me more interested!

In case you've missed these, here are two older threads dealing with this module: http://www.goodman-games.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=106 http://www.goodman-games.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=35 I find it very helpful to read what others have done. Makes my brain come up with all sorts of ideas.... T...

I'm finding this to be a fantastic read. As the writer of Idylls of the Rat King and it's first GM, I must say that you and your players are why I write and run games. My group is very much like yours, even the "impatient dwarf". Hey thanks. We're all having a lot of fun with the adventur...

don't let yourself be sucked into the thoughts of how cool it will be to see how your party handles Serenna. If played properly, she will most probably result in a tpk. Yeah, thanks for this advice. I'm thinking the same thing. I'm actually a little concerned that at this point the players think th...

So I sent this "Cut Scene" in an email out to the players to get ready for the next session. I liked the idea of using a cut scene as mechanism to let the players enjoy some of the plot points that sometime only the DM gets to see. Maybe if I were a better DM I could weave this into play, ...

A Cut Scene for the Idylls of the Rat King Time: Day 5, 16th of the Month of the Crimson Dragon Location: Somewhere in the Abandoned Gannu Mine. A thin human pipes a melody on a flute. Occasionally stopping for a sip of wine and to speak softly to one of the creatures at his feet. A large goblin ent...

Session #2 Day 3 On the previous day, Griff had to leave the party to attend a tribal ritual. Harvest season meant that his tribe was holding the Festival of the Cleansing, Griff’s favorite as it entailed bathing in freshly brewed ale. However, this meant that the stout barbarian would not be with ...

This game sounds like so much fun! (I wish our GM (me) put this much time into his home sessions. ;) ) Heh, well we'll see how long I can keep this up. Be careful about beefing up the dungeon too much --- there's a serious nasty down at the bottom of those mines. Well you'll see in the next log ent...

Wow! Talk about dedication and preparation! Way to go with all the hard work you did before the players even sat down to the table for the first time -- hopefully they appreciate all the time and effort you put into their gaming experience. Thank you! I think the group does appreciate it. Some of t...

We had a blast. :D Some lessons I learned... * 3.5 characters are complicated, the players were remembering AD&D and the looks on their faces when I passed out the characters sheets were a little funny and a little concerning. One player really should have remembered his reading glasses! * I sho...

Session #1 The town of Silverton has hired a band of adventurers to rid it of a tribe of goblins that have been attacking the silver caravans. These goblins have holed up in a silver mine that was abandoned long ago. The group of adventurers is as follows, all 1st level, 0 XP: * Cerrac, an Elven Ro...

This is what I did to get set up... Read the PHB pretty much cover-to-cover (except the spells), Read the Combat chapter like 4 times. Read a lot of the DMG, and the relevant monster entries in the MM. I would basically be teaching everyone the mechanics so I had to be ready. I read the “Idylls” a c...

So this thread will describe the adventures of the Gannu Mine described in “The Idylls of the Rat King”. I would also like to include some “behind the DM screen” information. Basically because I thought it might inspire others out there to run a game, and also because I’m very happy to take suggesti...

Hi, New DM here. I was wondering if you fine folks would be interested in a story hour / adventure log thread? I'm two sessions into "Idylls of the Rat King" . I figure I might get some DMing advice for running the adventure while maybe providing a little entertainment (hopefully). However...