Can someone tell me about this module? What is it? What's cool about it? Is it set in a particular setting?

RPGPundit

Quote from: RPGPunditCan someone tell me about this module? What is it? What's cool about it? Is it set in a particular setting?

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It is a 3e D&D campaign module from Necromancer Games for PCs levels 1-5, although if you use standard D&D 3e experience progression rates, the PCs will reach level 5 before they complete one third of the module.  The module/book recommends cutting experience rewards by half -- I would be even more severe.

It includes a complete city ('Endhome') with some adventures and adventure hooks.

It includes a wilderness region with some small adventure areas (not entirely dissimilar to the Wilderlands, but on a much smaller scale).

It includes a large dungeon (the 'Lost City of Barakus') that can provide many months of adventuring, with a suitably satisfying BBEG encounter at the end.

If the DM reads the book thoroughly, he could run a very 'open-ended' campaign with it, letting the PCs move from city to wilderness to dungeon (and back) as they see fit.

It's a great campaign module.  I regret that I've never had a chance to run it.  Maybe someday.

Quote from: RPGPundit... Is it set in a particular setting?

Hmmm ... I forgot to answer this bit.

A 'mini-setting' is provided, but it can easily be inserted into other campaign settings (assuming that standard D&D tropes are in play).  Alternatively, it can be used with other Necromancer modules in their implicit 'default' setting.

I've considered using Endhome for the Wilderlands city 'Warwick' in the past.  I might use it as one of the 'Ivory Ports' in the new Freeport setting.

Has anyone here actually run this module?  I'd be curious to know what it was like in practice.

it sounds neat.  why do you think the exp. rewards are too high?  are there a lot of "story bonuses" or the like?  it's not like earlier incarnations of d&d where too much loot = too much XP. . . .:confused:

Quote from: AkrasiaIt includes a large dungeon (the 'Lost City of Barakus') that can provide many months of adventuring, with a suitably satisfying BBEG encounter at the end.

Please tell me that the BBEG's initials are B.A. :haw:

Quote from: ghost ratPlease tell me that the BBEG's initials are B.A. :haw:

Dammit, ya beat me to it.

Xp rewards: if you do all the fights in the book you'll get too high level to enjoy them. So the idea is give less xp and take more work to level up.

I pity the fool who doesn't buy this adventure.

(Actually, I sold my copy a while back without playing it. It looked pretty good, but I didn't know when I was ever going to use it. The authors have both done superb work on other things though.)

shouldn't the later encounters be tougher, then?  or would that fuck shit up, plot-wise?

Quote from: beebershouldn't the later encounters be tougher, then?  or would that fuck shit up, plot-wise?

I'm not sure what you're asking here.

The encounters in the book are designed to provide challenges to PCs from level 1 to 5.  However, if you use the standard 3e experience rewards (which I've always felt were far too generous, and led to far too rapid progression), PCs will reach level 5 way too soon.

Thus the book recommends giving PCs only 50 percent experience, to keep their progression rate in line with the encounters.

Not B.A. Barakus, surely?: