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Looking for opininons [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Adam500
08-22-05, 08:01 PM Im forming a group to play Living Greyhawk, and am running COR05-06 as our first adventure (to allow access to availible Sandstorm material if desired etc.).

I just don't know where to go from there. Can anyone suggest a good order for playing adventures for a new group/dm? Right now I'd be allmost picking at random with the APL's as my only guide (not that its a bad guide mind you).
Eric Anondson
08-22-05, 11:55 PM Have you considered doing intro mods from your own region first? Those are designed specifically for 1st level characters starting out. Getting to 2nd level before jumping into Core mods could be a good idea... just a suggestion. Because once characters are 2nd level, intro mods are not available anymore.
KayJay
08-23-05, 08:49 AM I am impressed to seethat you care about what kind of scenarios to put your players through. So many people simply skip their 'living' characters all over the continent.
You can get a lot more plot continuity by playing scenarios from your home region. Other than that it is a lot of reading to work out which scenarios have a logical lead into each other.
redgamer
08-24-05, 11:12 PM Crimson Thorns is a good one. Follow that up with A Tiger in Ahlissa, Sympathy of the Beatazu and the rest of that series so you player can get familiar with one area.
ShinAkuma2
08-24-05, 11:17 PM Yeah, the Sandstorm/Blood on Bright Sands arc really isn't worth the use of 2+ TUs for every mod afterward. So far. I really hope the next ones provide some kind of godly access to a rogue...

So far, though, I'm regretting it.
redgamer
08-24-05, 11:23 PM If you play the Sandstorm mods with a Sandstorm arc created character you treat them as region mods for TUs. And anyways just make a new character. Players have infinite TUs. Its only characters that are limited to 52 per years. I play enough characters that I never run out of TUs despite traveling quite a lot to play and playing online, although my Bissel character(Bissell has mandatory military service so you send 17 TUs your first year in fighting Evard instead of adventuring) came rather close.
Sieylianna
08-25-05, 07:54 AM If you play the Sandstorm mods with a Sandstorm arc created character you treat them as region mods for TUs. And anyways just make a new character. Players have infinite TUs. Its only characters that are limited to 52 per years. I play enough characters that I never run out of TUs despite traveling quite a lot to play and playing online, although my Bissel character(Bissell has mandatory military service so you send 17 TUs your first year in fighting Evard instead of adventuring) came rather close.

I've run my primary PC out of TU all four years of the campaign. I'm probably won't make it this year, but only because I'll retire at 18th level before I run out of TU. My secondary finished last year in single digits and will run out of TU this year (and presumably next year).

However, the campaign focus is definitely shifting to lower level play. You only need to look at the APL ranges for core modules to see that support for APL's above 10 is dwindling. It's not a race and the campaign changes which reduced retirement level from 20th to 18th and then 16th as of Jan. 1, 2006 make this apparent.

Ed
post_ironic
08-25-05, 01:44 PM I would definitely say that Shedding Scales COR4-01 is a "must play" mod.
MaxDog
08-25-05, 04:44 PM COR4-03 Tropical Intrigue is an APL 2 friendly mod I just ran for our new group. Challenging, but fun. I would second the Baatezu series (just be aware of errata issues with A Tiger? ... in Ahlissha. Check out the LGDM Yahoo board.
The_Elder
08-26-05, 04:07 AM COR4-03 is a grate mod.....a real blast

The:dice:Elder

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Adam500 08-22-05, 08:01 PM	Im forming a group to play Living Greyhawk, and am running COR05-06 as our first adventure (to allow access to availible Sandstorm material if desired etc.). I just don't know where to go from there. Can anyone suggest a good order for playing adventures for a new group/dm? Right now I'd be allmost picking at random with the APL's as my only guide (not that its a bad guide mind you).
Eric Anondson 08-22-05, 11:55 PM	Have you considered doing intro mods from your own region first? Those are designed specifically for 1st level characters starting out. Getting to 2nd level before jumping into Core mods could be a good idea... just a suggestion. Because once characters are 2nd level, intro mods are not available anymore.
KayJay 08-23-05, 08:49 AM	I am impressed to seethat you care about what kind of scenarios to put your players through. So many people simply skip their 'living' characters all over the continent. You can get a lot more plot continuity by playing scenarios from your home region. Other than that it is a lot of reading to work out which scenarios have a logical lead into each other.
redgamer 08-24-05, 11:12 PM	Crimson Thorns is a good one. Follow that up with A Tiger in Ahlissa, Sympathy of the Beatazu and the rest of that series so you player can get familiar with one area.
ShinAkuma2 08-24-05, 11:17 PM	Yeah, the Sandstorm/Blood on Bright Sands arc really isn't worth the use of 2+ TUs for every mod afterward. So far. I really hope the next ones provide some kind of godly access to a rogue... So far, though, I'm regretting it.
redgamer 08-24-05, 11:23 PM	If you play the Sandstorm mods with a Sandstorm arc created character you treat them as region mods for TUs. And anyways just make a new character. Players have infinite TUs. Its only characters that are limited to 52 per years. I play enough characters that I never run out of TUs despite traveling quite a lot to play and playing online, although my Bissel character(Bissell has mandatory military service so you send 17 TUs your first year in fighting Evard instead of adventuring) came rather close.
Sieylianna 08-25-05, 07:54 AM	If you play the Sandstorm mods with a Sandstorm arc created character you treat them as region mods for TUs. And anyways just make a new character. Players have infinite TUs. Its only characters that are limited to 52 per years. I play enough characters that I never run out of TUs despite traveling quite a lot to play and playing online, although my Bissel character(Bissell has mandatory military service so you send 17 TUs your first year in fighting Evard instead of adventuring) came rather close. I've run my primary PC out of TU all four years of the campaign. I'm probably won't make it this year, but only because I'll retire at 18th level before I run out of TU. My secondary finished last year in single digits and will run out of TU this year (and presumably next year). However, the campaign focus is definitely shifting to lower level play. You only need to look at the APL ranges for core modules to see that support for APL's above 10 is dwindling. It's not a race and the campaign changes which reduced retirement level from 20th to 18th and then 16th as of Jan. 1, 2006 make this apparent. Ed
post_ironic 08-25-05, 01:44 PM	I would definitely say that Shedding Scales COR4-01 is a "must play" mod.
MaxDog 08-25-05, 04:44 PM	COR4-03 Tropical Intrigue is an APL 2 friendly mod I just ran for our new group. Challenging, but fun. I would second the Baatezu series (just be aware of errata issues with A Tiger? ... in Ahlissha. Check out the LGDM Yahoo board.
The_Elder 08-26-05, 04:07 AM	COR4-03 is a grate mod.....a real blast The:dice:Elder