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Night Below

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#1
protonik_dup
Aug 23, 2004 1:31:59 I was wanting some feedback on Night Below. What is it like? Is it any good? I was not a big fan of Dragon Mountain, viewing it as being a bit on the reptitive end but I have seen some of Sargent's work and really liked it. How does Night Below stack against his work on Greyhawk and Warhammer?

J
#2
zombiegleemax
Sep 05, 2004 23:55:31 I was a player in this marvelous campaign setting. My DM did a wonderful job incorporating everything and making sure everything happened when it should...

I greatly enjoyed this campaign.
#3
zombiegleemax
Sep 06, 2004 15:03:52 From start to finish the PC's should be level 15-16. The writing is good, some of the encounters are certainly can be TPK if you're not careful. There are RP opportunities to gain valuable allies in this quest (also friendship of a elusive race and knowledge of a forgotten one).

However, the book constantly makes reference to "side adventures". Moveover, the main crux of the adventure is never fully resolved until the very end (see spoilers**). Overall good if you like the 'save the world from doom' type scenarios

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** Jenneleth the mage is kidnapped by a group of bandits. The bandits are working with the orcs who ultimately work with the mind flayers and aboleth below. Jenneleth is not found until you find the aboleth city. I would place her somewhere inbetween (orc barrens is a good location or near the gnomes). The adventure ends at that point. The adventurer's are heroes. Then about a month later another mage is kidnapped!. There is still more to find!
#4
Mortepierre
Sep 15, 2004 9:07:01 There is a Story Hour dealing with it at ENWorld, quite a good one too if you're a DM and need a few examples of how things can happen.

Check it here
#5
zombiegleemax
Sep 17, 2004 10:17:41 It was not a bad campaign at all. I played in a few of the adventures but the group fell apart because of in-fighting and also because the DM didnt show up for a month straight. THe game was made up of newbies except for moi. It was not fun in that situation.
#6
zombiegleemax
Sep 19, 2004 15:13:56 Night Below is probably my all time favorite adventure. I ran it for close to 2 years. Unfortunately we never finished it because some of the players moved away.

On the plus side it has a lot of interesting side adventures and locations to visit. The main adventure is quite good and keeps the players focused.

On the negative side, like a lot of 2e mods it gets wordy...a lot of wasted space on filler that could of gone into something else. Makes it difficult to track important info at times.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 protonik_dup Aug 23, 2004 1:31:59	I was wanting some feedback on Night Below. What is it like? Is it any good? I was not a big fan of Dragon Mountain, viewing it as being a bit on the reptitive end but I have seen some of Sargent's work and really liked it. How does Night Below stack against his work on Greyhawk and Warhammer? J
#2 zombiegleemax Sep 05, 2004 23:55:31	I was a player in this marvelous campaign setting. My DM did a wonderful job incorporating everything and making sure everything happened when it should... I greatly enjoyed this campaign.
#3 zombiegleemax Sep 06, 2004 15:03:52	From start to finish the PC's should be level 15-16. The writing is good, some of the encounters are certainly can be TPK if you're not careful. There are RP opportunities to gain valuable allies in this quest (also friendship of a elusive race and knowledge of a forgotten one). However, the book constantly makes reference to "side adventures". Moveover, the main crux of the adventure is never fully resolved until the very end (see spoilers*). Overall good if you like the 'save the world from doom' type scenarios * * SPOILER * * ** Jenneleth the mage is kidnapped by a group of bandits. The bandits are working with the orcs who ultimately work with the mind flayers and aboleth below. Jenneleth is not found until you find the aboleth city. I would place her somewhere inbetween (orc barrens is a good location or near the gnomes). The adventure ends at that point. The adventurer's are heroes. Then about a month later another mage is kidnapped!. There is still more to find!
#4 Mortepierre Sep 15, 2004 9:07:01	There is a Story Hour dealing with it at ENWorld, quite a good one too if you're a DM and need a few examples of how things can happen. Check it here
#5 zombiegleemax Sep 17, 2004 10:17:41	It was not a bad campaign at all. I played in a few of the adventures but the group fell apart because of in-fighting and also because the DM didnt show up for a month straight. THe game was made up of newbies except for moi. It was not fun in that situation.
#6 zombiegleemax Sep 19, 2004 15:13:56	Night Below is probably my all time favorite adventure. I ran it for close to 2 years. Unfortunately we never finished it because some of the players moved away. On the plus side it has a lot of interesting side adventures and locations to visit. The main adventure is quite good and keeps the players focused. On the negative side, like a lot of 2e mods it gets wordy...a lot of wasted space on filler that could of gone into something else. Makes it difficult to track important info at times.