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#1 Zardnaar Dec 30, 2014 11:19:42	DM number 2 is going AFK in January so tomorrow I will be breaking my Spore addiction and World of Tanks grind and getting behind the DM screeen again for the 1st time in a few eweeks due to things like Christmas and RL interfering in our gaming. The group is currently on holiday over here so we can play every 2nd day if we want to. Maybe even every day.   Anyway I am planning on running the 2E boxed set adventure The Night Below adapted for 5E. Being Greyahwk I indicated that alignment restrictions wold be used along with Greyhawk Races and Classes which means most of them wold be allowed.   Races. Any PHB race ask 1st about Dragonborn though, good luck if you want to be a Drow but it is allowed. Classes. Any (including monk)    According to the DMG one can put restrictions back on the races and classes so I went with alignment restricitons being Grehawk. I did give tjhe PCs the choice of AD&D or 3.5 alignment restrictions basically limited or strict restrictions. They chose 3.5 restricitons.    When I run a setting I to set the tone of that setting I more or less try to have that worlds flavor as such baked int. Greyhawk was an AD&D setting along with the 3.5 default. The1983 GH boxed set will be used along with the Darlene maps. Hence alignment restricitons wiill apply. Had they chose AD&D ones they would have has less choices (Druids N only, Rnagers good only). Its an AD&D setting with an AD&D adventure so the restrictions help define the setting and because the NPCs are using AD&D alignment rules as well.     Alignments     Barbarians . Any non lawful Bards. Any non lawful Clerics. 1 step rule. Druids: Any neutral Fighter: any Monk: any Lawful Paladins LG only, anti Paladins CE (NPC only) Ranger: Any Rogue: Any (assassins evil maybe or at least non good) Sorcerer Any Warlock: Any Wizard: Any   Feats: Yes Multiclassing: Yes Pantheon: Greyhawk page 195 PHB Optional DMG rules being used: Flanking. Starting Level 2.    I also asked them did they want the long and short rest times adjusted and by how much (5 minutes to 8 hour short rests) and the PCs said no. I might let one of the PCs run 2 characters as well as The Night Below is designed for 8 PCs but i will tweak some of the size of the encounters as 11 Orcsfor level 2 or 3 PCs iis probably going to be a bit rough.    Anyway for those of you who remember this adventure and forum users in general feel free to chip in for some ideas. The adventure is a bit railroady along the Lost Mones of Phandelver levels of railroading as opposed to Hoard of the Dragon Queen levels. Some of the monsters are missing from the MM as well such as Derro but I can add hoc them in.
#2 CCS Dec 30, 2014 12:37:40	As a current player in this at the local shop (we're running it as 1e): 1) come up with some better intro than what's given. I found it contrived & stupid that a band of complete strangers (us PCs) to the area is tasked with all this as opposed to us having been locals. 2) Up top on the surface world, don't present it as railroady. There's plenty to do & plenty of reasons/factions to do it for. Make it organic, not just "moving on to area 4...." 3) down below: yeah, it is a bit railroady. But that's because there's not alot of routres. So you kinda gotta deal with things in order.... (my knowledge of this adventure ends right before "the glass pool" we pick up in that chapter in a few weeks). ~~~~~~ oh, & if you post anything about your sessions? Please don't regail us with how xyz is broken etc. We just want to hear the stories/be entertained by how some other group did this one.
#3 Brock_Landers Dec 30, 2014 12:44:33	What is your deal with monks, dude?
#4 Zardnaar Dec 30, 2014 12:54:47	Brock_Landers wrote:
#5 Zardnaar Dec 30, 2014 12:55:36	CCS wrote:
#6 Shasarak Dec 30, 2014 13:39:28	Brock_Landers wrote:
#7 Brock_Landers Dec 30, 2014 14:21:59	Zardnaar wrote:
#8 Brock_Landers Dec 30, 2014 14:23:18	Shasarak wrote:
#9 Shasarak Dec 30, 2014 16:21:46	Brock_Landers wrote:
#10 JohnLynch Dec 30, 2014 16:37:48	Interesting that your players went with less alignment restrictions. I wonder if they would have ditched them had you let them.
#11 Zardnaar Dec 30, 2014 17:24:58	JohnLynch wrote:
#12 Zardnaar Dec 30, 2014 19:43:28	Brock_Landers wrote:
#13 Shasarak Dec 30, 2014 19:41:06	Really?  I heard that he was going to be adding the Samurai and Ninja classes.
#14 Zardnaar Dec 30, 2014 19:43:59	Shasarak wrote:
#15 ChrisCarlson Dec 31, 2014 12:29:47	Zardnaar wrote:
#16 Brock_Landers Dec 31, 2014 12:35:15	Shasarak wrote:
#17 Zardnaar Dec 31, 2014 12:49:10	Brock_Landers wrote:
#18 Brock_Landers Dec 31, 2014 13:53:07	Zardnaar wrote:
#19 Zardnaar Dec 31, 2014 13:56:51	Brock_Landers wrote:
#20 Istbor Jan 02, 2015 11:46:55	For all the things I find wonky in Zard's posts, I love our shared disdain for Monks. /hug
#21 Shasarak Jan 02, 2015 13:40:50	Zardnaar wrote:
#22 Zardnaar Jan 02, 2015 13:47:28	Shasarak wrote:
#23 Shasarak Jan 02, 2015 14:03:03	Zardnaar wrote:
#24 Zardnaar Jan 02, 2015 14:04:23	Shasarak wrote:
#25 Zardnaar Jan 02, 2015 14:04:30	Shasarak wrote:
(Reply to #22) CCS	Zardnaar wrote:
#27 Zardnaar Jan 02, 2015 19:37:51	CCS wrote:
#28 Brock_Landers Jan 03, 2015 1:07:35	Zardnaar wrote: