tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599159076031105526.post8286707966874073086..comments2022-06-29T03:23:23.009-04:00Comments on Vanadorn D&D Campaign: Meet 102, Adv 10, 6/5/10Vanadornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342660129465098326noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599159076031105526.post-64141144614201543172010-06-17T11:18:39.709-04:002010-06-17T11:18:39.709-04:00Thanks Jeremiah! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
To ...Thanks Jeremiah! I'm glad you enjoyed it.<br /><br />To answer your questions: Dargan's Folley was supposed to be different however the party dynamic was changing about halfway through it. Some of the group was getting tired of being underground while others were enjoying it immensely. I had the party leader (Karis) leave the group which threw everyone off and the party's 2nd (unoffical) in command, Zoltan, had died and the player that was playing him took a back seat/non playing role after that.<br /><br />We were adrift without a rudder so to speak.<br /><br />The overarching plot of the Lycos Suns/Vanir/Djohrgahd was dropped/minimized and the group was anxious to get out of the dungeon and back to the real world. I actually truncated 3 other mini-adventures which would have had the Phantom Blades a part of the party and forwarded the plot.<br /><br />Two of the party did not want to follow the Lycos Suns plot anymore and as a DM I don't like railroads if I can help it - so if they didn't want ot follow the hooks - that's their call.<br /><br />For about 10-15 sessions the group had a sandbox attitude (wander around, what's our options, where can we go) and I had also introduced 3 new players - 1 of which has some knowledge of Vanir - and I lost a 2nd player, Detheron, due to real life issues.<br /><br />But this also allowed me to showcase not only how some times their actions have larger impacts, but also that having a cavalier attitude can and will get you in trouble (Detheron and Gwyn in Dragonhole, Norris and Coruth'tae in Eider).<br /><br />The new group dynamic is gelling nicely and the desire to follow closer together and what clues/hooks are in front of them has been a better boon for the party.<br /><br />The tower outside of Orihalcus is definiitely a part and will make a come back to the group new or old in the near future. And this will also give them the next hook for the Phantom Blades that I had originally figured to have happen in Dargan's Folley. <br /><br />Yes, Gwyn is the only original member of the Sundered Chains left so some of the original plot lines have been lost - and the new group is working on their own new plots as well as going after some of the older ones. Vanir and his machinations will be visible in Broken Hills.<br /><br />I am not a fan of the Underdark either, but when I was writing up the deep deep dungeon, I had some talk with the players and flat out told them - "Damn it, I'm going to figure out a way for you to fight a T-Rex one way or another!"<br /><br />Thanks so much for comments and your words. I have mentally done a reset here at Adventure #10 and with the new and older players at the table - feel confident that there will more stories and adventures to come.<br /><br />VVanadornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04342660129465098326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599159076031105526.post-8023920904270608732010-06-17T10:08:06.178-04:002010-06-17T10:08:06.178-04:00Wow, I just spent all my free time the last 3 days...Wow, I just spent all my free time the last 3 days reading every write-up and every bonus script you posted from the beginning. You are a tremendous DM and I hope someday I can either create or play in a game HALF as great as the one you've made. You have extremely lucky players and I hope they appreciate your work. Thank you sooo much for posting this, as a player and now preparing to be first time DM for two new players, I truly loved your write ups.<br /><br />That being said, I have some questions for you regarding the changes throughout the story if you don't mind (or maybe can't answer, I dont know if your players read this haha)<br /><br />The favorite part of your story for me was the beginning up through the dargan's folley second level. After that, I feel the group dynamics changed a lot, the party always getting themselves thrown or run out of towns. But most importantly for me in the change was this: Dargan's Folley, with so much time spent there, didn't seem to do much to lead the group on toward the Lycos Suns/Phantom Blades plot anymore (though I caught the reference to several symbols of theirs down there). Did you purposefully write this plot out or did the group miss something substantial down there in regards to that plot line? (I know Vanir just showed up but it doesn't seem the same to me for some reason) I was hoping they would find a huge clue or have a major confrontation down there and eventually return and defeat the lower portion of the tower outside Orihalcus and eventually make it their own and continue on to solve the Lycos Suns/Phantom Blades plot from there etc.<br /><br />The other dynamic may be that Gwyn (correct me if I'm wrong) is the only original character of the Sundered Chains remaining, so that plot and those original towns and goals may have died or left with the majority of those other characters and these new ones are simply forging their own story now?<br /><br />Oh, and one last thing haha. Personally, I don't care much for the whole Underdark setting, just a personal preference of mine. And normally, I don't like the idea of dinosaurs in my campaigns either as they don't seem to fit, even in a fantasy world. BUT, your use of a t-rex in a giant underground cavern, where the locals just refer to it as the alpha male lizard, that was just BRILLIANT and it seemed to fit so naturally, so bravo haha.<br /><br />Sorry to post such a long comment, I just wanted to thank you again for posting these as I've spent so much time reading them all, the setting and plot of the first five or six adventures just had me absolutely HOOKED.Jeremiahnoreply@blogger.com