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TaemaNai
Acolyte
USA
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 Posted - 01 Jan 2016 : 00:38:04
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I have a boxed set, and even though the whole thing wasn't written by Gygax himself it's still a classic and a really involved, fun looking dungeon crawl. And it's got lots of the bits I love about 2nd Ed built in. I'm excited about introducing my group to it.
The current campaign is set in Cormyr but the boxed set is Greyhawk. Not a problem, I'm setting the premise to Acererak has figured out how to open a portal into a tomb in the middle of the Battle of Bones (Just southwest of the Anauroch Desert) where undead appear to still be duking it out since the fall of the First Vampire King.
So I'm posting here looking for advice on the buildup. It's not enough to just have a dungeon, you have to have things leading to the dungeon and Acererak popping up I figure would be big news to the locals around the Battle and would probably attract attention from the Sage of Shadowdale himself given a sudden abundance of Demilich isn't good for anyone's magic. But what about the littler factions like vampire lords looking to capitalize on the opportunity? And the people working to contain the undead armies? Any thoughts on local celebrities that might have a stake in such a situation? Factions that would make a pilgrimage to stake a claim?
Ideally I want to create enough turmoil that it's reasonable for the players to be "one more band" that gets overlooked in the mess (and if you know the boxed set, one more group of adventurers is what Acererak's planning for) until they've slipped through into the dungeon and had their adventure. After all, if it was easy to pick out who would come on top in a mess, there wouldn't be gambling.
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If we shadows have offended, think but this, and all is mended—
That you have but slumbered here while these visions did appear.
~Taema Nai |
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