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Isambard
Acolyte
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 Posted - 18 Dec 2020 : 21:13:12
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Hi all,
I just got the 5E edition of AAW's rather impressive Rise of the Drow campaign and wonder whether anyone has looked into porting it to the Realms?
At first glance, for example, it appears that Rybalka could relatively easily be shoehorned into the Ten Towns area. I did not have time yet to check how well the underground parts would port over, but will take a look over the holidays.
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Kentinal
Great Reader
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Posted - 18 Dec 2020 : 21:45:50
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Well the tunnels of the Realms underdark are not well defined just indicated there are many connections to the surface.
I do not know what map offered by Rise of the Drow is, however it would appear likely (at least for map reasons) be imported to the Realms. The only other comment I would offer is Realms Drow did not always fully equal D&D Drow (Greyhawk or Eberron etc.) |
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The Arcanamach
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 19 Dec 2020 : 15:55:25
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| I'm curious, why Ten Towns? |
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Isambard
Acolyte
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Posted - 21 Dec 2020 : 15:00:08
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| From the description, the campaign's starting village of Rybalka does sound like a location in the far north. And at least at first glance, the Vikmordere barbarians of the campaign look quite similar to Icewind Dale's Reghed barbarians. |
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
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Posted - 21 Dec 2020 : 22:44:54
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| Is this the old "Against the Giants" then going into the underdark series of adventures from 1e redone or something? |
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Isambard
Acolyte
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Posted - 22 Dec 2020 : 16:27:40
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No, this is a fresh campaign. No giants involved to kick things off. Instead, the campaign starts with a Drow raid on a surface village during a solar eclipse. The Drow raiding party (with captives and carrying a very special magic item) then travels overland, stopping at an abandoned mountain citadel, where they are hopefully defeated by the PCs. Following up on what brought on the raid in the first place, the PCs descend into the Underdark, starting with a dwarven city also hard pressed by Drow assaults. Then, the real Underdark fun begins (involving multiple Drow houses etc.), which takes up the next four Chapters of the campaign.
So, quite a bit different than what I remember from the old GDQ series of modules. |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 22 Dec 2020 : 16:38:25
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Originally posted by Isambard
Hi all,
I just got the 5E edition of AAW's rather impressive Rise of the Drow campaign and wonder whether anyone has looked into porting it to the Realms?
You have a link? I'm like what is AAW? |
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will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
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Isambard
Acolyte
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Posted - 22 Dec 2020 : 17:32:39
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AAW is the publisher, "Adventure A Week". The link to the campaign is http://drow5e.com
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The Arcanamach
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 25 Dec 2020 : 12:11:09
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| I have the RotD but haven't read it. If it were me, I'd try placing somewhere other than the Sword Coast area since literally every official adventure released as been there. I'd maybe place it in Vaasa or, if you want to do the work for an area that hasn't been detailed at all in the Realms - Sossal. Of coarse, if there is a sea coast then Ten Towns would work. |
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Porting Rise of the Drow Campaign to the Realms?
