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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:35 pm

you know...i dont know why i didnt think of this before...

anny...

T1 dude....

great for him to learn to interact with NPCs...he can think his way through stuff, have some fun and there are a batch of little adventures there all for the taking. and of course, if you wanted to, you could add a few little mini-adventures in the area to break it up a little. of course, one of the buildings in the nearby area, you could utilise the kelnore idea and hommlet could be the fall-back place for the player?

sounds like a good idea to me anyway

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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:59 pm

killjoy32 wrote:you know...i dont know why i didnt think of this before...

anny...

T1 dude....

great for him to learn to interact with NPCs...he can think his way through stuff, have some fun and there are a batch of little adventures there all for the taking. and of course, if you wanted to, you could add a few little mini-adventures in the area to break it up a little. of course, one of the buildings in the nearby area, you could utilise the kelnore idea and hommlet could be the fall-back place for the player?

sounds like a good idea to me anyway

Al

I think T1 is actually a little too tough for one adventurer with maybe a couple henchmen. From what Smarmy tells me, he and Lucyjoyce got hammered when they tried to hit the moathouse in the game Centerstage is running online...the foes are pretty nasty and unforgiving in that one, IMO. Now, I do like the mini adventures idea, get him up a level or so before letting him tackle the moathouse. Of course, pretty much anyone just marching out to the moathouse under 3rd level is going to get their ass handed to them!!!

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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:09 pm

Simply solved. Make him 3rd level, with a fighter and cleric as henchmen.

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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 2:45 am

mike

you missed the point there though dude, and kind of asiding the point frank just made too. that was the whole point of the mini-adventures etc. to give him some experience of gaming and what you do etc when the time was right....THEN you hit the moathouse....thats kind of the last big battle of the current campaign so to speak.....see?

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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:35 am

Badmike wrote:
Of course, pretty much anyone just marching out to the moathouse under 3rd level is going to get their ass handed to them!!!

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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:49 am

T1 was one of my first adventures as a player. I was killed in the first encounter...approaching the village, we were surprised by two giant frogs. Before I knew what was happening, I was dead.

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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:57 am

What is it with those giant frogs? Almost every person I know had an ugly or fatal encounter with them.
Actually, I was thinking N1 might be a good starter. The naga is almost a rollover with Ramne along, and there are plenty of fun roleplaying opportunities in town.
Another one that would probably appeal to kids is U1. Investigating a haunted house? That is Hardy Boys stuff, meat and drink to a preteen. Not to mention beating up pirates, who seem to be all the rage nowadays (thanks Disney!).

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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:04 am

bombadil wrote:T1 was one of my first adventures as a player. I was killed in the first encounter...approaching the village, we were surprised by two giant frogs. Before I knew what was happening, I was dead.

Same thing happened to me. Only difference is it was while I was playing The Temple of Elemental Evil computer game. Those programmers did a pretty good job converting the module. Exploring Hommlet was very cool. Too bad the game was hard as nails and twice as buggy.

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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:53 am

If you are looking for easy and engaging, I'd go with B1 In Search of the Unknown. The first level is mostly exploring rooms. The descriptions are cool. The big negative is that the mapping is crazy and you have to stock the thing with monsters/treasure. However, the monsters/treasures thing is done for you here:

http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewt ... c&start=15

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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:14 am

benjoshua wrote:If you are looking for easy and engaging, I'd go with B1 In Search of the Unknown. The first level is mostly exploring rooms. The descriptions are cool. The big negative is that the mapping is crazy and you have to stock the thing with monsters/treasure. However, the monsters/treasures thing is done for you here:

http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewt ... c&start=15

Have fun!

sometimes though, thats the fun of it with the kids and they have to figure it out for themselves. i always look at it as some form of educational exercise but with fun added. works every time. i know my kids love drawing up the maps. rarely looks like what its meant to, but they have a blast doing that anyway.

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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:15 am

Deadlord39 wrote:What is it with those giant frogs? Almost every person I know had an ugly or fatal encounter with them.
Actually, I was thinking N1 might be a good starter. The naga is almost a rollover with Ramne along, and there are plenty of fun roleplaying opportunities in town.
Another one that would probably appeal to kids is U1. Investigating a haunted house? That is Hardy Boys stuff, meat and drink to a preteen. Not to mention beating up pirates, who seem to be all the rage nowadays (thanks Disney!).

U1 was one of the 1st adventures my daughter played after a few mini ones i did to get her into the game.

she had a real good time doing that one. amazingly resourceful too, i seem to recollect.

always recommend U1 for anyone. the possibilities are endless with it.

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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:20 am

killjoy32 wrote:
U1 was one of the 1st adventures my daughter played after a few mini ones i did to get her into the game.

she had a real good time doing that one. amazingly resourceful too, i seem to recollect.

always recommend U1 for anyone. the possibilities are endless with it.

Al

U1 is excellent, although the trapdoor is sometimes difficult to find. However, U2 is tricky and U3 is often a TPK! Not that you have to segue to the later adventures, but I recommend U2 and especially U3 for experienced adventurers.

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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:40 pm

bombadil wrote:T1 was one of my first adventures as a player. I was killed in the first encounter...approaching the village, we were surprised by two giant frogs. Before I knew what was happening, I was dead.

Same here. ALL of the five PC's we had died fighting those freeky frogs. We were surprised and in the first few rounds the two fighters were toast. The next few rounds two more were gone, the Cleric and thief. The Mage tried to run, but was soon snagged by a toungue then bitten to death in no time. The frogs liesurly ate the hapless bodies.......

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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:25 pm

Aneoth wrote::roll: Whoda thunk a half dozen big frogs could wipe out an entire Adveturing party ............. WOWSERS.........

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Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 1:10 am

I had a character eaten whole by one of those malicious frogs as well. We should do a poll about those frogs and who hasn't had a character eaten by one yet!

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