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In the next harrowing chapters, I plan on bringing the party a bit closer to their foe. In order to this, I’m planning on placing them on a lightning rail (read “train” for those not savvy on the Eberron setting) with the villain. This will work to give the game a sort of western / pulp fiction sort of feel. I’m planning on incorporating a couple of key encounters ...]]> http://maidenshead.com/2010/03/how-the-west-was-won/feed/ 1 http://maidenshead.com/2009/10/adventure-conversion-rules-to-go-by/ http://maidenshead.com/2009/10/adventure-conversion-rules-to-go-by/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:28:48 +0000 zencorners http://maidenshead.com/?p=236 1. Level up the encounters: Add between +3 or +8 levels to each encounter. Challenge for a 5th level party.
2. Modify the monsters to keep in the theme of “Cthulhu”: Aberrations with psychic powers or similar.
3. Level up the treasure parcels: 5th level Parcels less the ones already given out. Select items useful ...]]> http://maidenshead.com/2009/10/adventure-conversion-rules-to-go-by/feed/ 0 http://maidenshead.com/2009/10/chaos-scar-encounter-1/ http://maidenshead.com/2009/10/chaos-scar-encounter-1/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:30:16 +0000 zencorners http://maidenshead.com/?p=227 Reading through the adventure Sunday morning, and I started jotting down how I wanted to tone up the first encounter in the series. The original encounter is a straight forward 1st level encounter with an XP budget of 526 points.  My players I am running for currently have a party of five fifth level adventurers.  So based on this I am adding four levels to the encounter and bring my XP budget up to at least ...]]> http://maidenshead.com/2009/10/chaos-scar-encounter-1/feed/ 1 http://maidenshead.com/2009/10/the-chaos-scar-in-eberron/ http://maidenshead.com/2009/10/the-chaos-scar-in-eberron/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:40:18 +0000 zencorners http://maidenshead.com/?p=219 Backstory to My Home Game
I recently was reviewing the D&D Insider site and flipping through the available content in Dungeon magazine.  I am fishing around for some new and interesting pieces to add to my current Eberron campaign.  To offer some background on my current game, the party is searching for a mythic artifact known as the “Cauldron of Ongurr”.  This artifact was used during the Age of Monsters to fortify a bridge between Eberron ...]]> http://maidenshead.com/2009/10/the-chaos-scar-in-eberron/feed/ 1 http://maidenshead.com/2009/10/dungeon-delve/ http://maidenshead.com/2009/10/dungeon-delve/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:32 +0000 zencorners http://maidenshead.com/?p=212 The format for each chapter in the book consists of a series of encounters for a given level. ...]]> http://maidenshead.com/2009/10/dungeon-delve/feed/ 1 http://maidenshead.com/2009/04/the-town-of-greenheart/ http://maidenshead.com/2009/04/the-town-of-greenheart/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:42:20 +0000 zencorners http://maidenshead.com/?p=149 They have made their way to ...]]> http://maidenshead.com/2009/04/the-town-of-greenheart/feed/ 0 http://maidenshead.com/2009/01/sterngate-and-beyond/ http://maidenshead.com/2009/01/sterngate-and-beyond/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:30:38 +0000 zencorners http://maidenshead.com/?p=132 With the baby hobgoblin wrapped in swaddling cloth, the party continues on after the slavers.  Following the winding gully, the party eventually spots an abandoned wagon in the dried riverbed ahead.  The party approaches cautiously, sending in young Nebin ahead to explore the wagon.  Upon approaching, Nebin sees that the rear wheel has fallen off, and that the guavitx (ox-like creatures) are still harnessed to the wagon.  As he approaches, Nedin hears the deep breathing ...]]> http://maidenshead.com/2009/01/sterngate-and-beyond/feed/ 0 http://maidenshead.com/2009/01/the-journey-home/ http://maidenshead.com/2009/01/the-journey-home/#comments Sun, 11 Jan 2009 04:21:03 +0000 zencorners http://maidenshead.com/?p=105 As the party of adventurers complete their quest in the depths of Ongurr’s Watchtower, they must decide on their next course of action.  They give the catacombs under the tower a thorough review, before deciding to head back up to the surface.  Once on the surface, the party goes back to their maps and decide to travel overland to the village of Grellreach, from there, they hope to join a merchant caravan to Rhukaan Draal.
http://maidenshead.com/2009/01/the-journey-home/feed/ 0 http://maidenshead.com/2009/01/the-cauldron-of-ongurr/ http://maidenshead.com/2009/01/the-cauldron-of-ongurr/#comments Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:14:57 +0000 zencorners http://maidenshead.com/?p=41 As the party recovers from its most recent encounter, they go through the details of their encounters to date. The party discusses their possible options for continuing on through the depth that lie below them in Ongurr’s Tower. The likelihood of finding the Cauldron is quite good according to the information they have gathered so far, and so they decide to continue their exploration of the catacombs below the tower.


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As the party arrives at the base of Ongurr’s Tower, they note that the ruins of the tower are very unimpressive. The remains of the tower is less than three stories tall, and the remains have windows along the second and third stories that are open to the elements. The party quickly traverses the walls of the ruins and make their way in from the second floor window. What they find inside, looks ...]]> http://maidenshead.com/2009/01/ongurrs-tower/feed/ 0