Put the slinger in this patch of forest just to the west of the boulders where he benefits from cover, but can shoot at the pcs freely. The shadarkai are extraplanar humanlike creatures with tattoos, scars and. Shadarkai, nearhumans with tattoos and scars that rejoice in battle and have shadowy abilities. I was fairly disappointed with the quality and the content of the module, but i. I have the original keep on the shadowfell with poster maps. Keep on the shadowfell 4e im working on the other adventures kobold hall, thunderspire labyrinth, etc as well. In the 5e dmg this takes the form of a small shadowfell despair table, but 4es shadowfell campaign book came with a despair deck that you could make players draw from when their characters encountered anything especially dreadful. So my players just finished the adventure keep on the shadowfell that i adapted to 5e. However to date its main description had appeared in manual of the planes 2008, which dedicated 14 pages to the shadowfell, including 2 pages on gloomwrought. Im working on the other adventures kobold hall, thunderspire labyrinth, etc as well.
I was fairly disappointed with the quality and the content of the module, but i wanted to playtest the new edition. Mar 11, 2016 this week on the campaign trail we visit the shadowfell to look at the shadarkai and other inhabitants of this plane. Hence, in the adventure it contains a short rule guide, the adventure itself and maps for the game. Keep on the shadowfell part 1 well, we get our first look at utility powers. In fact, it remained important throughout the hpe adventure series 20082009. We will start with keep on the shadowfell at level 1 and work our way through all the modules which should take the party to level 20. The keep was built as an outpost of the empire of nerath, most likely to guard against the giant tribes living in the northern reaches of the stonemarch. Outcomes are slightly bleaker, the weather is damper and colder, colors are just slightly duller.
Put all the kobold minions and hide them behind the western boulders where they cant be seen before the ambush is sprung. Jun 26, 2012 shadowfell was my first foray into juliet marilliers ya books, and i have to admit i was nervous. Keep on the shadowfell 4e was my groups very first campaign ever and it went well up to the point a few of the group fell out with the rest and we stopped playing this campaign. The shadowfells infectiously dreary atmosphere can have a mechanical effect on pcs. Feb 25, 2017 keep on the shadowfell is a prewritten 4e campaign by wizards of the coast, but has been converted to 5e rules for the purposes of these sessions. Lets take a look at the dark, parallel dimension of the shadowfell. Now, one of my players, a shadow monk, wants to claim shadowfell keep as his own, with it being the partys main base for the rest of their campaign and the rest of the party likes.
They killed kalarel and successfully closed the portal to the shadowfell. Roll20 brings penandpaper gameplay to your browser with features that save time and enhance your favorite parts of tabletop games. Shadowfell keep, originally called keegans keep, was one of many fortresses built by cormyr along its frontier, located in the middle of the thunder peaks just northeast of winterhaven history edit. I am currently running the keep on the shadowfell through pyramid of shadows adventures, so i can learn more about how campaigns can be structured. Shadowfell keep as pcc castle dungeon masters only. It was a long slog through a kobold lair, where the kobolds themselves held little threat, but the 10foot pit traps prove beyond anyone in the. The shadowfell had been important ever since 4e debuted in h1. The entropic opposite of the vibrant twilight world of the feywild. The group parted ways to play with other people which saddened me greatly not just because i spent months drawing detailed maps etc. Detailed information on the 5e version of the shadowfell is still pending hopefully in the dungeon masters guide. Legacy gaming company keep on the shadowfell pathfinder.
Only two short decades after the empire withdrew its influence. The adventure provides all the necessary rules to play, and it is designed to fit into most campaign. And thanks to the release of the first 4th edition adventure, h1 keep on the shadowfell, you can play the game before the players handbook hits store shelves. But im thinking at the end of the pyramid adventure theyll end up in shadowfell. H1 keep on the shadowfell conversion endhaven supplement. Jul 17, 2019 today we look at sprinkling your greyhawk games with a dash of the shadowfell, aka plane of shadow. The shadowfell, also known as the plane of shadow, was one of the planes of existence in various cosmological models. It gets a lot of flak for being a grindy combat based adventure, and it is, but all of 4e was based on that assumption.
Jun 22, 2017 before we begin, please remember that the shadowfell and vecna from any published material 5e dmg, previous lore, etc. Uses h1 keep on the shadowfell modified adventure for six characters by adding more 5person encounters. We were very privileged to receive a promotional copy of the first dungeons and dragons 4th edition adventure module, entitled keep on the shadowfellwhich comes shadowefll a small set of quick start rules as an introduction to the yettobereleased edition of the game. Shadowfell was my first foray into juliet marilliers ya books, and i have to admit i was nervous.
In this blog, ill be posting various downloads i thought were particularly good and free. After a few weeks, victor and i were able to finish converting h1. I wasnt sure which forum to post them but since they are 4e i figured probably here. You are travelling through a dangerous wilderness toward the small town of winterhaven. I was thinking dwarf cleric, originally had wisdom in mind to see what i can do with healing but if theres other healers i might just go hammer smash cleric. It existed as sort of counterpart to the feywild, in the sense that it was a reflection, or echo, of the. In my next campaign which is about to start were returning to the nentir vale, and i am allowing both eladrin elf like inhabitants of the feywild and shadarkai as playable racial options. This is the begining of the orcus, demon prince of undeath series converted to 5e. I knew going in that there was no way it could level up to the breathtaking wonder that is her sevenwaters series, and i knew it would suffer from comparison as i read son of the shadows at the same time. Legend has it that an otherworldly dimness arose around the remnants and tatters of the raw stuff of creation.
I knew going in that there was no way it could level up to the breathtaking wonder that is her sevenwaters series, and i knew it would suffer from comparison as i. The shadowfell is the dark echo of the mortal world, a twilight realm that exists on the other side of the world and its earthly denizens. This was the introductory module for 4th edition in 2008. Keep on the shadowfell is a prewritten 4e campaign by wizards of the coast, but has been converted to 5e rules for the purposes of these sessions. This port city is one of the brightest lights on this plane and is a common destination for traders and travelers of other planes. Other names for this plane included shadowland, the demiplane of shadow, and simply shadow. Before we begin, please remember that the shadowfell and vecna from any published material 5e dmg, previous lore, etc. Apr 12, 2017 lets take a look at the dark, parallel dimension of the shadowfell. Dark walls keep out the worst of the shadowfell, and it even has dark walls that wrap around its port with openings large enough for trade galleys to travel through. In your role as dungeon master dm, you get to send your friends on an adventure in which theyll explore dungeons, banter with villains, and defeat vicious monsters with sword, spell, and prayer. Most will be from drivethrurpg, but ive found others throughout the net. Now, an evil cleric of orcus, demon lord of the undead, seeks to reopen the gate, and the only thing standing in his way is a small yet determined band of heroes. As long as nobody is trying to break or game the system i think youll be fine, but thats just my personal experience. When cormyr began to create a series of fortresses along its frontier in 236 dr, the shadow dragon shadraxil took this as an affront to his lands and began attacking the outposts.
Today we look at sprinkling your greyhawk games with a dash of the shadowfell, aka plane of shadow. The alexandrian keep on the shadowfell the complete collection. History when cormyr began to create a series of fortresses along its frontier in 236 dr, the shadow dragon. I need a decently clean copy to use in my online game and cant find. This summary is a combination of what we know from previous episodes, matts descriptions in episode 101, the dmg, and the mm. My wife and i had both played in the 2 nd session of this campaign back in february, when we joined a group of adventurers who had been hired to rescue a merchants family. To run the game, all you need is keep on the shadowfell and a set of dice. Keep on the shadowfell was the inaugural product for 4th edition. Shadowfell keep geography aliases keegans keep type large castle region cormyr, thunder peaks shadowfell keep, originally called keegans keep, was one of many fortresses built by cormyr along its frontier, located in the middle of the thunder peaks just northeast of winterhaven. It is part one of a threepart series of adventures. Ive created a mod from the keep on the shadowfell adventure and figured post a link here in case anyone else might find it useful. What were your experience with running it and converting it to 5e. Its purpose and characteristics evolved as new cosmologies were formulated. Though nearly a year old now, keep on the shadowfell kots remains the mostdiscussed adventure for dungeons and dragons 4th edition.
Over time, these shadows coalesced and assumed a form similar to the natural. This keep overlooks the shadow rift, a dark scar in the world that was once a gateway to the shadowfell but has been dormant for many years. Legacy gaming company keep on the shadowfell dungeon. We were very privileged to receive a promotional copy of the first dungeons and dragons 4th edition adventure module, entitled keep on the shadowfellwhich comes shadowefll a small set of quick start rules as an introduction to the yettobereleased edition of the. So i decided to do a fairly expansive remix to give the adventure a stronger backbone and a richer mythology. We will start with keep on the shadowfell at level 1 and work our way through all. Many such outpost survived the fall of the empire, but not the keep. Anything you changed from the original or improved. Keep on the shadowfell maps ruminations of a canadian geek. We are going to play through the keep on the shadowfell module.