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Thought I would share that I finished my first session in a new campaign with my son and three of his friends. Since I haven't had a chance to pick up Rats in the Walls yet, I went with Tomb of the Iron God by Matt Finch, which I got from the OSR Bundle of Holding.
First thing I changed was replacing all reference to goblins to orcs. It's a slight power jump (1d6 HD to 1d8 HD), but the one wandering encounter was a group of 1d6 orcs and the group handled them well. I placed the ruined monastery over the tomb one hex (24 miles) to the northeast (?) of Khromarium (towards Stonebrook). I started the characters in Khromarium already "familiar" with one another (easier than "you all meet in the inn" trope). They only explored 4 rooms, but managed to wipe out the aforementioned wandering orcs. However, the barbarian almost met his match with the grey ooze, falling to -8 hp before being stabilized by the cleric. After that, the party decided to return to Khromarium before exploring further.
I'll post more details about the characters somewhere else.
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Sounds great, Will. I haven't checked out that adventure before, but I have run both Pod Caverns of the Sinister Shroom and Tower of Mouths by Matt Finsh, and I loved them both.
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I've thought about picking up Pod Caverns; I love Finch's Tome of Adventure Design and am very impressed by Tomb of the Iron God. Have not heard of Tower of Mouths; will have to try and find it.
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Sounds excellent! Also, this
Will wrote:
one hex (24 miles) to the northeast (?) of Khromarium
is pretty much how we play! There's a great thread on the board about how people interpret directions in Hyperborea.
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Haversack,
Yeah, I know; that's why I put the ?. I started to instinctually say northeast, then I had to break out my map and think about it; it may actually be more east of Khromarium than northeast. Glad I live closer to the equator.
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Sounds like a good time, Will. Looking forward to hearing more about it!
I agre with Ghul that Matt Finch's Pod Caverns of the Sinister Shroom, from Expeditious Retreat, is worth checking out.