As long as nobody is trying to break or game the system i think youll be fine, but thats just my personal experience. 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. The town of winterhaven stands watch over a ruined keep that was once a bastion of good in the realm. Put all the kobold minions and hide them behind the western boulders where they cant be seen before the ambush is sprung. Kalarel has a lair at a nearby ruined keep that contains the shadow rift, once a gateway to the shadowfell and is no longer in use. The adventure is designed for 5 characters that start at level 1. 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. The adventure is designed for 5 characters that start at level 1 and should be near level 4 at. A swedish guy redid much of the level adventure path from keep on the shadowfell to the final showdown with orcus himself. The slinger will emerge from cover, move close enough to attack, and begin firing. So i decided to do a fairly expansive remix to give the adventure a stronger backbone and a richer mythology. 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. 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. Cordell and mike mearls publisher wizards of the coast type adventure binding trade paperback released may 2008 pages 64 isbn 9780786948505 series followed by thunderspire labyrinth source.
Only two short decades after the empire withdrew its influence. May 26, 2019 keep on the shadowfell came out when 4e was new, as such, many many many people have made updates and fixes to it. Im working on the other adventures kobold hall, thunderspire labyrinth, etc as well. Hence, in the adventure it contains a short rule guide, the adventure itself and maps for the game. In this blog, ill be posting various downloads i thought were particularly good and free. Dragonlance deities forgotten realms deities greyhawk deities.
Wizards of the coast are giving away the pdf of keep on the shadowfell for free. This article gives you all the information you need to situate shadowfell keep in your eberron campaign and get your first adventure started. Nov 27, 2019 kalarel has a lair at a nearby ruined keep that contains the shadow rift, once a gateway to the shadowfell and is no longer in use. Feb 05, 2016 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 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. Jan 06, 2020 im planning to run a campaign using keep on the shadowfell. 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. I just wanted to thank you for posting high quality images of all these 4e maps. Sep 05, 2019 4e so you want to run keep on the shadowfell this updated version fixed many typographical errors throughout the module, revised the presentation and formatting of many encounters, and retuned the difficulty of certain key sections by adding or subtracting monsters. 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. 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. Ghe has a lair at a nearby ruined keep that contains the shadow rift, once a gateway to the shadowfell and is no longer in use. Overall though if youre going to be doing anything shadowfell related this is.
When you earn enough xp to level up, the character sheet explains what. In april 2009, wizards of the coast released an updated pdf version of keep on the shadowfell. If any monsters in the keep on the shadowfell set have powers likely to preclude a pc victory scored from simply hacking away at them repeatedly, i would be interested to hear details of that too. Many such outpost survived the fall of the empire, but not the keep. In fact, it remained important throughout the hpe adventure series 20082009. Thus adventures need to have exciting decisions during the encounter in 4e, in contrast to earlier editions that might have worked with boring encounters but exciting longterm. This thread is a master list of links to resources, advise and options for running keep on the shadowfell. At the very reasonable price of free its a much more recommendable product, particularly if youre new to 4th edition. Im planning to run a campaign using keep on the shadowfell.
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. The player characters soon discover that the kobolds are pawns of kalarel, a priest of orcusdemon prince of undeath. The only negatives are that it is is the default setting and thus needs a bit of modifying for use in forgotten realms or ebberon. Unlike say keep on the shadowfell this is not an adventurequest, it is more like a setting or an arc that can be dropped into a game. The shadowfell had been important ever since 4e debuted in h1.
Keep on the shadowfell part 1 well, we get our first look at utility powers. 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. Pdf edition includes front cover, 16page 4e quickstart rules booklet, 80page adventure booklet, and six poster maps scanned as 8 separate. This is my first ever lets read, and its for a 4e product that holds a special place in my dark, shriveled heart. Beholder drow dark elf githyanki illithid mind flayer lich. 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. I was fairly disappointed with the quality and the content of the module, but i wanted to playtest the new edition. Jul 09, 2019 it, plus the free quickstart rules, can. If youre itching to kick off your first eberron campaign and youve already picked up h1. Keep on the shadowfell 4e im working on the other adventures kobold hall, thunderspire labyrinth, etc as well.
May 05, 2019 4e keep on the shadowfell pdf keep on the shadowfell adventure. This keep overlooks the shadow rift, a dark scar in. This unleashes an army of undead upon the unsuspecting region. Keep on the shadowfell was the inaugural product for 4th edition. Now, an evil cleric of orcus, demon lord of the undead, seeks to reopen the gate. Keep on the shadowfell pdf version rpg item version rpggeek. Apr 07, 2011 in this blog, ill be posting various downloads i thought were particularly good and free. Ways to make keep on the shadowfell more enjoyable for my. 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.
Fwiw, keep on the shadowfell was the first module i went through as a. I guess 4e products are stopping their production because i found no physical copies of any level 1 adventures. The group parted ways to play with other people which saddened me greatly not just because i spent months drawing detailed maps etc. H1 keep on the shadowfell 1 h1 keep on the shadowfell 2 h1 keep on the shadowfell 3 h1 keep on the shadowfell 4 h1 keep on the shadowfell 5. Keep on the shadowfell came out when 4e was new, as such, many many many people have made updates and fixes to it. Keep on shadofwell shadowfell came out when 4e was new, as such, many many many people have made updates and fixes to it. Understand the adventure was the first for 4e, so its primary purpose was teaching the 4e ruleset. The adventure provides all the necessary rules to play, and it is designed to fit into most campaign. I have been trying to organize and catalog my collection and also. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. D adventure for characters of levels the town of winterhaven stands watch over a ruined keep that was once a bastion of good in the realm. You probably already know of the keep on the shadowfell free download on the wizards of the coast site.
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