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Against the Giants (G1) Steading of the Hill Giant Chief
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Submitted by Migrate Wizard on 2014-07-14 08:58.
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2015-12-05 13:42
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3.2
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Old Vault ID:
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| Title | Against the Giants (G1) Steading of the Hill Giant Chief v3.2 |
| Author | Trev |
| Submitted / Updated | 04-20-2004 / 12-05-2005 |
| Category | Classic PnP Conversion |
| Expansions | Requires Both Expansions (SoU & HotU) |
| Setting | Middle Earth (not the origional Duchy!) |
| Gameplay Length | 10 hours approx |
| Number Players | Created with Multiplayer in mind but can be played solo |
| Language | English |
| Level Range | Higher levels recommended for solo play and with hirelings |
| Races | Any |
| Tricks & Traps | Light |
| Roleplay | Light |
| Hack & Slash | Heavy |
| Classes | Any |
| Scope | Part of Series |
| DMNeeded | No DM Required |
| Single or Multiplayer | Single Player or Multiplayer |
| Max Character Level | 12 |
| Max # Players | 04 |
| Min # Players | 01 |
| Min Character Level | 08 |
| Content Rating | Everyone |
| Alignments | Any |
| Hakpak | included |
| Gameplay Hours | 07 |
| Description | |
| A PnP conversion of my fave mods. Your mission is fairly straight forward - to destroy the troublesome Giants and find out who is behind the evil pact that unites the various Giant races. An all out assault on the Hill Giant Steading is just the begining - where else might it lead? I know these mods have been done on the vault before but I wanted to create them in my own way and with HCR rules. Hirelings are available for those short on numbers. The full series consists of 7 modules. | |
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 01_against_the_giants_g1_steading_of_the_hill_giant_chief_v32.rar (939) | 1.3 MB |
Without a DM, this falls completely flat.
For those playing without a DM, I strongly recommend not playing this module.
While it's fun to play with the hardcore rules, the sheer size of areas in this module turns what could be a fun romp through a classic adventure into pure tedium - if my tabletop DM forced me to roll every singular dice roll imaginable, I'd spend all day rolling dice instead of doing what's fun - playing. In two hours of play, my husband and I had only just reached The Steading. Two hours for the action to actually get started is a bit much, even for someone who enjoys tabletop roleplaying more than hack and slash. Combined with areas that are way too big, and sparsely populated, fog planes are cut a bit too close, making finding your way in those enormous areas even worse - and just to add insult to injury, you actually have to pin the map yourself, without really knowing where those potential transitions actually lead - needless to say, you'll be doing horrendous amounts of backtracking. The initial questgiver comes across as a bit of a grump at best, your journal entries are surprisingly uninformative, and instructions given are maddeningly vague, given the vast size of the areas.
I've actually played this adventure as a tabletop game, and this module was pure disappointment, made worse by spelling errors that, on their own, would be something I'd overlook, but with the lack of polish in this module, it's hard to overlook.
Really, honestly, I was hoping for better. I loved this adventure as a tabletop game, and I'm just so crushingly disappointed at how poorly this was implemented by this builder in NWN.
What the heck is DM?
DM = Dungeon Master. It's the person who essentially runs the game if you're playing d&d in any form as a pnp (pen and paper game.) I have not played this module so cannot comment on it directly.
Checked the toolset and decided to start with D1/D2.
Udasu's version is much more nicer than this.
Have you played any other parts of this campaign?
My advice is to skip to D1 or even further, I think the quality improves much with each module in the series.