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Seeing as we probably won't see the online conversion for a few weeks I was wondering what other people think about the Sharn version of this adventure (i.e. where Sodden Hold should be).
Here is my take on it thus far after having a few chances to read this module. First off the arena (which will be more of a next mod thing) is prolly going to be The Cornerstone arena. Its the best match I could find in COT. Sodden Hold will prolly wind up in Grayflood district or close to there. Crooked House I would venture to guess will be in Deathsgate and its environs. Eligos prolly upper Northedge. Zyxog will definitally wind up in the ruins part of undersharn near the sewers. other than that thats about as much as I have figure out....my biggest problems is deciding if Zyxog's dopplegangers are going to have anything to do with the Tyrants a pre-existing crime syndicate in sharn that is made up of a lot of dopplegangers.
Anyways just wondering what others think let me know.
My thoughts on the eberron facelift actually hadn't gotten as far as anhything you mentioned there. Of course, my players are on half way through character creation.
But, I'll contribute what I have thought of so far . . .
I've always thought that drow in Eberron should always be of the overly-exotic type and therefore appear pretty much only in Xen'Drik. So I have plans to replace the drow with some other Dealkyr-spawn monster, something a little bit more fitting to be servants of an illithid.
I've also veered slightly from the suggested Eberron conversion in having the three branches of the Ebon Triad worship the same deity, the Dragon Below. All cults are different, and fanatical. Should work, just need to figure out a new name for the group. They still work toward the same goal, releasing Kyuss (which I've decided since reading the latest Dragon that I'll have to re-name him), but they beleive that by releasing Kyuss, that he'll be able to free Khyber from the imprisonment that Eberron forced him into.
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Yeah the drow are bit of a problem....however I think I will keep them as is (though the cleric will worship the scorpion god instead.) as they are called thralls throughout the entire adventure (i.e. Zyxog bent them to his will.) either way that prolly the least of my worries at the moment. I more concerned with the place setting at the moment as Sharn is terribly different that the Free City of Greyhawk.
Here is my take on it thus far after having a few chances to read this module. First off the arena (which will be more of a next mod thing) is prolly going to be The Cornerstone arena. Its the best match I could find in COT. Sodden Hold will prolly wind up in Grayflood district or close to there. Crooked House I would venture to guess will be in Deathsgate and its environs. Eligos prolly upper Northedge. Zyxog will definitally wind up in the ruins part of undersharn near the sewers. other than that thats about as much as I have figure out....my biggest problems is deciding if Zyxog's dopplegangers are going to have anything to do with the Tyrants a pre-existing crime syndicate in sharn that is made up of a lot of dopplegangers.
Okay, after going through the Sharn book today, here are my thoughts on locations and such.
I have to agree with oyu about Cornerstone being the Arena for part 5, but seeing as how this is for HoHR . . .
Going in chronogical order from the start of the module.
The PC's will enter the city through Wroann's Gate (Lower Tavick's). It's the main city gate to foot and hoof traffic.
Event 1 I'd place in Tavick's Market (Middle Tavick's) if possible. I see the parade entering the city through either Wroann's Gate or Terminus, and they would eventually be making their way to Cornerstone.
Event 2 . . . The Bazaar (Middle Dura). Crowded enough that the rain barrel man will think he might be heard by someone that will actually listen, and low enough class that guards won't just knock him off his barrel and tell him to go home.
Eligos's House I think you and I have the same idea, Crystal Bridge (Upper Northedge). I thought putting his house on the floating disk for a while, but decided against it. if it were the actual archmage, the maybe. But Eligos is just someone in middle manangement. Manzorian's the CEO . .
The Crooked House I'm going to place in Hareth's Folly (Middle Dura). It just seems fitting.
Seems to me that the only real choice for Sodden Hold is Greyflood (Cliffside). Ship's Towers, the only other real choice just didn't sit right.
Zyrxog's Domain I'm placing in the sewer's under Khyber's Gate. I'll fudge the clue's gained from the beggar's gold to something that would lead them into that district.
As for Telakin being associated with the Tyrant's. I'm going to say that Telakin is in charge of a tyrant cell. So when the PC's take down Telakin, they are gaining another enemy.
Furthermore, I would be highly surprized if Zyrxog's not an associate of Chyrassk. and considering in my Eb Conversion I'm swaying more toward Cults of Dragon Below rather than the Dark Six . . that just works out all the better.