Hi Eric and all the messageboard,
a little preamble:
I'm using your Overload to adapt AoW in the Forgotten Realms and I'm using the map of DL instead of original map of Daggerford.
My questions (in search of suggestion) are:
- How much of original mood of Daggerford to transport in new Daggerford (DL)?
- What commercial and economic activity use of the original Daggerford?
- At page 16 of Dungeon 124 in the sixteenth row of the third column they say: "Not so another cairn within a day's ride of the village." in reference to Whispering Cairn. Then they mention about young that go to the Cairn to prove their bravery (and also the girl devoured by the snake). Now, the Cairn is not to much distant from the town for young at foot??
- What type of statue to use instead of that on the lid of sarcophagus in the middle of Room 7, or the change between the Wind Dukes and Djinni is uninfluential? The same for the fresco/bas-relif/depictions in the other part of the tomb?
- In the description of DL they speak about a lake polluted, but Daggerford is on the bank of a river with flowing water. What to do?
Thanks in advance for any help and excuse me for my english! ^__^
Bye.
Giuseppe A.
Italy
- How much of original mood of Daggerford to transport in new Daggerford (DL)?
Well, I would make it more of a trade town and less of a mining town. I would keep the same dark aspect, the result of a recent change for the worse in governance, as outlined in the conversion notes. I would make the conflicts involve more than just the mine owners ... involve the entire council of masked guildmasters.
- What commercial and economic activity use of the original Daggerford?
See above. I would make it more than "just" a town catering to miners and their masters. It is on a prominent trade route near a wealthy powerful city.
- At page 16 of Dungeon 124 in the sixteenth row of the third column they say: "Not so another cairn within a day's ride of the village." in reference to Whispering Cairn. Then they mention about young that go to the Cairn to prove their bravery (and also the girl devoured by the snake). Now, the Cairn is not to much distant from the town for young at foot??
Roughly a day should still work. On the old maps of the region, you can see the Laughing Hollow. It's never been shown on a map but always mentioned in the text: The Laughing Hollow is surrounded by a chain of hills (sort of a southern extension of the Forlorn Hills. One of the hills (due north of the Laughing Hollow) is Mount Illefarn, a small mountain. My assumption is that the mines and the cairns are in these hills and mountains.
- What type of statue to use instead of that on the lid of sarcophagus in the middle of Room 7, or the change between the Wind Dukes and Djinni is uninfluential? The same for the fresco/bas-relif/depictions in the other part of the tomb?
I think I addressed this in the conversion notes, but I would describe frescoes/bas reliefs/statues/depictions using the description of the djinni in the Monster Manual.
- In the description of DL they speak about a lake polluted, but Daggerford is on the bank of a river with flowing water. What to do?
I think you can assume that the level of mining has increased in recent years to the point that the river south of the Laughing Hollow is somewhat polluted. (Really it's the streams that feed into the river that are heavily polluted, but some of that flows downstream past the town.)
Hope that helps,--Eric
First of all thanks for the quick and usefull answers!
Roughly a day should still work.
Mmmm, I'm again confused by the long distance to cover for a young. And the family of these young no care of the absence for minimun two days of their sons?
I think I addressed this in the conversion notes, but I would describe frescoes/bas reliefs/statues/depictions using the description of the djinni in the Monster Manual.
Duh! Excuse me, but I have lost this part in the conversion.
Thanks again Eric, maybe in future I bother you again! ^__^
Bye.
Giuseppe A.
Italy