I read on the Mongoose web page that the Drow War saga was going to be converted to Pathfinder and released next year. Does anybody have a rough idea when this might happen?
I have the PDF's and am going to be running this for my group sometime next year and a converted version would save me a bit of time. It seems easy to run as is but a new version hopefully will have all the maps etc that are missing form the original and NPC's converted without the hassle of me doing it.
Ferrinwulf,
Is the adventure fun to read? Does it have a lot of mechanical inconsistencies/broken material like much of Mongoose's earlier d20 work?
It reads pretty good as far as I can see, there might be a few small bits here and there but as far as I can see its a darn good campaign. levels 1-30 spread over 3 books. Not sure how the epic bit would run in PF but it looks like you could do it as in the corebook, ie take another class after 20 or prestige it then impovise for the rest.
As with most modules it needs some work to run it, the biggest gripe is the lack of maps, this was partly solved in book 2 and 3 with web updates but sadly book 1 didn't get that treatment, there are maps but not enough that's why i'm hoping the re-release/update will iron out the niggles
Below is the Statement from state of the mongoose which mentions it, the formus suggest that the Drow War books will be coming next year
Pathfinder
As well as a handful of third parties producing material for Pathfinder, we are also looking at the return of some of our more popular D20 books, revised and refurbished for today’s Pathfinding gamer. Favourites for this treatment are a compiled equipment book, the 30-level Drow War campaign, and selected Slayer’s Guides and Encyclopaedia Arcanes.
Moved thread... where? Link not working.
It's not a link - just an out-of-character comment to notify the posters that I moved the thread. Moved it to "Compatible Products from Other Publishers" from where it was originally, which was Pathfinder RPG General Discussion (I believe).
lol just my luck...i just finished converting it to pathfinder using herolab. =S
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It reads pretty good as far as I can see, there might be a few small bits here and there but as far as I can see its a darn good campaign. levels 1-30 spread over 3 books. Not sure how the epic bit would run in PF but it looks like you could do it as in the corebook, ie take another class after 20 or prestige it then impovise for the rest.
As with most modules it needs some work to run it, the biggest gripe is the lack of maps, this was partly solved in book 2 and 3 with web updates but sadly book 1 didn't get that treatment, there are maps but not enough that's why i'm hoping the re-release/update will iron out the nigglesBelow is the Statement from state of the mongoose which mentions it, the formus suggest that the Drow War books will be coming next year
Pathfinder
As well as a handful of third parties producing material for Pathfinder, we are also looking at the return of some of our more popular D20 books, revised and refurbished for today’s Pathfinding gamer. Favourites for this treatment are a compiled equipment book, the 30-level Drow War campaign, and selected Slayer’s Guides and Encyclopaedia Arcanes.
Where can one find these web updates?
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I had the original three books and ran them for the most part(we ran it until about level 24 and then decided to end the campaign with a 'what would have happened summary'. People loved the story but epic level play started to drag at us).
The rules were a little wonky from time to time, mostly because the original was made in 3.0 and then transitioned to 3.5 and you could see some inconsistencies in places or certain people designed with the 3.0 rules in mind(mages who were weaker than they should be because they were expected to be able to haste-cast, ect).
The story was great to read though, and while the first part of the adventure was fairly linear to a single enemy, the second part of the book becomes very sandbox. The players are trying to battle a full army and thus begin to world travel to raise an army of the own, making friends and enemies of various nations and finding ways to strengthen your allies forces and weaken the forces of those who band against you.
The world is well done and has a nice history to it, the nations are all laid out pretty clearly, and there is a small twist in how things function that make things like NPCs dying actually matter(Only PCs and certain major NPCs can be raised, with good fluff reasoning).
I would strongly recommend the entire campaign, even if you aren't real big on epic levels like we weren't. There is a good and clear stopping point at 20th level if you wish, but the third book definitely has a lot of backstory and small encounters you could add earlier that make it really useful.
I hadn't noticed this thread when it first appeared, but I'm actually fairly excited about this, even with the campaign already having been run and not having a group that I would run it again for, I will likely pick these up when they come out. It would be very nice to have it all in an updated format.