Mother of Flies Conversions


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So I've decided to run Mother of Flies before the Infernal Syndrome as has been recommended many times on these forums. I've started to do the leg work of converting down the stat blocks (and equipment) to be appropriate for the party's level.

Was wondering if there is any community feedback or if people want to post some of the conversions they have already done for the major NPCs such as Maglin, Kruthe, Madjaw, Fmughwa, Stiglor, Sandor and, of course, Ilnerik.

The above should be relatively straight forward. However, I'm not entirely sure how to go about down converting Nihiloi and Calikang.

Also, I'd like to make the Mother of Flies a witch instead of a sorcerer and was wondering if anyone else did that conversion.

My party will start with an APL of 7 but there is usually 5 PCs so I'm not that concerned about any of the generic NPCs or bestiary baddies as I can adjust the numbers for those on the fly.


Scarykavu, did you finish any down conversions? I'm considering switching up the order of these adventures myself.


I did. I swapped a few of the monsters with lower CR monsters for the final level of Walcourt. I also used the shadow creature template a few times to add some variety and it is also applicable thematically. Interestingly my party just finished killing Ilnerik last night.

In the Cesspool (F3) I changed the creature to a Asura, Adhukait and guarding the treasure vault I used a Rawbones (from the Tome of Horrors) instead of the Calikang. This beast caused much frustration for the party as it's aura kept most of them nauseated and one PC trapped in it's entrails.

I did draft up a Mother of Flies as a Witch although in the end it didn't really matter as it is a non-combat encounter.

Sandor and Silana were CR9 and Ilnerik ended up CR 12. PM me if you'd like the statblocks. Ilnerik's prisoner was a Hellknight captain that has befriended the PCs and I have been using as a pseudo Deep Throat or Agent X.

To me this order just makes more sense. It allows them some closure with respect to the shadow beasts. I foreshadowed the explosion of Aberian's Folly with rumblings and tremors as they made their way through Walcourt. My plan is to have the explosion happen on their way back to the safe house. Dealing with the Pit Fiend highlights how mad the Drovenge twins are and it gives the PCs extra motivation for the final push against them (versus the deviation Mother of Flies would have been if run in the published order).

The challenge (and fun) now is up converting the monsters from the Infernal Syndrome, especially the Fiend.

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