Introductory / "pre-start" scenario for WotR?


Wrath of the Righteous


As many people have pointed out, WotR has one of the most metal opening scenes of any AP ever. However, I'd like to try easing into it with some sort of short opening scenario first: something fairly quick and simple, playable in a single session or less, to introduce the PCs to a couple of important NPCs and to the city and the world.

I seem to recall someone doing a scenario of some sort where the PCs encounter Vhane? Are there others? Has anyone done something like this and posted it?

Thanks in advance,

Doug M.


There's a couple Actual Plays and Campaign write ups that have done something similar. You could do a session focusing on a week or two beforehand, then do the metal opening.

Any encounters with Staunton Vhane would have to be set several years earlier since he's been unveiled pretty recently. You could instead pick a minor threat from the first book like the tiefling Faxon? Or even have that alchemist bad guy, Orithburo, purchase ingredients from one of them in a shop or have one of them glimpse Lann shoplifting useful stuff for the underworld?


laraqua wrote:
There's a couple Actual Plays and Campaign write ups that have done something similar. You could do a session focusing on a week or two beforehand, then do the metal opening.

Does anyone have links to any of these?

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Any encounters with Staunton Vhane would have to be set several years earlier since he's been unveiled pretty recently. You could instead pick a minor threat from the first book like the tiefling Faxon? Or even have that alchemist bad guy, Orithburo, purchase ingredients from one of them in a shop or have one of them glimpse Lann shoplifting useful stuff for the underworld?

Vhane could be retconned easily enough -- have the PCs be present when he's exposed, or some such. Bringing in one of the minor threats makes sense too -- good thought.

Has anyone actually statted anything like this up and posted it?

Doug M.


When I started the campaign for my group I started with the morning of the festival where they participated in some festival events and games and went to some of the key places they would see again later like black wing. They also were part of a swearing in ceremony where they were all recognized as crusaders then at noon they were in the square for the speech and I started the campaign per the book.


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It doesn't suit your needs, but the module The Demon Within takes place in two sites that play significant but "off-screen" roles in The Worldwound Incursion (the Cathedral of Saint Clydwell and Clydwell Keep). The adventure itself requires some retconning to act as a prequel (and is too high level to work for the Wrath PCs), but you might find the maps and locations useful for some homebrew.

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