Modules suitable to run Sandpoint.

[Askren]

The title basically says it. I'm going to be running Jade Regent, and before it I would really like to have my players spending some time in Sandpoint getting to know the town and all that.

So what I'm in the market for is basically any module that can easily be rewritten to take place in Sandpoint without too much hassle, and if possible keeps the players in the town for a decent chunk of it rather than just starting there and shipping them off to a dungeon, as the goal is for the players to become familiar with the NPCs around town.

My first instinct says Dragon's Demand. It takes place in a small town, it's got a fair share of time devoted to meeting NPCs and investigating, the Auction scene is interesting, etc.

The problem is it's leveling. This is supposed to take place before an Adventure Path, so obviously leveling the party up to 7 as per DD and then shipping them off on a level 1 adventure doesn't work. So I'd either have to scale down Dragon's Demand massively and slow the leveling pace, or cut large chunks out of it and end it early so the high level isn't needed.

Is there any other module that might fit here? I'm not familiar enough with most of them to really know which might work.

[Woran]

I think the first part of Rise of the Runelords works even better for what you have in mind. It starts of in sandpoint. You have a goblin attack. Which is a nice hook to set the players into the swamp. You also explore catacombs under the town and the main players are part of Ameiko's family. Its basically everything you need. Minimal rewriting required.

When the players are ready to go off to Thistletop, have them go into the swamp instead.

[justaworm]

Some thoughts ...

Woran's suggestion is a great one if you haven't run RotRL in the past and don't plan on running it in the future (and if your players haven't run it some other time too).

There are also the beginner's box bash encounters for free here . I haven't read through them, but from the descriptions it looks like you could link them together easily for a set of encounters around Sandpoint.

Master of the Fallen Fortress is an easy transplant to anywhere and free. You will want to invest some time in upping the excitement level of it and making it somehow tie to the AP and Sandpoint.

Hopefully you are already planning on running We Be Goblins (and maybe We Be Goblins Too), as it has a natural lead in to Jade Regent and who doesn't want to play goblins.

Maybe running We Be Goblins and then linking into Master of the Fallen Fortress rewritten as a goblin cleansing adventure would work out well...