Like the title says... just curious how popular running one of the Paizo APs with 5E would be? Or maybe even the 4E Scales of War AP for 5E.
I really like 5E, but I don't quite like their new adventure setup. I have so many AP resources though.
I would likely keep the game in "The Theater of the Mind" because it is easier to work with in a PBP format. I have a few House Rules, but I need to look over them again.
Big fan of 5E, would be down for that depending on the adventure path. A home group of mine tried out the new module for 5E, and we all pretty much hated it. Since we've got two PF games running already, we're switching to Shadowrun or Scion.
Long story short, I'd like to play some 5E.
I'd love to give some 5e a try from the player's perspective. I'm running 5e, starting up an Age of Worms campaign with it, but I haven't had much play on the other side of the screen.
Interested
Definitely interested. Want to get some experience as I am looking to run a PbP in 5e myself down the road.
The starter module for 5E was pretty awesome. My home group had a great deal of fun with it, but I picked up Hoard of the Dragon Queen (or whatever it is). It was a huge disappointment to me... and I know Rise of Tiamat played the same. Not sure how Elemental Evil did though... but I suspect it wasn't much different. However Paizo has some of the best APs, and there are a ton of other APs out there that are just good that I would like to see played.
I have issues with the Pathfinder system and how easily it breaks... but D&D 5e seems to mitigate some of what I haven't liked about d20 systems in years. It has the old nostalgia feel that I remember from my AD&D days. I already started an OSR game on here (and I ran Adventure Conqueror King in a house game. I am currently running Wrath of the Righteous in AD&D in my home game).
So that long and skinny is that I want to use the modern systems for their popularity and ease while not running into a huge amount of problems. I don't mind doing the leg work... I continuously do that anyways because I am forever a tinkerer of settings, systems, and stories.
Just to list a few of the APs that I have access too.
Shackled City (Hardcover)
Age of Worms
Savage Tides
War of the Burning Sky
Red Hand of Doom (not exactly an AP but a rather extensive module)
Scales of War
Rise of the Runelords (Anniversary Edition)
Curse of the Crimson Throne
Second Darkness
Legacy of Fire
Council of Thieves
Kingmaker
Serpent's Skull
Carrion Crown
Jade Regent
Skull & Shackles
Shattered Star
Reign of Winter
Wrath of the Righteous
Mummy's Mask
Iron Gods
I also have all three of the "Key of Destiny" Dragonlance modules/AP
I also have the current releases of Giantslayer.
Since I am already running a Sword & Wizardry Age of Worms game... and I am running a tabletop AD&D Wrath of the Righteous game. I would prefer to remove those two from the list of available APs.
I have tried my hand at Kingmaker (a favorite of mine, but I can never get through the first module. Like a curse... both on PBP and tabletop) and I attempted a modified Jade Regent (and it didn't go so well for various reasons).
Of all of those, these are the ones I'd probably not be interested in:
Rise of the Runelords
Council of Thieves
Kingmaker
Skulls & Shackles
Iron Gods
I'm DMing Kingmaker and CoT at the moment, and the rest I'm already playing in. The character I'd prefer to play is the same one who I played in Hoard of the Dragon Queen, and is a career criminal, so any AP where that's a viable option would be okay with me.
I'd like to 5e Mummy's Mask or Age of Worms.
War of the Burning Sky
Legacy of Fire
Jade Regent
Mummy's Mask
In that order, but would be willing to try most any of the others.
The ones I would personally bow out of, because I'm running or have recently run games based on them, are:
Age of Worms
Jade Regent
Skull and Shackles
Council of Thieves
Just about anything else I'd be interested in trying, especially with 5e.
I'm good with any, but I will list the ones I am most interested in (in order of preference):
Legacy of Fire
Jade Regent
War of Burning Sky
Serpent's Skull
Very interested!
I am interested in any of the above with the exception of Reign of Winter. I am involved in 4 5E PbPs currently, and I would welcome another. One of the games is a Reign of Winter AP.
Let's see.
I'm in
Curse of Crimson Throne
Carrion Crown
Kingmaker
and your own retro Age of Worms, 'Masta.
So anything else , I'd be game :)
Yeeeeah, that War of Honor campaign didn't exactly culminate in a climactic ending, did it? I DO have to hold myself partly to blame, though. Sometime after you left, life kinda dogpiled me and I had to drop the boards entirely...and the group felt I was too central to continue without. Made a lot of people sad, I think.
If you're trying again, then...heh. Why not. I'd be down to give it another shot.
After all, I had a destiny to fulfill.
That, and I want to get some hands-on time with 5E.
Well, it certainly appears that the interest level is there.
DM - are you planning on making a call on the AP and starting up a recruitment thread?
I do have plans for it, yes. This week I am in crunch time for a LARP this weekend that I host so I have just been tracking the thread to decide on what I wanted to set up. I've also been reading and rereading the "How to make your world better" guide so I can generate a better recruitment thread with clear expectations for the players and myself.
To comment on the thread at this stage...
I am not likely to run the following APs:
Age of Worms
Wrath of the Righteous
Kingmaker
Jade Regent
One that I am have little familiarity with because their concepts did not really intrigue me but I still have anyways
Second Darkness
Serpent's Skull
Skull & Shackles
Savage Tides
I'd prefer not to run APs until the full rules are out and enough tweaks exist on the AP for me to tinkerer which removes Giantslayer from my desired list.
That leaves the following APs that I am considering running:
War of the Burning Sky
Red Hand of Doom
Scales of War
Rise of the Runelords
Curse of the Crimson Throne
Legacy of Fire
Council of Thieves
Carrion Crown
Shattered Star
Reign of Winter
Mummy's Mask
Iron Gods
I ran the Red Hand of Doom in tabletop and still have a lot of stuff for that bouncing around in my hand. I've always wanted to run the Scales of War follow-up but I'd want to run Red Hand of Doom first to generate the living background before launching Scales of War.
War of the Burning Sky is pretty long and gets a bit crazy out there if I ran the AP it would be one of the optional condensed versions.
I think with a 5E conversion the best bet for me would be to do an AP that doesn't get to wacky so I can for the most part replace monsters as I need here and there.
I am strongly considering the following:
Red Hand of Doom -> Scales of War
Legacy of Fire
Carrion Crown
Modified Shattered Star (using some elements from Rise, Curse, and Society to bring more information / story of the Runelords into the game).
Lower on the consideration list, but still intriguing:
Condensed War of the Burning Sky
Curse of the Crimson Throne
Reign of Winter
Iron Gods
I've played a bit of Red Hand of Doom, although it was fairly modified. I'd be interested in that, and Carrion Crown could also be intriguing. Curse of the Crimson Throne is one I've had my eye on for a while as well.
Ooooo, you've definitely still got my interest with your shortlist. I'll be watching for your recruitment thread.
Have not played/read any on your "strongly considering" list....
My vote among those would be Legacy of fire...
My vote among those would be Legacy of fire...
+1
I have only played Reign of Winter from the shortlist. I am interested in all of the others. I look forward to a final decision and formal recruitment.
Well that's done. I don't have to worry about anything for the next 4 months.
I will be working on the Recruitment thread during this week. I will post here with a link once it goes up.
Glad to see we had all this interest.
Recruitment thread during this week. I will post here with a link once it goes up.
Glad to see we had all this interest.
Sweet! Thanks for letting us know. I'll keep an eye out...
Looking forward to it...thanks!
BTW, please post the link here once you do get that started. Thanks.
Red Hand of Doom, Shattered Star, Curse of the Crimson Throne, from the available choices, in that order.
Most of the APs i see here I am not too familiar with, but that's probably for the better in some cases. I always look forward to new adventures that i haven't tried before and new concepts I haven't tried before.
Any word on when a final decision will be reached, DM?
I have been researching Red Hand of Doom / Scales of War for the last week. I have begun making a draft of the game but stalled on it this weekend while I was taking care of other things. I am down to setting the expectations and the crunch for the game.
I have been researching Red Hand of Doom / Scales of War for the last week. I have begun making a draft of the game but stalled on it this weekend while I was taking care of other things. I am down to setting the expectations and the crunch for the game.
Thanks for the update. I'm keeping an eye out on this.
I'm going to drop out of this one. I have ran RHofD and quite frankly can't imagine the combats in this one on PbP. Have fun all.
I've not played RHoD and I'd be interested for sure.
All that is left is the crunch which will have to wait until I get home to access my book. Game should go up tonight... and I will link to the Recruitment thread when it does.
Outstanding...thanks!