Weaving in adventures in D.O.M

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Weaving in adventures in D.O.M

Post by GaladrielsHeels » Tue Aug 16, 2016 3:51 pm

Having gotten hold of the Darkening of Mirkwood & planning on starting it, I was wondering :

What kind of adventures have LM's been running in between the official sections?

Would it be a bit lazy or awkward to just run them straight through?

Should LM's strive to show the sweep of how Mirkwood falls to the shadow?

I only ask these questions because i,m looking to put minimum work in on my own adventures : kind of the point of buying a pre written adventure book no?

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Post by Wbweather » Tue Aug 16, 2016 5:25 pm

There are a lot of fan made adventures that have been posted on this forum. I have also found that searching for a specific year often yields information about other adventure ideas that LM's have run between the yearly adventures in the DoM book.

This thread might be helpful:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2543

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Post by zedturtle » Wed Aug 17, 2016 1:05 am

Several folks have talked about doing this before, usually by combining Tales From Wilderland within DoM. I think this can work, and could allow the heroes to have a clear-cut victory (assuming the 'good' ending to Tales) about half-way through the downward trajectory of DoM.

I'm running Darkening more or less by itself as one of my PbP games... I don't really run anything else, but often tweak the write-up for each year to either expand the adventure or cause more interconnection between years. Even without adding any material, it will still be an epicly long game, so I didn't feel the need to add anything back in. It certainly does not feel lazy or awkward! ;)

If you did want to add other material, all of the official Wilderland adventures (including Words of the Wise and The Marsh Bell) can work into the early storyline. Maybe Marsh Bell first, then Don't Leave the Path and then The Wizard's Man could lead to Words of the Wise and that could lead into The Folk-moot. Plenty of ways to combine things.

Of course, as Bill said, there's fan adventures too (and James Brown's Wild Adventures which are randomly generated)... they can be slotted in whenever the heroes are near to the appropriate areas (so Trouble At Eel Tarn when the heroes are close to Lake-town, Theft of the Moon to introduce the conflict with the Viglundings, etc.).
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Post by daddystabz » Sun Oct 02, 2016 11:26 pm

Any suggestion as to how/when to work the Wilderland adventures into Darkening?

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Post by Willis » Mon Oct 03, 2016 12:04 am

What is the Wizards man? Is it a fan created adventure? Where could I find it?

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Post by zedturtle » Mon Oct 03, 2016 1:10 am

Willis wrote:What is the Wizards man? Is it a fan created adventure? Where could I find it?
The Wizard's Man is the first adventure of Darkening of Mirkwood.
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Post by skywalker » Mon Oct 03, 2016 1:12 am

daddystabz wrote:Any suggestion as to how/when to work the Wilderland adventures into Darkening?
This thread puts them both in chronological order: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=957
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Post by zedturtle » Mon Oct 03, 2016 1:14 am

skywalker wrote:
daddystabz wrote:Any suggestion as to how/when to work the Wilderland adventures into Darkening?
This thread puts them both in chorological order: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=957
Yeah, I had linked that thread to daddystabz as well. I'm not sure what else he* is looking for, exactly.

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