Mephisto of the FoS wrote: ↑Tue Mar 21, 2023 4:39 am
I guess this topic was inspired by
Keys from the Golden Vault 5e adventures. Are they good for Ravenloft in your (everyones) opinion?
I haven't gone through them yet but after a first look I made this list. (Yes I know most of those presented have been placed in Darkon but it is more high fantasy than other places and in my opinion more appropriate for demihuman based senarios).
- The Murkmire Malevolence (University of Dementlieu or is the Brautslava Institute better?)
- The Stygian Gambit (Martira Bay, maybe having Styx complicating things...)
- Reach for the Stars (The Thaani population of Immol? Maybe replacing Marcos Delphi with Burgomaster Petre Teodorus and the Delphi manor wit the Teodorus Archives?)
- Prisoner 13 (Tempe Falls or Corvia?)
- Tockworth's Clockworks (Mayvin)
- Masterpiece Imbroglio (Maybe replace Constantori's Portrait with D'Polarno's and the Marquis hires the adventurers to retrieve it).
- Axe from the Grave (Kartakass)
- Axe from the Grave (This could be set anywhere but Silver Fingers Society could be replaced with any other criminal organisation such as The Circle Sinister of Port-a_Lucine, the Thieves' Guild Sly-Var or Toyalis, Malken's or the Brain's organisation as well as the Buried Hands of Lekar. Though for the last one the adventurers don't know exactly what membership to this thieves guild entitles as well as I would make The Last Mistress rival to possibly be a vampire, (not that the others proposed are better...).
It’s funny you bring up Keys From the Golden Vault, Mephisto, cuz I was going to make a thread on how to convert these adventures into Ravenloft ones!
I think they can be good for Ravenloft as I’m a strong believer in making things work out from one source to another in some fashion so here are some of my thoughts (at risk of derailing the thread, sorry Jeremy16!)
Murkmire Malevolence: Brautslava Institute works best here, since the egg could be from a creature warped by the Boglands
Stygian Gambit: Martira Bay is a good choice but you could also use Nevuchar Springs with some modifications like changing the Tieflings for Elves?
Reach for the Stars: Yeah I agree
Prisoner 13: I’ve always thought that Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden would be a great book to convert for the Frozen Reaches (Vorostokov especially) and I did that in one of my campaigns recently. The Revel’s End prison was (IMC) a Hazlani-Vaasi construction in the far side of Vorostokov to take advantage of the Bleak Road to place certain types of prisoners from both domains. Zolnik allows this as he can use the foreigners to feed his people instead of preying on his own populace.
Masterpiece Imbroglio: I agree for Ghastria, but it can also be good for anywhere with high culture like Dementlieu or certain parts of Darkon. It’s honestly my favorite adventure in the book!
Tockworth’s Clockworks: Yup, Mayvin.
Axe From the Grave: I thought this could connect Darkon and Liffe, with a bard from Darkon being grave robbed and the conservatory being in Liffe.
Vidorant’s Vault: Second favorite adventure, anywhere with high crime and organized crime.
Heart of Ashes: Darkon? Hazlan (5e)? Maybe Vechor?
Party at Paliset Hall: Shadow Rift?
Shard of the Accursed: Amber Wastes, no doubt.
Fire and Darkness: Cavitius. No, really.