02-06-2018, 12:27 PM
Aldarron Wrote:I thought you all might find this interesting.
So, as some might recall, my campaign is set during the Mage wars (860's). Maybe, you will also remember the thread where we talked about fleshing out the ancient, forgotten civilization in the Great Dismal swamp, that in the MMRPG built ziggurats and worshiped frog gods. I came up with the notion that they were a froglin people called the Groda and had been responsible for creating the gatormen and saraigu through sorcery, but had themselves become extinct.
Currently my players have roughly 4th level characters, and I was looking for a good adventure for them. Long story short, I ran Beyond the Towers by W. Jason Peck, which adapted easily to Blackmoor. I scrapped the whole "Archeology professor needs guides" story line and simply gave the players a mysterious treasure map leading to the Ziggurat in the swamp. The adventure has "sheshak" bandits (convert to saraigu) with "sevren" minions (call 'em Marsh Goblins), some more standard monsters, and a slithering abomination for which I substituted a classic Black Pudding.
Anyway Hidden away in the ziggurat is a secret room of a "Hetepkan" (called them Groda) evil high priestess, who, as her civilization faced disaster, trapped herself in a special Mirror of Life Trapping. I gave the priestess a teleporter ring, so when the PC's got to the room and released her from the mirror, she could (and did) teleport to safety.
Of course, it is only a few years later according to DA2:9 (875 ish) that frog cultist start turning up in Vestfold........
Great idea!
I'm currently running DA2. To reenforce the frog theme I wanted to put a short side quest in a one level dungeon near South Rim. A ziggurat and ancient fallen frog adorating civilisation fits in very well.