I'm thinking of taking advantage of the pdf sale TLG is running.

What I'm debating...should I purchase the Umbrage Saga or the individual modules? Does Umbrage Sage include all the contect from A0 to A5? Does it include "Back to Blacktooth Ridge" or "Return to Blacktooth Ridge"? Does it include the "A Series Umbrage Saga Fragments"?? Is the new material in Umbrage Saga worth getting??

Thanks for the assistance guys!!

* A0-A5 Adventure Modules (Perfect Bound in one Book)
* PDF releases for Blacktooth Ridge
* 10 New encounter areas for the Blacktooth Ridge, Botkinburg, Ludensheim and the Barren Wood
* Area map for Airhde and New Aenoch
* Area map for the Hrueson River

YES!

Thanks for the response Tree...

From your list, it appears both the add ons to Blacktooth Ridge are there.

Also re-reading "A Series Umbrage Saga Fragments" description, it looks like this material is included also (I would assume in the encounter section).

I'm really leaning toward the box set!!

I second Treebore - it's definitely worth springing for the box set due to all the extras.

Yeah I'm thinking box set too.

My only real concern is not getting all the content in the individual modules...but that does not appear to be the case. Better yet...seems the box set includes additional material.

You get all the material in the Umbrage modules, plus the .pdf releases... PLUS MORE! The Umbrage Saga box set is gold. Very dungeon heavy, but a great series of mods that also gives a ton of flavor to the setting of Aihrde.

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Even if you have bought all the originals, like I did, this is well worth getting. If you haven't bought all the originals this is DEFINITELY the way to go!

Between this and the Airhde Folio you have a very well fleshed out campaign to about level 7 laid out for you. With up to level 14 yet to come! Which, according to Troll Tusk, should be by the end of this year!

Thats it...I'm buying the box set!!!

Thanks for all the help guys

Is it only me that has issues with this adventure set? I find myself having to flush things out a TON and create whole sections so that one adventure flows into the next. I feel like there isn't a strong enough center to this series.

Am I overlooking something that makes all these adventures lead from one to the other?

Hey good buddy, how youse doin'?

The answer is YES. Reread or peruse Assault on Blacktooth Ridge. Botkinburg is the perfect focal point for all the A series adventures. Ludensheim would also do.

Since this box set is a compilation of the A-series, some CK work linking the modules together will be neccessary IMO. Sure, each module can be run one after the other to form an entire campaign, but as they were originally designed there probably was that intent that each one could be run individually as well. Those modules got compiled, but other than some new material inserted here and there, the CK will have to work at linking some of these together. Some CKs run the episodic adventure module where the linking of these mods is not needed. When one module is over, the next one starts with the CK describing what happened since the last session. Some CKs don't run episodic games, where this linking material needs to be fleshed out for sure.

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Maybe I'm being too picky but I think a one or even two pages on how to set it up so that the entire series as a whole could be run as one mega adventure is badly missing. Granted most experienced Keepers can just make it up themselves but I think that option not being included will leave many new Keepers hanging.

I do not think it would be too hard to add this in now,at least on the PDF.

Don't get me wrong I really like these adventures I just think new keepers will have to do a lot more work to make it work then perhaps they know how to do.

I've found the series to link together on its own very well. Especially if you role play enough, you get the NPC's mentioning the links to these various locations, giving the leads necessary to find the gnomes, then Slag Heap, then on to Ludensheim, etc... I had no problem getting my players to decide on where to go and pretty much at the right times too.

When I played through it with Nwelte CKing it I think he got us to go where we needed, when we needed, without it feeling heavy handed at all.

Now if they kill everything without interrogating, then you will have problems. If you have a group that realizes you need to take prisoners in order to get information and leads, then you shouldn't have a problem.

Right.

Good comments, Treebore.

The other thing that I did and still do, since our group is still in the general vicinity . . is have certain modules ready - so that if the group suddenly decide to go due east of the blacktooth mountains, they would encounter the Keep on the Borderlands.

Further east leads to the Haunted Highlands.

Northeast . . Tell Qua (James Mishler's Wilderness town).

North/northeast - Cairn of the Skeleton King.

Due west . . Castle Zagyg and slightly SW - Yggsburgh. Further west Barovia.

Southwest . . Village of Hommlet.

Etc.

Ooh! I had forgotten you did that map! I'll have to get you to e-mail me that full file when we game today.

Let me find it and I'll email ya a copy. It's on my old HD. I don't recall if the imageshack copy is the highest res or not.

Let me find it and I'll email ya a copy. It's on my old HD. I don't recall if the imageshack copy is the highest res or not.



[Edit . . click on the image and blow it up to it's high res - and then right click to save image!]

Did it, thanks!