Cult of Yex#1: Bystle Vale

Storm Queen · Post by **Storm Queen** » Wed May 02, 2007 10:14 am

Does anyone have this yet? I'm interested in impressions and opinions. The writers' blurb sounded cool (http://www.trolllord.com/newsite/d20/yex.html) apart from the name "Boxxaway", who is the PCs' mentor.

(I may be getting it in PDF form when it migrates to the website.)

Omote · Post by **Omote** » Thu May 10, 2007 2:11 pm

Still waiting for my local FLGS to get a copy of YEX in store. I'd like to take a gander at it before I dive in, because, frankly my d20 days are winding down). But good material, is good material in whatever form it comes.

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Maliki · Post by **Maliki** » Thu May 10, 2007 8:08 pm

I took a shot on this, and placed an order with my FLGS, (its showing up as not available yet). It sounded interesting enough, so I thought I would give it a chance.
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Takasi · Post by **Takasi** » Fri May 11, 2007 4:04 pm

Does anyone know when the adventure is supposed to come out on PDF? I'm looking forward to running this in an online campaign.

Maliki · Post by **Maliki** » Wed May 16, 2007 11:16 pm

FLGS just called, this my copy has come in, too late to pick it up today, but I will be picking it up Thursday.
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Gworraent · Post by **Gworraent** » Sun May 20, 2007 4:57 pm

I am super excited for this campaign. About how long does it take to ship? More importantly, is Troll Lords 100% positive that they will NOT CANCEL the publication of this amazing campaign? That would be very, very disappointing. Just thinking about this is giving me a DnDgasm.

DangerDwarf · Post by **DangerDwarf** » Wed May 23, 2007 8:35 pm

I'll be picking this up, but I'll be hesitant to start playing it any time soon.

I'd really hate to make it through this and have to wait 6 months or more for the next installment.

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Thu May 24, 2007 4:04 am

I like that the Trolls are keeping their doors and bridges open... not shutting down the potential that is d20, but not focusing on it either. Please let us know what you think when you read it, since I'd like to know what its like, too.

DangerDwarf · Post by **DangerDwarf** » Thu May 24, 2007 4:25 pm

I should have my copy on Monday. I'm looking forward to seeing what this is all about.

buzzardo · Post by **buzzardo** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:27 am

Answers to questions posted at:
http://www.freeyabb.com/phpbb/viewtopic ... llordgames

Gworraent · Post by **Gworraent** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:52 pm

I am super excited for this campaign. About how long does it take to ship? More importantly, is Troll Lords 100% positive that they will NOT CANCEL the publication of this amazing campaign? That would be very, very disappointing. Just thinking about this is giving me a DnDgasm. Embarassed

Kersus · Post by **Kersus** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:12 pm

I'm curious as to whether or not the adventure is capable of being played in a single session, and if so, how long would the session be.

I know it's difficult to be exact as each group of players are different, but is it meant for 4-6 sessions, or 1-2 kind've thing, and can some fat be trimmed down to make it a single session adventure without hurting it too much? Single session being anywhere from 4-8 hours or so.

Nothing exact, just seeking some thoughts on it. It sounds fantastic and I would either use it with Lejendary Adventure or OAD&D. Possibly a homebrew system or Silhouette too, but certainly not D20.

K
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Gworraent · Post by **Gworraent** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:59 pm

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot???

It's been approx. 4 months since the release of Bystle Vale, when will the other segments come out? They're supposed to be being released at a faster rate than once every 4 months...ger

sir_ollibolli · Post by **sir_ollibolli** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:02 pm

I just hope they won't do another Bergholt (One part released - nothing more...). Especially with 4e on the horizon, it would be nice to have a faster release shedule.

I have finished reading through "bystle Vale" and I love the locales presented in the adventure. Great ideas. Please keep 'em coming.

Troll Lord · Post by **Troll Lord** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:50 pm

Yex is moving along. All the text is written and being laid out. At this point we're working on the covers for the project. We plan to have the entire series out before the release of 4e.

You can buy this in pdf format here: http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php? ... 28485&it=1

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buzzardo · Post by **buzzardo** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:46 am

Kersus wrote:
I'm curious as to whether or not the adventure is capable of being played in a single session, and if so, how long would the session be.

I know it's difficult to be exact as each group of players are different, but is it meant for 4-6 sessions, or 1-2 kind've thing, and can some fat be trimmed down to make it a single session adventure without hurting it too much? Single session being anywhere from 4-8 hours or so.

Nothing exact, just seeking some thoughts on it. It sounds fantastic and I would either use it with Lejendary Adventure or OAD&D. Possibly a homebrew system or Silhouette too, but certainly not D20.

K

Greetings,

I am one of the authors.... (Parker Garlitz). Sorry I haven't checked in here in a bit... but it has been hectic lately. I'll check in much more often from now on to answer questions.

Most of the modules in the series are designed to advance a party 2 levels. A couple of them are designed to advance a party by 3 levels. How long does that mean in play time? In play testing you can do a module in two 4-hour sessions if you stay focused. Realistically it is 3 sessions to finish a module, and maybe four sessons to finish the longer modules.

Also, the story should be easily modified to fit C&C or any other system you like.

parker

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:56 am

And they say level advancement is not quick in d20.... one level per session, roughly (if it takes two to go up two, that's one per...)

Ok, here's one then:

Why did you opt to design it to advance much more rapidly than normal (unless I'm mistaken and there are more than 50 encounters per modules [which, by the way, gets progressively longer to finish as the party advances in level...])? Was it to make it "more fun?"

Just seems like that's god-awesome fast advancement.

buzzardo · Post by **buzzardo** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:23 am

serleran wrote:
And they say level advancement is not quick in d20.... one level per session, roughly (if it takes two to go up two, that's one per...)

Ok, here's one then:

Why did you opt to design it to advance much more rapidly than normal (unless I'm mistaken and there are more than 50 encounters per modules [which, by the way, gets progressively longer to finish as the party advances in level...])? Was it to make it "more fun?"

Just seems like that's god-awesome fast advancement.

We followed the DMG guidelines for monster & treasure to the letter... with the exception that we did add in CR based XP awards for solving puzzles and certain story elements. Which means that there are a few less monster encounters than normal which speeds things up a bit. But there is no shortage of hacking.

After running several groups through playtesting, I stopped keeping track of XP altogether and simply advanced the party at the proper spots, because the XP pacing is spot-on based on DMG guidelines. I added notes to the modules periodically on where the party should be. Eliminating the cumbersome tracking and calculation of XP sped things up quite a bit, but that is purely optional.

Parker

sir_ollibolli · Post by **sir_ollibolli** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:33 am

I am doing the same with my Freeport campaign, just telling my players, when new level has been reached. They are at 6th level now and after a little sidetrek adventure pulled from Dungeon magazine I will continue with 'Vengeance in Freeport'.

Pdiddy · Post by **Pdiddy** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 4:58 am

With 4E on the horizon, what are the plans for this?

Omote · Post by **Omote** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:41 pm

The Troll Lords did mention in January that this project is still slated to be d20. At least I think they mentioned Cult of Yex 2 being d20. When we'll see it... well only Troll Lords know such things.

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anglefish · Post by **anglefish** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:55 pm

These haven't shown up at my store, yet, so I'll have to special order them. ... Any sidebars on how to covert to C&C?