Can I tell you both how thoroughly and completely I and several of our old AD&D gaming group from the have listening, analyzing and discussing your podcasts. We have all moved to different parts of the country, but these podcasts have given us the impetus to reconnect with these incredible walks down memory lane. Please keep going!
Lolth had 66 hit points, not 60. That apparently seems to be the cutoff point for unique fiends as Dispater's consort Lilis also had 66 hps. Also, in the module, you will see in Lolth's spell list as a 16th Cleric/ 14th Magic User that she could cast a total of 66 spells. The web stone pathways and the metal of the spider ship acted as painful punishments for the souls of chaotic evil mortals who descended to the Abyss after death and are sealed within their confines.
I ran D1-3 then party of Q1 in my last campaign. I used the Demonweb and some of the rooms off the web, but heavily modified it for my campaign. It was fun, but I agree, the demonweb map, while nice to look at is VERY difficult to keep straight while running. I did my own version of the Demonweb for printing and VTT, but even with this it was a handful. Unrelated, I love Rick's "web" background. Very nice. I always enjoy these videos, keep them coming. Thanks.
Your analysis of this being like 3 adventures crammed into one reminded me that this is the only module in the Q series. Why have a Q1 if no Q2? Same with the T series, we got T1 and then T1-4 and it wasn't what it could have been.
Interesting! I tend to pronounce it the way I do, my Jersey accent aside, because I've always assumed the name was a play on the word "loathe" given Gary's love for wordplay. But who knows?
I think, that properly DM'd and played, Q1 should never happen. On the first encounter with Eclavdra in G3, she should cast a Flame Strike and flee to D3, leaving the Curates behind, she is, after all, Chaotic Evil. A parley with Neydylene in lvl 3 could reveal the schism, and the party could walk through D1,2 & 3 to the House of Eilservs. Despana and the others don't want direct confrontation with Eilservs, so this would be an unexpected opportunity to hit Eilservs, after which, they would try to take out the party. D3 should be an escape module. Now, on the way back through the Underdark, the encounters that were once skipped are in play. In G1, the mission was to take out those behind the giant incursions, which is not Despana and friends.
The second time I ran the module, I decided that Eclavdra and her team deliberately made efforts for the party to incorrectly assume that Lolth was behind the Giants invasion. So the party went after Lolth, she had no idea why they were coming for her. They ended up killing Lolth (I ran her as a demon and not full goddess) and they returned home thinking all was well. So now the Eclavdra and her faction have gained control of the city and will be appearing in a future campaign
Can I tell you both how thoroughly and completely I and several of our old AD&D gaming group from the have listening, analyzing and discussing your podcasts. We have all moved to different parts of the country, but these podcasts have given us the impetus to reconnect with these incredible walks down memory lane. Please keep going!
Awesome show!!!!
Lolth had 66 hit points, not 60. That apparently seems to be the cutoff point for unique fiends as Dispater's consort Lilis also had 66 hps. Also, in the module, you will see in Lolth's spell list as a 16th Cleric/ 14th Magic User that she could cast a total of 66 spells. The web stone pathways and the metal of the spider ship acted as painful punishments for the souls of chaotic evil mortals who descended to the Abyss after death and are sealed within their confines.
I ran D1-3 then party of Q1 in my last campaign. I used the Demonweb and some of the rooms off the web, but heavily modified it for my campaign. It was fun, but I agree, the demonweb map, while nice to look at is VERY difficult to keep straight while running. I did my own version of the Demonweb for printing and VTT, but even with this it was a handful. Unrelated, I love Rick's "web" background. Very nice. I always enjoy these videos, keep them coming. Thanks.
Back in the day I cosmetically changed the spider ship into a massive necromantic spider husk.
She had 66 hit points
Your analysis of this being like 3 adventures crammed into one reminded me that this is the only module in the Q series. Why have a Q1 if no Q2?
Same with the T series, we got T1 and then T1-4 and it wasn't what it could have been.
21:36 Is that elf being menaced by Emojis??
“Loath?”
What happened to the 2nd L?
North Jersey guy (Bergen County) here and we always pronounced it “Lawlth” or “Lulth”
@AndyAction --in the D&D cartoon it is pronounced the same as you.
thats how i say it.
I guess we should find a Welshman and ask him, since Welsh uses the double L.
Wait, so does Spanish, and it turns into a Y. Yoth?!
Interesting! I tend to pronounce it the way I do, my Jersey accent aside, because I've always assumed the name was a play on the word "loathe" given Gary's love for wordplay. But who knows?
I think, that properly DM'd and played, Q1 should never happen. On the first encounter with Eclavdra in G3, she should cast a Flame Strike and flee to D3, leaving the Curates behind, she is, after all, Chaotic Evil. A parley with Neydylene in lvl 3 could reveal the schism, and the party could walk through D1,2 & 3 to the House of Eilservs. Despana and the others don't want direct confrontation with Eilservs, so this would be an unexpected opportunity to hit Eilservs, after which, they would try to take out the party. D3 should be an escape module. Now, on the way back through the Underdark, the encounters that were once skipped are in play. In G1, the mission was to take out those behind the giant incursions, which is not Despana and friends.
The second time I ran the module, I decided that Eclavdra and her team deliberately made efforts for the party to incorrectly assume that Lolth was behind the Giants invasion. So the party went after Lolth, she had no idea why they were coming for her. They ended up killing Lolth (I ran her as a demon and not full goddess) and they returned home thinking all was well. So now the Eclavdra and her faction have gained control of the city and will be appearing in a future campaign
Release date?
Shilling for WokeC continues lol😂 Lost some respect points with me there.
Don't forget the Gygax bashing which videos like this do quite well.
The d&d movie was 💯 garbage