Hello other fans of the Thursday Knights and possibly members of the same!
I am posting here today because I am attempting to try and recreate the Thursday Knights paragon tier campaign in 5th edition. Why? Because it is one of my absolute favorite campaign settings I have ever heard of and the characters that were designed for it are amongst my favorite (Frida, Ashir and Litano, Captain Caz, Stoyla, and Arath. Of course the player characters too but I can’t duplicate them for obvious reasons).
So my questions are as follows
1. If Greg, Cailin, Kevin, and anyone else encountered any pitfalls while designing the campaign I should be aware of while designing the campaign, would you mind sharing them?
2. The encounters heavily relied on the backstories of the attending players to work (Orvyltar couldn’t have been overthrown without Aurora. The entire party would have been erased from time by Arath if it weren’t for Brandis). I am trying to brainstorm for ways to make such scenes work with different characters. Obviously I am working on this on my own but suggestions are always wonderful.
3. Skill challenges: I don’t really know what to do with these. I really liked the 4th edition system for these and the Thursday Knights modifications made skill challenges very interesting. Thing is, the lack of healing surges, action points, and general lack of high skill numbers (lending to skill challenges being a lot more about chance than they would in 4th ed) makes for a different set of circumstances. One idea I had was replacing healing surge cost with costing hit dice but that would be way more punishing early on than 4th ed ever intended them to be and far less punishing once you get beyond a certain level. So yeah, I got ideas but I am still in the middle of trying to develop a good 5th edition system for skill challenges.
4. If Greg or anyone has released campaign notes and I somehow missed this, I would be very thankful if I could get a link to that (or whatever the appropriate term for acquiring them would be).
5. I am taking suggestions for anything else I should have asked about as well. Despite my (looks at the whole post) longwinded writing style I may still have missed something.
Also, here is what I am working on
1.Begun listening to the recordings again to refresh myself of their events
2. I have asked the players to begin work on their characters so we can each plan on how to make their background infused into the world (like how each character in the broadcast each had their own personal missions/challenges. Poor Wrenn )
3. Began research on monster use/creation for the party to face that fit what they are supposed to encounter.
I am still working on it obviously. That said, the timing isn’t that great as I am in the middle of a move across the country but I figure, if nothing else, I can begin brainstorming with my fellow fans of the show and whoever else wants to contribute!
Especially since Twitch deleted all of their recordings and now I cannot exactly go back and see what Greg did. I can go back and listen but that is limited in its ability to observe.
And that is pretty much it! Thanks so much!
P.S. Dear Greg, Cailin, and other contributors to the Thursday Knights. In the past my group has recorded our sessions and put it on youtube (well, mostly Twtich. We were in the middle of a venue change when we too lost everything. Yay Twitch) . That said, it is not likely we will be recording anything but the members do want to do so I first wanted to get your permission. If you say yes, I would also like to know how to give you all credit for your amazing work! Thanks so much for your response!