First time trying leather tooling. Happy with the result.

u/PawhPawh1 — 18 hours ago

LMoP adaptation to the Cosmere RPG for DM newbies like me

SPOILER ALERT!: Lost Mine of Phandelver module - Minor spoilers for the Stonewalkers campagin and major spoilers (kinda) for the Stormlight Archive saga

I'm running both the "Lost mine of Phandelver" (D&D) and Stonewalkers with two different friend groups. They're my first time DMing (and playing any TtRPG for that matter) so my experience is limited to these past months running those.
My Stonewalkers group is going pretty fast so I recon they'll be done in a month or two, tops. So I was thinking what to do after, if they decided to continue playing in the Cosmere RPG setting and system. Now, I'm a Stormlight fan, but I dare not to homebrew with so little experience in TtRPGs. And I thought: LMoP is a pretty standard layout for an adventure, I've been able to tweak stuff for my group. The pacing and the structure are well fitted to grab as a matrix and sketch any other story on that slate.

So I did, and this is my take on trying to adapt the D&D module's framework to the Cosmere RPG. I tried to be as thorough as possible so that all the NPCs made sense and so I wouldn't need to be juggling along as the PCs move away from the "main plot" or investigate around doing sidequests and whatnot.
Bear in mind that my PCs would be lvl 8 by the time they get to this and LMoP is a campaign set for lvl 1 to 5, so gotta adjust difficulty accordingly.

SETTING

Phandalin: it can be really any place you like to set it in since, well, you don't really need a mountain to have a cave or things like that in Roshar (specially if it's Heralds/Desolations related). I set mine "near" Khabranth because I wanted to have some kind of excuse for scholar/pioneers/knowledge gathering shenanigans, also it's not super far from the main action happening after the Everstorm's first hit, and because why not? (there's probably plenty, don't answer that question)
Forge of spells: an ancient fabrial workshop-ish with a giant Perfect Gem in its interior. Works as a massive soulcaster capable of easily casting bronze and steel (among other things). It's main purpose (The Pact of Phandelver) was to finally be able to preserve and rebuild super fast after a Desolation.
Nezznar: a high rank Ghostblood trying to get their hold on the Perfect Gem (we all know their motivations) and I added a second in command: a listener/radiant much as Venli with some mixed allegiances (Odium or his/her freedom dream of joining the Ghostbloods). Note: now that I think of... this can also work the other way around, so suit yourselves. Can also switch the Ghostblood for a Makay-im, who's orders are to find an seize/destroy the workshop to hinder humanity's recovery if you wanna go just full vs Odium.
Gundren: this will depend on your group, and if you want an emotional tie with them or more of a duty approach. In my group one PC has Adolin as a patron so he will most likely intsruct them to investigate this workshop rumor. And I'll probably talk to them and try to hook this Gundren NPC to any of the PCs past, probably a Thaylen PC and make him a Thaylen merchant or something like that.

NPCs

Sildar Hallwinter: an Alezi officer, working as a Coalition Agent, tasked with the duty of escorting "Gundren" and helping him with preparations for the incursion. Of course he will suffer the same fate as LMoP Sildar and get ambushed alongside Gundren.
Elmar Barthen: Thaylen merchant, worried about not getting any supplies because of the conflict (relatively unaware of the scale of the situation)
The Redbrands: a band of ruffians as well terrorizing the town and extorting for "protection" they can't really provide. Their leader is a rogue Radiant (or just a Radiant with a different take on reality, maybe like Ylt.) that works with the "Cragmaw Castle" leader.
Harbin Wester: lower dahn lighteyes, trying to hang on to what it's left, pays the Redbrands spheres to leave him alone and secure his "command" in town.
Daran Edermath: a dark-eyed war veteran who fought at the War of Reckoning, "retired" but still has some contact with the now Coalition (you can decide his allegiance).
Halia Thornton: a Ghostblood operative undercover as a sphere exchange/dealer (play with it, make it up lol) whose real goal is to help the party infiltrate the "Cave", either to asses if they can make them join the Ghostbloods in their attempt, kill them, or let them do the hard work and steal the Gem afterwards.
Sister Garaele: I want to make her a Worldsinger (so she can also work as a lore dumper-ish), interested in what "Agatha" has to tell. But if that's too difficult to set, maybe I'll just make her a Devotary of the Mind ardent or somethig like that with the same interests.
Linene Graywind: a Thaylen merchant company representative (you can make her Thaylen or not). She can swear these "Redbrands" are stealing her wares and hindering the town defenses.
Qelline Alderleaf: a herdazian farmer whose son Carp is very good at sneaking around, and saw the ruffians dissapearing into a tunnel (i'm toying with the idea of including something in Shadesmar here... Maybe as a way for the Radiant to move the Redbrands around, or to hide)

ZONES AND SIDEQUESTS

Triboar Trail: set it wherever you set your town, i'm thinking Singer patrols, human thieves and all those kinds of road perils, have fun with it.
Wyvern Tor: a group of singers, maybe a Stormform with them (or multiple depending on your party lvl) that assault anyone/thing that goes through there.
Old Owl Well and Hamun Kost: the ruin of an ancient watch-tower from the old Silver Kingdoms (or make something up for the part of the world you're setting it in). "Hamun Kost" is an agent of the Diagram (to spice it up, set him as you like, it's of little consequence) using Investiture to try and reanimate bodies (kind of like Ishar's experiments with spren) to try and replicate how the Fused "steal" bodies to reincarnate. He may have slaved singers or even humans with some kind of Investiture trance... Or none, just lackeys.
Thundertree: this was a fun one to think about. I wanted to have fun with it since it's pretty wide section. Instead of Venomfang I blended a Thunderclast esque creature in the tower. Maybe it was there dormant and weakened from an old battle, or maybe it was sent there by Odium as a failsafe if things went wrong with the plan of seizing the gem/workshop. (you do you, any kind of relatively strong foe can be put in here. Maybe a Shan-im leading an advance post. Maybe a fragment of an Unmade that's bewitching the cultists...) and the Cultists are a wannabe group of Envisagers that think if they can awake the Thunderclasts the Radiants will be compelled to return.
Agatha's lair: she's a Cognitive Shadow and her lair is a place where Shadesmar and the Physical Realm are really close (maybe because of "her", maybe it's just ghost story, maybe missing people have nothing to do with "her" or maybe she does have information about the Cognitive Realm and how to better access/use it).
Wave Echo Cave: well here you can put in as many "monsters" as you want and set it as you like. I'd put one main reason why the main antagonist can't get to the workshop: some powerfull and old singer (thinking in someone like the Pursuer) or someone crazy (maybe Moash esque or something in that ballpark) that makes it so Odium can't get it there without a heavy commitment he just can't make at the time)

Well. That's about it for a rough sketch or outline.
I know there will be purists that will have comments about adequacy to the lore, canon and such, and you will probably be correct. But that kind of feeback is not the thing i'm looking for here. My players know very little of the Cosmere and most likely won't find any holes in the plot regarding the broader events of the War, the Everstorm, Urithiru and stuff like that. So as long as it makes some sense that the war hasn't still decimated my "Phandalin" town and what's going on around is not a complete inchoerent mess, I guess it's cool.
I'd still appreciate your comments, any other ideas for changes and turns in the sidequests, or the main quest, or the NPCs. Everything is welcome, even canon adequacy as long as it's not just pointing out it's "not what's happening or how it happened or how it works".

I hope this is useful for someone out there.
Also sorry for my English i hope it reads well enough, it's not my mother tongue.

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u/PawhPawh1 — 2 months ago

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LMoP adaptation for DM newbies like me - Minor Stonewalkers spoilers - Major Stormlight Archive spoilers.

SPOILER ALERT!: Lost Mine of Phandelver module

SETTING

Phandalin: it can be really any place you like to set it in since, well, you don't really need a mountain to have a cave or things like that in Roshar (specially if it's Heralds/Desolations related). I set mine "near" Khabranth because I wanted to have some kind of excuse for scholar/pioneers/knowledge gathering shenanigans, also it's not super far from the main action happening after the Everstorm's first hit, and because why not? (there's probably plenty, don't answer that question)
Forge of spells: an ancient fabrial workshop-ish with a giant Perfect Gem in its interior. Works as a massive soulcaster capable of easily casting bronze and steel (among other things). It's main purpose (The Pact of Phandelver) was to finally be able to preserve and rebuild super fast after a Desolation.
Nezznar: a high rank Ghostblood trying to get their hold on the Perfect Gem (we all know their motivations) and I added a second in command: a listener/radiant much as Venli with some mixed allegiances (Odium or his/her freedom dream of joining the Ghostbloods). Note: now that I think of... this can also work the other way around, so suit yourselves. Can also switch the Ghostblood for a Makay-im, who's orders are to find an seize/destroy the workshop to hinder humanity's recovery if you wanna go just full vs Odium.
Gundren: this will depend on your group, and if you want an emotional tie with them or more of a duty approach. In my group one PC has Adolin as a patron so he will most likely intsruct them to investigate this workshop rumor. And I'll probably talk to them and try to hook this Gundren NPC to any of the PCs past, probably a Thaylen PC and make him a Thaylen merchant or something like that.

NPCs

Sildar Hallwinter: an Alezi officer, working as a Coalition Agent, tasked with the duty of escorting "Gundren" and helping him with preparations for the incursion. Of course he will suffer the same fate as LMoP Sildar and get ambushed alongside Gundren.
Elmar Barthen: Thaylen merchant, worried about not getting any supplies because of the conflict (relatively unaware of the scale of the situation)
The Redbrands: a band of ruffians as well terrorizing the town and extorting for "protection" they can't really provide. Their leader is a rogue Radiant (or just a Radiant with a different take on reality, maybe like Ylt.) that works with the "Cragmaw Castle" leader.
Harbin Wester: lower dahn lighteyes, trying to hang on to what it's left, pays the Redbrands spheres to leave him alone and secure his "command" in town.
Daran Edermath: a dark-eyed war veteran who fought at the War of Reckoning, "retired" but still has some contact with the now Coalition (you can decide his allegiance).
Halia Thornton: a Ghostblood operative undercover as a sphere exchange/dealer (play with it, make it up lol) whose real goal is to help the party infiltrate the "Cave", either to asses if they can make them join the Ghostbloods in their attempt, kill them, or let them do the hard work and steal the Gem afterwards.
Sister Garaele: I want to make her a Worldsinger (so she can also work as a lore dumper-ish), interested in what "Agatha" has to tell. But if that's too difficult to set, maybe I'll just make her a Devotary of the Mind ardent or somethig like that with the same interests.
Linene Graywind: a Thaylen merchant company representative (you can make her Thaylen or not). She can swear these "Redbrands" are stealing her wares and hindering the town defenses.
Qelline Alderleaf: a herdazian farmer whose son Carp is very good at sneaking around, and saw the ruffians dissapearing into a tunnel (i'm toying with the idea of including something in Shadesmar here... Maybe as a way for the Radiant to move the Redbrands around, or to hide)

ZONES AND SIDEQUESTS

Triboar Trail: set it wherever you set your town, i'm thinking Singer patrols, human thieves and all those kinds of road perils, have fun with it.
Wyvern Tor: a group of singers, maybe a Stormform with them (or multiple depending on your party lvl) that assault anyone/thing that goes through there.
Old Owl Well and Hamun Kost: the ruin of an ancient watch-tower from the old Silver Kingdoms (or make something up for the part of the world you're setting it in). "Hamun Kost" is an agent of the Diagram (to spice it up, set him as you like, it's of little consequence) using Investiture to try and reanimate bodies (kind of like Ishar's experiments with spren) to try and replicate how the Fused "steal" bodies to reincarnate. He may have slaved singers or even humans with some kind of Investiture trance... Or none, just lackeys.
Thundertree: this was a fun one to think about. I wanted to have fun with it since it's pretty wide section. Instead of Venomfang I blended a Thunderclast esque creature in the tower. Maybe it was there dormant and weakened from an old battle, or maybe it was sent there by Odium as a failsafe if things went wrong with the plan of seizing the gem/workshop. (you do you, any kind of relatively strong foe can be put in here. Maybe a Shan-im leading an advance post. Maybe a fragment of an Unmade that's bewitching the cultists...) and the Cultists are a wannabe group of Envisagers that think if they can awake the Thunderclasts the Radiants will be compelled to return.
Agatha's lair: she's a Cognitive Shadow and her lair is a place where Shadesmar and the Physical Realm are really close (maybe because of "her", maybe it's just ghost story, maybe missing people have nothing to do with "her" or maybe she does have information about the Cognitive Realm and how to better access/use it).
Wave Echo Cave: well here you can put in as many "monsters" as you want and set it as you like. I'd put one main reason why the main antagonist can't get to the workshop: some powerfull and old singer (thinking in someone like the Pursuer) or someone crazy (maybe Moash esque or something in that ballpark) that makes it so Odium can't get it there without a heavy commitment he just can't make at the time)

I hope this is useful for someone out there.
Also sorry for my English i hope it reads well enough, it's not my mother tongue.

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u/PawhPawh1 — 2 months ago

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Cosmere RPG - Recursos y Cartas de referencia para Potencias/Spren (Español)

Bueno no mucho que agregar más que el título.

Eso sí, dejo el link a la publicación original de donde saqué las tarjetas, NO SON CREACIÓN MIA, yo solo me dediqué a pasarlas al español usando la info del manual (y bueno un poco de resumen para que entre en las tarjetas).
Son pequeñas si, para que puedan entrar en una hoja, pero son legibles.

Y el resto bueno, manuales y demás en PDF en español porque ya que me salvaron las papas a mí, los comparto para todos.

Saludos.

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Recursos y tarjetas: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_yGHWEd3_Ircb_NDm09wpTtaLqyJKUeL?usp=sharing

Publicación y creador orignal de las tarjetas en ingles:
https://www.reddit.com/r/cosmererpg/comments/1tbmn8t/resource_radiant_reference_cards/

u/PawhPawh1 — 3 months ago