Hello Lord Miller, I have been unpacking some old boxes and came across some of my old gaming books. Against the Giants was in the box, I started reading it and remembering games from way...way to many years ago. The last time I ran this adventure was for AD&D 2nd ed, in the mid 90's and it was definitely a very dangerous module.
The first adventure in the "Great Hall" against the Hill Giants has a great potentiol for TPK's. Overly confident players can quickly find them selves over run, by the brute force of the Giants or simply by "numbers". If played properly the Giants should put up an effective, determined defence of their home, especially if they are getting advice from the "evil Elves"(is there any other kind of Elf?
). Also keep in mind that morale will play little effect in any of these adventures. These "beasts" are defending their homes, and in several cases their loved ones must be protected from the vial and "short" raiders...hehe
So its a battle to the end really!
Out of curiousity I opened up the critter books for Rolemaster( RM2 and RMSS) to take a look at the Giants. Could a party of high level Rolemaster characters handle the perils of this adventure? After reading the module over and glancing through the "critter" rules, I would have to say that any group would have to be very lucky indeed to survive the dangers of this epic adventure.
Rolemaster as all of us know is definitely a very dangerous game, where one "lucky" roll could end your characters life. The "Giant" series modules are really nothing but , combat encounter after combat encounter.....which in Rolemaster makes this very deadly indeed!
But I must admit, I am interested to see how this module would play in Rolemaster. So I have decided to start the conversion process busing the RMSS rules, mostly because I am more familiar with them. My group of players have not experienced "high level" RMSS play, the highest they have ever been is around 9th level.
I play using the "Realms" setting, and I figured I might as well start with the characters. With a dangerous adventure like this , I have decided to make 6 pre-generated 15th level RMSS characters. Once I have everything done I will invite the gang over for a marothon session(hopefully I can pull them away from WOW..lol).
I will post the Characters in the "characters" section of the forum under the name "Giant Slayers". I spent most of the afternoon making the first character....Tristan a Noble Rouge from from the city of Suzail in the Kingdom of Cormyr. I forgot how long it takes to make a character....lol (especialy a high level one..!!).
May the gods keep you safe......!!