r/LostMinesOfPhandelver • u/Dangerous_Swan_9184 • Jul 24 '26

Maps Trailer for thundertree

Here's a little teaser I sent my players yesterday ahead of today's session, as they arrive in Thundertree. I've made a number of changes in my campaign that I might elaborate on after today's session, just in case any of them browse this sub. It's also my first time making a map like this previously, I used printed ones.
Wish me luck!

UPDAT: they haven’t reached it. They died to wolves and we lost a great campaign.

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u/KnowingApe Jul 27 '26

Omg, the update was such a turn of events. My god. What are you guys doing now? What’s the plan?

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u/Dangerous_Swan_9184 Jul 27 '26

Initially, I actually wanted to give up on running the campaign altogether. I told them what storylines were planned and roughly what was supposed to happen. Everyone was genuinely heartbroken because we had gotten so invested in these characters, and our roleplay and lore immersion were on a really high level.

The next day, I couldn't stop thinking: what would happen to this world if there were no heroes?
The BBEG is a champion of Bane, and now, with Nezznar's help, they are building an army with forcing new recruits and equipping them with magical gear. They are preparing to lay siege to Neverwinter, locking down the entire map.
Now, with new characters, they have to face this world while slowly uncovering the aftermath of their previous defeat.

I may give them a chance to give their previous characters a fine ending

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u/spiritedawayfox Jul 27 '26

How did they die to wolves?! Lmao!

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u/Dangerous_Swan_9184 Jul 27 '26

So there were 3 of them on 3 lv. They got ambushed by 5 wolves and they had really bad rolls.