It was the first adventure released for Eberron outside of the Campaign Setting itself – does it hold up?
A deep dive into Keith Baker’s 3.5 Edition Adventure from 2004.
Shadows of the Last War in the DM’s Guild: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/3739/EBERRON-Shadows-of-the-Last-War-35
Shadows of the Last War on Drive Thru RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/3739/EBERRON-Shadows-of-the-Last-War-35?term=Shadows+of+the+Last+War
Archived Shadows of the Last War Art Gallery: https://web.archive.org/web/20161101150047/http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/eb/20040716a
Shadows of the Last War 5e Conversion Guide: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/276260/Shadows-of-the-Last-War-An-Expansion-and-5e-Conversion-Guide
00:00 Introduction
01:01 Publication Stats
05:56 Adventure Overview
07:07 Full Adventure Walkthrough
25:59 Adventure NPCs
29:22 5e Conversion
34:55 Cut Content
36:16 Impact & Legacy
38:28 Review & Conclusion
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Only thing I wish you touched on was where the adventure goes after this module. Just so people know where to look next.
I ran this module. It goes great as part 2 from forgotten forge and the rest of the schema arc
Thanks for literally being the only person to cover eberron regularly I can find.
Love the channel, as someone has already said. I enjoy seeing regular Eberron content, it’s not easily found.
Thank you.
Eberron rocks! Thx!! 👍
Thx for the review. Trying to decide whether to run the 3rd editions adventures or oracle of the war for my first Eberron campaign in 5th edition. Would be curious what your thoughts are on Oracle of War is.
Thanks so much for this – really helpful. I'm planning on running a 5e version of this but wondering whether the images from the old online art gallery are available anywhere?
Love the channel. Currently preparing to DM this adventure for the 4th time since release. I'd love to see you cover the whole Eschema campaign with Whispers of the Vampire's Blade and ending with Grasp of the Emerald Claw. Same with the 2 stand-alone adventures Voyage of the Golden Dragon and Eyes of the Lich Qeeen.
BTW The 5-headed hydra statue illustration is actually the molten glass cannon seen in the final room W22 with the 2 fire elementals. How it looks is only mentioned passingly in the room description. The chest is the heat-resistant crystal one in the room and you can faintly see the 2 elementals at the right of the illustration. They are just silhouettes.
Wish I had known about the 5e conversion on DM'S Guild. I did my own 5e conversion about a year ago. When the party got to Rose Quarry, they had just leveled up to 3rd. They snuck around the east side and got the drop on Garrow. The Sorcerer twinned Firebolt as a bonus action, rolled a Nat20 and rolled max damage, plus cast Chromatic Orb as a regular action, and nuked Garrow. Then they retreated into the darkness. I ruled the lieutenants performed an orderly retreat, allowing the PC's to solve the puzzle map at their leisure.
If I did it again, I'd position Mallora at Garrow's spot, and only reveal Garrow at the scripted moment.