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D&D Solo Adventure: The Death Knight's Squire (Fantasy Grounds)

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This is a Fantasy Grounds VTT Module!  For the PDF version click here.

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This is contained in the "Solo Adventure Bundle 1", please consider acquiring that first at a discount...

Solo Adventure Bundle 1 (Fantasy Grounds)

5e Solo Gamebooks presents The Death Knight’s Squire, a 100+ page solo adventure for D&D Fifth Edition, set in the Forgotten Realms. This adventure has been created for individual play without a dungeon master, and it is a great way to scratch your D&D itch between regular adventures with your DM. Or, it can serve as a way for a player who cannot find a group to get a taste of the game.

“Definitely worth every dollar and more. The amount of work that has been put into this is incredible. You will most assuredly have fun adventuring ‘Solo Style’.”   Josh Lambert

“If, as I did, you cut your teeth on Fighting Fantasy or Lone Wolf gamebooks, you will definitely enjoy playing this solo D&D Adventure!”   David Bond

"Definitely a great substitute for group play."  Travis Dickens

The Death Knight’s Squire is the first in a planned series of solo, DM-less adventures. Unlike standard gamebooks, 5e Solo Gamebooks include a map / token dynamic to make the experience more like full tabletop gaming. Sections of the map are revealed as the PC moves through the adventure, encountering monsters, items and other occurrences. The PDF contains clickable links that move you between your choices, keeping you fully immersed. With over 350 separate narrative entries, as well as varied combat encounters, there are innumerable paths your quest could take! Another difference from standard gamebooks is that you roll up your own PC, just like in a normal D&D quest.

You will need access to a printer (preferably colour, although black and white would suffice) in order to print the Maps Booklet for the optimal experience. You may choose to print the adventure booklet too, if you wish, although this could be accessed from laptop or tablet where you will have access to the active links. If you do not have access to a printer, .jpg files of the maps have also been included for you to load into applications like Roll20, where you can place and move tokens digitally. You will also need some small objects (miniatures, game tokens, coins) to function as PC and monster tokens.

The Death Knight’s Squire has been extensively playtested by experienced players of 5e D&D, and includes combat, opportunities for spellcasting, use of diverse class feats / skills and more. The quest should take about 2-4 hours and is designed to be as close to the experience of playing with a DM as possible. (NOTE: It can also easily be played by two players, or run as a full party adventure with a DM and multiple players).

So read the introduction to the Adventure Booklet (do this first), roll up a new Level 2 PC and let’s get playing! And make sure to follow this publisher (5e Solo Gamebooks) to stay informed about future gamebook releases.

Attention Non-Fantasy Grounds users!

Ever wanted to TRY Fantasy Grounds?  This adventure is fully compatible with the DEMO version of Fantasy Grounds!  Just go to fantasygrounds.com, download the DEMO, and load this up!

I HIGHLY suggest you read the tutorial and play the example campaign (it's a couple of encounters).

Then you'll be ready!  Enjoy!

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Jon D January 21, 2024 12:15 am UTC
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I am having trouble with where to place the mod file on my Mac. I doesn't seem to have the suggested location to move the mod file to.
any help would be appreciated
Cheers
Jon
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Jon D January 21, 2024 1:13 am UTC
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found the answer, sorry
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Preston C December 16, 2023 6:25 pm UTC
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Hi, just bumped into a missed link. On 248.00 Scarper, there is no link to scarper to. ;)
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Rob T December 16, 2023 8:56 pm UTC
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I believe that particular entry is a continuation of something before it. So there's no link that's supposed to be present. If you have any more problems, please come to our Discord - discord.gg/rob2e
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Hector M July 20, 2023 1:23 am UTC
Hello, I'd like to run this module with multiple PCs, would you be so kind as to send me the full map, please and thank you in advance.
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Rob T July 20, 2023 4:01 am UTC
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I cannot send the map as it is part of the adventure module. It can't be broken out. I apologize.
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Adrien B February 25, 2023 11:33 am UTC
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Wanted the PDF version instead of Fantasy Ground. How can I switch that?
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Rob T February 25, 2023 11:52 pm UTC
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They are completely different products sold by different people. You'd need to contact customer service to refund you and buy the other. OR... OR!!! You could just download the free Fantasy Grounds Demo and play this! A lot of people do and it's super fun.
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William M February 13, 2023 7:56 pm UTC
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how do i load this into roll20?
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Rob T February 14, 2023 1:20 am UTC
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It's only for Fantasy Grounds, not any other VTT.
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Adam B May 03, 2022 6:16 am UTC
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Played every module so far. Found the occasional missing or inaccurate link, but perhaps 2 or 3 in total across all of the modules, and I don't have notes (sorry, I know that is no help). Definitely fun, worth the purchase, and fits the bill when you are not in a regular group and want to play. Looking forward to the next release.
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Rob T May 03, 2022 6:34 am UTC
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Feel free to report the links to us on our Discord. Discord.gg/rob2e
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Christopher F December 20, 2020 2:03 am UTC
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Looks like the module is not 100% compatible with Fantasy Grounds Unity; specifically, there is a character encoding/font issue. Unfortunately it is likely a problem with the module itself.
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?59715-Font-issue-discrepancy-between-Classic-and-Unity
(see the 2nd to last post in that thread for the technical details)

Here's a screencap of the issue I'm talking about:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mymh10dvceb82zx/Capture.PNG?dl=0

Naturally, this is very distracting. I'm not sure if FGU is still technically in "beta", but as more people switch to it from FGC, they are likely to encounter this.
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Rob T December 20, 2020 2:22 am UTC
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Hey Christopher, yeah, that's because UNITY has MUCH STRICTER standards on XML that FG Classic, so that's a known issue. It can be fixed, so I'll get to work on that.
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Christopher F December 20, 2020 2:34 am UTC
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Thanks! I appreciate the quick response!
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Rob T December 20, 2020 2:52 am UTC
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OK redownload and see now. If you need further assistance with this or any other Team Twohy title, please come to our Discord server for faster help. https://discord.gg/FVgtecr
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Christopher F December 20, 2020 3:30 am UTC
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Much better - thank you!
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Craig T July 26, 2020 3:02 pm UTC
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Well, I have to wait a day to give it a review, when I do 5 stars and on to the next one! I used Fantasy Grounds Unity and it worked fine from what I could tell. I will use FG classic next time though. Excellent use of Fantasy Grounds capability to run a choose your own path adventure.
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Rob T July 26, 2020 4:26 pm UTC
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ThanX Craig!
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Mike L July 21, 2020 2:08 am UTC
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I purchased with the purpose of catching up players to levels 2. I'm a new DM and was looking forward to directing players in 1 on 1 session to learn their styles and expectations. I was looking forward to getting to read it. I was pleasantly surprised to see I can play it myself! On a side note when it mentions asking here for the COMPLETE MAP. Is this the proper place to do so? Thank you Rob2E for the conversion and the great youtube guide.
The readme was incorrect in installation*.
In FG Unity. Had to install into FGUdata/modules.
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Rob T July 21, 2020 4:39 am UTC
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The README is not incorrect. It assumes Fantasy Grounds classic. At this time unity is in beta, and although it should work it is not fully supported because we cannot support a beta product until it’s final release. If you have more questions please feel free to drop by our Discord where we have over 1200 people talking about Fantasy Grounds and D&D 24/7.
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Pyram K June 21, 2020 9:53 am UTC
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Questions:
1) At the end there was 400 xp for the quest, but when does my character get XP for the encounters? My character ended up with a total of 400 xp, which was not enough to level.

2) There were 4 parcels, but they were each empty. Are there any parcel for this?

3) How do I issue XP (and know the XP) for NPC kills?
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Rob T June 21, 2020 5:33 pm UTC
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I only made the Fantasy Grounds module. I am not the author. I suggest asking those questions to the author (of the PDF).
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Philippe J May 03, 2020 12:13 pm UTC
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Hi Rob.
Do these solo adventures also work in Fantasy Ground Unity?
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Rob T May 03, 2020 5:17 pm UTC
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Everything WILL work with FGU, however keep in mind that Unity is still in beta and we cannot GUARANTEE anything until final release. There shouldn't be any problem now, but keep that in mind.
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Aaron G November 11, 2019 9:38 pm UTC
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I just finished my first time through this! I'll be sure to come back in 24 hours to post a review.

But I did enjoy it immensely. It's like a choose your own D&D Adventure, very cool. I wish there was more pre-made token art, especially since there is already art available for some of the tokens ... specifically, the Death Knight. Why not make a token for the DK using the art of him on the throne?
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Rob T November 11, 2019 10:17 pm UTC
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ThanX for the comment. Glad you enjoy. All the art is from the original PDF. If you make of find a (copyright approved) token, let me know through my email or discord and I’ll add it in.
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Aaron G November 13, 2019 12:59 am UTC
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So the original PDF author allowed you to use the art for this conversion but not to make tokens from it? That's weird.
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Marre R July 23, 2019 12:13 am UTC
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Thank you for making this!
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Marian D June 02, 2019 10:47 am UTC
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Thank you "Mr. Bimler" for this nice story and "Rob T (Rob2e)" for his transformation into Fantasy Ground.
I buyed all 4 books!! Please don't stop and do work in which are you hellishly good.


Errors found in - The Deaths Knight's Squire

1.)
000.75 BACKSTORY in part
"THE MYSTERIOUS KNIGHT" is missing link on image for Art: Book and Candle (image is in image folders correctly).

2.)
In "INCOMPETENT FOOLS" link is no needed space after word Knight
see Called him The Death Knigh t !
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Rob T June 02, 2019 5:58 pm UTC
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Marian, please download these again. Those errors should be corrected, please feel free to contact me directly on my Discord or by email if you still have problems.

Rob2e
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Matthew K May 13, 2019 2:19 am UTC
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So im new to this and cant find the pdf for the books, ive got the mod loaded and am kinda figuring it out but still a little lost
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Rob T May 13, 2019 2:20 am UTC
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PDFs are sold separately, there is a link on this page.
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Juan T May 06, 2019 7:25 pm UTC
Will this and all other Solo Adventure books in FG format be included in some kind of bundle? (with a heavy discount ;) )
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Rob T May 06, 2019 7:35 pm UTC
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Juan, actually yes. When #4 is finished, soon (tm), the first four will be in a package. Stay tuned.
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