Search for the Sanjivni is an adventure for 5th level characters that sets them on a quest to find an antidote to a poison that is killing the characters’ prince. Rakshasa and daanav feature as both friends and foes of the party on their quest. It is notable that the rakshasa are not the fiends of the Monster Manual, but instead draw more on their … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Search for the Sanjivni
My Greyhawk campaign continues in its fortnightly fashion, and the highest-level character in it at present is 15th level. By many players’ standards, that is a level higher than they are prepared to play. There are lots of reasons why campaigns never get so high. The group can fall apart. The campaign can finish telling its story. (If you liberate the peninsula at level 10, … Continue reading Running High-Level Home Campaigns
Snow Elves is a short supplement that adds a new subrace of elves to the game. I guess I do not have to tell you where they live? The supplement is written well and details the lifestyle and culture of these dwellers of the frozen wastes. I very much appreciate some of the touches; it is nice to consider that spices are rare in these … Continue reading 5E Supplement Review: Snow Elves
I would like to think I buy adventures to play (run) them rather than read them, but honestly, a large amount of my shelf space at the moment is adventures that I have not even had the time to read! There are a LOT of adventures out there at the moment. Adventures are funny things. It is occasionally said that adventures have three audiences: The … Continue reading Who Reads Adventures?
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is an adventure for level 1 characters set in the world of Eberron. It is derived from the well-known story by Washington Irving. The adventure proceeds like this: The adventurers arrive in the village of Sleepy Hollow, where they discover the local school master, one Ichabod ir’Crane, has disappeared. As they investigate his disappearance, they uncover several odd things in … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl was published in 1978 as the second of the “Giant” series. It one of the earliest Dungeons & Dragons adventures. Incredibly, to our modern eyes, it is a mere 8 pages, with maps printed on the interior of the cover. The plot of the adventure sees the heroes sent on a mission of revenge against giants that have … Continue reading AD&D Adventure Review: The Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl
I have recently been contemplating the Runequest game, which I find fascinating and challenging to approach at the same time. One of the reasons I find it so difficult is that the stat blocks in the game are long. And there are a lot of them. One of the introductory adventures features the characters defending a town against raiders. And every single raider has their … Continue reading On the Complexity and Length of Stat Blocks
A Labour for Karametra is an adventure for level 2 characters set in Theros. It is very short, and despite the PDF having four pages, the actual content could be placed on one. It presents a map of a temple – without a scale – and brief descriptions of four areas. Three have monsters and the last has a cursed treasure. What is good about … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: A Labour for Karametra
The monster lair is an essential part of most Dungeons & Dragons play. Whether it is a bandit encampment, a dungeon full of monsters, or a noble villa, you are likely to come up against one form of it or another in the game. My players played through one of the quests last night of Sleeping Dragon’s Wake, one of the follow-on adventures to the … Continue reading Lair Design – Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
I recently participated on a panel on boxed text in PAX Online. Before that, I asked some of my twitter followers questions that they had about the use of box text. We did not get to most of those questions, so I am using this article to answer them! A reminder: I am in favour of boxed text, when used well! “Would your approach to … Continue reading Boxed Text Q&A
