If there’s a product that demonstrates several features I very much dislike about adventure formatting, Altar of the Spider God is it. It’s a four-page encounter that can be included in the dungeon of your choice, although Undermountain is a likely candidate. The document neglects to suggest an appropriate level for the encounter. I expect level 2 or 3 characters would find it challenging. The … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Altar of the Spider God

Attack on Coppercoil is an adventure for 1st-4th level characters set in a gnomish settlement that has been attacked by duergar slavers. The adventurers are summoned by a messenger bat to the settlement’s aid. Once they reach it, the adventurers must explore the interior of a massive tree while dealing with the gnomes’ strange contraptions and various duergar slavers. This adventure offers a lot of … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Attack on Coppercoil

Widow’s Peak is an adventure for 5th to 10th level characters set in Ravenloft. The characters are trapped in the domain of Widow’s Peak and must find a way to escape; however, the domain seeks to corrupt the characters, and the population of the town, many of whom have turned to unsavoury practices, are unlikely to be of much help. This is an evocative adventure. … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Widow’s Peak

The first volume of the Creature Feature Quarterly contains 13 monsters, illustrated and designed by Jeremy Hart. A second volume is also available. Each monster is presented on two landscape pages that detail its statistics, description, ecology, lore and potential adventures featuring the creature. The monsters tend towards the strange and bizarre. I’m glad to say there isn’t a humanoid amongst them – although there … Continue reading 5E Supplement Review: Creature Feature Quarterly, vol. 1

We Eat in the Dark is a dungeon adventure for 3rd or 4th-level characters by Alex Clippinger. The dungeon is dangerous, and the characters might not survive the experience. It is recommended for use as a one-shot rather than as part of campaign play. Part of the danger of the dungeon comes from its set-up: the adventurers have been captured and begin with limited equipment. … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: We Eat in the Dark