The Temple of Qultar is the first release from Matt Jackson of Chubby Monster Games for the new edition of D&D. It’s a four-page pdf, consisting of an unkeyed map and three pages of description of the temple and the dungeon beneath it. No level is given for the adventure, but as there’s a Challenge Rating 5 monster in the adventure, I’m calling a 5th-level … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: The Temple of Qultar

The fourth adventure by Dan Hass, And the Elf Prince Wept, is an adventure for 1-8 characters of level 2. It is the first part of the Red Blade War. The adventure consists of twelve encounters with a thirteenth, optional encounter with the Inquisition; a standard trope of these adventures. The adventure structure is quite interesting, as it contains a number of elements that go against … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: And the Elf Prince Wept

The third adventure by Dan Hass for D&D 5E is The Archaeologist, available either separately or as part of a package that includes three adventures and details of the Dimgaard campaign setting. Once again, we have a short, one-session adventure. This one consists of six encounters plus one optional encounter. The backstory for the adventure concerns a noble who is obsessed with finding a dragon … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review – The Archaeologist

DG2: The Lost Tome is the second adventure by Dan Hass compatible with D&D 5E. Designed for a party of 1-6 characters of levels 1-2, it is available both separately and as part of a low-level campaign pack. What you get is a short, 18-page adventure. The layout, art and maps are not particularly good, but the adventure is not without merit. In summary, Sir … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: The Lost Tome

At 100 pages, A Storm About To Break is the longest adventure release I’ve seen so far for the new edition of D&D. It is the first part of “An Echo of Days Past”, an adventure arc in unexplored lands to the east of the Empire of Sarvania. The adventure is written with generous helpings of rules explanations so that it is suitable for new … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review – An Echo of Days Past: A Storm About To Break

A long, long time ago (1988), the Greyhawk Adventures book from TSR presented a set of rules for adventuring with level 0 characters in the AD&D system. Every so often, an adventure designer returns to that idea, and creates an adventure for characters that haven’t quite settled into their character class. The idea is that through the actions you take on your first adventure, you … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Rise of Heroes

The Mystery of Malvern Manor is a short, free adventure by Dan Head, which he posted on his website. It’s taken from his home campaign for his family. Unusually, the first encounter has the party acting as mobsters – they’re sent to break someone’s legs for not paying the local dwarf leader what he is owed! “Fortunately, there’s a pack of worthless adventurers in town.” … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: The Mystery of Malvern Manor