The Stoneheart Monastery. The Sumber Hills. 9th Kythorn, 1491 DR The rest of the adventurers was disturbed by a small group of guards sent from the monastery to deal with the intruders; they came in the middle of the night, but were swiftly dealt with by the group without too much trouble. The next day, the adventurers prepared for another assault on the monastery, now … Continue reading Princes of the Apocalypse, session 8
An introduction to five of the more important evil deities of the Forgotten Realms: Bane, Bhaal, Cyric, Auril and Lolth. Continue reading An Introduction to the Forgotten Realms: Gods of Evil
The Sumber Hills. The Dessarin Valley. 7th Kythorn, 1491 DR The adventurers were heading south-west from Rivergard Keep, hoping to discover the source of the strange giant vultures they’d seen about, although their knowledge of where they were was scant at best. They were thus delighted when they discovered a noble and his guard being attacked by several strange figures in stone armour. The noble … Continue reading Princes of the Apocalypse, session 7
1974: Original Dungeons & Dragons. Three classes (Fighting Man, Cleric and Magic-User). Relies heavily on rules in Chainmail. 1975: Supplement I: Greyhawk is published, which makes some major revisions to the rules. (The original rules pretty much only use d20s and d6s). It adds in different hit dice and weapon dice, and a lot of other things. A major change is the way it handles … Continue reading A Quick Summary of the Different Versions and Variants of the D&D Rules
One of the best adventures of the original AD&D line is UK4: When a Star Falls. Here’s my review of this exceptional adventure. Continue reading AD&D Adventure Review: UK4 When a Star Falls
The second adventure in Dan Hass’s Drow Conspiracy Epic is The Drow Outpost, available as a 7 page PDF from DriveThruRPG for $3. This is almost certainly overpriced. After the cover and the contents, you’re left with a page of introductory text explaining the product, then two-and-a-quarter pages of adventure followed by a simple (linear) dungeon map. Incredibly, the adventure almost feels packed for a … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: DC2 The Drow Outpost
Dan Hass has been one of the most prolific of the 3rd-party publishers, releasing – at this point – over 25 titles for the 5E game. Although I’ve reviewed some of his early works, I haven’t been following much of his more recent work. However, he’s just released another eight titles, so I felt it was time to go and have a look at the … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: DC1 Drow Necromancy
As I mentioned in my last article, there are a lot of gods in the Forgotten Realms. The list in the Player’s Handbook has only a few of them! This article presents five of the important gods of Neutrality. Kelemvor, Lord of the Dead Kelemvor is another mortal who became a god. The lover of Midnight (who became Mystra), he now functions as judge of … Continue reading An Introduction to the Forgotten Realms: Gods of Neutrality
Blackstone Tomb is a significantly large (59 pages) adventure for first-level characters by Rowan and Doug Schultz. The adventure describes a forgotten tomb of heroes that has been desecrated by a necromancer; the necromancer was caught and killed, but his undead creations remain. The first part of the adventure sees the characters recruited to do various tasks for the soldiers who man outposts throughout the … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Blackstone Tomb
Never Ask Directions is a short side-trek adventure for level 2-4 characters. It provides the situation of a halfling asking the players for aid against a group of bandits, which is complicated by the halfling having ulterior motives. At three encounters over 14 pages, there’s a good amount of descriptive text, and it is attractively presented. John Rossomango is a good writer, and the adventure … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Never Ask Directions
