It gets two stars, not 1, for the sheer fact that it covers such a critical touch point in the history of gaming. That's the best I can say about a book that is about the first, ostensibly most important, D&D module I'd ever read. Did the author ever even PLAY D&D? Seems not! What a travesty to have wasted this idea on such a poor attempt. Furthermore, the game mechanics were REALLY poorly represented. But I scanned, skimmed, and delayed reading this because it was just so weakly written. This would be a great one for kids to read, it's straightforward and the party itself is made up of very young heroes. It's largely a very typical setting, a party are hired to deal with various menaces to the citizens of the Keep. The party picks up an orphan, then they rename her and bring her along for the adventure. These are dodgy but fun characters occasionally with equally cheesy accents and the story spends a lot of time discussing which way to go next. This would be a great one for kids to read, it's straightforward and the party itself is made up of Well, that felt very much like a game around a table. Well, that felt very much like a game around a table. It counterpoints the monstrous Caves later in the book with a little humanity. This is a good choice over other alternatives like the Spider Lair. Of the encounter areas (from the module) outside of the keep, the author chooses #3, the Raider Camp to explore. Instead of character development you'll get normal adventuring stuff like divvying up loot, hiring retainers (they run 26 people deep), and of course combat. The story starts off with a good old fashioned caravan ambush and ends with a whole lotta Caves of Chaos. Trust me, you'll enjoy the book way more. Read it as the most glorious playthrough of the Keep on the Borderlands module a D&D group could ever possibly pull off.
Instead of character development you'll get normal adventuring stuff like divvying up loot, hiring retainers (they run 26 people deep), and of cours This book is super trash, but I still liked it. This book is super trash, but I still liked it. The result is a plodding exercise in mundane matters: logistics, travel, camping, guards, leadership, and discussion.more Everyone okay with that?")Įmerson met the challenge of novelizing this scenario by rendering it down to a literal translation of the experience, with only the addition of a hunt-the-bandits preamble to lead into the expedition to the Caves of Chaos. (A module whose background is essentially "We're going to go beat up monsters. Everyone okay with that?") Emerson met the challenge of novelizing this scenario by ren I admit that this was a nostalgia trip fueled by the memories of tearing open a boxed set, devouring a clearly written and evocative rule book in a single sitting, and then becoming thoroughly confused by a skeletal and entirely open-ended adventure module that forces a likely novice DM to hit the ground running from the very start.
I admit that this was a nostalgia trip fueled by the memories of tearing open a boxed set, devouring a clearly written and evocative rule book in a single sitting, and then becoming thoroughly confused by a skeletal and entirely open-ended adventure module that forces a likely novice DM to hit the ground running from the very start.
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