D&D's Going To The Barrier Peaks

Jhaelen · Sep 14, 2018

Never liked that one. A failed attempt to show that D&D rules also worked for a sci-fi setting. Except they didn't.

Espadadelaaurora · Sep 14, 2018

Well, this could satiate the thirst for Greyhawk related content for a while...

It would be nice to have some Spelljammer/Greyspace connection within this version of the module.

RobJN · Sep 14, 2018

R_Chance said:
And don't leave out The Temple of the Frog from Blackmoor. It had laser pistols etc. and a crewman from the crashed ship / City of the Gods...

Don't get me wrong, I would totally buy a "Adventures in Blackmoor" hardback book compiling the DA series with extra goodies...... but not if they shoehorned it into the Realms. :yawn:

Paul Farquhar · Sep 14, 2018

Different things really. "Blackmoor" hinges on the anchient history of the setting. The spaceship in "Barrier Peaks" comes from a different universe entierly, so could land anywhere without affecting the setting.

Lord_Blacksteel · Sep 14, 2018

Jhaelen said:
Never liked that one. A failed attempt to show that D&D rules also worked for a sci-fi setting. Except they didn't.

Oh please, it wasn't a "failed attempt" at anything - Gamma World had already been out for years by the time this was published. This was a publication of a well-received tournament module, like many of the early adventures.

Mistwell · Sep 14, 2018

Oh cool! I never got the chance to play this module when I was young. I heard lots of stories from people who had however, and always wanted to.

I wonder if PCs who complete Yawning Portal will be of an appropriate level for this?

Parmandur · Sep 15, 2018

Mistwell said:
Oh cool! I never got the chance to play this module when I was young. I heard lots of stories from people who had however, and always wanted to.

I wonder if PCs who complete Yawning Portal will be of an appropriate level for this?

The original is called out as 8-12, so my gut fit in better before the end of TftYP.

Jhaelen · Sep 17, 2018

Lord_Blacksteel said:
This was a publication of a well-received tournament module, like many of the early adventures.

You mean a tournament module like the 'Tomb of Horrors'? Small wonder then it's so bad. The idea of playing D&D as a kind of tournament was, is, and will be terrible. But that's just my opinion. If you enjoy that kind of thing, more power to you.

Lord_Blacksteel · Sep 17, 2018

Jhaelen said:
You mean a tournament module like the 'Tomb of Horrors'? Small wonder then it's so bad. The idea of playing D&D as a kind of tournament was, is, and will be terrible. But that's just my opinion. If you enjoy that kind of thing, more power to you.

Yes, I mean like Tomb of Horrors, White Plume Mountain, Steading of the Hill Giant Chief, Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl, Hall of the Fire Giant King, Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan, and several others. You know, many of the foundational adventures of the game?

As published, they don't really focus on the competitive aspect, though some of them include the details if the DM wants to use them that way. Playing through them in the typical way at home with friends isn't affected by this one way or the other.

It does have a "gimmick" with the whole crashed spaceship thing but it's a really good gimmick. That's why it keeps popping up in things like this and Pathfinder's Iron Gods AP among others.

Parmandur · Sep 17, 2018

Lord_Blacksteel said:
Yes, I mean like Tomb of Horrors, White Plume Mountain, Steading of the Hill Giant Chief, Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl, Hall of the Fire Giant King, Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan, and several others. You know, many of the foundational adventures of the game?

As published, they don't really focus on the competitive aspect, though some of them include the details if the DM wants to use them that way. Playing through them in the typical way at home with friends isn't affected by this one way or the other.

It does have a "gimmick" with the whole crashed spaceship thing but it's a really good gimmick. That's why it keeps popping up in things like this and Pathfinder's Iron Gods AP among others.

I haven't played it, but my impression is that EttBP is an excercise in NOT metagaming: the players will understand a lot of aspects of play, but it wouldn't be appropriate to use all of that knowledge.

D&D's Going To The Barrier Peaks

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