Fane of the Drow: Buying?

MerricB

Eternal Optimist

Supporter

• Sep 28, 2005

• #1

Well, I have it - for Skirmish play of D&D Miniatures and for the RPG adventure. Both look useful. I don't think it'd be that useful if you didn't use minis/tokens at all, though.

Do you intend to get it? Do you have it? What did you buy it for? What do you think? Will you get the next product - Hellspike Prison - as well?

Incidentally, the Bloodhulk Fighter makes an appearance in this book - it looks like it's a template that will appear in another supplement. Does this mean the Wrackspawn will appear in Hellspike Prison? Quite possibly.

Cheers!

 

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IronWolf

blank

• Sep 28, 2005

• #2

I would like to pick this one up sometime. I will probably end up tagging it on to some other order I happen to be making at Amazon or some such place. It sounds like an interesting product to me, so it will probably merit checking it out. Depending on what I think of this one will help determine whether I pick up Hellspike Prison.

 

Drowbane

First Post

• Sep 28, 2005

• #3

I've looked at this at my FLGS... I'm undecided. What would I use it for? I tend to draw my own maps before a game... and I'm currently lacking other D&D Mini players... my current group just doesn't play it. Bleh

 

BlueBlackRed

Explorer

• Sep 28, 2005

• #4

Unless it's a module that eradicates every single drow throughout the omniverse, I'm not interested.

Drow are used too often and need to disappear.

But they won't because the books they're in sell.

 

KenM

Banned

Banned

• Sep 28, 2005

• #5

I just picked it up. I play the DDM mini game, so I manly picked it up for the maps for that.

 

Whizbang Dustyboots

Gnometown Hero

• Sep 28, 2005

• #6

No miniatures? Pass. The price point is too high for me as is. I'll stick with Paizo's versions.

 

diaglo

Adventurer

• Sep 28, 2005

• #7

i'm gonna buy it. but i'm gonna wait until i get a huge discount or coupon.

 

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ShinHakkaider

Adventurer

• Sep 28, 2005

• #8

Whizbang Dustyboots said:

No miniatures? Pass. The price point is too high for me as is. I'll stick with Paizo's versions.

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EXACTLY.

This and Paizo product were side by side in the LGS. Theyre roughly the same price. This one had maps. The Paizo product had minis AND map tiles. There was NO CONTEST.

I'd probably be more into the prepainted minis if they werent in a collectable format. I mean call me a traditionalist but as far as minis go I like to see what I'm getting before I plunk down my hard earned cash and shouldnt have to buy a frickin' case to get a well rounded selection.

 

drowdude

First Post

• Sep 28, 2005

• #9

I picked it up a couple of days ago. The maps are very nice for DDM skirmishes, but the adventure stuff is a little bit "eh".
If you play DDM its worth picking up just for the maps though. This definitely has me looking forward to future releases like Hellspike Prison.

 

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Sfounder

First Post

• Sep 28, 2005

• #10

My players loved it.

I'm running this as an adventure now, and my players are loving it. I bought it because I needed something easy to prep for an impending session.

My players were raving about it, and it really was easy for me to add. I simply covered the parts of the map they couldn't see with note paper and unveiled it as appropriate. The tactics and starting points listed made my life easy, and they LOVED the increase in toughness of goblins just by way of the detailed maps with detailed instructions. They also studied the maps carefully, asking me "is that bed really there?"

I wasn't expecting much except for a quick way to run a session, but they raved about it so much that I'll be quick to buy any others in the series (so long as they keep this up)