HS1 - The Slaying Stone - my poor reviewing skills review

[Festivus]

See your hidden (big time) spoiler block for short descriptions of their gimmicks:

[sblock]I'm really curious about what the following monsters do/how they're different from others:

Orc Wolf Shaman - Artillery with some neat encounter and bloodied powers. Encounter power he can summon a spirit wolf that then charges through several creatures and makes an attack on each.
Ravenous Wolves - Skirmishers that bite you and then drag you away
Bloodmonger Wolves - Soldier dogs that bite you and mark you... you will want to attack then when they mark you... trust me
Goblin Beast Marshall - Leader that allows it's allies to shift when you move even remotely close to them
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[Festivus]

Pics of maps (and our really loud tablecloth) are at my meetup site. I have no idea how to upload images here:

Photos - The Pasadena Dungeons & Dragons Meetup (Pasadena, CA) - Meetup.com
Photos - The Pasadena Dungeons & Dragons Meetup (Pasadena, CA) - Meetup.com

 

[Dice4Hire]

Pics of maps (and our really loud tablecloth) are at my meetup site. I have no idea how to upload images here:

Photos - The Pasadena Dungeons & Dragons Meetup (Pasadena, CA) - Meetup.com
Photos - The Pasadena Dungeons & Dragons Meetup (Pasadena, CA) - Meetup.com

Wow, I's love to have some parts of those maps in my dungeon tiles collection.

 

[Jools]

Two out of three of those maps are absolutely lovely (the small bridge map and the large map). This is looking like an essential purchase. Thanks for the pics!

 

[firesnakearies]

Awesome. Nice maps. Thanks for the pictures!

 

[Jhaelen]

Thanks for the review!

Awesome. Nice maps. Thanks for the pictures!

+1!
The poster map really turns this one into a must-buy for me.

The adventure sounds more interesting than I would have thought, too. I'd probably have to replace all of the encounters with something a bit less 'standard' if I was going to run it.

 

[Holy Bovine]

I hope this is a sign of things to come - cool location, non-linear plot and great looking maps! Can't wait to pick this up today.

 

[the Jester]

I gather that this module is one booklet instead of two?

That can't help but be an improvement, imho. I just hope all the info for a given encounter is near that encounter.

 

[Festivus]

I gather that this module is one booklet instead of two?

That can't help but be an improvement, imho. I just hope all the info for a given encounter is near that encounter.

It's a cardstock cover which is stapled to 32 pages in a single booklet with a fold out map in the middle that isn't attached to anything. Very much reminds me of the old 1E adventures with two exceptions

1: The cover is stapled to the adventure
2: It's full color inside

 

[Rechan]

Setting aside the context of the adventure.

Are there any exceptional encounters? Ones that stand out as worth mining from the adventure - like the Well of Demons from Thunderspire?

In other words, is there anything in there that's valuable to those who don't run the module, but are looking for useful things?