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<blockquote data-quote="Robert F" data-source="post: 6932447" data-attributes="member: 6862987"><p><strong>5 out of 5 rating for Wrath of the River King</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">First off, this thing is <em>"Sparkly"!</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><em>Kobold Press's </em><strong><em>Wrath of the River King,</em></strong></span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"> is one good-looking module -(yeah-yeah, I'm old, I still call 'em modules). </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">On par with their (</span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><em>K.P.</em></span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">'s) recent release </span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><strong><em>Tome of Beasts;</em></strong> <em>Wrath</em></span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"> boasts 63, artistically bordered pages, full of gorgeous-gloss and full-color-class on high-grade paper-stock. The artwork-selection, layout and quality, is jaw-droppingly good, and the cartography is pristine.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">And then there is the writing...</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><em><strong>Baur </strong></em>and <em><strong>McFarland</strong></em> are seriously on-point here, their smooth, semi-minimalist, writing-styles, easily evoke those weird, haunting feelings of "faerie-tales and far-away's", while the necessary, mechanical-crunch is kept clear, concise and cadenced. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">With a touch of eerie, otherworldly menace; these writers weave together multiple, colorful</span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"> (and easily compartmentalized,) story-arcs and plot-twists full of weird, whimsical (and sometimes creepy) characters and locales, into a grand tapestry of fear, fun and frolic. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">A roller-coaster-adventure-path, that begins -simply enough- with concerns over a missing miller's wife. But plot's twist, tables turn, and stakes escalate before culminating in dire dealings with the eldritch, nobility and courtly intrigues of the otherworldly, </span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><em>Summer Lands. </em></span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">Dire dealings over which the fate of the town and populace of </span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><em>Riverbend </em>will</span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"> hang in the balance.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><u>Some (non-spoiler) Hi-lites for me :</u></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><strong>*</strong> Fast and furious rules for obstacles, rapids, gear-loss and other river-crossing dangers and (river survival) hazards. And there's even a </span><strong><em>"<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">Swim To Shore"</span></em></strong><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"> mini-game in here.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">* <em>The Birch Queens Fair;</em> you must see this <em>carnivale exotique</em> for yourself</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><strong>*</strong> The characters and creatures, powers and personalities are beyond memorable; Sidhe and Shadow Fey, Eel Hounds and Death-Butterfly Swarms, a of pair Nixies, named Ripple and Shimmer; yeah that's right, </span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">"<em>Ripple</em>" and "<em>Shimmer</em>". How about; "<em>Lady Clatterspin; Queen of the Crawling Fey</em>", or <em>Mudflick the Foul</em>, or the Brownie called <em>Wickerbell</em>... I mean c'mon, how much more do you need? -(And yes, there's even a dragon.)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><strong>* </strong>Written for the <em>Midgard Campaign Setting</em> by <em>Kobold Press</em>, <strong><em>Wrath of the River King</em></strong> holds to a clear and concise, open-format, and is ridiculously, easy to adapt to any magic-based, or high-fantasy, campaign or system. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">If you have any love, desire or need for fey-mischief in your campaign, any interest in the mercurial motivations, alien ambitions or dark designs of the "Bright-folk", then you owe it to yourself to check out <strong><em>Wrath of the River King</em></strong>, just be sure to watch the clock, time passes strangely in the <em>Summer Lands</em>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">...( and did I mention "Ripple" and "Shimmer"?)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robert F, post: 6932447, member: 6862987"] [b]5 out of 5 rating for Wrath of the River King[/b] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman]First off, this thing is [I]"Sparkly"![/I][/FONT] [FONT=times new roman][I]Kobold Press's [/I][B][I]Wrath of the River King,[/I][/B][/FONT][FONT=times new roman] is one good-looking module -(yeah-yeah, I'm old, I still call 'em modules). [/FONT] [FONT=times new roman]On par with their ([/FONT][FONT=times new roman][I]K.P.[/I][/FONT][FONT=times new roman]'s) recent release [/FONT][FONT=times new roman][B][I]Tome of Beasts;[/I][/B] [I]Wrath[/I][/FONT][FONT=times new roman] boasts 63, artistically bordered pages, full of gorgeous-gloss and full-color-class on high-grade paper-stock. The artwork-selection, layout and quality, is jaw-droppingly good, and the cartography is pristine. [/FONT] [FONT=times new roman]And then there is the writing...[/FONT] [FONT=times new roman][I][B]Baur [/B][/I]and [I][B]McFarland[/B][/I] are seriously on-point here, their smooth, semi-minimalist, writing-styles, easily evoke those weird, haunting feelings of "faerie-tales and far-away's", while the necessary, mechanical-crunch is kept clear, concise and cadenced. With a touch of eerie, otherworldly menace; these writers weave together multiple, colorful[/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman] (and easily compartmentalized,) story-arcs and plot-twists full of weird, whimsical (and sometimes creepy) characters and locales, into a grand tapestry of fear, fun and frolic. [/FONT] [FONT=times new roman]A roller-coaster-adventure-path, that begins -simply enough- with concerns over a missing miller's wife. But plot's twist, tables turn, and stakes escalate before culminating in dire dealings with the eldritch, nobility and courtly intrigues of the otherworldly, [/FONT][FONT=times new roman][I]Summer Lands. [/I][/FONT][FONT=times new roman]Dire dealings over which the fate of the town and populace of [/FONT][FONT=times new roman][I]Riverbend [/I]will[/FONT][FONT=times new roman] hang in the balance.[/FONT] [FONT=times new roman][U]Some (non-spoiler) Hi-lites for me :[/U][/FONT] [FONT=times new roman][B]*[/B] Fast and furious rules for obstacles, rapids, gear-loss and other river-crossing dangers and (river survival) hazards. And there's even a [/FONT][B][I]"[FONT=times new roman]Swim To Shore"[/FONT][/I][/B][FONT=times new roman] mini-game in here. * [I]The Birch Queens Fair;[/I] you must see this [I]carnivale exotique[/I] for yourself [/FONT] [FONT=times new roman][B]*[/B] The characters and creatures, powers and personalities are beyond memorable; Sidhe and Shadow Fey, Eel Hounds and Death-Butterfly Swarms, a of pair Nixies, named Ripple and Shimmer; yeah that's right, [/FONT][FONT=times new roman]"[I]Ripple[/I]" and "[I]Shimmer[/I]". How about; "[I]Lady Clatterspin; Queen of the Crawling Fey[/I]", or [I]Mudflick the Foul[/I], or the Brownie called [I]Wickerbell[/I]... I mean c'mon, how much more do you need? -(And yes, there's even a dragon.) [B]* [/B]Written for the [I]Midgard Campaign Setting[/I] by [I]Kobold Press[/I], [B][I]Wrath of the River King[/I][/B] holds to a clear and concise, open-format, and is ridiculously, easy to adapt to any magic-based, or high-fantasy, campaign or system. If you have any love, desire or need for fey-mischief in your campaign, any interest in the mercurial motivations, alien ambitions or dark designs of the "Bright-folk", then you owe it to yourself to check out [B][I]Wrath of the River King[/I][/B], just be sure to watch the clock, time passes strangely in the [I]Summer Lands[/I]. ...( and did I mention "Ripple" and "Shimmer"?) [/FONT] [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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