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I love OotS, I really do -- but the funniest gaming-related thing I've ever seen was this Zogonia, presented in Dragon 306, along with the next in the series. I cried. http://www.zogonia.com/zogoniaarchive/zogonia022.html

That sounds like an interesting bit of roleplaying! I've seen adventures that balance short-cuts open to evil/greedy PC's and rewards for valorous actions of good PC's for single encounters - e.g. the opportunity to steal an item (and benefit from its use) while its owner is unaware, versus...

Hmmm, maybe this should be moved to a "Retainer's rights" thread...? "Although I receive a fee, I will not be tasked with jumping into the fiend's maw to check his tonsils"? (To go hopelessly off-topic, I love the way "Lost" knowingly brought back the red shirt concept.)

Gary, thanks as always for a thorough and quick reply. As mentioned previously, I wasn't confronted by this obstacle when I ran the adventure back in the day, which is fortunate, as I considered the word of a published module to be sacrosanct back then (I was young). Were I to run it now, I...

Purple worms, writhing violet, veins of mauve, curses against the light, double inverted pyramids... purple robes, unrusted iron, a horn, flame with no heat... cold, urge to understand, bitter cold, purple and black, barely perceptible movement... needle-rock... a black, many-rayed sun... Yes...

Thanks Gary, that does cover it quite well! I'm thinking of taking a stroll through WG4/Forgotten Temple next, as S4 was such a rewarding read. IIRC, my players never entered the lower temple or dungeons, instead returning to the Caverns. If we ever meet, I'll be sure to have my well-used...

Gary, You've been so gracious about answering my many questions regarding events and products of 20 - 30 years ago that I can't help asking another. I read S4/Tsojcanth yesterday cover-to-cover for old time's sake and was amazed at the high quality throughout. I DM'ed it twice in my youth...

Anson Caralya "The Quicksilver Hourglass," Dungeon #123 And hopefully more to come... When's EGG going to post to this thread?

Argh!!! Is my memory correct that it was geared towards very high level, similar to "Isle of the Ape"? Did any of your shadowy thoughts from that project make it into "City of Hawks" ('87)?

Gary, thanks for the clarifications (and the astonishing response time!). Hmmm, somehow I never realized that there was a PC "Erac"; I thought "Erac's Cousin" was the only character with that name. My mistake :eek:. Yet another casualty of that time... I'll honor your closing remark and...

Hello Gary! Sorry if these issues have been addressed elsewhere, as always: I ask this out of genuine interest in the original GH campaign, not nit-picking: a paladin saw fit to consort with Erac's Cousin? Soul-selling Erac's Cousin? Or was this prior to his change of heart? (Despite the...

I would guess a complete lack of magic gear would be a -2 hit to CR. For a humanoid, I might say -3, but an undead already has a lot of special abilities and qualities that they don't need to get from items. So, if this is meant to be a very challenging encounter for 12th level characters, I'd...

What Thanee said. And Improved Cohort from Hereos of Battle. Here's how I'd do it (I haven't done a detailed prereq check on these, so I may have missed something): Human Brd8/Drd1/Rog2/Fochlucan Lyrist9 Cohort: Halfling Rog4/Wiz5/Arcane Trickster10 Human Clr10/Radiant Servant of Pelor10...

Upper-Krust, I know Dungeon's stated policy is to do epic about once a year, but I'm just a freelancer (somewhere James Jacobs is doing Mr. Incredible's "You are not affiliated with me!" line), so have nothing more to provide than what I've read on their boards. However, I know they read these...

That happens to all of us. To be honest, I'm not that happy with her epic spell selection (I think contingent resurrection could be much cooler in a different situation), but there just isn't that much to choose from when the NPC's spellcraft is 45 (versus Voursuol's 69), and introducing one...

Ellie, many thanks for the recap. :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D I think challenge ratings for epic monsters tend to be low (maybe even very low), so the simple classed NPCs probably come off as weak in comparison. Voursuol and Beshejaer have nearly the same CR, but I know which one I'd rather...

Ellie, very glad to hear that you enjoyed the Quicksilver Hourglass! Not to hijack this thread, but, as the author, I'm naturally curious to hear a bit more about how it played for you. #123

It's not tactics, but i enjoyed this part: "I shall commit no act of violence, so that I may better support my boon companions in their acts of violence!"

Complete Warrior has a few pages on playing a warrior-only campaign. Unfortunately, their advice includes multiclassing into spellcasting classes, which isn't really a solution so much as changing the game back towards a "normal" one. The loss of arcane casting hurts, but I can see a rogue...

How about shriekers as a first entrant in the "plants as monsters" category? Very simlpe monster, but with some good D&D/fantasy flavor.