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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chupacabra" data-source="post: 1645966" data-attributes="member: 17708">I only played and ran them back when they were 2 books.  As a player, I enjoyed the (what I deemed to be) copious amounts of loot to be had, especially in the Shrine.  As a DM, I enjoyed running the D2 (the Shrine) more than D1, particularly because if the players were not careful, they could trip off the entire settlement and have scores upon scores of angry kuo-toa coming after them.  One time I ran a party thru D2 that was much higher than the "recommended level".  And this was back in our uber-Monty Haul days, so all the PC's were tricked out with badass gear and had copious wands, staves, rods, etc. to lay the magic smack down with.  This particular party cared little for such things like stealth or tactics.  It was pretty much walk in and lay waste.  Well, it got to the point that the guys guarding the Priest-Prince rang the alarm gong to the "All Citizens of the Shrine Come Out to Fight" level, and thats what happened.  The PC's backed up from the throne area to make their stand on the idol pyramid in the middle of the shrine.  From there they launched a 360 degree fusilade of missles and spells on the incoming hordes of guards, monitors and mook citizens.  Like I said, this was back in our super-unsophisticated gaming days.  At the end of it all, they wiped out just about everything that came at them.  There would have been bodies stacked 3 deep all around the pyramid, had we cared about things like that.Back in the day: there was nothing better than throwing an entire town at your players.  And as a PC there was nothing better than laying waste to said town.  Ah, good times.</blockquote>

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