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<blockquote data-quote="Style" data-source="post: 1649687" data-attributes="member: 21072">I've run this one under 1e a ridiculous amount of times in the trilogy version.&nbsp; I just downloaded the all-in-one so will have to give that a shot sometime.&nbsp; I find the release of the Efreet a little heavy-handed, but I guess it works.&nbsp; (Last time I ran this a PC of a player who had fallen asleep - he does this at every game - was frogmarched into the role of &quot; Mr. I'm So Dumb I Wonder What's In here?&quot;&nbsp; Wakey-wakey.)&nbsp;&nbsp; Amun-Re always gets the same reaction (&quot;You want us to do what?&nbsp; Loot it??&nbsp; And you won't, like, curse us and stuff???&quot;) followed by mad scramblings to reach the pyramid.&nbsp; Prit, the Gnome With A Spoon, makes for great comic relief, sinister paranoia, laughable cannon-fodder or whatever each time around and the maze always seems to drive at least half the group to the point of wanting to stop playing and go home.White Palm is fun if the players get into the factions, otherwise it's a rather odd series of dungeons.&nbsp; It holds the record for the fastest PC death in my games, though.&nbsp; I think it's the Crypt of Badr-al-Mosak that has the shaft leading into the enormous cavern, with the scything blade trap halfway down the shaft.&nbsp; Poor Pjotr Dubovsky.&nbsp; 15 minutes in the game and one failed Find Traps roll later...&nbsp; The scything blade cut his rope and he fell some 200+ feet into the cavern below.&nbsp; Splatter.Lost Tomb of Martek is my favourite for the series.&nbsp; I just love the alternate planes, subdimensions and epic coolness of the Star Gems prophecy.&nbsp; The first time that I ran the Black Abyss I finished the session on a cliffhanger with the PCs having just fallen into the Abyss - that became a regular feature if I could manage it.&nbsp; &nbsp; Once resurrected, Martek became a campaign fixture for many years (his daughter featured as a PC in my &quot;Next Generation&quot; campaigns) before departing for planes unknown.&nbsp; His tomb/palace was eventually taken over by the former high priestess of the death god in the body of a rogue athasian dragon.&nbsp; As you do.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Style, post: 1649687, member: 21072"] I've run this one under 1e a ridiculous amount of times in the trilogy version. I just downloaded the all-in-one so will have to give that a shot sometime. I find the release of the Efreet a little heavy-handed, but I guess it works. (Last time I ran this a PC of a player who had fallen asleep - he does this at every game - was frogmarched into the role of " Mr. I'm So Dumb I Wonder What's In here?" Wakey-wakey.) Amun-Re always gets the same reaction ("You want us to do what? Loot it?? And you won't, like, curse us and stuff???") followed by mad scramblings to reach the pyramid. Prit, the Gnome With A Spoon, makes for great comic relief, sinister paranoia, laughable cannon-fodder or whatever each time around and the maze always seems to drive at least half the group to the point of wanting to stop playing and go home. White Palm is fun if the players get into the factions, otherwise it's a rather odd series of dungeons. It holds the record for the fastest PC death in my games, though. I think it's the Crypt of Badr-al-Mosak that has the shaft leading into the enormous cavern, with the scything blade trap halfway down the shaft. Poor Pjotr Dubovsky. 15 minutes in the game and one failed Find Traps roll later... The scything blade cut his rope and he fell some 200+ feet into the cavern below. Splatter. Lost Tomb of Martek is my favourite for the series. I just love the alternate planes, subdimensions and epic coolness of the Star Gems prophecy. The first time that I ran the Black Abyss I finished the session on a cliffhanger with the PCs having just fallen into the Abyss - that became a regular feature if I could manage it. Once resurrected, Martek became a campaign fixture for many years (his daughter featured as a PC in my "Next Generation" campaigns) before departing for planes unknown. His tomb/palace was eventually taken over by the former high priestess of the death god in the body of a rogue athasian dragon. As you do. [/QUOTE]

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