TSR Example from the worst TSR adventure module(s) ever published
Writing Prose Like the Pros
Left passageway:
The Orc (HP 18, Studded leather, broadsword, Shield AC7, ring of spell storing) stole this priceless artifact from a Temple up the road yesterday. He is planning on selling it on the black market and buy arms for his tribe, and is hiding here to rest overnight.
If attacked, he will use the ring of spell storing to launch a Level 21 Delayed Blast Fireball, and follow that up with his axe...
Left passageway:
The Orc (HP 18, Studded leather, broadsword, Shield AC7, ring of spell storing) stole this priceless artifact from a Temple up the road yesterday. He is planning on selling it on the black market and buy arms for his tribe, and is hiding here to rest overnight.
If attacked, he will use the ring of spell storing to launch a Level 21 Delayed Blast Fireball, and follow that up with his axe...
Hehe, great thread, I'll give it a go:
Encounter #20 : The Apple Festival
The characters come upon an Apple Festival. There are no guards standing or sitting on duty, nor are they singing and carousing. The characters should not sing either, if they do sing or dance loudly, one of the guards at the nearby cherry pie stand will come over and tell them to be quiet.
A small child will pick the pocket of the character with the highest charisma. Fat child: AC 2, HD 5, hp 1 each, Move 6/8 (skipping), # of attacks 1, damage 1-4 (apple), In Liar 100%. Roll on the chart:
1 : The little gnome pulls the largest apple out of the PC's pocket, and vanishes.
2 - 3 : A guard catches the child and throws a blueberry pie in it's face. (The pie hits on a 4 and does 1d10 fire damage)
3 - 4 : The child is really a nymph looking for apples. If the PC's don't have one, she will give them 100g if they can find one for her.
5 -6 : The fat thief only has one arm and begs the most attractive PC to help him bob for apples at a nearby stand.
Regardless of whether or not the PC's rescue the nymph from the large gnome, the guards will tell them to place their weapons in the barrel of apple sauce. The guards will not sing as the PC's do this.
Encounter #20 : The Apple Festival
The characters come upon an Apple Festival. There are no guards standing or sitting on duty, nor are they singing and carousing. The characters should not sing either, if they do sing or dance loudly, one of the guards at the nearby cherry pie stand will come over and tell them to be quiet.
A small child will pick the pocket of the character with the highest charisma. Fat child: AC 2, HD 5, hp 1 each, Move 6/8 (skipping), # of attacks 1, damage 1-4 (apple), In Liar 100%. Roll on the chart:
1 : The little gnome pulls the largest apple out of the PC's pocket, and vanishes.
2 - 3 : A guard catches the child and throws a blueberry pie in it's face. (The pie hits on a 4 and does 1d10 fire damage)
3 - 4 : The child is really a nymph looking for apples. If the PC's don't have one, she will give them 100g if they can find one for her.
5 -6 : The fat thief only has one arm and begs the most attractive PC to help him bob for apples at a nearby stand.
Regardless of whether or not the PC's rescue the nymph from the large gnome, the guards will tell them to place their weapons in the barrel of apple sauce. The guards will not sing as the PC's do this.
LordVyreth
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I don't suppose we could get an official ruling on exactly how much of the module can be posted here? So far, we've only had 4 encounters in the 30+ page module, and I wouldn't mind seeing more. I know Quas didn't want to risk posting more, but if we got the mod's okay on exactly how much was allowed it should be okay.
Ridley's Cohort
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Aiyee!
Obviously someone was thinking my Mythos score was too low, so I needed to have this thread called to my attention.
Obviously someone was thinking my Mythos score was too low, so I needed to have this thread called to my attention.
awayfarer
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Encounter #42.7^2: The Diseased Yak
The characters are traveling on April the twenty-second of September. Twenty feet down the road they see an old farm with a farmer. 10 feet just apst where they were they did not talk to the nymph. Roll 1d6 for waht happened to the nymph
1-2: DM forgets nymph stats and looks them up in monster manual, becomes infatuated with picture and orders players home. If roll is a 1, he is discreet about it. If roll is a 2, he mumbles some off hand comment about a purple worm and scurries away.
3-6: Nymph has cast invisibility on self and goes unnoticed. On a 6, the nymph is surprised because she doesn't know that spell. Players will see no one gasp in surprise because they're not there. Their character won't see it either though.
Upon reaching the farm, the players notice that the farmer has been shot repeatedly in the face. Seven crossbow bolts, one labeled "monday" and the rest labeled "TUesday" jut from the dead farmers face. It is now Thursday. PC's can kick the farmer in the bojangles, he won't mind ebcause he is dead.
Roll a 1d6 and follow this chart
1: Yak tracks are noticed by someone, not necessarily the characters. It could be the farmer. If he notices them he says nothing because he is dead.
2-3: Players hear a yak cocking a crossbow. Dm leaves room after being wierded out by players who hear such things.
1-6: Characters notice yak tracks that are quickly recognized as not being yak tracks at all, but are from a stoat with strange footwear.
4-6: Stoat is actually yak in disguise. Roll 1d6 and ignore the result.
After the battle with the insane yak, players infer that the yak hated the farmer and planned on shooting him every day that week but decided to do it all on tuesday to save time later in the week. Nymph gives players 100 gp to leave.
The characters are traveling on April the twenty-second of September. Twenty feet down the road they see an old farm with a farmer. 10 feet just apst where they were they did not talk to the nymph. Roll 1d6 for waht happened to the nymph
1-2: DM forgets nymph stats and looks them up in monster manual, becomes infatuated with picture and orders players home. If roll is a 1, he is discreet about it. If roll is a 2, he mumbles some off hand comment about a purple worm and scurries away.
3-6: Nymph has cast invisibility on self and goes unnoticed. On a 6, the nymph is surprised because she doesn't know that spell. Players will see no one gasp in surprise because they're not there. Their character won't see it either though.
Upon reaching the farm, the players notice that the farmer has been shot repeatedly in the face. Seven crossbow bolts, one labeled "monday" and the rest labeled "TUesday" jut from the dead farmers face. It is now Thursday. PC's can kick the farmer in the bojangles, he won't mind ebcause he is dead.
Roll a 1d6 and follow this chart
1: Yak tracks are noticed by someone, not necessarily the characters. It could be the farmer. If he notices them he says nothing because he is dead.
2-3: Players hear a yak cocking a crossbow. Dm leaves room after being wierded out by players who hear such things.
1-6: Characters notice yak tracks that are quickly recognized as not being yak tracks at all, but are from a stoat with strange footwear.
4-6: Stoat is actually yak in disguise. Roll 1d6 and ignore the result.
After the battle with the insane yak, players infer that the yak hated the farmer and planned on shooting him every day that week but decided to do it all on tuesday to save time later in the week. Nymph gives players 100 gp to leave.
PallidPatience
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MADNESS! MADNESS!
Seriously, though. That's frickin' hilarious.
Seriously, though. That's frickin' hilarious.
Prince of Happiness
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I think "Child's Play" is THE worst. I bought it because it said "Greyhawk" on it. Boy, was I pissed!
