Is The Orc and The Pie a well-designed adventure module?

Klaus · Jul 28, 2006

Q: What is the value of pie?

A: Ask the orc.

Ralif Redhammer · Jul 28, 2006

That rules. Victory and pie, what more could one ask for?

Henry said:
At the end of the adventure, he pulled out an honest-to-god apple pie from his gaming bag for everyone at the table to share, as the endgame treasure.

Brother MacLaren · Jul 28, 2006

The CR is all wrong. I think the orc needs a Mearls re-write.

Mark Hope · Jul 28, 2006

Sorry, but I vote "no" on this one. The "adventure" (if you can call it that) is littered with nonsensical WTF? moments from start to finish. How did the orc and/or pie get into the room? There aren't even any doors!! Or maybe it's not a room - maybe it's a field or a tent or a gazebo. Who can tell? The adventure needs to make vital details like this clear or risk loss of all versamiltiude. Sure, a creative DM could concoct an involved explanation to cover these glaring omissions, but that's pretty poor design imho. A decent adventure would at least take the time to explain how the orc got the pie, how it keeps it fresh, what the contents of the pie are, whether the bakery knows one of its pies is missing and what it's doing about it. Sheeesh. What next? Tunnelling gnomes with spoons??!!!

Wyrm Pilot · Jul 28, 2006

Sure it requires a bit of DM improv on some of the finer details, but I see it as being a good Part 1 In a Series kind of adventure. It's a springboard to "Orc and Danish," "Orc and One Dozen Donuts," and "The Great Orc Bakery."

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Wyrm Pilot
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Nomad4life · Jul 28, 2006

I once thought about writing a techno-thriller called “Orc & Pi” but then passed my sanity check and didn’t.

Mark CMG · Jul 28, 2006

EricNoah said:
This is worse than a railroad -- it's a railway station with no tracks going off in any direction!

Railway Station? More like the restroom at a bus depot! Who would go after such a pie?

Raven Crowking · Jul 28, 2006

Mark Hope said:
Sorry, but I vote "no" on this one. The "adventure" (if you can call it that) is littered with nonsensical WTF? moments from start to finish. How did the orc and/or pie get into the room? There aren't even any doors!! Or maybe it's not a room - maybe it's a field or a tent or a gazebo. Who can tell? The adventure needs to make vital details like this clear or risk loss of all versamiltiude. Sure, a creative DM could concoct an involved explanation to cover these glaring omissions, but that's pretty poor design imho. A decent adventure would at least take the time to explain how the orc got the pie, how it keeps it fresh, what the contents of the pie are, whether the bakery knows one of its pies is missing and what it's doing about it. Sheeesh. What next? Tunnelling gnomes with spoons??!!!

Are you sure you DMed this? And are recollecting the adventure correctly? I'm converting it to 3e right now, and I just don't agree with several of your assessments.

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