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

[Corsair]

How to describe Orc and Pie....This is an adventure that causes the players to have existential questions...How did the orc get here, why does he hav a pie, who made the pie, can I have some pie...etc.

So I feel that this is a good thing as it makes the players look at things in a very different light, sort of like Adventures in Dungeonland did. So I would have to say....

Other

But it doesn't give the DM anything to work with when determining the answers to those questions. You can't give all story and no substance, but this goes too far in the other direction. It is a very clear and solid mechanically, but it doesn't add any of the fluff. When a DM buys a module, he wants to buy an entire module, not just half of one. That is unfortunately what will always mar "The Orc and The Pie".

 

[Jdvn1]

Why can't the pie be the opponent and the orc the prize?

 

[Cavalorn]

It's not so much an adventure as a metaphor for the human condition. Ultimately we can all be found clinging to what is precious to us, alone, in a stark and simple environment.

 

[GeorgeFields]

- Perform an obscene ritual to corrupt the pie, thus leading to the downfall of the orc tribe, after which the party steals the receipe and bakes their own pie

Is this why orcs are evil now?




The only issue I had with this module was my character didn't eat pie. He was strictly a carnivore. I can't believe my DM (or the writer) didn't take this into account. How hard would it have been to replace the pie with a chicken leg?

I haven't spoken to the DM since then.

 

[Gentlegamer]

Blueberry blackberry.

Blackberry boysenberry.

Boysenberry huckleberry.

Huckleberry raspberry.

Raspberry strawberry.

Strawberry cranberry.

Peach.

For some reason, now I want a black and white cookie . . .

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I hope this is the last topic of this kind.

We've gone in to the realm of the silly here.

That powerful wind is the sound of this thread screaming over your head.

 

[Finkelite]

Blast from the past

and it's been illustrated:

http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=12553

(Although now that I look at it, it's looks mightily like that orc is about to launch that pie as a missile.)

 

[Templetroll]

Q: What is the value of pie?

A: Ask the orc.

Pie arn't square, pie are round. Cake are square.

 

[Raven Crowking]

I was upset when I read the adventure's suggested XP for the pie: "3.14159, plus as many more digits as you have time to calculate".

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

and it's been illustrated:

http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=12553

(Although now that I look at it, it's looks mightily like that orc is about to launch that pie as a missile.)

NPCs are allowed to use charged items!