D&D 5E Legendary Games gets into the OGL-ized 5E too

[JoeCrow]

Yeah, the prose can get a bit purple, but since Murmuring Fountain's apparently designed to be a semi-Lovecraftean horror adventure I can let that slide. Both of the adventures are written as creepy horror adventures instead of goblin-stabbing dungeoncrawls, and I think they do a good job at that. Tragic backstories, foes that you end up feeling bad for mixed with horrifying monstrosities from beyond the grave and/or stars; they've both got a nice autumnal/Halloween creepiness to them.

I have to say I'm more impressed with the rules adherence in these adventures than with the Goodman Games adventures (Fey Sisters' Fate and Glitterdoom). I dunno if that's because these were written later than the Goodman Games ones, and therefore had access to a completer set of rules or something. But overall, the monsters here are closer to the standards of the ones from the Basic Rules and the Hoard of the Dragon Queen critter pack. There's still a few minor glitches, condition immunity changes and that kind of fiddly detail, but this is excellent work.

I'd give these two a good low A grade. Well worth the money.

 

[MerricB]

Yeah, the prose can get a bit purple, but since Murmuring Fountain's apparently designed to be a semi-Lovecraftean horror adventure I can let that slide.

Strangely, I object more to the poor grammar. It manages to mix up tenses and cases. Did the locals flee into the swamps? Why is it both present and past at the same time?

Here it is with the correct grammar:
"Having fled into the swampy woodlands wild, he is now known by the locals as Antrellus the Mad, a ragged figure who creeps around the outskirts of town, gibbering and ranting about the robed priests and the many-legged beast, which he saw feed that night, to any disbelieving townsfolk or traveler patient enough to listen to his demented ravings."

Cheers!

 

[dd.stevenson]

The writing/editing in one of the adventures (The Murmuring Fountain) has some really bad patches.

"Fleeing into the swampy woodlands wild, the locals now know him as Antrellus the Mad, a phantom figure creeping around the outskirts of town, gibbering and ranting about the robed priests and the many-legged beast which he saw feed that night to any disbelieving townsfolk or traveler patient enough to listen to his demented ravings."

Yeesh. That's pretty poor.

 

[Gilwen]

wow all of a sudden I feel pretty good about my writing ability!

 

[trystero]

Have these two adventures been pulled? The links to the D&D 5e versions on Legendary Games' own site are dead, and they don't show up in the DriveThruRPG or Paizo stores anymore (though it's clear from Google that they were present on those sites at some point).

 

[Thaumaturge]

Have these two adventures been pulled? The links to the D&D 5e versions on Legendary Games' own site are dead, and they don't show up in the DriveThruRPG or Paizo stores anymore (though it's clear from Google that they were present on those sites at some point).

I had the same issue and thought the same thing. In the search box on their "oops" page, if you type the title of the adventures, you find them.

Or use these links:

Murmuring Fountain: http://www.makeyourgamelegendary.com/products-page/all-products/the-murmuring-fountain/

Fiddler's Lament: http://www.makeyourgamelegendary.com/products-page/all-products/the-fiddlers-lament/

Thaumaturge.

 

[trystero]

I had the same issue and thought the same thing. In the search box on their "oops" page, if you type the title of the adventures, you find them.

Or use these links:
[snippage]

Thanks for the reply. But aren't those the Pathfinder versions? The pages don't really say, but the cover images have the PF logo on the banner at the bottom.

 

[Thaumaturge]

Thanks for the reply. But aren't those the Pathfinder versions? The pages don't really say, but the cover images have the PF logo on the banner at the bottom.

Huh. Good catch. Yeah, I don't know.

Thaumaturge.

 

[MerricB]

Yes, both seem to have been removed from sale.

Cheers!

 

[mach1.9pants]

http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rdhw?The-Fiddlers-Lament-PDF#5

The Paizo discussion thread is still up as it is not tied direct to the product.