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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 8337601" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dungeon Issue 30: Jul/Aug 1991part 4/5Ghazal: After two strongly Realms-flavored adventures. they quite pleasingly decide to do one that leans heavily on the things that makes Greyhawk distinct. Off to the Bright Desert to deal with slavers, one of the foundational elements of the setting. An unambiguous evil that you can kick the ass of without guilt, with the added benefit that they may well want to take you alive, so even if you lose you get to play out another scenario in your attempts to escape and get your stuff back. The ambassador from a small Amazon country has been kidnapped, and you need to get her back before it <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMlP_Moo0bE" target="_blank">really spoils</a> their peace negotiations. Head over harsh terrain, climb steep cliffs to the top of a plateau, storm (or sneak into) the fortress and delve a dungeon that is actually a literal dungeon for a change. It's all very old school, with a few relatively subtle puns and pop culture references, some goofy monsters in small rooms with no clue how they got there, interesting new magical items the bad guys will use intelligently and plenty of freedom in how you approach your mission. It fits perfectly with the established Greyhawk aesthetic, and makes for a good palate cleanser after the linear obnoxiousness of the last adventure. Nothing enormously original here, but that also means I'd have no objection to using it. A Wrastle With Bertrum: Willie Walsh once again produces something nonstandard and fairly lighthearted that still makes for a good story. An inn with a (fairly) well behaved troll for a bouncer. Anyone trying to start a fight there will rapidly get thrown out with great velocity. However, his presence attracts a certain degree of notoriety, so the innkeeper offers a massive (for nonadventurers) prize to anyone who can beat him in a fair wrestling match. (for a certain value of fair, because he has regeneration and you probably don't, so even if you're strong and skilled enough to win one round, the odds are strongly against you in an extended slugfest) If one of the PC's takes them up on the offer and looks like they actually have a chance of winning, certain other people take advantage of the distracted clientele, and then things get chaotic in ways I won't spoil. A relatively small and nonlethal diversion for your players between dungeon delves, that's elevated by both the level of little details in the NPC's and the production values. The centre pages of the magazine include a full color cardboard map of the inn's interior and counters representing all the NPC's, making the whole thing a much more physical, visual experience than normal. It's the kind of flavour filled bit of worldbuilding that's designed for putting down somewhere in your world that they're likely to make repeat visits too. As long as you take care of the props between uses, it should liven up your game quite nicely. Another interesting example of their current drive to improve production values and provide more things in here that'd be tricky for you to create yourself.</blockquote>

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