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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 8655503" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dungeon Magazine Issue 52: Mar/Apr 1995part 2/5Spirits of the Tempest: Another adventure that's specifically based on a specific story and is particularly blatant about it. Those do seem to be getting more common. This time it's Shakespeare's The Tempest that gets converted to D&D stats, making Prospero considerably more ruthless than the original play and trapping the PC's on the island with him. He'll use mind control spells and his various summoned minions to mess with the PC's, separate Ferdinand & Antonio from them, and get his revenge and/or freedom. You'll need to get through several weird setpieces to reach him, inspired by, but not sticking strictly to the details of the play. Then to get out, you'll need to abandon all your memorised spells and magical items at the end, which most players will balk at, or figure out the extremely tricky to perform loophole to that clause. This isn't a complete railroad, with most of the scenes having several outcomes, but it is very plot driven and you'll have to be very powerful or clever to not be sucked back to the main path in the end, as it's definitely not balanced to be a fair challenge for the expected character level. So this is for groups who want to get into the theatrical roleplaying, not ones that are attached to their characters stats and equipment, making it very 2e indeed. Definitely not for every group.Side Treks - Pakkililir:Confidence is a preference for the habitual invader of unfamiliar planetsBreaking connection to the hive-mind should be avoided when taking a trek through potentially hostile terrain Pakkililir's got too much free will, he gets intimidated by the other Grell, they love tearing apart traitorsSo he decides to do a little less marching, stick around here where there's no overlordAll the space Grell, so many space GrellAnd they all fly round and round, leaving behind their friend, PakkililirI get up when I want, except on wednesdays when I get rudely awakened by the merchant caravanI set some traps, eat some leftovers and think about leaving the cave. I eat the pigeons, I sometimes eat the humans too, it gives me a sense of enormous well-being.Then i hide the bones, happy that this'll make sure no hunters are devoted to catching me.All the space Grell, so many space GrellAnd they all fly round and round, leaving behind their friend, PakkililirIt's got nothing to do with your illithid empire, you know.And it's not about your giant space hamster wheels, which just go round and round and round.</blockquote>

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