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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 8872427" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dungeon Issue 67: Mar/Apr 1998part 5/5Uzaglu of the Underdark: Connecting to his theme in the editorial, Chris shows us another way to combine familiar elements in an inventive way that no-one else has done before. An undead myconid? What interesting ways could the transition to unlife have altered it's spore powers? What nasty tactics could it's own fungally powered minions use when not bound by the scruples most living myconids stick to? A single encounter that could be placed anywhere in the underdark, but a lengthy and varied one, as you have to deal with waves of hopping zombies combined with various fungal creatures like shriekers, brown & yellow mold and violet fungus, all placed in tactically effective positions arounds the area by Uzaglu, who's no joke either when you finally get through his minions to fight him. Not sure if it'll take up a whole session, but it could easily be several hours of nonstop dice-rolling or sudden nasty death for the PC's if they roll badly on the saving throws vs the special attacks. Definitely aimed at the higher level and more tactically astute end of the player spectrum, this is one I definitely wouldn't mind using, although I can see some groups getting soundly TPK'd by it if they're not careful, so it's definitely not for every campaign. But for those of you who like 3e style monster design where familiar creatures are given new twists by applying templates and big setpiece battles it's pretty nifty.WotC cross-promote The Duelist, their magazine devoted to Magic: the Gathering. Get your discounted subscription now! I don't think I'll be doing a Let's Read of this one even if I could find copies of all the issues. A pretty interesting but also very much of it's time collection of adventures, determined to shoehorn plot and backstory into every one even when it doesn't really fit. There's a few signs of the changes in style 3e will bring in the final adventure, but otherwise they're all a lot more tonally similar than they should be. Another one to pick the best bits from for your own campaign rather than trying to mainline the whole thing.</blockquote>

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