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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lancelot" data-source="post: 4712041" data-attributes="member: 30022">Apocalypse Stone, the - Epic level module; most suitable for blowing up your campaign world. I adapted it successfully to 3e, and I imagine it would work okay in 4e as well. Surprising amount of role-playing opportunities. In many encounters, the party should optimally be looking to *avoid* combat. Some good moral-dilemma encounters as well, particularly if the DM chooses to customize the encounter to the party's specific make-up. I'd give it a 7/10 for the roleplaying and theme; would be higher, but the combat encounters tend to be pretty bland, there's little in the way of puzzle-/trap- solving, and it's a bit of a railroad at times.Bestiary of Dragons and Giants - Old school BECMI supplement, with a couple pages detailing a stock lair for each of the major dragon and giant types. Back in the day, it gave me a few adventure seeds... but I can't really rate it compared to modern fare. Few of the lairs showed anything unusual or imaginative, so I'd have to give it a 3/10.Creature Catalogue - A "fiend folio" for BECMI D&D. I loved this product and got immense use out of it, given I ran BECMI games for over 10 years (skipping most of 1e and 2e AD&D). Having said that, there was a 2e Monstrous Compendium for Mystaran creatures which covered many of the unique creatures from BECMI, and in better detail (ecology, color pictures, etc). If you've got a genuine interest in BECMI, the Creature Catalogue gets a hearty 10/10 from me. Otherwise, you might be more interested in the more modern 2e Mystara Monstrous Compendium.D&D Rules Cyclopedia - Every serious D&D fan should have already heard about this book. The only truly complete edition of D&D in one book, and its rules for dominion rulership and mass combat are *still* the gold standard. 10/10.Die Vecna Die - Epic level module. Much, much lethal combat. Spans three entire campaign settings - Greyhawk, Ravenloft and Planescape. Having said that, it does a disservice to all three. Greyhawk has none of the rich history, Ravenloft has none of the creeping horror, and Planescape has none of the atmosphere and philosophy. I've owned it for many years, but haven't DM'ed it yet. Despite the fact that I'm slightly repelled by it's "misuse" of the campaign settings, I think the players would probably find it a blast. This is an even more threatening module than the Apocalypse Stone, because the villain is clearly identified and the PCs will be neck-deep in trouble 95% of the time. Unplayed, I'd still give it a 6/10.</blockquote>

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