Dark Mistress
First Post
This product is 37 pages long. It starts with a cover and credits, there is no ToC. I did like the dedication to his daughter. Though I am wondering if the adventure was written with her in mind or just more of a generic dedication.(2 pages)
Next is a overview of the adventure. 4-6 PC's 7-10th level. The main focus of the adventure is the PC's are trying to track down and recover a airship aka flying ship. (1 page)
First Encounter area (4 pages)
I won't mention the name of the chapter as it gives away what the encounter is with. It take place in the first part of a cave system.
The Shaper of Flesh (7 pages)
The second section of the cave system.
The Cave of Three Pillars (14 pages)
The final section of caves.
Appendix 1 (3 pages)
The Vallorian, humans that moved underground and stayed there. They evolved into this new race of humans. It has background, society etc. Everything you need to use them as new monsters or as a new PC race. Including 5 race feats.
Appendix 2 (2 pages)
Flesh Crafting. Rules for crafting things out of flesh and some sample items. Reminded me a bit of the tzimisce from White Wolf's Vampire The Masquerade.
It closes with a OGL, 1 page ad and back cover. (3 pages)
Closing thoughts. The art work is meh to fair. I thought the maps where very well done in this product. Perhaps the best maps by Rite Publishing to date. I loved the color scheme as well, the purple borders with a light pink mist like effect that fades to white, between the border and center of the page. Ok yeah maybe it is a little girly the color scheme but I loved it. The production value is top notch like what we have come to expect from Rite Publishing.
As for the adventure there is not a lot I can say that won't give to much away. It is a fairly standard dungeon crawl other than the airship part. The bad guys are interesting. The blurb gives a pretty good over view of the adventure anyways. So my rating is a 4 star, it is a nice little dungeon crawl with a nice background and villains, to give it some depth and character. But in the end it is still pretty much just a dungeon crawl and your PC's may or may not find out a lot of the more interesting aspects of the background.
Next is a overview of the adventure. 4-6 PC's 7-10th level. The main focus of the adventure is the PC's are trying to track down and recover a airship aka flying ship. (1 page)
First Encounter area (4 pages)
I won't mention the name of the chapter as it gives away what the encounter is with. It take place in the first part of a cave system.
The Shaper of Flesh (7 pages)
The second section of the cave system.
The Cave of Three Pillars (14 pages)
The final section of caves.
Appendix 1 (3 pages)
The Vallorian, humans that moved underground and stayed there. They evolved into this new race of humans. It has background, society etc. Everything you need to use them as new monsters or as a new PC race. Including 5 race feats.
Appendix 2 (2 pages)
Flesh Crafting. Rules for crafting things out of flesh and some sample items. Reminded me a bit of the tzimisce from White Wolf's Vampire The Masquerade.
It closes with a OGL, 1 page ad and back cover. (3 pages)
Closing thoughts. The art work is meh to fair. I thought the maps where very well done in this product. Perhaps the best maps by Rite Publishing to date. I loved the color scheme as well, the purple borders with a light pink mist like effect that fades to white, between the border and center of the page. Ok yeah maybe it is a little girly the color scheme but I loved it. The production value is top notch like what we have come to expect from Rite Publishing.
As for the adventure there is not a lot I can say that won't give to much away. It is a fairly standard dungeon crawl other than the airship part. The bad guys are interesting. The blurb gives a pretty good over view of the adventure anyways. So my rating is a 4 star, it is a nice little dungeon crawl with a nice background and villains, to give it some depth and character. But in the end it is still pretty much just a dungeon crawl and your PC's may or may not find out a lot of the more interesting aspects of the background.
