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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Messageboard Golem" data-source="post: 2008353" data-attributes="member: 18387">Reading the other reviews on this site I can see the frustration from other DM's who did not enjoy this adventure as much as they should have.A non-site based adventure is a tough nut to crack and to pull this difficult challenge off all in one medium sized city is even tougher to sell to a DM or group of adventurers looking for a dungeon crawl with monsters galore and traps a plenty!But, when examining this city based adventure in more detail, I believe the designers found exactly what it takes to try this idea and make it into a great game for mid to low level adventurers.  What do you need?  You need a city filled with interesting NPC's, a governing body or force of law, a religious sect or chuch presence, an evil black market thieves guild presence, a super scary dark villain pulling the strings in the background, and a great twist at the end or climax of the adventure.  This adventure has all that and more!Without getting longwinded or giving away every single detail, here is the long and short of the adventure.  Players come to a small village where they enter into the middle of a great fair that happens once or so a year.  The town is run by a local Baron and his militia, the perfect town with the perfect day at the fair.  The fair is busted up by ratmen and dire rats just as the players arrive . . . the hook to get the characters back in the groove of adventuring (even in a town).The ratmen lead the players to eventually find their lair and defeat them, in the meantime, the players begin suspecting the ratmen are just foot soldiers to a strange cabal of sorcerers who are fascinated with alientology (outer planar madness and such).  The players hunt down the source of the cabal back to a twisted bookstore and finally confront a summoning sorcerer who is the head of the cartel.  Before the climax here against the sorcerers, the players have an opportunity to get to know the town, local militia, some NPC's, stop some evil humanoids, and help some local paladins get rescued from being kidnapped.As the players believe they have dug deep enough and fought back the evil sorcerers, the other shoe drops and all hell breaks lose in this once quiet little town.  An evil sect of infernal clerics have allied themselves with the Baron, who is in turn, being maniuplated by a Mind Flayer (the true Speaker in Dreams).  Add this to a outer planar gate that has corrupted the local church and is ltting in demons and such to rome free in the town, as well as a bouty hunting Orge Mage henchmen, and you have a heck of an adventure with tons of opportunities in it!I found the game exciting but it was complicated to put together.  The ending is very important and the build up and timing is all critical to the pacing of the story.  Overall, my players enjoyed an adventure in town where they walked away heroes of a whole community.  If you as a MD or player are ready for a challenge, then this adventure is recommended.  If something new or town adventuring is not to the likings of you as a DM or player, then stick with the dungeon crawl stuff and avoid this, as it may only cause boredom and confusing frustration.  Hope this helps in your decision about purchasing this product!</blockquote>

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