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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lazybones" data-source="post: 2008712" data-attributes="member: 143">(Spoilers included)First off, let me state my general bias regarding the new D&D 3e module designs created to form a sequence from levels 1-20.  I think that the new modules are inferior to the old 1e modules in a variety of ways, including art, value, and content.  For example, WotC has said repeatedly that they cannot include stat blocks for all monsters in the new modules due to cost issues, yet this didn't seem to be a barrier in the old days.  That being said, I thought that The Sunless Citadel and The Forge of Fury were interesting adventures, although I read them in the bookstore and did not purchase them.  I bought TSiD for $3 at a clearance sale, but again, would probably not have spent $10 for this module.  For $10 you get 32 pages of text (including several pages that are mostly blank), maps on the inside covers, and six illustrations (not counting the cover) that are fairly mediocre.  TSiD is an event-based adventure set in the city of Brindenford, involving a plot by a mind flayer to take over the city.  The city has been described only very sketchily within the module, and only a few of the important NPCs in the plot have been detailed (and a few, including two paladins that the PCs are called upon to rescue, and who might very well end up helping the party, aren't given stats at all).  Even the major bad guys are often reduced to the level of a huge stat block and a few comments under the "tactics" section in each encounter. In particular, I thought that the mind flayer adversary was not very well developed in the adventure.  Neither the cabal of sorcerers nor the followers of Hextor are given much background detail (in most cases, they don't even get names) and end up seeming pretty generic.    While TSiD contains some interesting ideas, most DMs will find themselves having to add a great deal of substance to fill out the outlines presented here.  I recommend Dungeon magazine as a far better value.</blockquote>

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