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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Messageboard Golem" data-source="post: 2008178" data-attributes="member: 18387">Thieves in the Forest by John NephewYear Published: 2000# of 8.5”x11” pages: 24 plus color fold out mapMSRP: $8.95*** REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS ***NOTE: Theses guys are one of the worst offenders for BIG FAT MARGINS of whitespace at the edges of the page –this adventure could easily be downrated to 20 pages or less if they had respectable margins and the NPC’s/Monsters comprise a good 50% of the remainder of the space in big gray boxes.To comment on the review by Thundershot:  You mention that the adventure was so good because of all the interaction.  Now, I am not against you for saying that but I think you should step back and think of what created all that fun interaction……You did.  This adventure does not have flushed out NPC’s by any scrape of the imagination.   There is a bunch of stat boxes with minimal description, some bad maps and a rough outline linking them.  The only reason you can call this great is because you did a phenomenal job of Dming this adventure.  Beginning Dm’s will crash and burn when they try to run this – I suspect most will not even try because it is so hard to grasp as a tangible adventure.  Do we really need a paragraph that tells us that the fish caught in the local river is served with onions and garlic and is served with hard-boiled eggs and that the beer tastes like molasses!!!Basic plot: See the title of the adventureHigh Points: none –maybe the combat map because I still use it.Low Points: really basic plot, my players really knew where the thieves were right away.  Maps were unprofessional – I am surprised because I have MUCH better stuff than Atlas Games.  Many d20 publishers have subpar maps and I think they should spend more time in this area.Neat Things: pull out color map for combats was nice.</blockquote>

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