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<blockquote data-quote="Scrivener of Doom" data-source="post: 6259113" data-attributes="member: 87576"><p><strong>The Good</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">This is a great little sandbox, especially when combined with <em>Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle</em>. Sure, you need to mess around with the story and the levels but the potential is certainly there.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There's a lot of adventure material here despite what seems to be a relatively low page count.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The designers have put real effort into making interesting NPCs... and some complicated NPCs at that. I will leave it at that to avoid giving away any spoilers.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I really like the regional map... and not just because I am a Mike Schley fanboy. (And I am a Mike Schley fanboy.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">WotC is learning: this isn't <em>Keep on the Shadowfell</em> or <em>Pyramid of Shadows</em>. While I thought <em>Murder in Baldur's Gate</em> was self-indulgent rubbish - but which I also acknowledge a lot of other people liked - I've been otherwise really impressed with WotC's Next adventures: <em>Ghosts</em>, <em>Legacy of the Crystal Shard</em>, and now this.</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong>The Bad</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">This is not suitable for <em>D&D Encounters</em>. Again. (It's still a rather good adventure.)</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong>The Ugly</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It would take about one minute to email Ed Greenwood to ask for some names that don't suck to replace the names that do suck. Real world names belong in d20 Modern or Savage Worlds, not in the Forgotten Realms. I don't want to see Anise, Belinda, Glenys, Jon etc.... Ed's pretty much established a certain sense when it comes to names in the Realms and I would rather see an extra minute's effort expended to make the names sound Realmsian.</li> </ul><p></p><p>(And, yes, I realise most people disagree with this opinion which is why it's under UGLY. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> )</p><p></p><p>I have absolutely no interest in Next/Previous/Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Third Edition/Fifth Edition/Whatever Diaglo Is Going To Call It but if they keep publishing adventures as interesting and meaty as this and the other two I mentioned, I will remain a WotC customer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scrivener of Doom, post: 6259113, member: 87576"] [B]The Good [/B] [LIST] [*]This is a great little sandbox, especially when combined with [I]Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle[/I]. Sure, you need to mess around with the story and the levels but the potential is certainly there. [*]There's a lot of adventure material here despite what seems to be a relatively low page count. [*]The designers have put real effort into making interesting NPCs... and some complicated NPCs at that. I will leave it at that to avoid giving away any spoilers. [*]I really like the regional map... and not just because I am a Mike Schley fanboy. (And I am a Mike Schley fanboy.) [*]WotC is learning: this isn't [I]Keep on the Shadowfell[/I] or [I]Pyramid of Shadows[/I]. While I thought [I]Murder in Baldur's Gate[/I] was self-indulgent rubbish - but which I also acknowledge a lot of other people liked - I've been otherwise really impressed with WotC's Next adventures: [I]Ghosts[/I], [I]Legacy of the Crystal Shard[/I], and now this. [/LIST] [B]The Bad [/B] [LIST] [*]This is not suitable for [I]D&D Encounters[/I]. Again. (It's still a rather good adventure.) [/LIST] [B]The Ugly [/B] [LIST] [*]It would take about one minute to email Ed Greenwood to ask for some names that don't suck to replace the names that do suck. Real world names belong in d20 Modern or Savage Worlds, not in the Forgotten Realms. I don't want to see Anise, Belinda, Glenys, Jon etc.... Ed's pretty much established a certain sense when it comes to names in the Realms and I would rather see an extra minute's effort expended to make the names sound Realmsian. [/LIST] (And, yes, I realise most people disagree with this opinion which is why it's under UGLY. ;) ) I have absolutely no interest in Next/Previous/Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Third Edition/Fifth Edition/Whatever Diaglo Is Going To Call It but if they keep publishing adventures as interesting and meaty as this and the other two I mentioned, I will remain a WotC customer. [/QUOTE]
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