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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Keeper of Secrets" data-source="post: 2011687" data-attributes="member: 13836">Patrick Younts is quickly becoming one of my favorite independent authors.  Prior work of his include Athenaeum Arcane: A Score of Malevolent Special Abilities and Forgotten Archetypes 1: The Gunslinger, both of which are excellent products.  His recent offering, The Pumpkin Patch is certainly no disappointment.  The Pumpkin Patch is a 22 page PDF that is a great addition for anyone interested in running a game with some eerie themes, right out of Washington Irving’s Legend of Sleepy Hollow.  Certainly this may be more appropriate for some one-shots, specifically right around Halloween but there is enough information in here to certainly justify purchasing it.  At $3.50, it is more than worth it.Here’s what you get:  a variety of pumpkin themed items (yes, I said ‘pumpkin themed’) and their description in D&D terms, set up like magic items.  Next are a variety of pumpkin themed spells and monsters.  Finally we are treated to Jack O’ The Lantern, the personification of Halloween.  Essentially Jack is described as a sinister greater fey and as some eerie entity I can envision terrorizing the countryside, giving villagers good reason to shutter their doors and windows at night during the appropriate holiday (ample room is given to account for a fantasy setting that may not actually have ‘Halloween’).Certainly the pumpkin themed items, magic and monsters may put some people off as being somewhat corny (or any other farm related reference you care for) but make no mistake, the material is well thought out, certainly useful and if used properly can make for a great set of adventures in any rural setting, especially if the GM wants to make some kind of adventure reminiscent of Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow.Jack’s background is great, encompassing much of the same style as American legends from upstate New York and New England in the 1600’s and 1700’s, with the same feel as The Devil and Daniel Webster.  Jack, while human, is described as something of a cheat, a scoundrel and a ruffian who manages to trick The Devil.  While he is certainly not as charming as ‘Johnnie’ from the music classic The Devil Went Down to Georgia, he is certainly as effective in the end.  It certainly makes for some fun and captivating reading.Overall, The Pumpkin Patch is great holiday fun.  You’ll enjoy it.  Your players will enjoy it.  It is a great little product for anyone wishing to have some Halloween fun with his or her gaming groupI give it a 4 out of 5.</blockquote>

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