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The Baleful Coven (5E)
Publisher: Legendary Games
by Timothy B. [Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 10/17/2022 08:23:41

Originally posted here: https://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2022/10/100-days-of-halloween-baleful-coven-5e.html

Unlike the others I have reviewed so far this month I do not have a spot for this one figured out. So maybe something will come to me while I type.

The Baleful Coven (5E)

Print and PDF. 24 pages. Color cover and interior art.

For five to seven characters of 6th to 7th level.

It is described as bringing standard fantasy characters into contact with threats of the "Far East." Which is cool, to be honest. Not sure if it will fit into my game just yet, but I like the promise of it so far. It does have one of my favorite archetypes, the white-haired witch, and there is a coven made up of a hag and two warlocks.

I am going to pause here to note that this was originally a Pathfinder adventure. I bought the PDF of it a while back but I now notice it is gone from both DriveThru's and Paizo's websites. I mention this because I feel some of the fingerprints of Pathfinder, and in particular how they handled witches and hags, can be seen in the 5e version here. For example, while a warlock here, Masami Onishi is very much a "White Haired Witch" from Pathfinder. This is not a complaint mind you. Save in only I wish the Pathfinder version was still available. Granted it was released 10 years ago.

The bulk of the adventure takes place on the demi-plane of The Dream of Vengeful Reckoning. Ok, I do rather like that too. The adventure then becomes a search for how to leave this demi-plane. Naturally defeating this coven of "witches" is one of the ways to do it.

The adventure is actually rather well put together and I can see it being run over a long afternoon-evening or a could of smaller sessions. This is exactly what it was designed for. There are memorable NPCs which is the real hook for me.

So yeah a fun adventure with some great ideas.

Use with my War of the Witch Queens

There is a solid idea here, but not the one I think Legendary Games wants me to hook into. I mentioned the NPCs were memorable, and they are interesting, but you know what would be better? If I took three witches from three different adventures the characters had "defeated" and used them. I have seen enough movies this month where witches come back to some form of life to get vengeance on those who killed them. Set them up into a demi-plane, or for my purposes, a Liminal Plane, where the dead witches can get their vengeance on the still-living PCs.

This is for 6th to 7th level so it would need to be part of an earlier adventure. My top choices right now are Trilena (Rahasia), Llorona (The Witch of the Tarriswoods), Kyleth (Saga of the Witch Queen), and Morfa (The Witch Queen of Cair Urnahc). I just need to pick three. Though Morfa and Trilena have both come back from the dead once already. I do admit that Kyleth on the top of the list to replace Masami Onishi. While I know a couple are supposed to be hags I feel that is a hold-over from the Pathfinder adventure where only witches with hags can make covens. Also no need for me to add more winter witches, my cup is over flowing with them!

But what good is killing a villain if you can't bring them back from the dead to terrorize your players? I mean characters. Yeah. Characters.



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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The Baleful Coven (5E)
Publisher: Legendary Games
by Matt D. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 04/11/2016 12:48:05

I can't recommend work from Legendary Games highly enough. I've purchased The Baleful Coven, The Fiddler's Lament, and The Murmuring Fountain. The artwork is excellent but the story and writing are top notch! They are easy to read, easy to understand, and have a depth that makes them feel very immersive to play. They are not sweeping epic adventures but they are solid and fit well into almost any setting. I am running a horror based campaign set in the Old World of the Warhammer universe, using new 5th ed. D&D rules, and these adventures are perfect additions to that. Thanks Legendary Games! Keep up the good work. I can't wait to see what else you put out for 5th ed.



Rating:
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