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X5 Temple of Death (Basic)
 
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X5 Temple of Death (Basic)
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
by Shane S. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 06/05/2021 08:57:45

Print quality was excellent, in fact, one of the better scanned image files I have seen. However, in terms of content, I don't think this adventure has aged particularly well.

The adventure has good bones but there are a lot of minor issues throughout. This adventure suffers, in my opinion, from assuming too much in terms of what the players will do and encourages the DM to have certain things happen regardless of whether the players take precautions, it projects feelings and actions on players, has several deus ex machinas that make no sense, and is a tightly-controlled railroad while giving the appearance of being a sandbox.

To be clear, I don't mind railroad adventures. Tracks serve their purpose and can make for a fun game. Everyone buys a ticket because they want to go to the same destination. However, what I don't like in adventures is when I buy a ticket to go on the trip and end being told what window I will get to looked out of, how I will feel when I see the scenery, which snacks I will eat on the trip, etc. This adventure sufferes from this sort of presentation and delivery.

Lastly, this adventure contains numerous save or die effects throughout the adventure. Some find this to be a feature. I don't mind save or die effects, but this adventure is loaded to the gills with them. That's either good for you or not. To me, it's not.

This adventure is a neat time capsule and has fun ideas within, but can't say I would ever run this adventure or be particularly thrilled to play it.



Rating:
[3 of 5 Stars!]
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X5 Temple of Death (Basic)
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
by Jeffrey P. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 03/10/2021 15:44:19

Excellent quality POD offering as of March 2021. Thoroughly impressed.

Of the 3 modules I ordered (T1, X5, and I6), this one had the best quality.



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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X5 Temple of Death (Basic)
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
by Kyle M. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 04/22/2020 15:22:58

This is a pretty fanastic POD product, it looks like the text has been digitally laid out at some point so all of the print is perfectly sharp and the black levels are crip and dark. The art is well reproduced, though there are several spots where the border revealing the paper quality of the original scan or other similar artifacts show through and it's a shame more time wasn't spent properly cloning those out, but at this price it's easy to forgive especially when you compare to some of the other POD offerings. The maps are well reproduced and very clear, the seam in the center from being bound into the book isn't too limiting at all. On the outer cover, the very top of the art has clearly been replaced in photoshop to cover up damage, but it hasn't been blended very well so there's a dramatic change in tone on the blue border at the top.

All in all, this book isn't a perfect reproduction but it's a very good one with great print quality and it's a very solid buy.



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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X5 Temple of Death (Basic)
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
by Dave B. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 05/30/2006 00:00:00

Master of the Desert Nomads and this one were the last adventures I fought through with my original gaming group. Great adventures. Good quality scans.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>



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[4 of 5 Stars!]
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X5 Temple of Death (Basic)
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
by Pete B. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 01/06/2006 00:00:00

Not bad...Not good - fairly typical "expert level" D&D fare<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>



Rating:
[3 of 5 Stars!]
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X5 Temple of Death (Basic)
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
by darren E. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 08/05/2004 00:00:00

good quality download. A classic Adventure from the days of old.



Rating:
[4 of 5 Stars!]
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