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Add-A-Room I: The Alchemist's Workshop $1.00
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Add-A-Room I: The Alchemist's Workshop
Publisher: Creation's Edge Games
by Brian C. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 02/05/2007 00:00:00

Add-a-room represents a great theory. A collection of interlocking rooms that can be dropped randomly into dungeons for variety or just to help a DM save some time. This one is the Alchemist?s Workshop. I bought this because I thought it would be a random Alchemist?s workshop. Surprise, it isn?t. It?s a big room with a bunch of pools of water. Apparently the pools are the run-off or something from an alchemist?s experiments. Which is all well and good. But this ISN?T an alchemist?s workshop. It?s an alchemist?s sewer maybe. But not a workshop. Apparently, this is some riddle or something that you need to solve before you can open the alchemist?s workshop. But even when you do, there is nothing of real interest in the workshop but the charred remains of an experiment and some gold. The map of the workshop is dull. Just a square with the pools noted on it.

I guess the PDF isn?t as bad as I sound. It?s just I was expecting something a bit more, I guess. I was hoping this series of products would be a real help to GMs since it offered maps and rooms all ready to go. But it?s kinda dull and doesn?t do anything of note. And the map was generated with a free online map maker. Not that this is a bad thing, but since it?s free I can make the maps myself. I don?t need these products. <br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: Great theory<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: dull map and didn't really do what I hoped it would do.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Disappointing<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Disappointed<br>



Rating:
[2 of 5 Stars!]
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Add-A-Room I: The Alchemist's Workshop
Publisher: Creation&#039;s Edge Games
by Ty C. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 08/30/2005 00:00:00

Very cool room to throw into your game at any time.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: quick and easy.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>



Rating:
[4 of 5 Stars!]
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Add-A-Room I: The Alchemist's Workshop
Publisher: Creation&#039;s Edge Games
by Fred D. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 03/12/2005 00:00:00

While the presentation was nice enough, the ideas behind the workshop were too simple; it doesn't make sense for an alchemist working in a room the size of a closet to have a good-sized hall with pools for storing a fairly small number of experiment results in elaborate pools. Without more context, this will be really hard to use at all.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: The idea of a small piece to fit into an adventure is nice, especially at a low price.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: This is almost too small a piece of a world to make an interesting story.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Disappointed<br>



Rating:
[2 of 5 Stars!]
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Add-A-Room I: The Alchemist's Workshop
Publisher: Creation&#039;s Edge Games
by Bruce T. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 11/28/2004 00:00:00

As with the False Treasure Room, I found this encounter location too contrived to just drop into a campaign as is. It's basically a room with lots of pools that do strange things.

That said, the pools create an interesting puzzle for the party and, with a different set up, I think my players will enjoy it. The room is not especially lethal, and some of the pools contain useful treasure, if the party is intelligent enough to figure them out. Some of the pools show considerable originality, which I value in these types of pdf's.

Rather than use this room as a prison the party has to escape from (as suggested in the document), I'll probably use it as a test to pass through to an area they need to reach.

<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Originality of some of the pools. Puzzle nature of the room.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Author's suggested setup too contrived.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>



Rating:
[4 of 5 Stars!]
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Add-A-Room I: The Alchemist's Workshop
Publisher: Creation&#039;s Edge Games
by A. F. Y. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 10/30/2004 00:00:00

Hehehe...I am sure I will some of the traps in here :)<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>



Rating:
[4 of 5 Stars!]
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Add-A-Room I: The Alchemist's Workshop
Publisher: Creation&#039;s Edge Games
by John M. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 10/20/2004 00:00:00

Interesting stuff, definately looking forward to using it.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: some very original ideas<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: could have been more verbose, more clearly defined some things.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>



Rating:
[3 of 5 Stars!]
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Add-A-Room I: The Alchemist's Workshop
Publisher: Creation&#039;s Edge Games
by Samuel K. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 08/17/2004 00:00:00

Fantastic value for the price! With just a little expansion this Add-A-Room could be the basis for an entire adventure. I admit I was initially hesitant to use this in a campaign for fear of player backlash, but I eventually realized that simply using what works for your campaign and disregarding the rest is what I think the creators of the Buck-A-Batch line intended from the beginning.



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Add-A-Room I: The Alchemist's Workshop
Publisher: Creation&#039;s Edge Games
by Erskin C. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 03/26/2004 00:00:00

Simple, easy to read, and compact. The ideas inside are delightfully original, though the room itself feels more like a puzzle than a believable leftover alchemist's workshop. Somemore more tounge-in-cheek than I personally prefer, it may also make more sesntive players feel as if the DM is out to get them.



Rating:
[3 of 5 Stars!]
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Add-A-Room I: The Alchemist's Workshop
Publisher: Creation&#039;s Edge Games
by Orval M. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 03/20/2004 00:00:00

This was exactly what I needed! And the price was right too!



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Add-A-Room I: The Alchemist's Workshop
Publisher: Creation&#039;s Edge Games
by Steve S. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 02/28/2004 00:00:00

A devious little addition to any adventure or campaign. Can't wait to try it out on my gamers! Well worth the buck!!!



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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