In Legend of the Veil, the party is drawn into a centuries’ old conflict. Every 1000 years, a veil sealing the passage to the Nine Hells is strengthen to prevent demons from coming out. This year, a dwarf called Boldar has been seduced by whispers beyond the veil and wishes to make it fall. He causes strife between his people and the elves and will try to unlock the veil. The party must gather clues and three keys and use these to strengthen the veil and stop Boldar, preventing the world from falling into chaos.

This adventure has a good deal of complex backstory and NPCs. It’s obvious the author has spent a lot of time in this world and fleshing out the conflict, doing their best to make sure that it’s suitably epic. However, the actual adventure doesn’t quite live up to the hype. The layout is inconsistent, and it’s hard to find information, and the players’ options aren’t fully fleshed out. The adventure is pretty railroad-y, and a lot of the space is dedicated towards telling players what’s going to happen, what chants they’re going to say, etc. The adventure doesn’t necessarily seem to encourage free or creative thinking, and it reads a little bit more like a story than an adventure.

In the future, I would definitely think a bit more about how the adventure can be played and what players and DMs might do or need. Doing so could improve the adventure, make it more inspiring, and help create that epic moment the narrative seems to be trying to construct.