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An Endzeitgeist.com review
This adventure-toolkit clocks in at 114 pages, 1 page front cover, 1 page back cover, 3 pages of editorial/front matter, 1 page ToC, leaving us with 108 pages, laid out in 6’’ by 9’’/A5, so let’s take a look!
This review was requested by my patreon supporters. My review is based on the pdf, the LotFP-released softcover, and also the version included in the limited edition Zzarchov’s Adventure Omnibus Vol.2. For the purpose of this review, only the softcover and the pdf are taken into account for the verdict, though, as the omnibus cannot currently be purchased by the public.
Okay, so what is this? Remember those Ravenloft adventures where you’d use cards to randomize key aspects of the adventure? Yeah? Well, now picture that the randomized nature was amped up to not 11, but 12, and beyond. Scenic Dunnsmouth is intended for a well-rounded party of adventurers levels 2-5, but it is not a classic adventure. Instead, this is an incredibly potent randomized “as...
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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I'll give it credit where it's due: the map is huge, beautiful to look at, rendered in hi-def, and has lots of room for notes so you can make it your own. Unfortunately, I don't ever see myself using it.
The map is big, but its design is bad. It's full of dead-end branches and single-entrance rooms. This might not seem like a big deal if you've never run a big dungeon before, but "we enter the room, we deal with the stuff in the room, we return to the corridor and go to the next room down" can reduce a dungeon delve to monotony real fast. And in a megadungeon, it's imperative that exploring the dungeon doesn't get old. The way around this is simple: make sure the PCs always have at least 2 ways forward. Connect dead ends into loops, and make sure rooms connect to each other and to other corridors, rather than one corridor connecting all the rooms like houses on a street. This map fails to do this, and as such would be pretty monotonous to e...
Rating: [2 of 5 Stars!] |
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