{"id":2907,"date":"2016-02-27T07:29:02","date_gmt":"2016-02-27T12:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/?p=2907"},"modified":"2016-02-19T10:30:11","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T15:30:11","slug":"dungeon-magazine-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/?p=2907","title":{"rendered":"Dungeon Magazine #71"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"d71\"<\/a>
\nPriestly Secrets
\nby W. Jason Peck
\nAD&D
\nLevels 1-4<\/p>\n

Set on the Lenore Isles, this is a little investigation dungeon crawl with a decent amount of color, that is at least four times longer than it needs to be. Giant rats suddenly plague the town. Instead of wererats, it eventually turns out that they are fleeing some newly freed ghasts down in some old caves\/crypts. There\u2019s a bad scene with an \u201carrest\u201d of the PC\u2019s, but otherwise there\u2019s a decent amount of little colorful incidents, including rats chewing on a homeless waif. The (long) plot is laid out at the beginning and the town described after that. This separation of events form locale tends to be rare but I appreciate seeing it. There\u2019s an entire sections about follow-ups that\u2019s quite well done, but the homeless girl to the political position of an abbey, to a screw-up priest. I\u2019d save the maps, make some notes on them, and keep the key to the dungeon\/caves, throwing out everything else. You\u2019d have a decent little adventure there. <\/p>\n

Wildspawn
\nby Paul F. Culotta
\nAD&D
\nLevels 6-8<\/p>\n

This is a creative little thing about an island full of weird creatures. It\u2019s got a bit of an Aliens vibe. Investigating the loss of a new colony, the party discover an island with some weird features and then tunnels underneath. New monsters with weird attacks\/looks\/breeding makes for fun times! The unusual island features (hatches in the ground? A lake with sides that go straight down? geometric irrigation troughs?) should bring a nice sense of weirdness to the adventure. Long winded, as is usual, the aboveground portion of the island could use a few more weird features and encounters. There\u2019s a possibility for several mass battles, some nice \u2018how the monsters react\u2019 notes, and the party could be appointed governors of the island. Nice! Hard to recommend, based on the verbosity, but easy to recommend, based on creativity.<\/p>\n

How Do You Stop the Rhino from Charging?
\nby Stan!
\nMarvel
\nAny<\/p>\n

A sidetrek. The Rhino suddenly charges down a street from out of the blue. Nothing to this.<\/p>\n

Dreadful Vestiges
\nby Steve Johnson
\nAD&D
\nLevels 4-7<\/p>\n

More Mere of Dead Men adventure, and, again, not a suck-fest. You\u2019re sent to stop\/investigate the evils of an old manor. It\u2019s flooded, and lizard men are about. inside are some spooky undead, a demon, and an EHP. There\u2019s a nicely little evocative piece around a magic pool that shows visions ala the Dead Marshes. I think it\u2019s marred by having lizard men attack \u2026 I\u2019d put that encounter later. The lizard men at the flooded manor probably turns into a little assault, which would be nice. The flooded manor, proper, is nicely described in a way which brings it to life. The undead could be a bit more \u2026 spooky? And the EHP\/lizard men\/etc inside could have a plan for responding to assaults on the lizard men. Uh, a plan other than \u201cI spy on you with my magic mirror and prepare for you in the final room.\u201d That\u2019s ALWAYS lame. But the core is nice, if wordy, particularly around empty rooms.<\/p>\n

Dark Magic in New Orleans
\nby Randy Richards
\nMasque of the Red Death
\nLevels 5-7<\/p>\n

This murder investigation involving voodoo has some wall of text and organization issues. Laid out in scenes but it\u2019s not actually scene based. Hiding inside of this is a decent enough little voodoo thing in New Orleans. It\u2019s got some decent humor also (the murdered banker recently denied a loan to \u201cDoctor John\u201d whose occupation is listed as \u201cVoodoo King.\u201d) There\u2019s a nice half-alligator man at the end. Worth fixing, if someone had the time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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