{"id":3252,"date":"2016-10-03T07:16:50","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T11:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/?p=3252"},"modified":"2019-02-25T11:39:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T16:39:35","slug":"tomb-of-horutep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/?p=3252","title":{"rendered":"Tomb of Horutep"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Stephen J. Grodzocki
\nSelf-Published
\nLow Fantasy Gaming
\nLevel \u2026 4?<\/p>\n

This is the free example adventure for the \u201c$1 Adventure Frameworks\u201d series. It\u2019s a Patreon series that offers adventures for $1 each. They are meant to be 6-8 pages each, short, one night and side-trek adventures. The example product, Tomb of Horus, suffers some from repetitive and uninspiring text. It also brings some references to the in-house system it was written for, Low Fantasy Gaming, that don\u2019t translate easily in to other game systems.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s only ten rooms in this adventure, laid out in a kind of loop with a couple of side rooms. With no hook, rumors, or wanderers, it\u2019s really focused on its core deliverable: a $1 adventure. This isn\u2019t really a problem, except, for the repetition. One room has bronze guardian statues that animate and chase you out. Another room has two stone staues that animate and chase you out. One room has two mummies in it that animate and chase you out. The boss monster room is a mummy that animates. It\u2019s not that any of these are bad, in and of themselves, but the repetition, in such a small space, doesn\u2019t feel like theming. It\u2019s more like oh, look, another room with animating statues. *yawn*\u201d nd let me be clear, I\u2019m not making these comments as a DM but rather as a player. There are few things worse than boring slog fight after boring slog fight of the same monster type, room after room.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not that all of the rooms are bad. Most are pretty straightforward but a couple have something actual interesting going on. There\u2019s a great room is a bridge over a chasm and full of various molds. Then also there\u2019s the first statue room. Big bronze statues, up on pedestals, flanking a door, animating and attacking if someone tries to pass through. It\u2019s one of the better bits of imagery in the adventure; very reminiscent of a certain stop-motion iron golem. Further, they stop attacking if you make an offering in the urns \u2026 the very urns the party probably looked through before attempting to exit the room. The lack of imagery in the writing is one of the major flaws here. Everything comes across as a bit generic and lifeless. In the entry room \u201cSix ceramic urns, of faded red colouration, are placed along the walls. They contain pairs of severed hands preserved in embalming fluid.\u201d That\u2019s ok, but is mostly fact based. It doesn\u2019t really do much to inspire the DM or make them want to run the room. The best writing paints a vivid picture in the DM\u2019s head, without a lot of words, that the DM\u2019s own imagination then fill in to complete the picture for the party. Otherwise, what are you paying your dollar for?<\/p>\n

The adventure is written for the Low Fantasy Gaming system. This appears to be a fairly typical d20 type system with a couple of tweaks. The issue with this adventure is how those particular are handled within the pages. The treasure is written as \u201c1 Lair treasure\u201d or \u201c2 Valuables\u201d, with references to the LFG pages. \u201cRoll on the DDM table\u201d is something frequently mentioned, as are referencing attributes like \u201cBoss Monster\u201d and \u201cUndead\u201d \u2026 with all the usual qualities. There\u2019s always some swagging when converting between adventure types, but this one seems to go out of it\u2019s way to show off some system attributes rather than using those attributes to enhance the adventure.<\/p>\n

This is available on DriveThru.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.drivethrurpg.com\/product\/260603\/Adventure-Framework-01-Tomb-of-Horutep?1892600<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Stephen J. Grodzocki Self-Published Low Fantasy Gaming Level \u2026 4? This is the free example adventure for the \u201c$1 Adventure Frameworks\u201d series. It\u2019s a Patreon series that offers adventures for $1 each. They are meant to be 6-8 pages … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/horu.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3252"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5756,"href":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3252\/revisions\/5756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}