{"id":4126,"date":"2018-03-24T07:14:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T11:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/?p=4126"},"modified":"2018-03-21T08:41:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T12:41:47","slug":"the-dusty-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/?p=4126","title":{"rendered":"The Dusty Door"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Shane Ward
\n3 Toadstools
\nBlueholme
\nLevel 3<\/p>\n

Halfway between here and there is a small roadside Inn. A weather worn wooden sign stands outside of the door \u201cAdventurers wanted, apply within\u201d. Weary from the road, you stand outside the Inn, smoke rises from the chimney promising a warm evening. The inside of the Inn is small and cozy, a set of stairs lead up to much needed beds. The small bar is decorated with old suits of rusted armour, a bookshelf with musty tomes and a large map of the countryside. The bar is empty save for a small gnome who is fast asleep at a table, smoke curls from his pipe.<\/p>\n

I continue to be out of sorts. I’m hoping to settle back down come April.<\/p>\n

This twelve page adventure details a ten room dungeon using five pages. It has a throwback quality, with room nearly its own little isolated thing. Not really evocative writing, but the DM text doesn\u2019t overstay its welcome and the basic\/nostalgia factor is high with this one.<\/p>\n

Goblins hoot and holler while whipping prisoners chained to a wall. Smoke pours from under a doorway with figures inside dancing around a glowing orb. An old crone sites near a pool of bubbling black water. Zombies stand knee deep in purpleish slime tearing a body apart to feast upon. A troll slumbers in front of a door, with a large brass key around his neck. A stone well filled with black liquid sits under a terrifying mural drawn in feces and blood. <\/p>\n

You know, I said the writing wasn’t evocative but the encounters sure as hell are. Just about each of the ten rooms features a little vignette, described in a sentence or two. These are basic encounters; they feel like bookcases that turn to reveal a secret passage or Harryhausen skeletons. Basic but iconic. That\u2019s the main appeal of this adventure. There\u2019s a charm to these encounters. Almost randomly strewn together, that just lends to the overall effect of mystery. <\/p>\n

WTF is going on here? The gnome locks you in his basement after luring you there with rumors of treasure. Inside if a demon that trades the gnome longevity potions in return of victims willingly entering the dungeon.<\/p>\n

Curses, weird potions, new magic items, +1 swords \u2026 the adventure has what you would expect from a basic Holmes adventure. The encounters capture the weird charm and iconic non-Tolkein\/non-high adventure vibe from the early dungeoneering days. It\u2019s easily worth $1 if you are in to such things, and could serve as a nostalgic one-shot.<\/p>\n

This is PWYW at DriveThru, with a suggested price of $1. The preview contains the entire twelve pages of the adventure.https:\/\/www.drivethrurpg.com\/product\/234962\/Dusty-Door?affiliate_id=1892600<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Shane Ward 3 Toadstools Blueholme Level 3 Halfway between here and there is a small roadside Inn. A weather worn wooden sign stands outside of the door \u201cAdventurers wanted, apply within\u201d. Weary from the road, you stand outside the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4125,"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-4126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ddoor.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4126","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=4126"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4127,"href":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4126\/revisions\/4127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}