{"id":5574,"date":"2019-02-20T07:11:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T12:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/?p=5574"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:05:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T15:05:54","slug":"the-throne-of-the-gods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/?p=5574","title":{"rendered":"The Throne of the Gods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Joseph Mohr\n1e\nLevels 15+\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Rumors have reached the adventurers about the recent discovery of the legendary Throne of the Gods. This epic level journey will take the adventurers to places of unimaginable danger. But the adventurers may not be the only ones seeking this artifact. 
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This 34 page adventure describes a two level dungeon with about thirty rooms that has the Throne of the Gods at the End. Or, as the cover states: \u201cThe THrone of the Gods.\u201d It is basically just a series of fights. Monster Zoo, with padded writing. 
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What is a D&D adventure? A series of challenges to overcome? But if that model is adhered to too strictly, ot literally, you can get a flat adventure. Just a series of rooms with monsters in them. Or a series of puzzle traps. Or a series of riddles. Or \u2026 Whatever. It\u2019s hard to argue that those elements are not a part of D&D adventures but when the D&D adventure starts from that framework I think you get substandard work.
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And that\u2019s the case with this adventure. It doesn\u2019t feel like a real place. It doesn\u2019t feel like it started out as caves, or a throne room, or whatever. It feels like it started out as a series of challenges to be overcome. Room after room of high HD monsters. Roc\u2019s. Mind Flayers. Beholders. Dragon Turtle. Devils. Titan. NPC Parties. It\u2019s a monster zoo of high HD enemies.
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The designer does say that high level adventures are hard, and I would agree. I\u2019m not sure anyone has cracked that nut. It\u2019s certainly one of the largest unsolved issues in D&D. A dungeon full of monsters to hack doesn\u2019t do it.
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To it\u2019s credit it doesn\u2019t gimp the party. But it\u2019s really just room after room of monsters to cut down with a couple of dead-ends or a puzzle\/evil alter or two. It feels more like a 4e adventure with its focus on combat.
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And then there\u2019s Maude. Err, the text. \u00be of a column to describe a dead body. Padding the text with phrases like \u201cShould anyone climb up the statue and inspect the mouth of it they may find a \u2026\u201d or \u201cShould you use divine magic then you learn [something irrelevent.]\u201d Or telling us, at a certain pit, that a Monk may be able to reduce their falling damage through the use of one of their powers. Well, yes. Why tell us that? Do you also explain how to use Thac0 in every combat, noting it was optional in 1e? Or how MU\u2019s cast spells?
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This is available, freely, at Dragonsfoot.
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