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By Carl Ellis\nBroken Arch Publishing\nOSE\nLevels 1-3<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
A Scriveners Guild. Seemingly a place of quiet work and contemplation, however its Guild Master is a Wizard of mighty repute and holds many treasures. Recently, they have gained possession of a rare and sought after tome. Plan, cheat, or lie your way into the organisation and, perhaps, make away with the prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This 24 page digest adventure uses about eleven pages to describe 38 rooms in a scriveners guild. It\u2019s not a dungeon. It\u2019s not a heist. I don\u2019t know what the fuck it is. Incomplete?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I don\u2019t know what the fuck a heist is. You\u2019re robbing some shit? Ok, I went and read the SLy Flourish article. And this thing ain\u2019t that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s see here \u2026 \u201cHeists have multiple potential entrances.\u201d This adventure has one. The front door. It\u2019s set in a manor home, according to all the art and text, but there\u2019s only one door. The front one. No root celler. No back door. The generic overview text says the rooms have long tall windows, but we never hear of that again, or see it on the map. So, no, there are not multiple potential entrances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hmmm \u2026 \u201cHave multiple paths within the location\u2019 says the flourish of sly\u2019s. Nope. Just your standard corridor with doors on it. One stairway up to the second floor. One stairway down to the basement. One down to the secret basement. No balconies or shit. So, not multiple paths to be found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hmmm \u2018Has secret paths and shortcuts to discover.\u201d None of those. Well, one secret door, to the secret stairs to the secret dungeon level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hmmm \u201cInhabitants.\u201d Who are the guards, how many, what is their behaviour, etc. Nope, none of that. Well, there is a guard mentioned in room two. It says he guards room one at night at sometimes comes in to room two to tend the fire. THEN YOU PUT THAT FUCKING INFORMATION IN ROOM ONE!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, man, the number of times I see \u201cthe monsters here in room thirteen react to noises in room seven\u201d is unreal. You put that fucking shit in room seven, the room where the DM needs the information. Fucking christ \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, no grounds for the manor. No multiple entrances. No real NPC\u2019s to interact with. Aggressively generic content like \u201cThe Guild Master has received a secret Grimoire that outside forces desperately want.\u201d And I\u2019m not fucking around here. Thats the extent of it. Or \u201cWithin the Secret Study is an ancient shrine to an unknown God.\u201d Or \u201cA false bottom in a desk draw has a cipher book and coded correspondence.\u201d That\u2019s it. Nothing more. \u201cThe kitchen staff takes pride in their work\u201d \u2026 but no other mention of them at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No guards, just the one in room two. Nothing mentioned about any more at all. So, non order of battle or how the scribes react to a incursion. Oh, the treasurer is a 7HD fighting man. So, there\u2019s that I guess. The guildmaster just sits in thee final room guarding his book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s not a fucking dungeon because there is nothing to interact with \u2026 not even creatures (ok, there are 3 \u2026 in 36 rooms: the guard, the treasurer and the guildmaster.) Walk in a room, and walk out again. It\u2019s not a heist because it\u2019s not written like one. There are no resources to take advantage of for an infiltration, sneaking in, or roleplaying in. It\u2019s aggressively generic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
THERE\u2019S NOTHING HERE. it\u2019s just a generic description of a scribe guild.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is $5.50 at DriveThru. There\u2019s no preview. Buy is sight unseen, sucker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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