{"id":8787,"date":"2023-10-04T07:11:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T11:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/?p=8787"},"modified":"2023-10-04T17:19:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T21:19:04","slug":"the-drowning-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/?p=8787","title":{"rendered":"The Drowning Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Dan Homer\nMyriad Heroes\nPathfinder\/3.5\nLevel 2<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Something stirs beneath the holy temple, tremors rock its foundations and a mysterious evil rises within the dark waters threatening the consecrated halls. Heroes are called upon to save the site in a race against time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This 22 page adventure uses six pages to describe six rooms. This appears to be by a designer who never made the jump to 4e, even though they should have, given their tactics heavy style. It\u2019s got some wordiness issues here and there in the DM text, but the score of the descriptions are ok. Too bad absolutely nothing is going on except a hack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Check out that cover man! Pretty fucking hot! And that\u2019s entirely the reason I bought this. I\u2019m sure not all Pathfinder\/3.5 adventures are bad, right? And that cover IS pretty sweet!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The last sentence of the first paragraph of the adventure is \u201cA race against time!\u201d THis caused all of my wonder and optimism to fade away. This time A Race Against Time means that every 3d6 ROUNDS inside the ruined temple  there\u2019s an earth tremor and you get to take 1d6 damage, save for half. So, you know, that kind of shit is loads of fun. Also, if you search rooms or explore \u201cthe upper temple\u201d then there are one or two more purple worm things in the basement, instead of the one present if you just do a speedy job, I guess. Race against time. Pffft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ok, so, the race against time wasn\u2019t exactly the FIRST sign that this was going to be a shit adventure. That was the page that showed the maps. Without keys. I fucking hate this shit Just put a fucking map key on it. Number the fucking thing. Does Heralds Hall come before or after Santum in your writings? How the fuck should I know. But i know that \u201c2\u201d comes before \u201c3.\u201d Fucking asshats. USE A KEY. Sure, there are times when you don\u2019t need to use a key. Or, even, when you SHOULDNT use a key. But this isn\u2019t one of them. Then to add to the fun, there are rooms to explore not shown on the map. Uh huh. The \u201cUpper Temple\u201d has a robing room and a study for you to explore. No map provided. Just a notation that behind a set of double doors i The Upper Temple, with the rooms described in a couple of paragraphs in the Vestibule (which is room one) entry. Why the fuck you do this man? You never seen an adventure before? You never used one before? I guess it doesn’t matter, the adventure is almost entirely linear. yeah me<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Somehow you make your way to this temple, understanding that they need help. Outside you see one priestess. \u201cOh, help us brave adventurer!\u201d shit goes down \u2026 you\u2019re to go in and kill the shit and\/or save the relics so they don\u2019t get buried when the temple collapses from the earthquakes. In you go. She fails to mention the traps on the doors inside. Or the animated armour that attacks. Murder Hobos help those who help themselves and I\u2019d like to note that the omission of information IS lying. But, whatever. I assume this is some kind of Cant Kill Intelligent Shit stuff that is going on. Once your past the animated armor you get to fight some vines. Exciting, I know! Then you go downstairs and fight a hag in a room partially flooded by water. She\u2019s got a one-eyed salamander. That\u2019s the cover art. Inside the room is a chasm, unseen because of the water, to the room below the reliquary that has the giant worms in it hat are eating the foundation, causing the earthquakes.\u00a0The underwater chasm is a cute idea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whatever. It\u2019s just one fight after another with long tactics sections. Sometimes you get to roll a skill check to get some kind of useless information. There\u2019s nothing really of interest in terms of NPCs or exploration. 4e at its finest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The descriptions for the rooms are ok.  \u201cPillars on either side of the chamber support a high, arched ceiling. Dust motes swirl amid shafts of light cast from tall windows, illuminating an altar with a pale, 12\u2019 tall statue of a winged angel standing behind it.\u201d That\u2019s not too bad, and most of them fall in to that sort of thing. Of course, you also get monster and room background in the DM text. And the descriptions of things are thrown around in the room descriptions all willy nilly \u2026 who knows where you\u2019ll find a pertinent description that you need\/want!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
22 pages for six rooms. That\u2019s kind of rough even for Pathfinder. The sweetest revenge is a well lived life, and not having to pay for shit like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is Pay What You Want at DriveThru with a suggested price of $1. The preview will show you a few rooms, so I guess it\u2019s a decent preview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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