{"id":8906,"date":"2023-12-06T07:11:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T12:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/?p=8906"},"modified":"2023-11-22T07:27:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T12:27:00","slug":"hermitage-of-yz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/?p=8906","title":{"rendered":"Hermitage of Yz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By R.P. Davis\nKabouter Games\nOSR\/ System-Neutral\nLevel ?\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Jovany Strunk, Wise One of Yz, Guardian of the 9 Secrets, is dying. He\u2019s the last living worshiper of the god Yz, and if Jovany goes, Yz goes. That\u2019s why the adventurers are hearing whispers in their dreams, urging them to the Hermitage of Yz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This nine page cave system uses two pages to describe eight rooms. Eight rooms in which nothing happens. A worthless, boring adventure that lacks even tedium to set it apart. Have fun doing nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yz is a cosmic star being of unimaginable power. He comes to the campaign world and decides to become a god, with Jovany (who we\u2019ll call Frank from now on) his prophet. Then Frank retires and Yz loses all of his worshipers except him. And he\u2019s about to die. You get some dream shit drawing you his cave. Inside you find that Frank hates Yz and Yz is a little whiny bitch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Turns out this isn\u2019t an OSR adventure. It does say OSR on the cover and its in the OSR section on DriveThru, but its actually a system neutral adventure. So, the whinyt ass tree outside the cave that could attack you gets no stats. Nor do the living statues that attack for a couple of rounds. And, you can finish up the adventure by making a Very Hard roll to convince Frank to love Yz again.l I have no idea why people don\u2019t just sta for LabLord or something. If you can turn Very Hard or Tree in to a monster then you should be able to handle an OSR ent as stats to your own system. Whatever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We see, though, in that above example, a major sin. The purpose of the adventure, the resolution, comes down to a die roll. Make a Very Hard check to convince him to do the thing you want him to do. I\u2019m chill, in some situations, with some rolls for people shit, but, to put the main point on which the adventure rests to a die roll? Seriously? Why not instead, maybe, integrate shit in to the adventure so THAT impacts if he comes back? You know, engage in the play of D&D? Cause rolling fucking dice aint D&D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I don\u2019t know what to say about this. There is no interactivity. Whiny bitch god begging for you to do something. Frank doesn\u2019t give a shit. Maybe 1.5 combats. Maybe. I would usually note that an adventure that has nothing but combat has no interactivity, which is almost always bad (certain assaults being their own category) but this? Not even straight out combat for SOMETHING to do? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Marvel in such room descriptions as \u201cThis is where worshipers would gather to doff outerwear (like cloaks) and don an amulet before entering a sacred area (such as the Chapel [Area 6]). Characters trained in religion guess this.\u201d I loathe my existence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is what you wanted to do? You wanted to write an adventure where the high priest abandons his god and the god is a whiny bitch about to \u2018die\u2019? Sounds good. But a few fucking rooms with no descriptins to speak of with no interactivity? THAT is your idea of an adventure? To be published?! The fucking thing has producers, executive producers, editors, and multiple artists noted. THAT is what you decided to spend your time on? Just fucking do it in a google doc by yourself and spend more time and effort on the actual adventure part of the adventure, maybe. Fucking executive producers. For this. Please.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is $4 at DriveThru. The preview is nine pages, so, no complaints there. Enjoy the pissy tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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