{"id":9926,"date":"2025-08-18T07:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T11:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/?p=9926"},"modified":"2025-08-02T16:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T20:25:09","slug":"the-attack-on-fishermans-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenfootpole.org\/ironspike\/?p=9926","title":{"rendered":"The Attack on Fisherman’s Village"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Sestermeron
Self Published
OSRLevel 3<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
On a rainy morning, the players take shelter in the tavern. Instead of finding a place to rest, they are greeted with an unpretentious invitation\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This nine page adventure uses three pages to describe ten rooms in an ultra-minimalistic caves of ONLY stabbing. Did you think Vampire Queen was too wordy? Have I got the adventure for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What the fuck is it lately? The bad stuff is just REALLY bad lately. Like REALLY bad. This garbage is listed as Classic D&D and 5e compatible. Great, that means, in my head, it\u2019s \u2026classic D&D and has some 5e conversions. Of course not. It\u2019s a 5e adventure. There\u2019s not a hint of classic D&D in this, from stats to tone to whatever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Are there EASL issues? Maybe. \u201cThe people from the village celebrates the freedom \u2026\u201d That sounds more like a Bryceism of not giving a shit. \u201cIf you accept, I will go your group \u2026\u201d Come on now. That\u2019s not EASL, right? That\u2019s just not giving a shit?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, you\u2019re in a bar. The bartender tells you that a nearby village is being terrorized by a monster. Do you want to join the bartender, Emi, in hunting it down? Oh good. Ready for the village? \u201cA village with houses by the river, appearing abandoned, tied boats, and some people fishing nearby. Only women and the elderly remain; no men are present.\u201d That\u2019s the village. Don\u2019t worry, nothing happens in the village. There IS no attack on Fishermans VIllage. Instead, your helpful bartender uses her tracking abilities and leads the way through the woods. There\u2019s a cavern entrance. Somewhere. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s marked on the map. The level one caverns map, that is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first level has nine rooms. There is no description. None. Zero. It\u2019s just a fucking map. You know how I\u2019m sometimes like \u201cit would be nice to have monsters on the map so I know who can react to noise nearby\u201d? Well, someone listened. But, perhaps, also, I need to say \u201cRooms should have descriptions.\u201d There\u2019s nothing here. I\u2019m not making this up. Some rooms have a centipede icon on them that, I guess, means there\u2019s a centipede in the room. I think there\u2019s a chest in one room? I can\u2019t exactly make it out on the map. But, also, there\u2019s a second level to the dungeon (with one room) and there\u2019s no entrance to the second level?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I have no fucking idea how you can be this lazy. No actual rooms descriptions. No real adventure. Nothing, really. I mean, and to then pad it out to nine pages? I get it, the one page dungeons are a kind of performance art thing, but, also, pushes you to do more with less and hopefully) focus in on what\u2019s important. But this? Nine pages?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I mean, this has got to be a scam. The final evolution? Can I build a generator to pump one of these out a week for, I don\u2019t know, 5e, Shadowdark, Pathfinder? How much can I make in a month with morons buying it for the popular systems? This is a scam; it has to be, right? I mean, no one, ever, would think this is an actual adventure? No one would, on purpose, write something like this and publish it? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is $1 at DriveThru. The preview is three pages. Enjoy that preview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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