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Review: Beyond the Mottled Tower
The Scales of War hits the paragon tier in this adventure published in Dungeon 163 from February 2009. This instalment is written by Creighton Broadhurst, Bruce Cordell and David Noonan. Too many chefs? Or are three heads are better than … Continue reading
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Review: Fist of Mourning
This is a stop gap, an adventure designed to join the heroic and paragion tiers in the Scales of War adventure path. It’s shorter than usual as a result, and it’s got a real side trek feel to it. The … Continue reading
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Review finale: The Temple Between
The Taking of Overlook The adventure (and the heroic tier) ends with the siege of Overlook. The threat comes from the mercenaries camped outside the city walls and the PCs will be at the centre of the defence. I couldn’t … Continue reading
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The Temple Between part 3
The Mountainroot Temple And we start with a twist. There are two competing factions within the temple and the party will have to deal with both. The General has a full squad of lackeys on hand as you’d expect. The … Continue reading
Review: The Temple Between II
As usual we get the standard intro pages, how to run the adventure, how to customise it etc. We also get the treasure parcel chart, and as usual, it’s confusing. The text says 17 parcels, the table shows only 13. … Continue reading
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Scales of War Review: The Temple Between
Continuing my series of reviews for the Scales of War adventure path “Our eyes are open, our fists are close. Our walls are stone, our shields are steel. Our faces are many, our soul is dwarf. And thus is there … Continue reading
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Review: Den of the Destroyer, the finale
Previously… Once into the dungeon proper you’ve got a special encounter to overcome. It’s called the Githzerai mind trap and it’s nicely old school in its function. That is, it’s there to be frustrating and random with extreme violence mixed … Continue reading
Den of the Destroyer part II
Fortress Graystone This is the dungeon part of the scenario. The dungeon being an ancient githzerai monastery overrun with a pack of gnolls. The chief gnoll is trying to open a rift to a place of power (aren’t they all), … Continue reading
Scales of War: Den of the Destroyer
Den of the Destroyer is the fifth part in the Scales of War adventure path. This path has not been brilliant recently, so I was hoping for an improvement with Rodney Thompson’s adventure. Mr Thompson is best known for his … Continue reading
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The Lost Mines of Karak IV
Fortress Ironfell This is the main event in this scenario, a desert fortress built by dwarves and now defended by the forces of evil. This is a chance to show off a room and corridor type environment that isn’t strictly … Continue reading
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