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We had a game tonight. I'm running the Charnel Crypt (which is very fun by the way). It has pretty much everything I like in an adventure. Anyway, I looked at the errr...beastie therein, from which the module derives its namesake, and thought to myself "My gosh, a 10 hit die creature. This is going to be a party massacre." Well, it wasn't. In two rounds it was dead! The berserker did 43(?) damage to it in one turn (a critical and lots of damage). I couldn't believe it. I double-checked the damage was legit, and it was. It got a few good hits in, but a lucky petrification save was made, so no one died. I honestly expected quite a different outcome.
Moral of the story? The dice will always surprise you.
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I've run it several times at cons and of course for my home group. I've seen the beast taken down quickly, and I've seen it petrify large groups.
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Good work on that adventure Jeff, I'm having a blast running it.
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I'm delighted to hear you enjoyed it, Corey. It's special for me because it was my first AS&SH product, and I really worked hard to establish the tone to the setting; this whilst in the midst of developing the game. I'm always happy to hear someone has run it, and that it was fun; it really makes me smile! So, thank you for mentioning it. For my own part, I began my own personal play-test of your module, The Anthropophagi of Xamboola.
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No worries Jeff. It has all the Gygaxian elements of an adventure that I enjoy, combined with the moodiness of Hyperborea, which I also like.
How did the first session of Xamboola go?
Last edited by Rastus_Burne (8/12/2015 8:29 pm)
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First sesion went great. The party is on site and have explored many of the major points of the city. It is a party completely comprised of thieves and thief subclasses, and they work for one Tull Kamtose, who is a renowned high level purloiner; an NPC mentioned briefly in my 0th level mini-adventure, The Lamia's Heart, found in the pages of AFS. Tull has financial interests in Xamboola, but his emissaries keep disappearing . . . ;)
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Disappearing? I wonder why!