1 of 5 smashed Afridhi skulls.


I didn't enjoy reading this adventure - not at all.
It's rather long winded, and a weaker re-run of the first version of the dungeon.

I honor the intention, but original fits better in this case - if you're new to the setting,
both DA2 as well as Supplement II are better pics.

However, I see that people who played one of these, or, in a generic fashion, built a campaign around Sahuagin,
Quag Keep, or Blackmoor's iconic temple, you might find this write-up remotely inspiring for a sequel or a continuing campaign:
After all, it's free.

But in all seriousness, I'd recommend people to skip this and instead look for, well, almost anything else.

I was really surprised when WotC published this adventure. At the time, ZGG were working to publish their version of Temple of the Frog, but were having trouble with printers. It seemed to me that this was an attempt to undermine ZGG from the part of WotC, although it may have all been a big coincidence.

What I did like was that this adventure was set in Blackmoor's near future. That sort of sparked my imagination about things to come. I didnt like that the villain was an old acquaintance returned. Actually I think I would change that if I was ever to run this module.

On the other hand, it seems wrong for me to complain about getting a free Blackmoor product. Taking that into account, I think Rafael's assessment is a little harsh. I also liked the map. :)

-Havard

:D Messy Havard is messy.

New link for this one, preserved at the Internet Archive: http://web.archive.org/web/201402011633 ... /20070223a

-Havard

Anyone use this one? :)

-Havard

Honestly, especially with the ZGG revamp of TotF and CoG, I've never quite looked at this one, as those books kind of supersede it. - It might well work, especially as an, ahem, "reprise" sort of adventure for a veteran group that wants to go back to the same environment... BUT even for that, there are more intelligent, if less straightforward adventuring options for BM around.

"Could", yes. "Should", no. :)

Yeah, it is, in principle, possible to "fix" this adventure. But why? - Fang is the central antagonist of most storylines evolving around BM town. Do we really bring him to TotF and CoG, as well? I mean, one thing is to have a recurring villain, the other is to use a limited set of ideas.

Especially "The Temple of the Frog" - shouldn't it be more about, well, frogs?

I think there is a lot of unquacked potential there:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUQcS4xhhqo



...Yes, I wrote "unquacked", not "untapped". If you didn't notice this, drink less coffee, everyone. :wink: