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Gelcur
Senior Scribe
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 Posted - 16 Aug 2006 : 00:38:17
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"Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor" & "Into the Dragon's Lair"
I found these two at a local gaming store. I was wondering if anyone had any info on them. Things I'd be most interested in:
1. Are they historically accurate, did these events actually occur, and if they did was it accomplished by unnamed adventurers or by named ones?
2. What are the storylines like? I'm just looking for something brief here.
3. Have you run in them or run them and if so were they fun?
Sadly the synopsis I found on the web were lacking and I didn't have the time to read through them at the store. I figured people here might know something about them. Thanks in advance.
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The party come to a town befallen by hysteria
Rogue: So what's in the general store?
DM: What are you looking for?
Rogue: Whatevers in the store.
DM: Like what?
Rogue: Everything.
DM: There is a lot of stuff.
Rogue: Is there a cart outside?
DM: (rolls) Yes.
Rogue: We'll take it all, we may need it for the greater good. |
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Mkhaiwati
Learned Scribe
USA
252 Posts |
Posted - 16 Aug 2006 : 03:50:07
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Originally posted by Gelcur
"Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor" & "Into the Dragon's Lair"
1. Are they historically accurate, did these events actually occur, and if they did was it accomplished by unnamed adventurers or by named ones?
2. What are the storylines like? I'm just looking for something brief here.
3. Have you run in them or run them and if so were they fun?
well, I will try and give info on the second one, "Into the Dragon's Lair" as I am more familiar with it. I possess both, but only glanced at the other one but I will try and re-read it tomorrow if no one else replies. All of my answers below are only in answer about "Into the Dragon's Lair"
1. The background really occured; it takes place immediately after the events of the Cormyr saga books, specifically "Death of the Dragon". No mention is ever made after it, however, so I doubt if any unnamed adventurers completed it. If they did, no one ever said.
2. The storyline is that Cormyr is in ruins after the books, the adventurers get to follow the trail to find the lair of the "Devil Dragon" who ravaged Cormyr and loot the lair. They keep some loot, while the rest gets to rebuild Arabel and Cormyr. (Kinda nice doing something for the neighborhood, huh?) After meeting some rebellious nobles and others trying to get the prize, they eventually will get to the dragons little demi-plane, face some of the goblins who remain there and are still terrorizing Cormyr, then go to another demi-plane to get the loot and face off with some more enemies of Cormyr from the past. After that, they get home and everyone pops a cork of zzar in Arabel.
3. No, I didn't run it or was run through it. I was prepared to run it, but the group I was in kinda imploded upon itself. It was a co-gm thingy and it wasn't pretty.
My thoughts on it are that it is kinda neat, it can give a party some connection and sense of doing good besides just loot a dungeon. You get to help a nation here! In the first little demi-plane, there are opportunities to interact with the locals and do a couple of little things. Some roleplay potential there. Some with getting to the demi-plane because the adventurers see first hand the devastion of Cormyr. There is still a lot of combat, however, so if your group likes fighting, it should satisfy.
Negatives about it are many, but can be overcome with a little tweaking. If you have a strong, estabished Cormyr based campaign, re-do the nobles in there. Not one noble matches anything that has presented previously. The towns also need to be tweaked. I remember that there was only one inn left in Eveningstar, but in Volo's guide it gives three other inns in town, and says that the one that is present in the module was burned and not re-built.
I had it re-worked with certain nobles that the group had met before, both good and bad, as some nobles are villians. I also fixed the towns that are presented.
If you don't run an established campaign, than you can probably run with it as is. I think it is an acceptable adventure, combat intensive but giving a group a chance to do good.
Mkhaiwati |
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Gelcur
Senior Scribe
523 Posts |
Posted - 16 Aug 2006 : 17:14:58
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| Wow thanks thats exactly what I wanted to know. If you find time to do the same for the other that would be great. Thanks again. |
The party come to a town befallen by hysteria
Rogue: So what's in the general store?
DM: What are you looking for?
Rogue: Whatevers in the store.
DM: Like what?
Rogue: Everything.
DM: There is a lot of stuff.
Rogue: Is there a cart outside?
DM: (rolls) Yes.
Rogue: We'll take it all, we may need it for the greater good. |
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Snotlord
Senior Scribe
Norway
476 Posts |
Posted - 16 Aug 2006 : 17:48:00
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I have "Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor" and planned to use it, but it never really fit my Cormyr campaign as it turned out.
The module is essentially a hook and a series of mini dungeons set in in pre-1372 (as in no events from the resent RSE as far as I recall), with no real plot or ending. It should be lots of fun with a DM who likes tinkering with his or her own plots.
It's not a work of art, but easy to use and adapt, so I liked it quite a bit.
...but then again, I am probably the only person on earth who actually enjoyed the D&D Diablo II books, so be warned! |
Edited by - Snotlord on 16 Aug 2006 17:51:19 |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 16 Aug 2006 : 21:40:55
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BTW,
If you are going to use those modules, check this errata because it has the stats for a sword that is in the module and the stats were accidently left out of the module.
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=fr/fx20010627c |
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Gelcur
Senior Scribe
523 Posts |
Posted - 18 Aug 2006 : 19:19:14
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After doing some research I found that the Pool of Radiance series has books associated with them. Has anyone read them, I'm worried that the adventure might be based on the characters from the novels.
I ended up buying both of them and it seems like there is a very slim chance it is but I just figured I'd ask. I've also been looking for a year on the module and my guess from what I found is 1369 but no clue what the month might be. |
The party come to a town befallen by hysteria
Rogue: So what's in the general store?
DM: What are you looking for?
Rogue: Whatevers in the store.
DM: Like what?
Rogue: Everything.
DM: There is a lot of stuff.
Rogue: Is there a cart outside?
DM: (rolls) Yes.
Rogue: We'll take it all, we may need it for the greater good. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 18 Aug 2006 : 20:21:06
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quote:
Originally posted by Gelcur
After doing some research I found that the Pool of Radiance series has books associated with them. Has anyone read them, I'm worried that the adventure might be based on the characters from the novels.
I ended up buying both of them and it seems like there is a very slim chance it is but I just figured I'd ask. I've also been looking for a year on the module and my guess from what I found is 1369 but no clue what the month might be.
There is the original Pools trilogy that ties in with the old SSI computer game of the same name and the Ruins of Adventure module. However, the Myth Drannor Pools module for 3e ties in with the 4th Pools of novel, the Dragon article that has the stats from those chars from that 4th novel, and the second Pools of computer game that came out a few years back. |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Edited by - Kuje on 18 Aug 2006 20:26:23 |
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Gelcur
Senior Scribe
523 Posts |
Posted - 18 Aug 2006 : 21:13:03
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So the module "Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor" talks about its ties to the game briefly on one of the pages. Does the 4th pools novel follow the video game or does it follow the module? I just want to make sure if I run players through this they won't be taking the place of other named adventurers.
To my knoweldge the module seems to tie into the game vaugely but the adventurers in the module are unnamed. That is what is of importance to me. |
The party come to a town befallen by hysteria
Rogue: So what's in the general store?
DM: What are you looking for?
Rogue: Whatevers in the store.
DM: Like what?
Rogue: Everything.
DM: There is a lot of stuff.
Rogue: Is there a cart outside?
DM: (rolls) Yes.
Rogue: We'll take it all, we may need it for the greater good. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 18 Aug 2006 : 22:28:28
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quote:
Originally posted by Gelcur
So the module "Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor" talks about its ties to the game briefly on one of the pages. Does the 4th pools novel follow the video game or does it follow the module?
Both. :) |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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