The Dragon and the Eagle (Ghri Ziffe)
AD&D adventure for PCs of 2nd level
I am reviewing these in the order they were submitted. For my review criteria, please check out this post. All reviews will (probably) contain *SPOILERS*; you have been warned! Because these are short (two page) adventures, it is my intention to keep the reviews brief.
Another decent concept for an adventure site; an ancient, ruined fortress...now the home to some brigand-ish kobolds and their magic-user leader. It says it's designed to take players of level 2 "halfway to level 3," but it's unclear just how many players we're talking about. Total treasure yield is in the 9K-17K range (depending on whether or not the party decides to sell the ring of protection +1...I would), which suggests a party size of 9-17 based on the designer's own parameters. Hmm.
The adventure is a tad nonsensical. Giant ants hoard treasure in a locked iron box. There are animating killer frog statues on the gates (how? why?). There are a set of magical ovens with different colored flames that have magical effects (again...why? What is this doing in an old fortress?).
The place is also relatively light on encounters: seven of the twelve keyed areas are effectively "empty," while only three have anything overtly hostile. This is made up for by a pretty unforgiving wandering monster table (1 in 4 chance of a rolling a "wilderness encounter" which could end up in a TPK for 2nd level PCs), and the main structure holding about 15 kobolds who will, presumably, fight in an organized manner.
This one is okay...certainly playable with little adjustment. Would have liked to have seen one or two more encounters (maybe a posted guard? Surely the kobolds want forewarning of giant ant attacks). But this is pretty easily ***.
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