ASC Review: Ghostlight Mesa

Ghostlight Mesa (J. Coffey)

An adventure (I guess)

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.

So, let's see. No stated edition. No estimated number of party members. No assumed level of experience. Just: here's this thing I slapped together, look at the pretty artwork I included.

I should probably just disqualify this one out of hand rather than wasting my time but, whatever (you see why Bryce Lynch gets so mean...and drinks so heavily...right? I mean, these things are only two pages long!). Based on the stat blocks in the "bestiary," it appears this is written for some verson of "Basic D&D" but the person obviously doesn't know how to USE basic D&D because his x.p. totals for the monsters in this thing are insane:

• Large Mesa Rattlesnake, XP 150 (nope, should be 10-16)
• Mesa Top Rat, XP 3 (no, there is no edition of D&D ever that awarded less than 5 x.p.)
• Brown Bat, XP 7 per bat, 70 per swarm (should be 5 per bat)
• Lone Goblin Scout, XP 5 (correct!)
• Goblin Shaman, XP ?  (really? You just couldn't be bothered to figure this out? Should be 50)
• Sasquatch Wendigo, XP 400 (nope, should be 175, 300 tops, but I don't see anything here to warrant the bonus)

You know what? This one gets disqualified anyway because its THREE pages long. Yeah, it includes the (small) maps on those three pages, but the contest rules clearly state a maximum of two pages of text PLUS at least one map.

Disqualified.