Pyramid Pick
Adventure Boosters (for D20)
Written by Various
Published by AEG
16 b & w half pages; $2.49 each
A company has decided that maybe you don't need a full adventure for your 3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons game. The same company has also decided that, instead of creating scenarios in the format of official adventures, by making their adventures in a smaller format they could charge substantially less.
In 16 pages, amounting to about eight full pages, the writers manage to give the reader an adventure that'll last a night, maybe two at most. The good news is that each adventure is well done and worth the $2.49. More importantly, each adventure is self-contained and doesn't rely on the other adventures to use. This is a nice thing if you're only looking for a night or two of adventure.
[SPOILER ALERT! Don't read if you don't want to know about the adventures!]
- Castle Zadrian, by Rich Wulf, involves the party with an alchemist and his eccentricities. Apparently, alchemist Timoth has not visited his daughter in some time. The party finds out that the alchemist enjoyed the study of different planes and that through different means, has managed to breach the layers of the prime plane with others. Unfortunately, one of the planes that he breached had some mighty unfriendly creatures that have caused many troubles.
- Sundered Faith, by Kevin Wilson, has the party hired by the governor of the city to prevent more murders from happening in the sewers. . . .
This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.
Article publication date: January 5, 2001
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