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Once the players find the magic to destroy him, they must bargain with him for the cure. Xanathon is at first glance indestructible… For instance, to cure the plague, one must deal with its architect, the evil priest Xanathon, who is a scenery-chewing villain right out of melodrama. However, I thought there was enough motivation to make the progression feel natural and also enough tricky problems to solve. The module has been criticized as railroading the players too much, as they basically must pass through the different areas in order. The adventure can be viewed as a sequence of mini-dungeons, going from the town guard barracks, to a temple in town, to a dungeon in the wilderness, and then finally to the Ducal Palace to save the Duke! This particular proclamation sets the dwarves on a path to war with Rhoona, while the players learn that the Duke’s madness may be due to a curse… the Curse of Xanathon!!! They must discover the origins of the curse and cure it before the war begins. The adventure begins in the town of Rhoona, where the Duke has apparently gone insane and is issuing increasingly bizarre and impossible proclamations, such as… This was one of the adventures written for the “non-advanced” D&D crowd, and it is one of my favorites, for reasons to be given below.
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She was the first woman hired at TSR and ended up being screwed over by the company.Ĭurse of Xanathon (1983), by Douglas Niles. PPS Jean Wells is one of the names on the sample sheet, and she is famous for being thrown under the bus for her version of B3: Palace of the Silver Princess. PS I love how every guy in armor looks like he’s doing a robot dance. In addition to those working pages, it includes some important tables… and ADORABLE armor illustrations! HORSE ARMOR!Īnd WEAPONS illustrations! Not much more to say about this product, but I’m delighted to have it. Well, soon afterwards, I got myself a copy, and it is charming!Ī DM could use Adventure Log pages to keep track of characters and monsters, as the sample page shows! (Note: the player names are actually people, and some at least are original D&D designers and gamers!)
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In my old school post, I mentioned the Dungeon Masters Adventure Log, which intrigued me. Working hard to make my old school D&D posts catch up to the ones I’ve done on twitter, which were a lot! Part 1 of Old School Dungeons & Dragons on the blog can be read here, and part 2 can be read here.ĭungeon Masters Adventure Log (1980).