tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4607464045429311026.post475155964410779523..comments2024-03-26T00:09:13.941-07:00Comments on Dungeon of Signs: B9 - Castle Caldwell & Beyond - ReviewUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4607464045429311026.post-14769754897118575372017-08-27T13:00:41.997-07:002017-08-27T13:00:41.997-07:00I have no interest in working on Castle Caldwell, ...I have no interest in working on Castle Caldwell, and don't know what you mean by a "network map". I'd suggest that given the factional nature of any decent Caldwell rewrite 'orders of battle' would work better then keyed encounters - most potential enemies are intelligent and would respond. <br /><br />Caldwell, if it were to work, would work as a faction rich, location based adventure - and it's maps are terrible, but there is no lack of decent maps for castles, ancient temples and cave complexes out there to adapt.<br /><br />As to the gnoll - I can't think of a literary source for it, given that the Gnoll/Gnole is taken from a Lord Dunsany short story describing something more like a mean forest gnome/house spirit.Gus Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872819206286105195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4607464045429311026.post-62018779954958392122017-08-26T23:13:08.031-07:002017-08-26T23:13:08.031-07:00Can you do a network map for each encounter area o...Can you do a network map for each encounter area of each dungeon with a size discription. This would help me knock up maps that provide a better feel.<br /><br />Given D&D is a history of fantasy and scifi, is the gnoll prison guard a literary artefact?Sean Robert Meaneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4607464045429311026.post-30096095440546063522014-12-13T12:50:20.260-08:002014-12-13T12:50:20.260-08:00We call the design of Castle Caldwell a Chrismas C...We call the design of Castle Caldwell a Chrismas Calender Dungeon because you open the door like you would pop up the suprises calender. I think when this came to discussion of finnish OSR google group (Siniset luolat & Valkeat lohikäärmeet) best thing about the adventures was said that they are really short. Rahasia that was also translated to finnish back in the day is generally agreed tto be awfully huge and confusing.Jonashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11838302056850766272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4607464045429311026.post-28221773636553251852014-11-29T19:00:39.241-08:002014-11-29T19:00:39.241-08:00That's fascinating. It's kind of a terrib...That's fascinating. It's kind of a terrible module I thought - like I say above the core idea is good, but the little adventures are all just kind of bland and dull.Gus Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872819206286105195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4607464045429311026.post-52539781307277359772014-11-27T03:16:09.302-08:002014-11-27T03:16:09.302-08:00This was interesting read because B9 occupies in p...This was interesting read because B9 occupies in parts of Finnish roleplaying scene that started with translation of Mentzer Basic perhaps same mental space Keep on the Borderlands in US.Jonashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11838302056850766272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4607464045429311026.post-62695668612767090502014-05-21T12:17:12.434-07:002014-05-21T12:17:12.434-07:00That goose bit didn't seem the most egregious ...That goose bit didn't seem the most egregious bit of bad. Edited by Dobson, who is also responsible for some later Dragonlance and the bloodstone modules. I don't blame him though.Gus Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872819206286105195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4607464045429311026.post-55231892851941742082014-05-21T08:02:07.489-07:002014-05-21T08:02:07.489-07:00Hands down the worst adventure I've ever read....Hands down the worst adventure I've ever read. The reviewer neglected to mention the part where the players have to recite "owa tagoo siam" 3 times to exit the dungeon of terror. <br />I always wondered who wrote this, because it appears they changed the name to protect the guilty.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15697850167132380776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4607464045429311026.post-35799178149574550302014-05-20T09:28:56.875-07:002014-05-20T09:28:56.875-07:00Lizardmen wouldn't do that Trey. I think that ...Lizardmen wouldn't do that Trey. I think that the scaly juicer there is like "Hey, we found this lady in the swamp, your young people really need to stop wandering in here after eating those red mushrooms, now I gotta go make sure my eggs are warm. Peace bro."Gus Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872819206286105195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4607464045429311026.post-43297439960503610252014-05-20T09:19:42.658-07:002014-05-20T09:19:42.658-07:00Maybe the cover art could be applied to a better a...Maybe the cover art could be applied to a better adventure? Like lizard men invade a fantasy world version of Lilith Fair.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4607464045429311026.post-86916814519871981192014-05-20T05:23:41.056-07:002014-05-20T05:23:41.056-07:00The map is truly atrocious, I used the map I found...The map is truly atrocious, I used the map I found here when I ran this thing as part of B1-B9 In Search of Adventure last year.<br /><br />http://warlockshomebrew.blogspot.com/2009/12/b9-castle-caldwell.htmlLibrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15274156981695285862noreply@blogger.com