ASC III - Emerald Caves
Workmen D&D
This is an entry for AD&D characters of Levels 4-6 by Patrick Dolan. It describes a bug and mushroom filled cave guarding an Ioun stone. It’s a good site, but sadly I have no real praise or criticism to offer. It’s a solid playable adventure. But we’ll try to give it its due.
This adventure is tough to review, as I said. It was easy for me to rank, middle of the pack. In a tier list format, a solid B tier adventure. I’d be happy to include it anywhere I needed an old druid grove, and be satisfied with it. But it doesn’t excite me all that much, either positively or negatively. I don’t really want to belabor the point here. It’s clear the Patrick Dolan put effort into this and is a competent designer and writer. I feel quite bad that I don’t have more to say. I do really like the Trapper that the old druid taught to speak with a special tapping language and that the players can figure out how the language works with some gumption (and a healthy dose of Comprehend Languages).
I apologize for the terseness of this review, but sometimes there just isn’t much to say.
Author here. I'll take workmanlike! Sometimes there is no need to say more. I went through a couple iterations. The earlier draft also included a couple nymphs, which was fun to run, but difficult to put on paper. I feel like this adventure site could be worth expanding somewhat and adding a bit more depth.