tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post8493664285620009862..comments2024-03-28T17:48:19.196-05:00Comments on The Other Side blog: A to Z of Adventure! H is for High Level / BloodstoneTimothy S. Brannanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-43317191334345676632016-04-11T09:40:29.292-05:002016-04-11T09:40:29.292-05:00I love the example 100 level pregens...had a very ...I love the example 100 level pregens...had a very demigod vibe. 😊Matthew Skailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15785505324237587580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-43970883531004361082016-04-10T04:30:28.753-05:002016-04-10T04:30:28.753-05:00Level 100?! What the hell lol I'm not even sur...Level 100?! What the hell lol I'm not even sure what the level cap was when I played D&D 3rd edition? or was it 3.5? I can't tell, honestly. It just says D&D D20 System, sooooo yeah. Anyways, I don't think anyone ever got to level 10 let alone 100. Granted we didn't get to play much.<br /><br />I've never played these modules, but knew of them growing up. It sounds like this one was pretty hardcore! To the point of fighting Gods? Our crew stuck to goblins and skeletons :)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for sharing these modules. They seem pretty sweet!Jakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05069266783997777691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-69181170019993720082016-04-09T23:20:21.056-05:002016-04-09T23:20:21.056-05:00Well done! on being up to date with your A-Z chall...Well done! on being up to date with your A-Z challenge posts.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br /><br />Nilanjana.<br />Ninja Minion, A-Z 2016 <br /><a href="http://nilabose.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Madly-in-Verse</a> <br />Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-5114605326679670762016-04-09T15:06:03.368-05:002016-04-09T15:06:03.368-05:00@ Tim:
I own copies of H2 and H4, long ago "...@ Tim:<br /><br />I own copies of H2 and H4, long ago "borrowed" off a buddy who (like you and John) ran the Bloodstone series for his players during a college summer. The only reason I didn't pick up the full set was I had neither access nor interest in BattleSystem. I've never had the opportunity to play in or run either adventure.<br /><br />H4 is just about the most ridiculous module I've ever encountered, right down to the cigar-smoking solar and the set-piece battles with Tiamat ("here, we'll just beam you into her lair"). That's the kind of stuff I was running back when I was 11 or 12. There's a lot of cringe-worthy stuff in it...hi-tech cannons in Orcus's lair and the most boring plane of the Abyss ever for Demogorgon. I don't know it all just rubs me the wrong way.<br /><br />[even the cover...you're going to depict Orcus with a sword?]<br /><br />H2 has some rail-roady bits, but it always struck me as a fairly decent dungeon crawl for high level characters. Just never had the group to use it with.<br /><br />If there is something I really miss from my AD&D days (since I don't play AD&D anymore) it's the demons and demon lords of that particular edition. Much as AD&D billed itself as being "setting-less" there was a very specific cosmology to the game with real, horror movie style evil and monstrous "other powers" of the late night, unrated TV-faire variety. THAT stuff was pretty cool, and it conjures powerful nostalgic feelings in me when I take the time to think about it...feelings that might (one day) lead me back to AD&D, or something like it. Even if I might deride the Bloodstone modules (for a variety of reasons, including hawking both the Forgotten Realms and BattleSystem), the premise/themes they use are VERY "old school D&D." I just dislike the execution.<br /><br />Of course, I hold Q1 to be the greatest high level adventure ever published, so what do I know?JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-49152932699064497722016-04-09T09:33:00.847-05:002016-04-09T09:33:00.847-05:00I don't think I've ever played a character...I don't think I've ever played a character to a level that would fit any of those, but I'll admit that the idea of Level 100 characters makes me want to check that one out, too. At that point, it doesn't seem like rolling dice would even do anything.Jonathan Linnemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04711517194240426383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-64672185960415836392016-04-09T09:28:44.010-05:002016-04-09T09:28:44.010-05:00Good heavens - I'd be terrified to play a game...Good heavens - I'd be terrified to play a game that was that deadly to characters! Sounds like you had to be really badass to come through it.<br />Tasha<br /><a href="http://tashasthinkings.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Tasha's Thinkings</a> | <a href="http://www.wittegenpress.com/wp_main/blog" rel="nofollow">Wittegen Press</a> | <a href="http://fantasyboysxxx.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">FB3X (AC)</a>Tasha Duncan-Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12591239019422681163noreply@blogger.com