Comments on: Review of Tales of Zobeck

By: Ben McFarland

Ben McFarland — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:44:00 +0000

I’m happy you enjoyed the work, and I’m glad to see the review. Please let us know if you decide to review more of the adventures!

-Ben.

By: Christina Stiles

Christina Stiles — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:45:28 +0000

Most of the high checks were Open Lock checks, which aren’t really fear-inspiring checks, though. Also, I thought it odd to that there was one instance of a required DC 25 Diplomacy check, but the equivalent Intimidate check was 15. As someone who likes to play bards (annoying ones, of course), that’s just wrong!

But, the DC checks are a small, subjective quibble, as I noted in the review. To each his/her own. When I run it, I’ll lower a few of them. That change, IMO, won’t detract from the adventure at all. The meat is in the on-going stituation, after all, not the locked doors.

Thanks to both of you for reading my review. I’m really impressed with your work.

Christina

By: Varianor (Bill Collins)

Varianor (Bill Collins) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:01:37 +0000

I think those DCs are just fine to strike fear and terror into the hearts of one’s players.

By: Christina Stiles

Christina Stiles — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:31:13 +0000

I might be crazy, but I like my PCs to succeed every now and then. I very much like the adventure, though. Good work, indeed. Can’t wait to spring it on some players.

Christina

By: Josh Stevens

Josh Stevens — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:46:10 +0000

Hah! Thanks for posting that.

I’m happy that people are digging the project, and I’m honored that I got to pen the lead-in adventure, especially given the sheer talent of the other authors involved. It was an awesome project to be involved with.

As to the review though – what’s wrong with obscenely high DC checks? PCs’ failures and the tears it brings are like mother’s milk to me.

That’s normal right?