Am I the only person who was sorely disappointed by this cover? Not because the quality, but because the fight shown wasn't in the magazine. I see this cover and since I'd read the previews for Dungeon, I automatically start thinking "Holy crap, low level PCs fighting gargantuan burrowing worms! How the hell did Paizo pull this off in 3.5 without it being an auto TPK?"
Issue arrives and no giants worms for the PCs to fight. :(
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I don't know about only person, but if I recall correctly, when it came out I figured it was merely to imply that the Age of Worms was going to be a big thing.
Remember, When Age of Worms came out, it was only the Second AP Paizo had ever done. Prior to Shackled City, Dungeon Magazine actually had a policy against sequential adventures & the AP concept was very much untried & experimental.
So, no, I never expected that issue to actually have a scene where the PC's faced off against gargantuan worms.
Yes, I'm that old...
Prior to that, the only multi issue adventure set in Dungeon I remember was the 2E Mere of Dead Men.
Prior to that, the only multi issue adventure set in Dungeon I remember was the 2E Mere of Dead Men.
What about "Tortles of the Purple Sage" in Dungeon #6 and #7?
Or lankhmere.
Otoh the very first would be Flame who kept re-appearing in one form or another over the years. But werent really linked as such tho.
Prior to that, the only multi issue adventure set in Dungeon I remember was the 2E Mere of Dead Men.What about "Tortles of the Purple Sage" in Dungeon #6 and #7?
While I have those issues buried somewhere, I had not read them yet so i din't know there were two linked adventures.
I vaguely remember hearing about Flame getting sequels.
Does the pdf have a copy of the map?
Yes, sir!
The Diamond Lake map is part of my pdf as its own 2.2 Mb file.
Am I the only person who was sorely disappointed by this cover? Not because the quality, but because the fight shown wasn't in the magazine. I see this cover and since I'd read the previews for Dungeon, I automatically start thinking "Holy crap, low level PCs fighting gargantuan burrowing worms! How the hell did Paizo pull this off in 3.5 without it being an auto TPK?"
Issue arrives and no giants worms for the PCs to fight. :(
Yes, you are the only one. That is an awesome cover.
Is the scan any good? I'm running a conversion of this set in, of all things, the Star Wars universe. Might buy this to save wear and tear on my physical copy, given what they cost on eBay, but only if it's taken from the original files, or at the very least, a good scan with clean, easily readable text.
I, er, might have found a scan of this issue elsewhere on the Web. But it's not of very good quality even for the time - blurry with no OCR, bookmarks, or other features I'd hope for. If it's of the same quality as the web enhancement, though, consider me a buyer.
As for multi-issue Dungeon adventures, everyone seems to be forgetting Shackled City. That predates AoW by a couple years or so and is nearly as long and ambitious. And, this very issue contains a continuation of the Maure Castle scenario from an earlier issue. I'm sure there are other examples.
IMHO, the pdf is of excellent quality. Well worth $5.
If it's of the same quality as the web enhancement, though, consider me a buyer.
That’s how I’d describe it.
Okay, sold.