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| Alisttair |
Posted - 03 Feb 2013 : 17:00:50
I was wondering if any scribes here ever played the old FR adventure The Shattered statue (dual AD&D and Dragon Quest rules adventure) using the latter set of rules? Whatws your experience? Did you use the rules for more realms play? Did it lend itself well for the realms? |
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| Derulbaskul |
Posted - 25 Feb 2013 : 06:35:43
Dragon Quest was the first game I DMed - I played a single session of D&D before running DQ - and I still have a soft spot for it. I found the rules again as PDFs on one of my regular trawls of the 'net and, I must admit, I think the rules hold up fairly well all these years later. They're quite complicated but there's none of that Gygaxian-"Oops, this doesn't make any sense but I'm already past my deadline and don't have time to revise"-philosophy which permeates 1E, in particular, but is also part of 1E's charm. |
| The Masked Mage |
Posted - 09 Feb 2013 : 02:09:37
Tell you the truth, I like it better than when big companies buy small companies so they can slap an established and respected name on their inferior mass market product. Dragon Quest will always be what it was - I find that comforting. |
| Markustay |
Posted - 09 Feb 2013 : 00:40:39
Also, the main protagonists are the narrators of the original Savage North product, and they even reference the adventure.
I never really liked that narration over-much... reminded me a lot of why I left Greyhawk behind (too much slapstick comedy).
I owned the Dragonquest set of rules, but never played it. Interesting fact - it was produced by SPI, who main source of income was 'counter' games. The other big 'counter' game creator was Avalon Hill - I used to play a LOT of games by both companies back in the day.
And now Hasbro owns BOTH IP's... and they just sit on them and produce nothing. {sigh} Don't you love it when big companies buy smaller companies just to kill them off.  |
| George Krashos |
Posted - 08 Feb 2013 : 17:11:11
DQ1 The Shattered Stature was released in 1987.
-- George Krashos
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| arry |
Posted - 08 Feb 2013 : 16:44:46
Sorry, Shattered Statue |
| George Krashos |
Posted - 08 Feb 2013 : 00:15:27
quote:
Originally posted by arry
Where did the adventure first appear?
'Shattered Statue' or 'Vale of the Dragon Oracle'?
-- George Krashos
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| arry |
Posted - 07 Feb 2013 : 11:14:19
Where did the adventure first appear? |
| George Krashos |
Posted - 06 Feb 2013 : 22:46:01
quote:
Originally posted by The Masked Mage
Shattered Statue is the one with the colleges of wizardry in the Thunder Peaks. That is OLD SCHOOL. I always wondered why it was never really incorporated into the Realms more... though if memory serves, they put the maps into the FR interactive atlas.
It was very much "incorporated into the Realms more" by Bryon Wischstadt (old REALMS-L FR fan) in his "Vale of the Dragon Oracle" adventure in the 1999 TSR Jam product.
-- George Krashos
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| Alisttair |
Posted - 05 Feb 2013 : 02:00:03
No I was curious about it though
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| The Masked Mage |
Posted - 03 Feb 2013 : 20:50:32
OK
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| Alisttair |
Posted - 03 Feb 2013 : 18:55:46
No I was curious about it though
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| The Masked Mage |
Posted - 03 Feb 2013 : 17:16:32
Do you have the DragonQuest boxed set? |
| The Masked Mage |
Posted - 03 Feb 2013 : 17:14:10
Shattered Statue is the one with the colleges of wizardry in the Thunder Peaks. That is OLD SCHOOL. I always wondered why it was never really incorporated into the Realms more... though if memory serves, they put the maps into the FR interactive atlas.
As far as the rules go - you'd be much better off overhauling it completely. Although I always liked the "ritual" magics. |
