tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post7710807495335031678..comments2024-03-29T07:58:31.156-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: REPOST: Retrospective: Castle AmberJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-29985843949361939072010-01-18T18:49:58.830-05:002010-01-18T18:49:58.830-05:00Tim,
I'm mostly thinking of things like a roo...Tim,<br /><br />I'm mostly thinking of things like a room in which the walls, floor, and ceiling are each covered with a different type of ooze or giant piles of treasure are stuck to the body of a sleeping slime worm and so forth. <i>Castle Amber</i> has a number of bits in it that (for a <i>D&D</i> module) come close to evoking Smith's atmosphere of stylish decadence, phantasmagoria, and insanity, but I was frequently yanked back from that by yet another lame monster encounter straight out of the Jr. DM playbook.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-23491071120529056712010-01-18T09:12:16.474-05:002010-01-18T09:12:16.474-05:00You mention that:
"there are a number of poin...You mention that:<br />"there are a number of pointless D&D-isms that break the frame"<br /><br />Would you expand on this? I'm interested in your thoughts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07588841039231426774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-38940891439978953092010-01-13T14:29:21.421-05:002010-01-13T14:29:21.421-05:00XRP's 1e module "The Conqueror Worm"...XRP's 1e module "The Conqueror Worm" is loosely based on a CAS story from his Hyperborean cycle.<br /><br />Abacus ApeUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613672613333959036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-45714004229975551902010-01-13T10:17:08.683-05:002010-01-13T10:17:08.683-05:00EDIT: The book is called The Complete Book of Necr...EDIT: The book is called The Complete Book of Necromancers.Pekkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13104355467265113471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-71576143104791149882010-01-13T10:06:09.158-05:002010-01-13T10:06:09.158-05:00One other product strongly influenced by CAS is AD...One other product strongly influenced by CAS is AD&D's Book of Necromancers. There's decadent sorcerers, island of necromancers, witch-women in luxurious positions and it quotes Zothique stories making it one of my favorite AD&D product.Pekkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13104355467265113471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-32217419051593093242010-01-13T04:44:34.868-05:002010-01-13T04:44:34.868-05:00I have used it many times as a setting, in and out...I have used it many times as a setting, in and out of context with the adventure itself, and it worked effectively well. One of my personal favorite!Antoniohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17258180992723371727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-80044674704923839942010-01-13T02:06:50.989-05:002010-01-13T02:06:50.989-05:00Castle Amber is one of my all time favorite module...Castle Amber is one of my all time favorite modules. <br /><br />I like to chop up modules and published adventures and use what's in them as I see fit and I have always wanted to, but never have, run a campaign in Averoigne. It's a perfect "pinched-off" universe that the PC's can either visit from the outside or portray native denizens who are trying to figure out why there hasn't been any contact with the outside world for a long time. In fact the "pinched off" universe idea was Clark Ashton's own, as read in his notes about Azedarac.By The Swordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16799389743529116360noreply@blogger.com