tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post8709269494119632876..comments2024-03-18T20:22:06.331-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Dwimmermount, Session 22James Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-46416373236493703732009-11-23T10:41:52.126-05:002009-11-23T10:41:52.126-05:00Page 5 (print version), second paragraph, second s...Page 5 (print version), second paragraph, second sentence, in case anyone thinks I'm trying to hide the obvious influence here. :)<br /><br />The creature itself has different stats (AC, HD, attacks all different) and a different appearance (the page 17 illustration does not at all resemble the FF picture; my instructions to Laura were to make it look like the solidified slime from Aliens instead of an actual creature) than the "official" sussurus. The FF creature is also not a plant.JimLotFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992397707040836366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-47365605840440903452009-11-23T10:17:37.427-05:002009-11-23T10:17:37.427-05:00S'mon,
You're right; that does sound like...S'mon,<br /><br />You're right; that does sound like the sussurus. Funny I hadn't made the connection until you pointed it out. The adventure doesn't specifically reference the <i>Fiend Folio</i> monster, but I'd be amazed if it wasn't derived from it. Perhaps Jim could comment here.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-44788041369256931502009-11-23T03:09:31.696-05:002009-11-23T03:09:31.696-05:00That sounds like a great session and I have to adm...That sounds like a great session and I have to admit that I am already stealing from it for my own campaign.Longeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276007631727132217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-4147092750504546632009-11-22T03:49:38.986-05:002009-11-22T03:49:38.986-05:00The singing coral-plant and the rising dead sounds...The singing coral-plant and the rising dead sounds like the old White Dwarf D&D monster The Sussurus created by Albie Fiore, featured in the scenario The Licheway. A free 3e conversion is online:<br />http://home.gwi.net/~rdorman/frilond/rul/dm/lichway.htmSimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01173759805310975320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-23654411356779139742009-11-21T20:33:22.249-05:002009-11-21T20:33:22.249-05:00I used to adapt published adventures all the time....I used to adapt published adventures all the time. It's a great time-saver, and why not make use of someone else's good and/or fun idea?<br /><br />And this sounds like a fun session. I love those moments when the PCs have a "What have we done??" revelation. You must have been delighted.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01254215329246851683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-88720638739214308322009-11-21T19:10:02.312-05:002009-11-21T19:10:02.312-05:00I completely agree with Badmike. I don't thin...I completely agree with Badmike. I don't think I'm a great adventure writer and rely heavily on stuff written by others. I've always warped them in small and large ways to fit into my campaign worlds. <br /><br />I assumed everyone does this? <br /><br />Building a whole world is work. But, gluing together modules with bits and pieces of milieu into a greater whole is just the right amount of organizational and creative challenge for me.Norman J. Harman Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01319655075997712313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-48499674083112461932009-11-21T11:03:01.048-05:002009-11-21T11:03:01.048-05:00I think people who decry the use of "publishe...I think people who decry the use of "published" material in their campaigns don't see the interesting ways a good DM can tailor the material to his own campaign and make it relevant. Sure, original material written by yourself for you own campaign will always be more rewarding. But as a DM it's very fun and challenging to adapt such material and blend it in seemlessly to your own mythos. <br /><br />The best complement I have gotten at times is for a player to say "Wow, that was a GREAT adventure you wrote!" after play, and then reveal it was an adventure from Dungeon magazine, or maybe an old non-D&D module from the Gamelords, that I had taken and adapted to my own campaign world. The fact that I was able to blend such material so seemlessly into my own campaign milieu is, to me, as creative an endeavor as writing the material in the first place. Such material can spark the imagination because let's face it, no matter how many great ideas a DM has, it doesn't hurt to get inspiration from "outside" sometimes. Looks like you've done a great job of implementing Raggi's "Undead Horde" into your campaign in a way to further your player's understanding of your campaign's backstory.Badmikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06199830751033032585noreply@blogger.com