tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post1505816042083270285..comments2024-03-29T07:58:31.156-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Retrospective: The Lost Caverns of TsojcanthJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-7025391888680883142010-01-07T12:56:17.905-05:002010-01-07T12:56:17.905-05:00Aha, thanks Trent: I did a quick run-through of t...Aha, thanks Trent: I did a quick run-through of the tourney monsters, but didn't do a page-through of the OD&D supplements through '76 to confirm that none were new. Faulty memory and all that ;D<br /><br />Allan.grodoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800184312511280050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-86734627521239839972010-01-06T23:05:33.534-05:002010-01-06T23:05:33.534-05:00There are actually three "new" monsters ...There are actually three "new" monsters that were first published in "Lost Caverns of Tsojconth" before showing up in the MM: water weird, troglodytes, and neo-otyugh.Trenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01889179660165006042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-52422251965200308812010-01-06T16:32:20.473-05:002010-01-06T16:32:20.473-05:00The original tourney version was released in 1976,...The original tourney version was released in 1976, well-before the MM, but even so doesn't seem to have featured any new MM-only monsters. You can compare and contrast the two versions of the module on my site @ <a href="http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_s4_encounters.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_s4_encounters.html</a>, and read up on more of the module's history @ <a href="http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_s4.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_s4.html</a>. Sometime I'll get around to adding the S1-4 Realms of Horror supermodule changes to the encounters comparison page too.<br /><br />Allan.grodoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800184312511280050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-3141610851047047962010-01-06T16:16:11.765-05:002010-01-06T16:16:11.765-05:00There's a special place in my heart for this m...There's a special place in my heart for this module.<br /><br />Wizards did a decent revisit of Tsojcanth back in 2007: http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/duad/20071012<br /><br />While its 3.5e era, it adds more information that could be easily be converted to whatever version you choose to play.Bob Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07096021167427941307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-55106215355626527762010-01-06T14:36:28.746-05:002010-01-06T14:36:28.746-05:00I adored this module. It was one of the few that m...I adored this module. It was one of the few that my gaming group owned and one of the great appeals was all the new supplemental material included within.Eli Arndthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10445801567500822187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-58205073543866206182010-01-06T13:24:59.707-05:002010-01-06T13:24:59.707-05:00"That cover is one of my favorite Erol Otus i..."That cover is one of my favorite Erol Otus images."<br /><br />This is what I was going to say. I like all the copious artwork in S4, but the cover practically fills me with lust to play that adventure.Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-67261026239879084492010-01-06T13:04:40.228-05:002010-01-06T13:04:40.228-05:00One of my favorites. I remember buying S4 at a con...One of my favorites. I remember buying S4 at a con in Omaha back in (83 or 84 where I grew up. I read it from cover to cover several times. Hope to run it sometime soon.blackstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205963961656803303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-50373379362421028712010-01-06T12:18:46.849-05:002010-01-06T12:18:46.849-05:00This was the module where I first encountered the ...This was the module where I first encountered the idea of monsters with character levels (or at least presented in ways not covered in the Monster Manual). For example, I think the vampiress had levels of fighter, where the the MM suggested that she could only be a magic-user. I think there was also a mountain giant with levels of magic-user and a gnome whose 18/** percentile strength exceeded the PH maximum.<br /><br />It makes perfect sense now, but to my 12 or 13 year old brain, it was too much. I was obsessed with using only official material, so when something official (that is, from TSR) seemed to contradict other such, it was both exciting and confounding. I was constantly wishing that with clouds would open and Gygax would descend with the One True Ruleset.fifthflavorquarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03324146817226152034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-50362618562723566552010-01-06T11:55:12.261-05:002010-01-06T11:55:12.261-05:00That cover is one of my favorite Erol Otus images....That cover is one of my favorite Erol Otus images. I used it on a t-shirt I made for myself. It's got that Weird Tales phantasmagoric melee quality that feels like D&D to me!<br /><br />http://oldguardgamingaccoutrements.blogspot.com/2009/02/with-apologies-to-erol-otus.htmlE.G.Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10229893317543621720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-33180093513934447882010-01-06T11:30:28.993-05:002010-01-06T11:30:28.993-05:00RE-playability!
Replayed this one again and again...RE-playability!<br /><br />Replayed this one again and again. Loved it. Seriously nostalgic about this one. I have specific memories of various encounters from 25+ years ago.<br /><br />For me it is either 1 or 1a to "Dwellers of the Forbidden City".TJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10571173651083878606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-59591833677468216682010-01-06T11:17:32.661-05:002010-01-06T11:17:32.661-05:00S4 is also one of my favorites. I can remember Fr...S4 is also one of my favorites. I can remember Freshman year in High School, sitting in class and reading this book. That picture of Drenzula, Iggwilv's daughter, caught my attention right away. <br /><br />And you are completely correct. The older "Golden Age" modules can be gone back to again and again, unlike some of the more modern ones. <br /><br />I ran this one quite a bit back in the day and I am going to be running it again soon.Timothy S. Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.com