Book of Quests

[warlock1971]

Hi Guys.

I just bought the Design Mechanism's Book of Quests. 226 page PDF (the version I bought). The book comprises 7 adventures which form a story arc. I am very excited by this book, initial impressions are that this is a quality product. Notes are provided to assist with incorporating this book in to existing GM's settings, however, a mini setting, the Realm, is included.

Should be easy enough to run this arc using Legend.

 

[@stroval]

What sort of quests are included?

 

[Loz]

There are seven loosely-connected scenarios. In summary:

Caravan
Characters join a merchant van heading north and encounter a new evil rising in the remote areas of the region, signalling at a greater horror to come.

Beneath the Black Water
A mission into murky swampland to rescue the niece of a local lord. The characters come across an inhuman foe and its ghastly goddess.

Shadows Behind the Throne
Investigating what has happened to the King - once a decent ruler who has allowed his capital city to fall into despair and corruption.

The Chaos Mother's Chalice
The search for the eponymous goblet and discovery of of its powers of corruption.

Curse of the Contessa
A forlorn noblewoman harbours a dreadful secret whilst others hold her to ransom. The characters must discover what lies at the heart of the contessa's sorrow and put-paid to the enemies seeking to destabilise the kingdom.

Raid on Yagelan's Bluff
A commando mission to disrupt the schemes of an ancient foe; the characters find themselves trying to best difficult odds while attempting to sabotage a sorcerous laboratory.

Reckoning at Distaff Peak
An assault against a sorcerer's lair - and a final bid to save the world from destruction.

And yes, all highly compatible with Legend.

 

[@stroval]

Usefull material here

 

[Bilharzia]

What sort of quests are included?

It's a meaty book with a strong 'heroes against chaos' theme in a sword & sorcery setting. I get a distinct Warhammer-Old-World (from the Warhammer RPG not the wargame) vibe from the setting and events - by which I mean the threat to the Realm from the forces of chaos and corruption from within (and without). The campaign of linked adventures comes with a regional setting called The Realm which seems like a late dark ages-early medieval milieu a bit like Fritz Leiber's Nehwon and in fact the players can come across a couple of Fafhrd/Mouser lookalikes in one of the adventures.

As well as the string of adventures there are a ton of NPCs which are useful in themselves as examples of soldiers, assassins, chaos creatures, sorcerers, shaman and a couple of eldritch horrors. Although the setting of The Realm is supposed to be "generic" to allow the adventures to be transplanted into a specific setting the detailing is actually pretty good. You get enough history, religious and cultural background to use it as an adventuring setting. There is also a fairly large city used in one of the adventures which gives you even more detail of both the locale and important NPCs.

If you are getting for Legend the main issues you will have with translating it are the magic and the use of passions. I think both can be managed by substituting magic and just using the passions described as guides to the characters.

...and it's $8! (for the PDF) indexed! hyperlinked! three thumbs up.

 

[Prime_Evil]

It's definitely worth grabbing - I've been working my way through the PDF and enjoying it immensely so far. The adventures would work well in pretty much any setting with a swords & sorcery / dark fantasy vibe.

 

[DamonJynx]

I'm currently running Caravan with my group in between play-testing sessions and this, along with the revised SGB, is certainly on my PDF wish list.

 

[TGryph]

I would be very interested to read any reviews, opinions, or comments

TGryph

 

[Dan True]

I would be very interested to read any reviews, opinions, or comments

TGryph

Halfway through it, and it is fantastic. The quality is very high and the adventures bind together nicely, while allowing for chopping them up and using them individually.

Can't wait to run it sometime.

- Dan

 

[TGryph]

Specifically the adventure "Beneath the Black Water". It was my first attempt (other than several Dragon Magazine articles) at professional writing. I am kinda proud of it, and would appreciate any and all feedback in case I ever get another opportunity to do something similar in the future.

TGryph

 

[havercake lad]

Just got dead tree version through post today.