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Of course if the module was written in 1979, the rules would be a tad different. Because 19% out of 100% find remove traps is crap.
My money's on that he just did that to show that even rolling a 19 on a d20, Alan can't find the traps in here. Which would be bad.
It does kind of fall apart under the weight of it's own mythology doesn't it?
Yeah, I noticed that too. That's the sort of thing I'm willing to accept if a decent story comes out of it though (like I would a magical d20 that sends people back in time or something). But at the moment, it's only "eh".
I went through one EPIC dungeon back in the early 80's that would put this module to shame. It was designed for tournament play. You took in 4 PC's and 100 porters and support NPC's. Whenever your PC was killed you drew a support player, named him and kept going. After burning through 50 names I named my random cleric "Next." He ended up being the only character to survive the dungeon.
Then the method for teleporting out, killed "Next."
The DM ended up killing EVERYBODY. Damn it was fun.
Then the method for teleporting out, killed "Next."
The DM ended up killing EVERYBODY. Damn it was fun.
FYI
Mines of Madness is a 4th Edition module for 5 1st level characters.
http://daegames.blogspot.ca/2010/09/at-mines-of-madness-adventure.html
Mines of Madness is a 4th Edition module for 5 1st level characters.
http://daegames.blogspot.ca/2010/09/at-mines-of-madness-adventure.html
That's epic alright. *facepalm*
Problem is, Kuntz isn't.
When his whole storyline revolves around a module being an epic challenge, about a subject that he and his audience should be more than passingly familiar with (seeing as Kurtz was part of WotC's 'celebrity' 4E party with webcasts and so on), it shouldn't be hard to get it right. And it doesn't help that it shares a name with a newbie-level product.
The newbie level product is someone's homebrewed adventure. It's a bit harsh to expect Kurtz to know the name of every adventure someone on the internet ever came up with.
I don't find it harsh that he didn't know about it. I do expect a professional story teller that is embarking on a multi-week story arc based around something that will clearly generate interest and possibly branch off into a future revenue stream to spend a minor amount of time and google his idea first.
I have never played D/D and have no fucking idea what's going on here, OR with his strip.
He isn't. He has created a brand new module in his own mind that fills the role for his story but can't be bothered to google if anyone else had already used the same title.
For the purpose of his strip all he needed to do was take one of the already existing modules that already suit his needs exactly and tweek their title for satire.
Temple of Elemental Evilness
Tomb of Horribleness
etc etc
But by not doing so, he has encouraged people to see if his Mines of Madness is a real module and find that it's a rather nice homebrew. Heaven forbid he envision his D&D readers actually want to play his epic module and take the simple step of using a unique name.
Remember that Simpsons Episode where Principal Skinner explains to Apu about his idea for a novel? Sort of like that.
figmentPez
Staff member
I would have gone for the Tabernacle of Essential Evil.
Haha... "Billy and the Cloneasaurus".
Jesus, this thread has seen it's fair share of finding absolutely anything to shit on Kurtz for, but this may take the cake of nitpickiness.
S
Soliloquy
You know, as long as we're nitpicking, I'm going to nitpic your nitpicking. The module you linked to isn't called "Mines of Madness." It's called "AT the mines of madness." Clearly a different module there 
That said, this storyline seems to be full of more wasted potential than the infamous paintball arc. He set up a scenario that promised deviously clever ideas and exciting action (have any of you guys read the tomb of horrors sourcebook? That in itself is an entertaining read), and instead we get players squabbling and "oop the traps are hard to find herp derp."
That said, this storyline seems to be full of more wasted potential than the infamous paintball arc. He set up a scenario that promised deviously clever ideas and exciting action (have any of you guys read the tomb of horrors sourcebook? That in itself is an entertaining read), and instead we get players squabbling and "oop the traps are hard to find herp derp."
S
Soliloquy
So, new comic is up... why does this storyline feel like it's being written for people who have never heard anything about D&D in their lives? I've never even played a single game and I know enough to not think that falling on a gelatinous cube is a good thing.
Also, the punchline for today's strip? It's only different from the punchline of yesterday's strip if you've never read a single piece of D&D-based before and ALSO don't know enough english to understand the definition of "detect" unless the word is... repeated a second time or something..
Also, the punchline for today's strip? It's only different from the punchline of yesterday's strip if you've never read a single piece of D&D-based before and ALSO don't know enough english to understand the definition of "detect" unless the word is... repeated a second time or something..
You know you would still motor-boat her neck wattle.