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Reviews (6)
30 June 2008
A Classic Greyhawk Module and a Fun Story
1 of 1 found this helpful I loved the original and consider it one of the best modules TSR every produced. I have read most of the rest of the Greyhawk Classic series, some hits and some misses. This one had a good sense of humor, the characters were fun and interesting, with some clever dialogue. The intrigue was worthy of a non-DND novel, and it maintained the integrity of the original module without re-hashing it.
I thought that the Justiciar was a very prototype DND character, harsh and vengeful, but the book took a Hollywood-type development tack of giving him a heart and at the end he was a downright nice guy. I think the idea of the sentient hell hound pelt shows some great originality without leaving behind the spirit of DND, and he was a nearly endless supply of funny comments. The pixie Escalla was fun, but the writer's effort to make her non-stop hilarious were wearing at times.
Of the supporting characters, the teamster Polk was an intriguing "player's-eye" view of the book and the characters. He was constantly trying to make sure everyone adventured the way they were supposed to, and reminded me of myself as a kid "We should have brought that ten-foot pole!" The rest of the supporting characters were weakly developed other than the Erinyes who took attention away from the nearly undeveloped Keraptis "Overman", but that is another staple of DND, so forgiveable.
A note for old-school DND players like myself. This novel does NOT take place in the original White Plume Mountain scenario. This novel takes place post-Greyhawk Wars. In fact it refers back to that module as having happened "ten years ago". It reflects more the storyline of the relatively recent "Return to White Plume Mountain" which is also fun and I recommend it. But the opponents within are the same as in the original module, which is not always the case in "Return", so I guess it's a hybrid of both.
A few side comments: I would have liked to see Nix and Nox, Keraptis' Efreet hitmen, and it would have been cool for any of the characters to use the neat powers of Wave and/or Whelm in addition to the legendary Blackrazor (which will always have a place in my heart, though I had not been exposed to Michael Moorcock's Stormbringer when I first read the module).
Overall, a B as a novel, but for original ADND fans who have little or nothing original created for them for 10+ years now, definitely a solid A.
01 September 2022
Awesome little guys bring back memories!
These little figures are pretty hot commodities and my daughter absolutely loved them! She now has the full collection, though I had to pay a little bit extra to get them, way worth it!
09 February 2009
No Barrier Peaks, but you gotta love scifi ADND
1 of 1 found this helpful This book was par for the course for TSR module adaptions, though this one is not based on one of the Greyhawk Classics like most of them. I do have this fairly rare boxed set module, though, and the book is very faithful to it. I wonder how confusing the story would be, particularly the robotic enemies, if you had not read the module beforehand.
The characters were interesting, a lot of smaller roles but even the main characters didn't get a ton of time in the story. I liked the storyline tilting back and forth between different points of view. Though the obvious main storyline was the ADND party and the Rael fighting the Overseer and his minions, I thought the storyline from the villagers perspective was more compelling.
It did seem like a few threads were not particularly well-developed, such as the mysterious druid-wizard Hellandros who appeared to have an ulterior motive, the investigation of Drenin Longstaff, a werebear druid who was introduced and appeared to be an increasing part of the story, but then disappeared only to be seen behind the scenes from that point onward. The wizard's backstory seemed to have been abandoned when it wasn't convenient to the overall plot. I can imagine that perhaps this novel was longer and edited for time?
In any case, the book is certainly accessible and a fun read, though since the module is fairly hard to find I think that part of the fun of it might be lost on the casual reader. The Greyhawk Classic series was similar, but those modules were probably in the hands of every DND fan at some point or another so the link would be more prevalent. Without the module, this book was probably just average, and a bit confusing, I would think.