Mad Men of Gotheim
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 8:02 am
We just played mad Men of Gotheim last weekend. We had a great time and enjoyed the short adventure.
It is good for a one-shot filling a 4 hour session.
I listened to wreckless dice' podcast version of it before, which gave me a good overview. The podcast actual play is around 2-3 hours. I did not finish the podcast before we played it ourselves. Hence I was not well prepared for the final encounter. Afterwards I realized that I would improve in the way the monster stats are provided in WFRP 4. In contrast to e.g. D&D, the traits are just listed and you need to know them by heart or look them up on the fly. In D&D* I am used to the NPC descriptions providing a full explanation of the traits etc. That would have helped me a lot in the last encounter.
We liked the adventure overall, I really liked the description and pictures of the inhabitants of Gotheim. The plot is a little linear, although it has some sandbox elements in exploring the town and interacting with the inhabitants. In my view you cannot expect more in such a short scenario.
I gave it 5 stars on DTRPG.
Your comments?
*: We played this scenario through Fantasy grounds with D&D rules, three first level characters. It worked fine. Let's see, how well this works, when the characters level up.
It is good for a one-shot filling a 4 hour session.
I listened to wreckless dice' podcast version of it before, which gave me a good overview. The podcast actual play is around 2-3 hours. I did not finish the podcast before we played it ourselves. Hence I was not well prepared for the final encounter. Afterwards I realized that I would improve in the way the monster stats are provided in WFRP 4. In contrast to e.g. D&D, the traits are just listed and you need to know them by heart or look them up on the fly. In D&D* I am used to the NPC descriptions providing a full explanation of the traits etc. That would have helped me a lot in the last encounter.
We liked the adventure overall, I really liked the description and pictures of the inhabitants of Gotheim. The plot is a little linear, although it has some sandbox elements in exploring the town and interacting with the inhabitants. In my view you cannot expect more in such a short scenario.
I gave it 5 stars on DTRPG.
Your comments?
*: We played this scenario through Fantasy grounds with D&D rules, three first level characters. It worked fine. Let's see, how well this works, when the characters level up.