tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post3982777303610955284..comments2024-03-13T20:22:06.255-05:00Comments on Greyhawkery: Maure Castle MemoriesMike Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17741591268012556455noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-89381372853961275592015-11-16T12:59:59.946-06:002015-11-16T12:59:59.946-06:00I ran about 75% of it yes. My players enjoyed it a...I ran about 75% of it yes. My players enjoyed it as a dungeon crawl but HATED Eli so much because I loved using him. But then again that's what makes a villain great and memorable is the emotional reaction. <br />And yeah, the threats at the first levels were brutal. It's the first dungeon I ever ran that seemed logical and realistic and not video gamey.Mike Bridgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17741591268012556455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-4716071008570475492015-11-16T07:43:18.570-06:002015-11-16T07:43:18.570-06:00Given that some years before, during the 2e era, I...Given that some years before, during the 2e era, I ran my players through the original "Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure," I was pretty excited to see Maure Castle in the pages of Dungeon for 3.5e. <br /><br />I had vague plans of running it, but I never got around to it. I really liked they filled in the "empty spaces" found in the original--and it seemed more difficult, comparatively speaking. <br /><br />Have you run either? What did your players think? <br /><br />Mine got angry at Gygax--not ME, the DM--for putting in such a terrible monster on the first level. A near TPK.<br /><br />(I was actually prepping them for the Tomb of Horrors--which they also got mad at Gygax for devising after another near TPK).Stelios V. Perdioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05466676702515521939noreply@blogger.com