I recently got my hands on the new Dungeon Magazine and it’s another good one. Not only do we get the continuation of the Savage Tide campaign path, but we also get a neat Forgotten Realms adventure.
First up in the mag is a low level adventure based in the town of Nesme in Faerun, which sits just outside the Evermoors. I had to find this on the map and it’s just south of the Spine of the World and just north of the High Forest. The local lizardpeople have been enlisted to help against Giants, but one of the outposts hasn’t been in touch and an aide to one of the main NPC’s has gone missing so the characters get enlisted to check things out. It seems the lizardfolk have other plans though and some bad lizardfolk are planning on taking down Nesme. You’ve got some underwater action in this adventure and the main bad guy is a female lizardfolk cleric and her pet crocodile.
Adventure number two is the sixth installment of Savage Tide. This time, the party goes underneath the Isle of Dread where there are series of underground lakes and caverns. There’s a lot of neat wandering monsters, some troglodyte’s and things end with a battle with kopru who’s also a thrall of Demogorgon.
Adventure number three is an interesting high level campaign that is a test of diplomacy and debate. This one is pretty neat and while I’ll probably go back and read it more thoroughly, I’m probably never going to run it.
The smaller columns are also interesting. Dungeoncraft is how a DM can make the game more enjoyable by putting the focus on the players. The Dungeon talks about unusual burials and Critical Threat details a 15th level wizard who’s definitely a schemer and not afraid to use a charm to get his way.
On a side note, on the back inside cover was an ad for Fantasy Grounds II, which allows you to play the tabletop game on the computer. I’ve seen this at RPGnow.com but I was wondering if anyone else has used it and what they’ve thought of it.