The caverns of thracia

Including the original classic as well as additional dungeon levels, new magic items and never before encountered foes. Caverns of thracia a lost civilization beneath the lost ruins of thracia are the vast caverns of a once great civilization. Necromancer games and judges guild have teamed up to expand and update the classic module caverns of thracia for revised 3rd edition. Necromancer games and judges guild have teamed up to expand and update the classic module coverns of thracia for 3. Caverns of thracia, recreation of original cover from the judges guild website in their prime, judges guild held a great reputation within the gaming community for its varied products. This adventure was published by judges guild in 1979. For more context, start from part 0 continued from part 20, when the party once again left the dungeon, and thelma turge almost got wasted by gnolls continue reading thursdays in thracia part 21. There are a lot of fans of some of the old judges guild modules out there. Even more significant, from my perspective, is the diversity of environments within this module. Caverns of thracia morrus unofficial tabletop rpg news.

While this might be true the actual maps in the adventure are somewhat confusing. As gaming books evolved to a more slick and professional look in the 1980s, though, the appeal of that fun of it original style started to fade. The group continues to explore the caverns, finding a twohour long hallway that takes just as much time in the game to explore. I just now started a new thracia game with my wife and 2 until now 5eonly players. If you like a dungeon you can go through multiple different ways generating a multiplicity of adventuring experiences this is the one for you. We started a group project with the intent of looking back at the classic judges guild module caverns of thracia and rewriting it with terse. For example, if that 60% chance of gnolls had gone the other way, the party would likely have walked right up to another entrance to the dungeon, completely unguarded, and entered that way. Published in 1979, thracia is both a large dungeon and a campaign setting in its own right. I would have appreciated a little more info on the room descriptions, but the layout is great.

Creating a terse key and more for caverns of thracia buildings. Necromancer games and judges guild have teamed up to expand and update the classic scenario caverns of thracia for 3rd edition. I am running an open table campaign in the caverns, and did extensive prenotes because cot has a terrible text organization. Caverns of thracia d20 judges guild noble knight games. That passage confused us for awhile because its grammatically incorrect. For over a thousand years the things that lurk beneath the waters, skulk in the darkness and lie hungrily in dank crypts have been patient, while all around them men and monsters bicker amongst themselves, bold. For over a thousand years the things that lurk beneath the waters, skulk in the darkness and lie hungrily in dank crypts have been patient, while all around them men and monsters bicker amongst themselves, bold enough to traverse the dark caverns depths, but afraid or perhaps wise enough to leave the forgotten vaults and hidden passages alone. Caverns of thracia the original classic adventure by paul jaquays, with new maps and editing by bob bledsaw iii. Basically, the caverns of thracia have a long history spanning centuries, and all of that comes in the forms of layers and layers of ruins, evil cults, and various organizations living in a massive underground complex. For over a thousand years the things that lurk beneath the waters, skulk in the darkness and lie hungrily in dank. Caverns of thracia session reports jerry stratton, march 26, 2016 i originally planned on doing these session reports in order, but that is a huge and daunting task. Oneclick unsubscribe later if you dont enjoy the newsletter. Designed for characters 4th level and higher, the caverns of thracia is a minicampaign setting that presents intricate plots and exciting adventures. The caverns of thracia by paul jaquays is a good example of why judges guild is remembered so fondly by so many of us who started gaming in the 70s.

Useless to say it took me a lot of time and i havent finished yet. The caverns of thracia is considered by many to be a classic old school adventure from none other than pauljennell jaquays. This has been documented in various places and is not something new that is being pointed out. The caverns of thracia in particular is crammed with events and encounters that may or may not happen based on positioning and chance.

Necromancer games and judges guild have teamed up to expand and update the classic module caverns of thracia for 3rd edition. In that sentence structure that category refers to prime requisite total and how could increasing your prime requisite total ever result in it being brough below a score of 9 in reality, of course, what the passage is trying to say is that the units so indicated above cannot be reduced below a score of 9. Caverns of thracia was written and illustrated by jennell jaquays. Firstly, there is the lost city of thracia itself, a. The thracia project, a community project to rekey the classic judges guild module, the caverns of thracia by jannelle jaquays. Including the original classic as well as additional dungeon. The caverns of thracia is an adventure for fantasy roleplaying games published by judges guild in one of the problems i have with a lot of 4e design is the idea of balance that seems so intrinsic to its philosophy and which shouldnt exist in a more fullyrealised world. Designed for use with the third edition revised rules. Ive been running the caverns of thracia for a while in a duet game with my wife. The caverns of thracia is an adventure for fantasy roleplaying games published by judges guild in 1979. Caverns of thracia session log dec 7, 2019 january 4 2019 11 february 2 january 9 2018 49 december 8. The caverns of thracia by paul jaquays is a good example of why judges guild is remembered so fondly by so many of us who started. While perhaps not large enough to be called a true megadungeon, the four levels of the caverns are nevertheless expansive and filled with a wide.