Review of The Scourge Of Raftport By MonkeyGod Enterprises
-== What is it? ==-
The Scourge Of Raftport is a D20 fantasy adventure written by C.A. Johnson. It is intended for characters of 8th or 9th level. The basic plot involves disappearances at the village of Raftport that lead to a much darker plot. This review will have some minor spoilers so if you are a player turn back now! 🙂
The book has a color cover and an entirely black and white interior. The book is 8.5? x 11? and is 40 pages in length. It includes a one page table of contents. There are two additional pages spent on the OGL and advertisements. I purchased the PDF which is what I will be reviewing. I have converted the adventure to Fantasy Hero and run it twice for two completely different groups of players.
-== What I Like ==-
I liked the fact that the adventure was very easy to adapt to my campaign setting and to convert to Fantasy Hero. There are really only a couple of major players in the adventure. These major factions can be easily stripped out and sanded down to fit any campaign. The adventure itself is not overly loaded with elements that are specific to D20. Thus it was also very easy to adapt to Fantasy Hero.
I enjoyed the dungeon layout. There is a bit of work in the village of Raftport, a small excursion into the wilderness, then on to two medium sized dungeons. The variation in environment is nice and the size of the dungeons are great. They are not too large and not too small. I also like the volcano element of the dungeons quite a bit.
The various encounters had quite a lot of flavor. Dervish and Sly comprise one encounter that is particularly memorable. These are two brigands from the adventure that I enjoyed quite a bit. I changed the final encounter in the second dungeon area but the presented big baddies are also quite memorable.
The PDF is well done and includes accurate and complete Acrobat bookmarks. I especially liked having extra links to the maps. This makes is easier to jump back and forth from the text to the room encounters.
The cover artwork by Alan Pollack is exceptional. I love the sadistic looking demon guy under the pier. Very nice. 🙂
-== What I Don’t Like ==-
Do not expect a cerebral adventure. This adventure is lean and will not confuse anyone. I added a bit more plot when I integrated it into my campaign but that is not required.
Unlike the cover artwork the interior material is mediocre at best. Some of it could have been excluded completely without impacting the quality of the product.
-== Summary ==-
The Scourge Of Raftport is a fun little fantasy adventure that has some flavorful encounters. If you need an adventure to add to your existing campaign this one should be on your list. At a $2.50 price point this sucker is a complete and total steal! 😀
You can get it on Amazon for $9.99 at this
I give it 7 out of 10 paws.
