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DDEX1-06 The Scroll Thief (5e) $2.99
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
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by Alexander W. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 05/14/2017 11:03:03

The Scroll Thief is a great mystery adventure set during the Tyranny of Dragons in Phlan. The adventure has some really great descriptive notes to set the tone and atmosphere of Phlan, with important leads around the book district, "Scholars Square" and an invite to one of the many inns to set the adventure rolling. This was quite interesting as it opens up an area to allow the imagination to roam the dusty streets and bazaars. There is a small encounter, which we played via theatre of mind, which worked great.

The adventure allows the DM to verve slightly off tracks because its quite easy to pick up the trail of what the characters need to achieve. Occasionally you may scratch your head wondering why the characters missed the next plot hook, but with so many different NPCs it shouldn't be difficult to steer them back on course.

My favourite part of the exploration was as the plot thickened with a murder of a scholar in Mantors Library. The talk with the head curator and scurrying off into the Archives. For whatever reason, I pictured this crystal clear in my minds eye, and from there on the adventure just continued to gather steam until the final encounter in the Twilight Marsh. There was one fatality at the end, bad luck on a roll and one very sneaky enemy. However this peaked the challenge rating, the player left in good spirit.

I'd recommend watching one of the uploaded streams on youtube first so you can understand any issues the module presents. Other than that, the module is well written, easy to decipher and plenty of decent combat and conversational pieces.

Our table enjoyed the game a lot.

Played as part of Quest of the Week.



Rating:
[4 of 5 Stars!]
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DDEX1-06 The Scroll Thief (5e)
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