Kind of nifty and suitably creepy. Probably the best part is the concept of forcing things into 2D, since that's not something you see every day. Of course, if they get back to 3D and still have some wolves around, I would imagine that the fight would get much easier; the wolves aren't used to fighting in three dimensions. What happens to the people who aren't so lucky, and either get killed by wolves or never figure out how to get out? Do they just die, or are their souls imprisoned in the wall? Go to Comment

Bizarre and intriguing. Go to Comment

Nicely described and a great inspiration. One should never laugh at primatives again. Go to Comment

Bizarre - I like it just because of having to make the PCs fight in 2D (which is something I've never considered), though the description around it is also interesting.

Regarding missile weapons, you could still shoot up in an arc to get it past someone in the way though I agree that aiming might be rather tricky. Go to Comment

A real twist could be a Wes Craven The Serpent and the Rainbow/Twilight zone fit where the PCs engage in this 2D combat and awaken several hours later, having been under the influence of hypnotic incenses and manipulated by their own primitive emotions... Go to Comment

These could be used as tomb defenses. 5/5 Go to Comment

I like this quite a bit. Good, solid concept, yet very simple. Can't believe none of us thought of this before. Go to Comment

Well, yes and no Iain. Given that the size of the room is never given, it is entirely possibly that arcing a ballistic shot from a bow would actually do some damage.

However, at the size that I was imagining (the passage is, say, thirty feet long) any attempted arc shots would either hit the wall above the wolves, or have to be drawn so weakly it'd do no damage.

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Updated and ready. Thanks for the questions, advice, and thoughts everyone! Go to Comment

What a concept!! WOW do I love this!!

I will be setting up this scenario in my head for the rest of the week!! I cant wait to spring this room on my jaded bunch! I can safely say, that I have NEVER gone 2D before in 20+ years of gaming!! What a treat! Simple, yet bizarre! Salut!!

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BUMP! Its a beaut! 2D combat! Go to Comment

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4/5. -1 for the feeling of it having been done before. Go to Comment

Well, this story had lots of potential and while reading the score went from 5.0 to 3.5 to 4.0 to 4.5. There are elements which I like and elements I feel are somewhat overused. All in all I will take this sub for what it is: A good old fashioned dungeon. As dungeons go this ain't bad at all.

I give you a 4.5

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-Atmospheric and evocative
-Nice build up

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Whoa, suddenly an explosion of commentary. Thank you for the suggestions- as always, being your own critic never turns out right. Alas, I was afraid of the cliche storyline, but I couldn't think of anything better- any thoughts on how to improve that in particular?

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I think this is a great idea Inc. and well-presented. Which baddies and nick-nacks go where is irrelevant! The mood and atmosphere of the place is sublime! I can always fill in my own blanks. And this canvas allows for limitless possibilities. I salut you!

One nagging thought...the caged victim who's really a demon thing is quite common. Go to Comment

I really like the location! A lot.

The feeling of the place lends me to feel some great tragedy or heinous act was committed there in the past, and naught remains but the shattered souls of the monks that inhabited it. Perhaps a single ghost remains. It would make a very good haunt for any undead beastlies a GM would choose to subject their players to. Go to Comment

Im new to both Strolen and beeing a GM but i might want to try this one. Seems easy enough to play, while still having depth. 4/5 for beeing similar to things ive both read and seen before.

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If I were to use this, I think I would change the imprisoned being from a demon to an angel.

The reason the monks imprisoned it would stay the same, they wanted his angelic knowledge. They could have been evil monks looking for a way to defeat Good, or good (well, neutral probably) monks that are just after knowledge in general.

The angel kills the adventurer to get out, and then fights the other adventurers because it is either insane after a millenium of imprisonment, or because it truly did need someone to sacrifice themselves to get out, and the fight afterwards was just a reaction from the adventurers who were angered at losing a friend. After all, just because a being is "Good" does not mean they have are nice, and if the death of one person, or one adventuring party, means they can get back to fighting the Greater Evil, then so be it.



The best part of this is that all the standard powers and abilities (assuming a system like D&D) that the party has will be useless against an angel.

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I agree the end is cliche but that can always be changed as the DM desires. What really makes this a good piece as the setting and in many ways good settings are harder than good plots (good plots are always tailored to a group of players anyways). It is so well described and atmospheric, as well as able to be used in any swamp. 

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