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of role-playing that there is potential for. With that said,
when the time does come to fight, man oh man, you better
be ready.
VALUE
The addition of the CD-ROM (PDF files, printable maps,
3D scenes, etc) is a very nice touch, but I’m not totally
convinced that it’s worth the $20 price tag. Everything on
the CD has been put together very nicely, but I just don’t
have my computer out at the table when we’re playing
Dungeons and Dragons. The printable color maps are
definitely the most useful part of the CD. The 3D scenes
are nice, but I found them to be less useful than the maps.
As I said earlier, I don’t make a habit of having my
computer out at the gaming table. If you make use of a
computer quite a bit then you’ll probably have a great time
with the scenes. I don’t think they really conveyed much
that a DM couldn’t do with old-time storytelling. There was
nothing wrong with them, but I just didn’t find them to be
stand-up-and-applaud awesome. I found the adventure
itself to be a very nice change of pace and for a couple of
dollars less this would be well worth the price of admission
unless you use your computer a lot during your games. If
that’s the case then you’ll be much better off.
BASICS
Dark Awakenings: Guardian is an 84-page perfect bound
softcover adventure for a party of 4-6 3 rd or 4 th level
adventurers. All of the text is very readable and notes to
the DM stand out and are easily found. All of the maps
and handouts are full color and are beautiful. They are all
duplicated on the CD that comes with the book and are
individually printable. This is awesome as it will keep you
from mangling your book as you try to show the pictures to
your players. Even with the other artwork being black and
white it’s still very nice and doesn’t look at all like
something you’ll find on the wall of a kindergarten
classroom. It retails for $19.95.
STORYLINE
The characters are charged with the investigation of an
island where many years ago the elves imprisoned a
terrible creature and then took off. The islands new
inhabitants have awoken the beast and need you to put
everything back the way it was before really bad things
happen. Ok, that’s probably a bit oversimplified but you
get the idea. The background of the area where you’ll be
playing has been nicely fleshed out and can get the
players and DM up to speed quickly. This is not a hackand-slash
module. If you have a group of players that are
willing to take a break from the constant flow of blood they
might find themselves pleasantly surprised at the amount
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