I just wanted to say that, out of all the adventures that I read for this jam, this is one of the ones that my mind keeps coming back to.
There's just something about it that really grabs my imagination – the open-ended encounters, the weird and original monsters, the high walls with no roof that leave you vulnerable to the crystal bird. It has a truly incredible sense of place.
I don't know if there's a name for this kind of fantasy, but this adventure really tapped into the childhood blend of Munchkin cards/Lord of the Rings action figures/Lego castles/Fate CRPG/modeling clay monsters/Discworld/Majesty: Heroes of Ardania that my brothers and I lived in when we were tiny and would sword fight in the basement – crazy, homegrown fantasy from that Wild West time before Fifth Edition and Warcraft III decided the look of everything.
Not many things kick off my imagination and nostalgia all at once like that. I read through this adventure and immediately wanted to start doodling pictures of these monsters and environments.
I would absolutely, absolutely love to see a deluxe version of this.