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World's Largest City
by Robert [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 12/12/2023 18:36:31

IF THIS REVIEW WAS JUST FOR THE CONTENTS OF THE BOOK IT WOULD BE AT LEAST 3 STARS, MAYBE 4!

But sadly, that is not the case. The PDF quality of this book is atrocious, and frankly, unprofessional. It's a low quality scan of the physical book, complete with off-kilter pages and hard to read text that can not be selected by any PDF program I have tried. The maps are in a similar shape, being pretty low quality scans with strange blemishes on the edges.

On one hand I understand. This huge a product, that debuted right before the big push for publishers to make their products into PDF. If the files got lost, or proper digital masters never existed in the first place, then this would be a nightmare to retype the whole thing.

But on the other hand that doesn't change the fact that in its current state it is basically unusable and inaccessible to the modern gamer.

Well how about the contents? Are they good?

Yeah, sure! This book is as advertised. MASSIVE! Is everything a home run? No. Is the book pretty? No. Is the city rich and vibrant and full of cool adventuring hooks? You bet your britches it is!

There's just so much here that you will find tons of things you love, alongside stuff that you don't care for and can easily throw out.

In conclusion, don't buy this PDF at least as of my review. Its not worth while unless it gets some serious updating, which I sadly doubt. If you want to take the time and trouble to excavate through this book as an act of ttrpg archaeology, then by all means! I think you will have a good time doing it. Otherwise: Hard Pass.



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World's Largest Dungeon, The
by Liam W. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 03/24/2023 14:20:52

First the good: This is a MUCH better quality scan than the PDF you may have seen out in the wild. The text is clear and legible, and the shading (such as for the read-to-PCs boxtext) is visible. Also, it DOES have searchable text! HOWEVER: it's based on OCR and not great. For example, on page 50 (52 of the PDF) what is supposed to read as: "A80. FIENDISH STIRGE NEST," in the OCR layer, says: "A00. FIENPISH STIRCE NEST". So naturally, a search for "A80" for example won't locate this section, and a search for "stirge" will hit many results, also not that header. Those kinds of OCR issues are all through it! BUT! It really is better than nothing! There's also no bookmarks!! They do break up the entire document into multiple PDFs based on the map sections -- so, bookmarks based on major lettered sections is moot. But there are a LOT of places where bookmarks would be VERY handy, not just for the indiuvidual rooms. But like, environment conditions and random encounter charts, etc. (I'm making do by adding comments and making a kind of makeshift bookmark list.) As for the maps, they're the GM's versions that came with the book. They zoom in OK and don't look terrible, but you still can't really use them in a VTT since things like room numbers and secret doors are annoyingly prominant. That's fine, I'm using the maps provided on http://www.james.neetersoft.com/wld/wld.htm Bottom line, is it worth $40? Not really. I mean, the dungeon itself is really massive, and unlike a LOT of big box campaigns where most of the dungeon is undescribed and left to the DM to fill in -- this is legit STUFFED with content! And some story arc! Sure, it has some issues, content-wise... but when it originally came out it was definitely worth (nearly but not quite) $100. But now, long after its release and everyone involed (hopefully) got paid... the quality of this PDF release is kind of sloppy and not really worth $40. I don't really regret buying it, because I AM using it for a 1st ed AD&D translation... but for $40 I would have expected: better searchable OCR (especially for something this massive!!), bookmarks in the PDF, and maps that can be used for VTT or at least show the players. $40 gives me some buyer's remourse, but $20 would have been perfect! I guess wait to get a good sale :)



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Stargate SG-1: Roleplaying Game
by Martina J. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 06/25/2022 03:42:28

The game is good for everybody who likes d20 adaptations and Stargate, but...

Don't buy this book. It's simple as that. The quality of the scan is abysmal, and there is no excuse for presenting such a shoddy work for sale, even less so at the pricepoint Alderac asks for. I have no idea who made this scan and thought what they presented here was acceptable, but it really isn't. I have no hope that Alderac will ever update this product with a better version, so my only advice is to stay clear of it.

I bought it at a sale for $19.96, and I can honestly say that these 20 dollars have been wasted.

Should there ever be an update to the file that improves on the quality, I will amend this review.



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Against the Barrow King
by Michael c. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 08/24/2021 21:34:39

The file was blank except for the front and back covers. What a jip.



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World's Largest Dungeon, The
by Kristian M. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 09/08/2020 22:56:06

The book portion is a pretty faithful reproduction of the print book. The maps are scans and split into four often-misaligned sections. Because of this, there are gaps between the sections that cause some rooms, encounters, or walls to disappear.



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Gottheit
by Douglas W. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 09/02/2020 14:29:16

First: this is listed as a 5e module, which it is definitely not. I think it's 3.5E but not sure. Great theme and ideas, several fun encounters and overall a great, dark theme and mood. I wish there were more art and a better, bigger map. But I was able to fake together some other online resources and use those instead for the visuals.

The layout is very odd- if you have access to a pdf viewer/printer that can do "booklets", you can print this out and cut and/or fold it to be in a logical page sequence. But it's not that hard to just print out the whole thing and then read through the layout once you get used to it.



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Legacy of Madness
by Amy H. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 01/01/2019 17:25:01

I bought this as a pocket module when it was first published and it was wroth purchasing again in pdf. A good short adventure to drop into your campaign.



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Stargate SG-1: Roleplaying Game
by Phillip D. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 07/11/2018 14:50:53

If you like Stargate and want this game don't buy the pdf, try and find a physical copy. The game itself is a nice take on spycraft/d20 which lets you play out your own tales of the SGC.

Despite the book claiming to be standalone it repeatedly refers players to the spycraft rule book rather than explaining rule points.

This pdf is a scanned copy of a book where most pages are at least partially out of focus and blurred from the scanner. I needed to borrow a friend's book to copy out parts of several rules tables which are illegible. Even printing out the pdf does nothing to make it more legible. If I had realised the image quality was this poor when I bought the pdf a couple of years ago I wouldn't have wasted my money.



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Ultimate Toolbox
by Justin M. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 06/12/2018 11:17:35

I bought this book from a FLGS years ago and have loved using it. However, I now play most of my games online. Having it in a PDF format will make my life infinitely easier when importing tables into Roll20. Great book. I suggest picking it up!



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Stargate SG-1: Roleplaying Game
by A customer Date Added: 05/27/2018 03:20:37

Got to second another reviewer here- this is a ripoff, namely a non-operable file.. I can't even download this, and I've tried three browsers and multiple computers. Hopefully Drivethrurpg will see fit to blacklist Alderac- in over a decade as a customer at Drivethru, this is the first time I've ever been ripped off. Avoid this product!



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The Daisho and the Ninja
by Megan R. [Featured Reviewer] Date Added: 01/10/2018 10:32:48

This Oriental-style adventure begins when a powerful lord's ancestral swords are stolen! War is brewing and it would be disasterous for morale if word got out... and the poor lord's lands, his whole heritage, are at risk. As you can imagine, it's really important to get the swords back preferably before anyone realises that they are missing!

That's all in the Player Introduction, printed as usual on the back cover of the module. It all seems quite straightforward... then the DM's Background explains how it's a bit more complicated than that. There's all manner of scheming and double-dealing going on, a quite fascinating story... but will it come out? There's some further background for the players, and a selection of ways of getting the party involved in this whole sorry mess.

The early part of the adventure, as can be imagined, is very much investigative but fear not, it soon turns into a delve into some quite interesting places underneath the lord's ancestral castle... places even he didn't know were there. There's a good plan of this underground complex for the DM, and notes on the myriad traps and other things to be found down there... and reasons for why they are there. It's not one of those implausible trapped mazes that are there just because, well, a bunch of adventurers might visit one day. However, some of the 'read aloud' text blocks seem to have drifted from the rooms they were intended for, so read through in advance and reassign them as appropriate - from Room #5, move them all up 2 rooms (i.e. the text block associated with Room #7 actually belongs to Room #5 and so on). It makes more sense when you look at it.

There's an interesting new monster which provides an added dimension to proceedings, and the opportunity for a good brawl at the end. The ramifications of different outcomes are explained clearly. Overall, it makes for an exciting adventure with real depth, and could provide one of the defining points in the early part of an Oriental campaign, giving the party an opportunity to get established.



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Unspoken Shame
by Megan R. [Featured Reviewer] Date Added: 01/07/2018 10:46:27

Designed for an Oriental setting, this adventure plays upon the constraints imposed by a rigid adherence to the code of Bushido or similar comprehensive code of honour. A hitherto courageous daimyo is plagued with nightmares of his ancestors meeting their ends in inglorious ways, not the heroic deaths the legends tell of them, and wants his most trusted retainers (the party, in other words) to find out what REALLY happened to them.

The DM's Background explains just why poor Lord Jingoro is having nightmares, and contains a reminder that as his faithful retainers the party are charged with guarding his property as well as his person... when the entire adventure takes place in his palace, this means that they ought to take care when fighting or spell-casting so as not to do too much damage!

It all begins when the party arrives at the palace one fine summer morning and find Lord Jingoro's wife Suko in floods of tears. The poor fellow is in a terrible state believing his whole life to be built upon the lie of praising dishonourable ancestors and he is threatening to take his own life. The party will need to sift through the records and deal with ancestral spirits themselves to find out if this is true in an attempt to save their lord's life. There's a map of the estate for them to search through, scrolls to read and shrines to visit in their quest; as well as servants to question.

The whole thing is quite convoluted, but captures the essence of matters important to the oriental mind that would not concern westerners to such an extent. Plot and counterplot ensure that there's enough going on. There are some annoying typos, but it's easy enough to figure out what is intended. Virtually every possible outcome is noted, just about all of which have ramifications for the future of your campaign.



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Treachery's Reward
by Megan R. [Featured Reviewer] Date Added: 01/06/2018 11:43:30

Very much intended for an Oriental setting, this adventure takes the party towards a tiny quiet village whose main aim seems to be to stay out of the public eye... but they are attacked before they even get there, by a bunch of bandits!

The DM's Background describes what is behind this attack, and tells the tale of a cat whose curiousity was so great that it became a powerful and mischievous spirit. We all know cats like that!

It's not made clear why the party's going to the village in the first place, perhaps they are merely passing through. After the bandit attack, however, they may wish to go there. Here they find demoralised peasants who claim to be under the power of a demon lord. There's no inn, so if the party want to stay they can either lodge with a peasant, stay in the temple or visit a nearby castle. There is some limited interaction to be had in the village, but it seems inevitable that the party will end up going to the castle where the demon lord is said to live.

There's a map of the castle (but not one of the village or surrounding area), coupled with room descriptions and encounters therein. The place seems well-provided with traps... and with cats! There are other dangers as well.

While the adventure itself is rather basic, the party has quite an interesting moral problem to solve, based on the reason why the situation they faced arose. Their choice could lead to long-term ramifications... at least, if anyone finds out what they chose to do. It could work well near the beginning of an Oriental campaign, but has limited use if you are not running one.



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The Flesh is Weak
by Megan R. [Featured Reviewer] Date Added: 01/06/2018 11:12:45

Alstad used to be a prosperous town, bustling with life. Now it's deserted, animals are skittish, and a few gaunt faces peer out the windows. Then a ten-year-old boy asks the party for help - his parents have vanished! Can you help the lad, and maybe sort out the town's problem as well?

The DM's Background lays it all out, explaining the root cause of all the recent disappearances and how it came to be loose in town. Details are left purposefully vague, so that you can drop Alstad into a suitable location in your campaign world, although it is suggested that the adventure is best run in mid-autumn, with days shortening, the air getting chilly, and mists abounding. That said, the town itself is well-described, with a smallish map and notes on locations and notable inhabitants (or at least, who's left!). Conveniently there is someone in town who has the knowledge to realise what is going on - if only someone updates them on the situation and asks the right questions. You can use this person if the party are struggling to figure things out.

Perhaps the party has heard rumours that something odd is going on in Alstad, or they may have just arrived on other business (probably passing through) and find the place strangely deserted. Whichever way, the adventure begins as they are accosted by a scared small boy. Then they can explore the town and speak to the few still there.

Nearby there is a hill, Watchman's Hill, where the town's founder (a former adventuring wizard called Alstad) is buried in what used to be the town's cemetery. That is full now, and a new one has been started on the edge of town. Nowadays few folk go up Watchman's Hill, it has a reputation as a bit of a spooky place. This spooky feeling is now in town. Perhaps there's a connection?

It's a well-constructed story and serves to introduce both a nasty undead and a powerful yet flawed artefact, which you might wish to use outside of this adventure. Menace builds slowly but steadily, with the end being either the elimination of the threat or the elimination of the entire town (and possibly the party as well). Nice creepy tale, best played after dark...



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That Which Does Not Die
by Megan R. [Featured Reviewer] Date Added: 01/03/2018 12:26:50

If someone hires you for a 'simple bodyguard job' you know it's time to expect the worst, right? This one is no exception, as the party is hired to protect a merchant and the bodies begin to mount up. But will they stay dead?

The DM's Background explains all, introducing a new undead monster template, the revenant - a killing machine bent on revenge and it seems nothing will stop it. The plot itself concerns skullduggery in the clothing trade, and there seems to be plenty there to keep the party busy even without the introduction of undead... and of course they'll have to decide if they are protecting the right individual.

The adventure can start in any reasonable-sized city in your campaign world, when the party sees plenty of want-ads for good bodyguards and investigate further. There are events in town, messages in the dark and opportunities to fight or make a hasty exit, and hopefully the party will piece things together and realise not all their opponents are still alive although their employer's associates are departing this mortal coil at an alarming rate. Perhaps they can save one or two by getting there before who- or whatever is killing them off does. Eventually they should end up in a subterranean maze under a keep owned by one of these associates, where matters come to a head...

What was created as a vehicle for presenting new undead (to go along with Alderac Entertainment Group's sourcebook Undead) is a lot more, with a coherent backstory and a chance for plenty of interaction and excitement as the party try to keep people alive... but do they deserve to live?



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