King's Festival is an adventure scenario set in Karameikos.[1] It functions as both a guide for beginning DMs and an introductory dungeon.[2] The player characters (PCs) must rescue a cleric from a group of orcs to ensure that the King's Festival happens.[1]
The presentation in King's Festival is simple, streamlined, and easy to follow, with staging hints and advice for first-time DMs, and concise setting detail in the read-aloud sections. Pre-rolled PCs are included for a quick start, and a pull-out Combat Sequence Table is included on the Player Reference Sheet. Also provided are a few recommended rules, adaptations, and clarifications, such as giving beginning PCs no less than a minimum number of hit points at 1st level to avoid starting a character at one hit point.[2]
Publication historyedit
B11 King's Festival was written by Carl Sargent, with a cover by Clyde Caldwell and interior illustration by Valerie Valusek, and was published by TSR in 1989 as a 32-page booklet with an outer folder.[1] Editing is by Jim Lowder.[2]King's Festival is TSR product number 9260.[3] B12 Queen's Harvest is the sequel to this adventure.[1]
Receptionedit
Ken Rolston reviewed King's Festival for Dragon magazine in July 1991. He found the pull-out Combat Sequence Table a big help in conducting his Basic D&D game combat: "The summary and reference charts are effectively employed to help organize information for the rookie DM." Rolston felt that Carl Sargent did not "take a radical enough step to remedy the 1st-level character's chronic vulnerability to death from a couple of consecutive whacks from even weedy monsters", and suggested an alternative allowing a character to go unconscious and bleed to death unless bandaged by another character. He felt that the adventure "offers a quick, simple dungeon with a plenty of tricks and action and a few nifty touches". Rolston concluded the review by saying that King's Festival and Queen's Harvest "are absolutely the best introductory adventures in print for D&D-game-style fantasy role-playing games (FRPGs). Presented simply and clearly enough for young folks, these adventures are also challenging and entertaining enough for experienced gamers."[2]
king, festival, adventure, module, dungeons, dragons, fantasy, role, playing, game, codeb11tsr, product, code9260rules, requireddungeons, dragonscharacter, levels1, 3campaign, settingmystaraauthorscarl, sargentfirst, published1989linked, modulesb1, bsolo, cont. King s Festival is an adventure module for the Dungeons amp Dragons fantasy role playing game King s FestivalCodeB11TSR product code9260Rules requiredDungeons amp DragonsCharacter levels1 3Campaign settingMystaraAuthorsCarl SargentFirst published1989Linked modulesB1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B1 9 B10 B11 B12 BSOLO Contents 1 Plot synopsis 2 Publication history 3 Reception 4 See also 5 References and footnotes 6 External linksPlot synopsis editKing s Festival is an adventure scenario set in Karameikos 1 It functions as both a guide for beginning DMs and an introductory dungeon 2 The player characters PCs must rescue a cleric from a group of orcs to ensure that the King s Festival happens 1 The presentation in King s Festival is simple streamlined and easy to follow with staging hints and advice for first time DMs and concise setting detail in the read aloud sections Pre rolled PCs are included for a quick start and a pull out Combat Sequence Table is included on the Player Reference Sheet Also provided are a few recommended rules adaptations and clarifications such as giving beginning PCs no less than a minimum number of hit points at 1st level to avoid starting a character at one hit point 2 Publication history editB11 King s Festival was written by Carl Sargent with a cover by Clyde Caldwell and interior illustration by Valerie Valusek and was published by TSR in 1989 as a 32 page booklet with an outer folder 1 Editing is by Jim Lowder 2 King s Festival is TSR product number 9260 3 B12 Queen s Harvest is the sequel to this adventure 1 Reception editKen Rolston reviewed King s Festival for Dragon magazine in July 1991 He found the pull out Combat Sequence Table a big help in conducting his Basic D amp D game combat The summary and reference charts are effectively employed to help organize information for the rookie DM Rolston felt that Carl Sargent did not take a radical enough step to remedy the 1st level character s chronic vulnerability to death from a couple of consecutive whacks from even weedy monsters and suggested an alternative allowing a character to go unconscious and bleed to death unless bandaged by another character He felt that the adventure offers a quick simple dungeon with a plenty of tricks and action and a few nifty touches Rolston concluded the review by saying that King s Festival and Queen s Harvest are absolutely the best introductory adventures in print for D amp D game style fantasy role playing games FRPGs Presented simply and clearly enough for young folks these adventures are also challenging and entertaining enough for experienced gamers 2 See also editList of Dungeons amp Dragons modulesReferences and footnotes edit a b c d Schick Lawrence 1991 Heroic Worlds A History and Guide to Role Playing Games Prometheus Books p 136 ISBN 0 87975 653 5 a b c d Rolston Ken July 1991 Role playing Reviews Dragon Lake Geneva Wisconsin TSR 171 82 83 Sargent Carl King s Festival TSR Inc 1989External links edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title King 27s Festival amp oldid 1198943197, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
