OSR Review: Beneath The Ruined Wizards Tower 

you poor thing. Those were tough times. :)

Oh, the chits... I feel your pain. And when I finally got the dice, i couldn't figure out how the d4 worked for about 2 months. Just used a d8 divided by 2.

When I bought the set (in 1979 or 1980 I think) I didn't even know that there were real dice other than D6. I thought that references to d4, d8, d12, d20 were just a term for which chits to use.

That's what this channel is all about!

Lol.... on, and THAT my friend is the reason it MUST be there. :)

Make the Dingleman a Pit Fiend under infernal contract with the town authorities. Nobody will laugh.

@@captcorajus Absolutely LOL

Dingle is both a town and a peninsula in Ireland, a German word (and archaic surname) for someone who owns and operates a very small farm, and (urban dictionary notwithstanding) its English definition is a deep wooded glen or valley. A "dingly" region is one with many dingles in it, of course. "Dingly dell" refers to an idyllic rural setting, obviously well-provided with dingles. If you can keep a straight face and a deadpan delivery while relaying all of that strictly factual information, your players will probably die laughing. :)

@@richmcgee434 LOL

Absolutely! Yeah, me too.

Actually, that makes a lot of practical sense if you consider that dungeons are not just dwellings, but defensive fortresses, and are designed to thwart invaders. Real life castles were designed this way. Certainly the Holmes example is an exaggeration, but consider also that in a fantasy setting were magic can be use to augment traditional construction techniques that creating maze like obstacles is a great defensive strategy. :)

@@captcorajus Nah, it's just the contractors padding their bills.

@@richmcgee434 Ha ha... of course!

I sometimes see these 45 - 90 deg turns in a roads when Im driving along and think what the hell is that for? Road surveyors getting bored and charging more for each corner.

Oh, its definitely adaptable

My mission has been accomplished. :)

Its actually BETTER than the one in the DMG, as it has a fully fleshed out background, and the level is COMPLETE.

Oh man, that would be great to have you!

@@captcorajus If it was in the OKC area we'd be there! Maybe it's a good thing, considering my singing (of course KJs hear that all the time). :D

@@GlenHallstrom Lol,. Sometimes you're clapping because they're great, other times you're clapping because they're done.

Right, but the Kaleidoscopic effects assures you'll get lost. i.e. you mean to go right, but you go left.

Given that the walls are made up of a tangle of jutting crystals, either keeping a hand on the wall or even just trying to stick near it visually is going to be tricky. We also have no idea to what degree the tunnels rise or fall as you travel through it.

@@captcorajus Again, navigating a maze you can't see in is old hat. You tie yourselves together with short lengths of rope, one or more people keeps a hand on the left or right wall, and everyone walks forward in time following the wall's course. This one's actually easier than a magically blacked-out maze is, since only the guide with their hand on the wall needs to actually keep their eyes closed to avoid confusion and the rest of the PCs can actually see (even if confused by optical effects) incoming monsters, traps, etc. And if the walls are so jagged that you can't keep in touch with it while wearing an armored gauntlet, use a tool. Cut down an old-fashioned ten foot pole, use a spare torch, drag a weapon along the wall. This kind of maze isn't hard to bypass unless there's a critter threat (in this case the crystal spiders), a bunch of traps hidden by the sight-scrambling, and/or a ticking clock of some kind (because this kind of cautious movement is very slow, admittedly). Maybe in this case there's so many spiders in total that going slow and safe lets them pile up in unmanageable numbers or something? Could reasonably ask what they're living on since the crystals are indestructible and their victims transform into crystal, so - maybe they're photovores (if the crystal glow naturally) or electrovores feeding off some kind of piezoelectric effect the crystal produces? And to ask the obvious, does the kaleidoscope effect work when there's no light at all? Sure doesn't sound like it. If not and you've got someone who can see in the dark, kill your lights and let them lead you as you explore, lighting up if spiders show up. Haven't even asked how well paint sticks to the crystals, but every group I've ever played with sure would. Given that no time passes for aging/thirst/hunger inside the maze, I could easily see some player(s) fixating on the idea of slowly painting the whole place over to eliminate the reflections, clearing out all the spiders, and trying to make money off the maze as an old folks' retirement home or something equally gonzo. That's the kind of daffy thinking I expect out of creative players. Also wonder what the reflectivity does to gaze attacks... :)

You're welcome!

Its a real crime that the Holmes Basic set isn't available on PDF.

@@captcorajus Is there a reason it was withdrawn from public availability?

@@johnscotto5045 It never was. Its never been available for PDF. Any PDF you might have seen was a pirate copy. WOTC has never provided a copy of Holmes Basic.

Playing the module I was fortunate that the players approached the Corsair's Tomb from the north. I decided that the players could hear the weeping woman ghost crying in the distance from across the rope bridge. This distracted them from the tomb door and they went to the ghost cave and received the ring to protect them from level draining BEFORE they met the Corsair.

Yep. Initially it was m&T and Dungeon Geomorphs. Then B1 and finally B2

By all means, please do!!

The song is a remix of mine from a few sources. I am a Dee Jay,,, lol..So unfortunately you won't be able to find it.

@@captcorajus hey! Thank you for at least solving the mystery lol. The very beginning kind of reminded me of Zelda in a way, but more orchestral. You should do a short video of how you mixed it together :D that would be both epic and fascinating 😉

@@blueldrrich84 And possibly result in every video getting a copyright strike. lol Sorry.

Sorry brother I'm not sure what that is, so I wouldn't know.

Interactive Fiction, i.e. Text adventures. Zork!

@@rkcpek Ahhh, gotcha, Not that I know of other than the gold box adventures... which are all available pretty cheaply on steam.

No but there is a map from the ADVENTURE game designer out there. Also, I haven't played this but it looks fun: warlockshomebrew.blogspot.com/2012/03/zenopus-tower-cut-away.html?m=1

All of them? lol. Anything from Rock to hip hop, Oldies to current, depending on the crowd, though I tend to favor 90s hip hop/ New Jack Swing. :)

Fun!

1st, "I'll answer a question, 1 no more, i'll not speak till it be 4." 2nd, "Speak I'll answer", 3rd. "Behold". Might be a speaker issue? No one i've spoken to seems to have that problem.

@@captcorajus Thanks so much cap'n. Strange no one else had the issue. May be a problem my end. Keep up the good work on the channel! Thanks!

@@tokyobear It's a little hard to puzzle out on my crap speakers too, but clear enough on my headphones.

@@richmcgee434 Thanks Rich :)