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Jonathan Ely
Mini-Dungeon #002: Hobgoblin Lair
5th Edition Mini-Dungeon for 4 PCs of Level 1
This lair is a seasonal home for a small group of goblinoid raiders that have been terrorizing the local region. If hunted by the PCs and tracked here, they retreat into the inside of this ancient complex (located 3-5 miles from the nearest trade route and community of any size).
5E Mini-Dungeons are single page, double sided adventures for 5th Edition which are setting agnostic and are easily inserted anywhere in your campaign.
$1.99
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This fit perfectly in my campaign. Also gave me numerous ideas on expanding the adventure my group is in. Kudos AAW Games for another great job!!!
This purchase was a dream. Its a mini dungeon so very limited time play. The price is perfect for that. The shopping system they have in place was fast and very complete. A true 5 star experience!!
An Endzeitgeist.com review
This pdf clocks in at 2 pages and is a mini-dungeon. This means we get 2 pages content, including a solid map and all item/monster-stats hyperlinked and thus, absent from the pdf, with only deviations from the statblocks being noted for the GM. Oh, and the series now comes in an archive that also contains…*drumroll* a .jpg-version and a .tif-version of the map! Yeah, that’s pretty amazing! The dungeon’s number-less version of the map doesn’t come with iterations sans the deceptive “S” denoting secret doors, but at least the trap icons have been purged in these VTT-versions. Still, I wouldn’t be able to use them as is, with the deceptive “S” around…but then again, this is really inexpensive.
Since this product line’s goal is providing short diversions, side-quest dungeons etc., I will not expect mind-shattering revelations, massive plots or particularly smart or detailed depictions, instead tackling the line for what it is. Got that? Great!
This being an adventure-review, the following contains SPOILERS. Potential players may wish to jump to the conclusion.
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Herein, we receive the seasonal home of a bunch of goblinoid raiders led by a bugbear – as such, the place is rigged with an array of basic, conservative traps – and yes, their home does hide an old, Dwarven shrine. The details provided for the rooms per se are captivating, and the boss, a bugbear, is a solid choice for a boss.
Conclusion:
Editing and formatting are very good, I noticed no significant glitches. Layout adheres to a beautiful 2-column full-color standard and the pdf comes sans bookmarks, but needs none at this length. Cartography is full color and surprisingly good for such an inexpensive pdf. The pdf does sport one nice piece of original full-color art – kudos!
There is a big issue I have with this pdf, and it pertains the argument that I’d try to field for its time-saving aspect – apart from one trap and one monster, none of the hyperlinks actually points to its target. Even though the open 5e SRD contains all those stats for the traps etc. featured, the lack of hyperlink functionality is somewhat annoying and mitigates the “Hey, you have no time, just get this and go play!”-aspect. Formally, the conversion by Kyle Crider isn’t bad, though.
On a content-level, I loathed this mini-dungeon in PFRPG and I still dislike it in 5e – it’s the boring, vanilla anti-gobbo-crawl. I have literally seen this done a gazillion times as a reviewer and while it’s not bad per se, I can improvise more compelling material. Still, for the time-starved GM, this may provide some help, though the hyperlinking hiccups can be a bit jarring there. In short, the author Jonathan Ely has since then improved significantly and I’d urge you to check out one of his more recent offerings in the series. My final verdict will clock in at 2.5 stars, rounded down – unless you really need a vanilla anti-gobbo-crawl.
Endzeitgeist out.