palace of shadows vs fingers of the forsaken hand

mordrene · Post by **mordrene** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:59 pm

So I read both modules this weekend and basically, they are the same module. has anyone else discovered this?

Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:53 pm

No, they played very differently.
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Maliki · Post by **Maliki** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:35 pm

Its been a while since I looked at either, but I don't remember them seeming the same.
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mordrene · Post by **mordrene** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:58 pm

Tree, I get they played differently. different characters, different levels, etc. I mean the layout.

both too place in a wizard lair, both had a magical portal that needed 5 keys to open, both had 5 sections for each key with a gardian and both had the major opponent in last foom after magic portal opened. I read fingers first and thought I would really enjoy running this module. Then I read the Palace and thought i just read this.

Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:02 pm

All I can say is they played very differently. My players never mentioned any similarities. It felt different to me while I was running them too. Different monsters, different strategies, etc... Plus I had a lot of fun playing the Rakshasa and the Simulacrum.
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Post by **Fiffergrund** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 4:52 pm

I haven't read Palace of Shadows, so I can't speak to the similarities. I can say that, in my opinion, calling the Fingers a "wizard's lair" is a bit oversimplified.
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gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:02 pm

Well, if one looks at it objectively, the majority of modules pretty much have the same plot. "Sneak in, evade traps, kill, loot."

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mordrene · Post by **mordrene** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:58 pm

Fiffergrund wrote:
I haven't read Palace of Shadows, so I can't speak to the similarities. I can say that, in my opinion, calling the Fingers a "wizard's lair" is a bit oversimplified.

I agree. but simplified i thought they were verry similar. just read them back to back and see what you think. Its no conspiracy, theory like the world ending in 2012 due to some galactic alignment or the invention of time travel. Just my humble opinion.