D&D adventure with a pyramid?

Omega · June 16, 2015, 01:11:48 PM

Quote from: Matt;836794But on the other hand he managed to avoid encounters with the undead.

That is why you bring a few Women Wrestlers or a Robot along. Just in case.

Matt · June 16, 2015, 01:28:30 PM

Quote from: Omega;836795That is why you bring a few Women Wrestlers or a Robot along. Just in case.

Why can't I have G.L.O.W. and a robot?

RPGPundit · June 22, 2015, 12:33:44 AM

Thanks for the tips, guys.

Omega · June 22, 2015, 04:40:13 AM

Now if you want so go on an adventure with a pyramid then you will have to take one of these guys...

JeremyR · June 22, 2015, 05:12:01 AM

Quote from: Omega;837610Now if you want so go on an adventure with a pyramid then you will have to take one of these guys...

And be sure to ask your mummy first...

Tetsubo · June 22, 2015, 09:12:33 AM

Didn't Role Aids have the Temple of Ra?

Joey2k · June 22, 2015, 11:28:23 AM

Pyramid of the Dragon from Small Niche Games is an OSR module for Labyrinth Lord. Pete Spahn usually puts out good stuff (I actually have this but it's been a while since I read it).

RPGPundit · June 25, 2015, 12:12:43 AM

Quote from: Technomancer;837626Pyramid of the Dragon from Small Niche Games is an OSR module for Labyrinth Lord. Pete Spahn usually puts out good stuff (I actually have this but it's been a while since I read it).

Yeah, I'm familiar with that one, having reviewed it.

Elfdart · August 27, 2015, 01:46:36 PM

Quote from: Natty Bodak;836407Let us not forget the Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan.

Is that the one with the vampire creature at the end? I remember our party killed it and thought "Holy shit! The first encounter is a vampire?" and went through the rest of the pyramid on our toes. It seemed rather anticlimactic until we were done and we realized that we must have gone into the intended exit and thus, played the module in reverse order.

Exploderwizard · August 27, 2015, 05:31:03 PM

Quote from: Natty Bodak;836627Is the distinction in shape or purpose? They definitely used "pyramid" in the module, but i wouldn't give them any credit for authority.

Both. The ziggurat was usually a temple, and used for active worship by the living, while pyramids were primarily built to be tombs for the dead.

Natty Bodak · August 29, 2015, 04:19:26 PM

Quote from: Elfdart;851550Is that the one with the vampire creature at the end? I remember our party killed it and thought "Holy shit! The first encounter is a vampire?" and went through the rest of the pyramid on our toes. It seemed rather anticlimactic until we were done and we realized that we must have gone into the intended exit and thus, played the module in reverse order.

That's ol' El Poco Loco, which is all we could come with when trying to pronounce his name. If you don't come in the "competition" entrance he would be at the end I think. The lack of level drain and starting off enervated helps it not be too bad, but still a pretty pulse quickening early encounter.

arminius · August 29, 2015, 09:45:19 PM

Quote from: Exploderwizard;851591Both. The ziggurat was usually a temple, and used for active worship by the living, while pyramids were primarily built to be tombs for the dead.

Thanks for articulating that. BUT we still call the Central American monuments (used as temples) "pyramids", and one of the first Egyptian pyramids was a step-pyramid that was fairly ziggurat-like.

The word pyramid can't be traced past Greek; the Egyptians called them "mer". "Ziggurat" is Akkadian. I don't know what the mesoamericans called their structures but it wasn't "pyramid".

In short, English usage is pretty arbitrary. Mainly it's a ziggurat if it's from Mesopotamia.

Omega · September 05, 2015, 07:25:27 PM

Not a module. But came across this and was reminded why we see so few pyramids...

QuoteIt's like playing a few hours of an rpg and forgetting to save before you die