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Pen & Paper Roleplaying Central => Pen and Paper Roleplaying Games (RPGs) Discussion => Topic started by: Aglondir on July 29, 2022, 09:39:05 PM

Title: Halls of Arden Vul
Post by: Aglondir on July 29, 2022, 09:39:05 PM
We've talked about megadungeons here before, but I don't recall any discussion about this one. It's 1120 pages across 5 volumes. Currently on sale at Bundle of Holding. Here's the writeup:

QuoteTwelve centuries ago the cliffside city of Arden Vul was a wealthy and secretive administrative center of the Archontean Empire. Seeking the mysterious element known as arcanum, the Archonteans delved deeply underground, finding gold, legendary artifacts, and the crafts of several past civilizations. After a terrible civil war destroyed the empire, Arden Vul was lost -- yet now, a millennium later, the abandoned city remains strangely intact, unplundered. Why? The player characters may start to understand after they face Arden Vul's goblins, lizardmen, beastmen, halfling thugs, intelligent four-armed giant albino baboons, multiple cult temples (and a ziggurat), Varboka the Troll Thegn, Laocoon the Shadow Lord, Psalor-Ki the vivisectionist, Olaf the Bee-Whisperer, the Order of Planar Explorers, and the Great Tongue.

That sounds amazing. Do you have any experience with Arden Vul?
Title: Re: Halls of Arden Vul
Post by: S'mon on July 30, 2022, 04:33:12 AM
Cool - bit the bullet & purchased! Can never have too many good megadungeons IMO.
Title: Re: Halls of Arden Vul
Post by: mudbanks on July 30, 2022, 07:36:32 AM
Just bought, thanks Aglondir! I didn't realise it was on Bundle of Holding. As S'mon said, you can't have too many megadungeons.
Title: Re: Halls of Arden Vul
Post by: Thorn Drumheller on July 31, 2022, 01:05:16 AM
Yeah, I bought it too. I've been waiting for a really good deal and this is it. I also especially bought it because the sjdubs over on r/osr really hate that it's got slavery and the "r" word in it.
Title: Re: Halls of Arden Vul
Post by: THE_Leopold on July 31, 2022, 02:20:42 PM
bought it day one when it was released and even got the physical versions.  The physical books are beautiful and a welcome additional to your library.
Highly recommend buying it at this price as it's a damn steal.
Title: Re: Halls of Arden Vul
Post by: Krugus on July 31, 2022, 05:38:38 PM
I got the physical versions.   5 volumes sitting on my shelf with my other mega dungeons.

I need to do a TPK soon so I can begin my OSE campaign
or
wait another 6 months to a year for our current one to end
or
Start up a second campaign to play on the off weekends.

Maybe a combination of all three   >:)