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Rooms & Encounters: The Fungal Corridor
[1-30000-097-7]
$1.85
Publisher: 0one Games
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by Mark G. [Featured Reviewer] Date Added: 01/22/2006 00:00:00

?The Fungal Corridor? is the second pdf in the Dungeon Under the Mountains: Rooms and Encounters line from 0one Games. This pdf is 13 pages (2 pages for front and back cover, 1 page OGL, 1 page boilerplate introduction), leaving this pdf at 4 pages of content and 5 pages of maps.

The room in this product is a corridor filled with fungus. It drops below the floor of level 1 and has a rope ladder leading up into room 8 in the Dungeon Under the Mountain. Except on the Dungeon Under the Mountain map it leads to the ceiling (a simple mix-up). The corridor consists of 3 sections, the entrance with rickety stairs, a corner with magic mouth and zombie centipede swarm, and a final stretch with a chimney and rope leading up to room 8.

The encounter is scalable for low (CR 4), medium (CR 7), and high (CR 9). Adjusting the rule the dungeon feature adjusts the stats and numbers of opponents, difficulty of skill checks, and tactics of opponents. This feature is usually very well executed in 0one Games products but there are a couple of glitches on this product. For instance, at the high difficulty setting the monster encounter read?

?The first swarm appears behind the players blocking further progress down the passageway and fights without retreat until destroyed, ? out of the fungal corridor. The third, fourth, and fifth swarm appear on the 3rd round from the ceiling, floor, and adjacent walls filling the entire passageway.

Somewhere along the lines, swarm #2 is missing. Also at the high difficulty, the centipede swarm write-up lists 6 swarms. So I guess swarm #6 is missing as well. Like the previous product this one uses the ?new statblock? that Wizards of the Coast began to use with the creation of DMG II but its execution is not flawless.

For instance the creatures are listed as a combined CR (essentially EL) when the DMG II states you should list them as CR for an individual creature.

The shrieker seems to be represented correctly but the zombie centipede swarm is another matter entirely. To begin with I?m assume that the author decided to count the centipede?s exoskeleton as a skeleton for the purposes of the zombie template. The HD of the swarm was not doubled (as per the template) [this disrupts hp, BAB, and saves], initiative modifier is wrong, the swarm is immune to weapon damage because of its size but also seems to have gain DC 5/slashing (which is redundant), it seems to have lost its ability to cause a distraction (which is due to the swarming action and not its metabolism), its swarm attack now has a to hit bonus, and it possesses weapon finesse. In general, the template is poorly applied. Properly templated each swarm should be a CR 6.

The encounter itself is a little dry having quite a predictable set-up. The fungus itself is flammable and this may lead to an interesting challenge if the PCs have cut off by undead swarms, have broken the bridge and lit the place on fire. Most likely the PCs will need to flee to Room 8. But, room 8 has been developed and has no other exists.

Ultimately, we have a badly stated corridor, with layers issues, leading to a dead end.

Hopefully, room 3 in this series will be as good as room one was.

Edit: With the release of 0one Roleplaying Games newest release "Rooms and Encounters - The Living Tomb" this product no longer leads to a dead end. It leads to "The Living Tomb" when the products are combined this provides a better experience overall. So I've decided to increase may rating because of its ability to link nicely to the other room.

<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Rule Dungeon Control on the Map<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Monster statblocks are incorrect (even though there are only 2) A secret corridor leading to an isolated room is not worth the effort. There are problems with the layers in this product (in the descriptions) This product is lower quality than would be expected from this publisher<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Disappointing<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br><BR>[THIS REVIEW WAS EDITED]<BR>



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[3 of 5 Stars!]
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