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Gwydion wrote: "...Takasi's fortitude is not in question..."

Perhaps a cameo as a deluded, Eberron-fixated extraplanar sage was hasty. I think a small rabbit-shaped construct of some kind complete with a bass drum, permanent freedom of movement, and a +55 Fortitude save is in order...

*Quickly puts his tinderbox away, and discards his enormous kobold-skin bellows*

I think it would be great if there was an Easter Egg encounter in Savage Tide where you could encounter a lost and deluded extra-planar sage hailing from Morgrave University named Takasi.

He could be living in an attic apartment in Sasserine, filled with esoteric scryings and treatises denying that he is actually living on the world of Oerth. Trying to forge mechanical men, pairing off halflings with rabid dinosaurs hoping they will become friends, speaking vaguely of lost continents completely inhabited by dragonkind. That would be a hoot.

And before I get blasted with replies, I am a big fan of Eberron, Greyhawk, and the Realms. I have been playing long enough to have grognard status, and firmly believe that Greyhawk is and always should be the default setting for things of this nature.

The Dungeon staff have been fabulous with providing conversion material and should be lauded for this. Any DM worth his salt can convert one of these AP's to his setting of preference with a token effort.

Feel free to skewer me with more arguments if you wish Tak, but please, remember, this is all in good fun.

Actually Blubb, this one has always stayed a favorite of mine as well. It really seemed to signal the paradigm shift in adventure design at the time toward more unique, less cookie-cutter modules. For that reason alone it stays in my consciousness when I think of great scenarios.

Vesicant was essentially an undersized green dragon who realized she coudn't attain a substantial hoard on her own, so she subcontracted pirates in seedy coastal city she eventually came to control. She employed traps and trickery to even her odds against more powerful sorts, like the PC's. If I am not mistaken, she had only a handfull of hp, even by 1st edition standards, but the DM was encouraged to play her ruthlessly.

An old one but a good one for us grognards.