paizo.com Recent Reviews of GameMastery Encounter: Terror in the Chamber of Pain (OGL)paizo.com Recent Reviews of GameMastery Encounter: Terror in the Chamber of Pain (OGL)2021-06-06T04:03:33Z2021-06-06T04:03:33ZGameMastery Encounter: Terror in the Chamber of Pain (OGL): Pretty Bad All Around (1 star)Jhaemanhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy7uxb?GameMastery-Encounter-Terror-in-the-Chamber-of-Pain2021-06-06T04:01:42Z<p><b>GameMastery Encounter: Terror in the Chamber of Pain (OGL)</b></p><p>NO SPOILERS</p>
<p><b><i>Terror in the Chamber of Pain</b></i> was a very early Paizo product, part of its “Compleat Encounter” line that combined a few miniatures, a short adventure, and gridded cards that fit together as an encounter map. I’ve run a few of these now, and I wasn’t particularly impressed with this one. The cards fit together in a confusing way and don’t always match the room descriptions given in the adventure text. The artwork for the two NPCs in the set is fine, but neither one is particularly tough for the planned party of 8th level PCs. And although I only have the cards, in the picture of the three minis, one of the minis is very different than what’s promised. The adventure backstory doesn’t make a ton of sense either. I guess the one good thing I can say is that the adventure is cleverly written to be easily inserted into pretty much anyplace the PCs find themselves.</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p><p><b>GameMastery Encounter: Terror in the Chamber of Pain (OGL)</b></p><p>NO SPOILERS</p>
<p><b><i>Terror in the Chamber of Pain</b></i> was a very early Paizo product, part of its “Compleat Encounter” line that combined a few miniatures, a short adventure, and gridded cards that fit together as an encounter map. I’ve run a few of these now, and I wasn’t particularly impressed with this one. The cards fit together in a confusing way and don’t always match the room descriptions given in the adventure text. The artwork for the two NPCs in the set is fine, but neither one is particularly tough for the planned party of 8th level PCs. And although I only have the cards, in the picture of the three minis, one of the minis is very different than what’s promised. The adventure backstory doesn’t make a ton of sense either. I guess the one good thing I can say is that the adventure is cleverly written to be easily inserted into pretty much anyplace the PCs find themselves.</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>Jhaeman2021-06-06T04:01:42ZGameMastery Encounter: Terror in the Chamber of Pain (OGL): Weakest of the Compleat Encounters line (2 stars)Mark Morelandhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy7uxb?GameMastery-Encounter-Terror-in-the-Chamber-of-Pain2010-01-19T00:56:28Z<p><b>GameMastery Encounter: Terror in the Chamber of Pain (OGL)</b></p><p>In general, I am a fan of the now-defunct Compleat Encounters line. I might not have bought more than one had this been the first instead of penultimate set I picked up, though. The adventure here is the least captivating and the NPCs don't really inspire. I think the map is fairly useful, especially for a generic temple encounter, but the minis are the least versatile of any in the series. While several of the Compleat Encounters include a prop mini, the table of torture supplies in this set is the only one I don't think I'd ever use. Similarly, the humanoid figures are not particularly useful outside of the context of the adventure.</p><p><b>GameMastery Encounter: Terror in the Chamber of Pain (OGL)</b></p><p>In general, I am a fan of the now-defunct Compleat Encounters line. I might not have bought more than one had this been the first instead of penultimate set I picked up, though. The adventure here is the least captivating and the NPCs don't really inspire. I think the map is fairly useful, especially for a generic temple encounter, but the minis are the least versatile of any in the series. While several of the Compleat Encounters include a prop mini, the table of torture supplies in this set is the only one I don't think I'd ever use. Similarly, the humanoid figures are not particularly useful outside of the context of the adventure.</p>Mark Moreland2010-01-19T00:56:28Z