My compliments to Angel McCoy, Christopher Perkins, Brom and Chuck Lukacs and Christopher West for a good all rounder of an adventure. There just aren't enough adventures set in civilized countryside. The ironic thing is that I just picked up an old copy of Dungeon out of a box in a used bookstore on a whim, and found a perfect adventure in it for my 11th level (generally) party.
I'm sure others have complimented you before but I just thought you all might like to know that the adventure is still drawing appreciation. I love the cleverness of the double dealing, the nice blend of human complexity with plot simplicity, and a very clear motivation for becoming a villain. It's also a cool ending wherein the pcs must justify their actions--how often does THAT happen? (I remember in one adventure I had a follower suddenly exclaim, "Hey, since when are we grave robbers? Is that some enemy whose grave we have the right to desecrate? You don't know..."
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Thanks, MrFish! I had a good time working on the maps to that one, and looking back on it I think it marks the point where I really started to hit my stride as a professional cartographer. It was my biggest assignment for the magazine at the time (something like 9 maps if I recall correctly) and featured some very interesting locations!
While it's well known that Chris Perkins makes some of the best adventures in the business, what few people probably realize is that his map "sketches" (if you can call them that) are similarly among the best I've ever seen; his clean line work and clear detail gave me a great starting point for developing the finished art.
It was a very nice adventure indeed. I used part of its storyline and maps in my campaign back in the day ...