A small adventure consisting of a cursed village and cave system/ancient temple beneath written seemingly for LotFP or a similar Basic/Expert early edition D&D clone. The descriptions and writing are creative and clear while the scope is refreshingly small. I've rated it highly because it does what it seeks to do well. However, the focus is largely on body horror, making it very much a contemporary genre piece, and it adopts several elements of that genre, such as using the hook of (likely - they can avoid it if they think) inflicting the PCs with a terrible disgusting disease. Still, there's enough difference from the standard body-horror dungeon - a somewhat gonzo/science fantasy underlaying mystery and a good deal of fun, believeable NPC description (e.g. pugnacious teenagers swept up in a firey romance) - to lift Faux Pas above the standard body horror adventure and which should create a great set of roleplaying encounters. A solid, narrowly focused location based adventure that would fit decently into a high lethality gonzo or gore based setting.
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] |