Knights & Knaves Alehouse

This was one of the mini-adventures that was created for the Swords & Wizardry Appreciation day, but it's totally usable with 1e as well. If you like Robert E. Howard, this guy hits the nail on the head, and it's his second language, which is doubly impressive. Download the pdf from this blog page.

http://purpulpworm.blogspot.fr/2013/04/ ... n-day.html

Pretty good. I do wonder whether he "borrowed" the title from Fritz Leiber intentionally, or it just bubbled up from his subconscious. The Forbidden City of the Black Idols is where (early on in the saga, I believe in "The Bleak Shore"), Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser captured Ourph and the other three Mingols (can't recall their names atm) who end up serving them for the rest of their careers. For years I've been meaning to develop the city for my Lankhmar campaign, since Leiber gives almost no details.

I only had time to skim it (hopefully I'll look at it closer tomorrow). But it is dead-on. Of course, you have an excellent eye for this sort of thing, Matt!

This is better than Cheeze Whip!

Thank you for the kind words!

Nerelas wrote:Pretty good. I do wonder whether he "borrowed" the title from Fritz Leiber intentionally, or it just bubbled up from his subconscious. The Forbidden City of the Black Idols is where (early on in the saga, I believe in "The Bleak Shore"), Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser captured Ourph and the other three Mingols (can't recall their names atm) who end up serving them for the rest of their careers. For years I've been meaning to develop the city for my Lankhmar campaign, since Leiber gives almost no details.

Leiber, even more than Howard and Lovecraft, evokes many things to readers by the names of its fantastic places. The "Forbidden City of the Black Idols" comes obviously from Leiber - I also mentioned Mingols. I tried to imagine the city based on what we knew: slaves and black idols.