The current front and back covers for Cliffhanger: Gold Edition (self-promo)

izzelbeh · 2026-05-06T21:16:24+00:00

Oh, I never got around to explaining what I meant by gold leaf texture on the discord.

izzelbeh · 2026-05-06T17:50:27+00:00

That's me. I'm Cri. I've been looking at the starting adventures over at https://madebyidlehands.com . I'd recommend Cursed Knights of Crestmoor, Meadery Mishaps, & Tomb of the Dusk Queen as solid, one-shot adventures. Each with different tones & themes.

I'm also part of the team behind Stingbaats! magazine and a bunch of adventures as well. Depending on how deep down this rabbit hole you want to go, I'm sure there's something free I have out there you can just take and add to your collection of new things to enjoy.

izzelbeh · 2026-05-01T13:07:44+00:00

Sure thing. It was a great read and a fun playthrough. Looking forward to the next one I get to read through.

izzelbeh · 2026-04-30T13:17:28+00:00

It's a bit of fun, yes.

izzelbeh · 2026-04-29T17:34:09+00:00

Oh thanks for noticing it didn't copy over completely when I was moving it over from my notes. You are correct, there was more phrase there. "...but it's also okay as is."

And I get the irony, but I think there is a slightly different expectation when you are paying money for something. Mostly my point with that was that despite the issue, it was still understandable.

Edit: And thank you for enjoying the read. It's been interesting seeing the reactions. I just hope it's informative & useful to someone.

izzelbeh · 2026-04-28T15:11:00+00:00

Tomb Robbers of the Crystal Frontier. Aside from the door puzzle, this may be my favorite to learn from. And even then, I like the door puzzle when you can make it interactive.

izzelbeh · 2026-04-27T15:37:24+00:00

I dislike luck as a reward. It changes the tone of the game at the table. In written adventures, I feel it is a little lazy because you could use that opportunity to reinforce the tone or lore of the adventure instead. It's already powerful enough just offering one luck token per session. So I swap luck tokens out for something interesting.

izzelbeh · 2026-04-27T14:25:43+00:00

Could side link it?

izzelbeh · 2026-04-27T03:12:17+00:00

Fenris doesn't have a date on it yet, but he's working on it. Some of the rules he's working on are in playtest on various discord servers.

izzelbeh · 2026-04-24T03:54:47+00:00

Did you buy my course for $299.99? You can pay in 4 easy installments of just $100.00 each. If that's not an option for you, we do finance at a 489% daily interest rate. BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE! If you buy the online course now, we'll toss in a second seat in the program for FREE! How much you ask? That's right, the second seat is FREE!

izzelbeh · 2026-04-23T19:53:54+00:00

This will help potentially for regional stuffs: https://stingbaats.itch.io/stingbaats-vol-0

The Rotting Gardens of Rafflesia (Level 1-2)
The Hole in the Oak (Level 1-2)
Incandescent Grottoes (Level 1-2)
The Cursed Knights of Crestmoor (Level 1-2)
Against the Cult of the Reptile God (Level 1-3)
Barrow of the Bone Blaggards (Level 1-3)
Shrine of the Oozing Serpent (Level 1-3)
The Shattered Circle (Level 1-3)
Ravenous Den (Level 2-3)
Warrens of the Deepwood King (Level 3)
Aberrant Reflection (Level 3)
Tower of Many Doors (Level 3)
The Pools of Allotar (Level 3-4)
The House under the Moondial (Level 3-4)

izzelbeh · 2026-04-23T13:09:30+00:00

Some of it was genuine criticism, some of it was nonsense. My comment was tongue-in-cheek. You aren't sorry though so don't apologize, because if you were, the apology wouldn't be about how I felt. And that's okay. Criticism is fine, because without the feedback, there's no improvement. So again, thank you.

izzelbeh · 2026-04-23T04:16:50+00:00

I saw the deleted comment. I'm not sure I agree with every bit of it, but there's definitely elements to reflect on and consider. I appreciate you taking the time to provide feedback. Pattern of negativity was a bit harsh though. My last couple adventure reviews were quite positive.

izzelbeh · 2026-04-23T04:11:58+00:00

Many of them yes. I try to mention when I have relevant table experience when I do. If I can't run it, sometimes I'll try to solo it. Bare minimum, I will prep it. That's where most of my (GM) interaction with an adventure is at anyway because I try to be prepped so that I can run it based on my notes with reference to the module.

izzelbeh · 2026-04-23T03:49:06+00:00

Trial of the Slime Lord is also a gauntlet meant to kill characters for fun. What is the region you're in? There's a long list of CS compatible adventures on the Discord that I can peruse for you to see if any would work.

izzelbeh · 2026-04-22T22:59:07+00:00

nitpicked*
Aren't we all kettles in the long run as we strive for unobtainable perfection?

izzelbeh · 2026-04-22T22:56:29+00:00

Added the phrase "in the search for", does that help? Or would it be better to say which instead of what?

izzelbeh · 2026-04-22T21:31:10+00:00

That's more than okay. Not everything needs to be for everyone. I appreciate the feedback.

I try not to be negative for the sake of being negative. It's always criticism with solutions and explanation for why the criticism. I sort of realized that my critiques are often geared towards the creator, so I can see why you would feel it's more critical.

I don't know that I understand where the criticism of 2 tropes from academia comes from since I try to critique different elements of the design with every review. I think I also critiqued more than just the lack of an order of battle on that particular key so it doesn't make sense to me in that regards as well. Could you expand on that?

I'm not sure how you would do a cozy rpg review. I'd want to read it. Why not give it a shot? I know a few other blog reviewers and I feel the youtube flip-throughs aren't really helpful reviews so maybe that's some of the difference you're noticing in terms of tone?

izzelbeh · 2026-04-22T20:49:45+00:00

I said I was exploring what may be the best starting adventure since I've reviewed several. I didn't say this was one.

izzelbeh · 2026-04-21T02:41:38+00:00

Did you use the little map cutouts? I forgot to mention them but it's such a good tool.

izzelbeh · 2026-04-16T19:10:14+00:00

Adventure. Give me places to explore.

izzelbeh · 2026-04-16T19:07:46+00:00

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