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H4: The Throne of Bloodstone

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	==H4: ''The Throne of Bloodstone''==		==H4: ''The Throne of Bloodstone''==
	"Between levels 18 and 100", H4 is universally acknowledged the most hilariously gonzo and [[METAL]] adventure in 1e. Get bent Mr Saunders, you think H2 was "gross" and overpowered, we'll give you gross and we'll deal with the balance issues OUR WAY. As Lawrence Schick pointed out in 1991, AD&D 1e didn't have a Master's Set; there were no rules in 1988 beyond level 25.		"Between levels 18 and 100", H4 is universally acknowledged the most hilariously gonzo and [[METAL]] adventure in 1e. Get bent Mr Saunders, you think H2 was "gross" and overpowered, we'll give you gross and we'll deal with the balance issues OUR WAY. As Lawrence Schick pointed out in 1991, [[Epic Levels\|AD&D 1e didn't have a Master's Set]]; there were no rules in 1988 beyond level 25.

	Defeating Vaasa isn't in the cards as long as the true ruler is on some other (lower) plane. Time to go right down there - so far, so [[Queen of the Demonweb Pits]]. The module's got the "Forgotten Realms" logo which is funny given it's the one module in the H series that doesn't take place in the ''same plane of existence'' as that setting.		Defeating Vaasa isn't in the cards as long as the true ruler is on some other (lower) plane. Time to go right down there - so far, so [[Queen of the Demonweb Pits]]. The module's got the "Forgotten Realms" logo which is funny given it's the one module in the H series that doesn't take place in the ''same plane of existence'' as that setting.

1d4chan>Zimriel: /* Legacy */

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Legacy

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	For [[Plane\|planar]] adventurers this series is more infamous for the ''anti-''legacy: some [[bitch]] decided that [[Orcus]] didn't exist and, further more, never existed.		For [[Plane\|planar]] adventurers this series is more infamous for the ''anti-''legacy: some [[bitch]] decided that [[Orcus]] didn't exist and, further more, never existed.

	''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' retcon'ed this setting into its world like (some say) it did for [[R.A. Salvatore]]'s [[Icewind ~~Vale~~]]. That's FR9, ''The Bloodstone Lands''.		''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' retcon'ed this setting into its world like (some say) it did for [[R.A. Salvatore]]'s [[Icewind Dale]]. That's FR9, ''The Bloodstone Lands''.

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	For [[Plane\|planar]] adventurers this series is more infamous for the ''anti-''legacy: some [[bitch]] decided that [[Orcus]] didn't exist and, further more, never existed.		For [[Plane\|planar]] adventurers this series is more infamous for the ''anti-''legacy: some [[bitch]] decided that [[Orcus]] didn't exist and, further more, never existed.

	''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' retcon'ed this setting into its world like (some say) it did for R.A. Salvatore's Icewind ~~Dale~~. That's FR9, ''The Bloodstone Lands''.		''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' retcon'ed this setting into its world like (some say) it did for [[R.A. Salvatore]]'s [[Icewind Vale]]. That's FR9, ''The Bloodstone Lands''.

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1d4chan>Rinnexn: Rinnexn moved page Bloodstone Pass to H1-2-3-4: Bloodstone Pass: TSR Module Organizing

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1d4chan>Zimriel: /* Legacy */

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Legacy

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	=Legacy=		=Legacy=
	Most of all ''Battlesystem'' itself came out of this, which is a Big Deal in the hobby. Rich Baker has acknowledged ''[[Red Hand of Doom]]'''s debt to H1 in particular.		Most of all ''Battlesystem'' itself came out of this, which is a Big Deal in the hobby. Rich Baker has acknowledged ''[[Red Hand of Doom]]'''s debt to H1 in particular. Otherwise this was an experiment in high-level play, parallel to Companion / Master; even if it didn't work (H2) or was a joke (H4), it paved the way for better in future.

	For [[Plane\|planar]] adventurers this series is more infamous for the ''anti-''legacy: some [[bitch]] decided that [[Orcus]] didn't exist and, further more, never existed.		For [[Plane\|planar]] adventurers this series is more infamous for the ''anti-''legacy: some [[bitch]] decided that [[Orcus]] didn't exist and, further more, never existed.

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	'''Bloodstone Pass''' is the setting for [[Douglas Niles]]' and Michael Dobson's module of that name, first in the H series and the first testing-ground for [[Battlesystem]] aka neo-[[Chainmail]]. In fact "Bloodstone Pass" was the original name for that system before the authors - two and the same - realised that a "crunch" supplement needed a title that actually, you know, described what it did.		'''Bloodstone Pass''' is the setting for [[Douglas Niles]]' and Michael Dobson's module of that name, first in the H series (for "High On Cocaine") and the first testing-ground for [[Battlesystem]] aka neo-[[Chainmail]]. In fact "Bloodstone Pass" was the original name for that system before the authors - two and the same - realised that a "crunch" supplement needed a title that actually, you know, described what it did.

	=Backstory=		=Backstory=

1d4chan>Zimriel: /* H4: The Throne of Bloodstone */

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H4: The Throne of Bloodstone

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	==H4: ''The Throne of Bloodstone''==		==H4: ''The Throne of Bloodstone''==
			"Between levels 18 and 100", H4 is universally acknowledged the most hilariously gonzo and [[METAL]] adventure in 1e. Get bent Mr Saunders, you think H2 was "gross" and overpowered, we'll give you gross and we'll deal with the balance issues OUR WAY. As Lawrence Schick pointed out in 1991, AD&D 1e didn't have a Master's Set; there were no rules in 1988 beyond level 25.

			Defeating Vaasa isn't in the cards as long as the true ruler is on some other (lower) plane. Time to go right down there - so far, so [[Queen of the Demonweb Pits]]. The module's got the "Forgotten Realms" logo which is funny given it's the one module in the H series that doesn't take place in the ''same plane of existence'' as that setting.

			''This time'', Dobson and Niles mused to themselves what it might actually ''take'' to bring down a demon god in his own home. As usual, that's to destroy his Ring: the Wand, in Orcus' case. Except, he's still using it. Never to be forgotten, the city of [[lich]]es and another city of 100,000(!) demons.

			Bless you, Dobson and Niles, for bringing this kino to /tg/ and to [[neckbeards]] everywhere.

	=Legacy=		=Legacy=

1d4chan>Zimriel: /* H3: The Bloodstone Wars */

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H3: The Bloodstone Wars

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	==H3: ''The Bloodstone Wars''==		==H3: ''The Bloodstone Wars''==
			Here, the PCs are the barons of Bloodstone now firmly planted in ''[[Forgotten Realms]]''. Clearly, TSR worried about campaign-setting creep: as H2 had to set Niles' Deepearth Mines in Bloodstone, H3 had to marry both to Greenwood's work...

			Anyway it's more of H1's same: BATTLESYSTEM!1!eleventyone. Also some dungeons.

	==H4: ''The Throne of Bloodstone''==		==H4: ''The Throne of Bloodstone''==