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	'''X2: Castle Amber''' is an adventure module for the original [[Dungeons & Dragons]] ruleset, released in 1981 by [[Tom Moldvay]]. It was inspired by (and/or an adaptation of) the Averoigne pulp fantasy novels written by [[Clark Ashton Smith]], aka one of the guys whose pulp fantasy tales inspired [[Gary Gygax]] to make D&D in the first place, crossing over the [[B3: Palace of the Silver Princess\|B3]]/[[X1: Isle of Dread\|X1]] [[Mystara\|Known World]] with Smith's fictional medieval French province of Averoigne.		'''X2: Castle Amber''' is an adventure module for the original [[Dungeons & Dragons]] ruleset, released in 1981 by [[Tom Moldvay]]. It was inspired by (and/or an adaptation of) the Averoigne pulp fantasy novels written by [[Clark Ashton Smith]], aka one of the guys whose pulp fantasy tales inspired [[Gary Gygax]] to make D&D in the first place, crossing over the [[B3: Palace of the Silver Princess\|B3]]/[[X1: The Isle of Dread\|X1]] [[Mystara\|Known World]] with Smith's fictional medieval French province of Averoigne.

	The module revolves around Castle Amber, a place that was once home to a family of powerful but insane [[wizard]]ry-practicing nobles, the Ambers, who subsist upon frogs and snails, and use far too much garlic. However, when the patriarch Stephen Amber (Etienne d'Amberville) was betrayed and murdered by his relatives, his ghost placed the castle under the curse.		The module revolves around Castle Amber, a place that was once home to a family of powerful but insane [[wizard]]ry-practicing nobles, the Ambers, who subsist upon frogs and snails, and use far too much garlic. However, when the patriarch Stephen Amber (Etienne d'Amberville) was betrayed and murdered by his relatives, his ghost placed the castle under the curse.

1d4chan>Zimriel at 20:13, 28 April 2021

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	'''X2: Castle Amber''' is an adventure module for the original [[Dungeons & Dragons]] ruleset, released in 1981 by [[Tom Moldvay]]. It was inspired by (and/or an adaptation of) the Averoigne pulp fantasy novels written by [[Clark Ashton Smith]], aka one of the guys whose pulp fantasy tales inspired [[Gary Gygax]] to make D&D in the first place, crossing over the [[Mystara]] ~~setting~~ with Smith's fictional medieval French province of Averoigne.		'''X2: Castle Amber''' is an adventure module for the original [[Dungeons & Dragons]] ruleset, released in 1981 by [[Tom Moldvay]]. It was inspired by (and/or an adaptation of) the Averoigne pulp fantasy novels written by [[Clark Ashton Smith]], aka one of the guys whose pulp fantasy tales inspired [[Gary Gygax]] to make D&D in the first place, crossing over the [[B3: Palace of the Silver Princess\|B3]]/[[X1: Isle of Dread\|X1]] [[Mystara\|Known World]] with Smith's fictional medieval French province of Averoigne.

	The module revolves around Castle Amber, a place that was once home to a family of powerful but insane [[wizard]]ry-practicing nobles, the Ambers. However, when the patriarch Stephen Amber (Etienne d'Amberville) was betrayed and murdered by his relatives, his ghost placed the castle under the curse. The party takes the role of [[adventurer]]s traveling through Glantri, only to be pulled into the castle by a mysterious magical mist as night falls, one that quickly kills them if they try to turn away from the castle - yes, this may sound familiar, but this actually predates [[I6: Ravenloft]] by a good two years, even if this is where the Mists of [[Ravenloft]] obviously have their roots. With no way out, the party is forced into the castle to shelter from the mists.		The module revolves around Castle Amber, a place that was once home to a family of powerful but insane [[wizard]]ry-practicing nobles, the Ambers, who subsist upon frogs and snails, and use far too much garlic. However, when the patriarch Stephen Amber (Etienne d'Amberville) was betrayed and murdered by his relatives, his ghost placed the castle under the curse.

	Once trapped inside Castle Amber (or Château d'Amberville), the party's goal is simple: escape! Evading traps and working around the demented yet powerful members of the d'Amberville family, as well as the other, often hostile, creatures that have been brought here by the mad mages. Ultimately, the party will need to find and open a hidden portal that will allow them to explore the ~~wilderness~~ of Averoigne, ~~where they~~ must evade the mage-hunting [[Inquisitor]]s and locate the inter-dimensional tomb of Stephen d'Amberville. Only here can they break the curse and return to the relative sanity of Mystara.		The party takes the role of [[adventurer]]s traveling through Jean Wells' Glantri, only to be pulled into the castle by a mysterious magical mist as night falls, one that quickly kills them if they try to turn away from the castle - predating [[I6: Ravenloft]] by a good two years, so here is where [[Tracy Hickman]] found his Mists of [[Ravenloft]]. With no way out, the party is forced into the castle.

			Once trapped inside Castle Amber (or Château d'Amberville), the party's goal is simple: escape! Evading traps and working around the demented yet powerful members of the d'Amberville family, as well as the other, often hostile, creatures that have been brought here by the mad mages. Ultimately, the party will need to find and open a hidden portal that will allow them to explore the province of Averoigne, with an inaccurate map and egregious time-collapse against Smith canon. Here the party must evade the mage-hunting [[Inquisitor]]s and locate the inter-dimensional tomb of Stephen d'Amberville. Only here can they break the curse and return to the relative sanity of Mystara.

	Castle Amber was one of the two debut modules for the [[aranea]], [[lupin]] and [[rakasta]] races, all of which appear as monsters. It was also the birthplace of the [[Neh-thalggu]], a brain-collecting [[aberration]], and the [[Magen]], powerful [[golem]]-like [[construct]]s that are essentially an advanced form of [[homunculus]] imbued with [[wizard]]-like spellcasting abilities. There's also a demon, the "Death Demon"; which thread starts getting lost when ''[[M1: Into the Maelstrom]]'' drops a [[balrog\|LOLrog]] on the party and is wholly abandoned in the ''Immortals'' line which decides all BXCMI demons shall be epic herewith.		Castle Amber was one of the two debut modules for the [[aranea]], [[lupin]] and [[rakasta]] races, all of which appear as monsters. It was also the birthplace of the [[Neh-thalggu]], a brain-collecting [[aberration]], and the [[Magen]], powerful [[golem]]-like [[construct]]s that are essentially an advanced form of [[homunculus]] imbued with [[wizard]]-like spellcasting abilities. There's also a demon, the "Death Demon"; which thread starts getting lost when ''[[M1: Into the Maelstrom]]'' drops a [[balrog\|LOLrog]] on the party and is wholly abandoned in the ''Immortals'' line which decides all BXCMI demons shall be epic herewith.
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	Part of their ongoing licensing agreement with Wizards of the Coast for the "Original Adventures Reincarnated" line of books, [[Dungeon Crawl Classics\|Goodman Games]] got permission to reprint and convert the module to 5e as "OAR #5 Castle Amber." It was released in Fall 2020.		Part of their ongoing licensing agreement with Wizards of the Coast for the "Original Adventures Reincarnated" line of books, [[Dungeon Crawl Classics\|Goodman Games]] got permission to reprint and convert the module to 5e as "OAR #5 Castle Amber." It was released in Fall 2020.

	Reviews of it are generally positive though people note that most of the essays basically are "READ CLARK ~~ASHTOBN~~ SMITH!" The 5e conversion is pretty much on point though.		Reviews of it are generally positive though people note that most of the essays basically are "READ CLARK ASHTON SMITH!" The 5e conversion is pretty much on point though.

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	==Reprint and 5e Conversion==		==Reprint and 5e Conversion==

	Part of their ongoing licensing agreement with Wizards of the Coast for the "Original Adventures Reincarnated" line of books, [[Dungeon Crawl Classics\|Goodman Games]] got permission to reprint and convert the module to 5e as "OAR #5 Castle Amber." It ~~is due out~~ in Fall~~-to-Winter~~ 2020.		Part of their ongoing licensing agreement with Wizards of the Coast for the "Original Adventures Reincarnated" line of books, [[Dungeon Crawl Classics\|Goodman Games]] got permission to reprint and convert the module to 5e as "OAR #5 Castle Amber." It was released in Fall 2020.

			Reviews of it are generally positive though people note that most of the essays basically are "READ CLARK ASHTOBN SMITH!" The 5e conversion is pretty much on point though.

	[[Category: Dungeons & Dragons]] [[Category: Modules]] [[Category: Mystara]]		[[Category: Dungeons & Dragons]] [[Category: Modules]] [[Category: Mystara]]

1d4chan>Konrad13 at 06:20, 23 July 2020

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	Castle Amber was one of the two debut modules for the [[aranea]], [[lupin]] and [[rakasta]] races, all of which appear as monsters. It was also the birthplace of the [[Neh-thalggu]], a brain-collecting [[aberration]], and the [[Magen]], powerful [[golem]]-like [[construct]]s that are essentially an advanced form of [[homunculus]] imbued with [[wizard]]-like spellcasting abilities. There's also a demon, the "Death Demon"; which thread starts getting lost when ''[[M1: Into the Maelstrom]]'' drops a [[balrog\|LOLrog]] on the party and is wholly abandoned in the ''Immortals'' line which decides all BXCMI demons shall be epic herewith.		Castle Amber was one of the two debut modules for the [[aranea]], [[lupin]] and [[rakasta]] races, all of which appear as monsters. It was also the birthplace of the [[Neh-thalggu]], a brain-collecting [[aberration]], and the [[Magen]], powerful [[golem]]-like [[construct]]s that are essentially an advanced form of [[homunculus]] imbued with [[wizard]]-like spellcasting abilities. There's also a demon, the "Death Demon"; which thread starts getting lost when ''[[M1: Into the Maelstrom]]'' drops a [[balrog\|LOLrog]] on the party and is wholly abandoned in the ''Immortals'' line which decides all BXCMI demons shall be epic herewith.

			==Reprint and 5e Conversion==

			Part of their ongoing licensing agreement with Wizards of the Coast for the "Original Adventures Reincarnated" line of books, [[Dungeon Crawl Classics\|Goodman Games]] got permission to reprint and convert the module to 5e as "OAR #5 Castle Amber." It is due out in Fall-to-Winter 2020.

	[[Category: Dungeons & Dragons]] [[Category: Modules]] [[Category: Mystara]]		[[Category: Dungeons & Dragons]] [[Category: Modules]] [[Category: Mystara]]

1d4chan>Zimriel at 19:25, 3 June 2020

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	Once trapped inside Castle Amber (or Château d'Amberville), the party's goal is simple: escape! Evading traps and working around the demented yet powerful members of the d'Amberville family, as well as the other, often hostile, creatures that have been brought here by the mad mages. Ultimately, the party will need to find and open a hidden portal that will allow them to explore the wilderness of Averoigne, where they must evade the mage-hunting [[Inquisitor]]s and locate the inter-dimensional tomb of Stephen d'Amberville. Only here can they break the curse and return to the relative sanity of Mystara.		Once trapped inside Castle Amber (or Château d'Amberville), the party's goal is simple: escape! Evading traps and working around the demented yet powerful members of the d'Amberville family, as well as the other, often hostile, creatures that have been brought here by the mad mages. Ultimately, the party will need to find and open a hidden portal that will allow them to explore the wilderness of Averoigne, where they must evade the mage-hunting [[Inquisitor]]s and locate the inter-dimensional tomb of Stephen d'Amberville. Only here can they break the curse and return to the relative sanity of Mystara.

	Castle Amber was one of the two debut modules for the [[aranea]], [[lupin]] and [[rakasta]] races, all of which appear as monsters. It was also the birthplace of the [[Neh-thalggu]], a brain-collecting [[aberration]], and the [[Magen]], powerful [[golem]]-like [[construct]]s that are essentially an advanced form of [[homunculus]] imbued with [[wizard]]-like spellcasting abilities. There's also a demon, the "Death Demon"; which thread starts getting lost when ''[[M1: Into the Maelstrom]]'' drops a balrog on the party and is wholly abandoned in the ''Immortals'' line which decides all BXCMI demons shall be epic herewith.		Castle Amber was one of the two debut modules for the [[aranea]], [[lupin]] and [[rakasta]] races, all of which appear as monsters. It was also the birthplace of the [[Neh-thalggu]], a brain-collecting [[aberration]], and the [[Magen]], powerful [[golem]]-like [[construct]]s that are essentially an advanced form of [[homunculus]] imbued with [[wizard]]-like spellcasting abilities. There's also a demon, the "Death Demon"; which thread starts getting lost when ''[[M1: Into the Maelstrom]]'' drops a [[balrog\|LOLrog]] on the party and is wholly abandoned in the ''Immortals'' line which decides all BXCMI demons shall be epic herewith.

	[[Category: Dungeons & Dragons]] [[Category: Modules]] [[Category: Mystara]]		[[Category: Dungeons & Dragons]] [[Category: Modules]] [[Category: Mystara]]

1d4chan>Zimriel at 16:08, 31 May 2020

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	Once trapped inside Castle Amber (or Château d'Amberville), the party's goal is simple: escape! Evading traps and working around the demented yet powerful members of the d'Amberville family, as well as the other, often hostile, creatures that have been brought here by the mad mages. Ultimately, the party will need to find and open a hidden portal that will allow them to explore the wilderness of Averoigne, where they must evade the mage-hunting [[Inquisitor]]s and locate the inter-dimensional tomb of Stephen d'Amberville. Only here can they break the curse and return to the relative sanity of Mystara.		Once trapped inside Castle Amber (or Château d'Amberville), the party's goal is simple: escape! Evading traps and working around the demented yet powerful members of the d'Amberville family, as well as the other, often hostile, creatures that have been brought here by the mad mages. Ultimately, the party will need to find and open a hidden portal that will allow them to explore the wilderness of Averoigne, where they must evade the mage-hunting [[Inquisitor]]s and locate the inter-dimensional tomb of Stephen d'Amberville. Only here can they break the curse and return to the relative sanity of Mystara.

	Castle Amber was one of the two debut modules for the [[aranea]], [[lupin]] and [[rakasta]] races, all of which appear as monsters. It was also the birthplace of the [[Neh-thalggu]], a brain-collecting [[aberration]], and the [[Magen]], powerful [[golem]]-like [[construct]]s that are essentially an advanced form of [[homunculus]] imbued with [[wizard]]-like spellcasting abilities.		Castle Amber was one of the two debut modules for the [[aranea]], [[lupin]] and [[rakasta]] races, all of which appear as monsters. It was also the birthplace of the [[Neh-thalggu]], a brain-collecting [[aberration]], and the [[Magen]], powerful [[golem]]-like [[construct]]s that are essentially an advanced form of [[homunculus]] imbued with [[wizard]]-like spellcasting abilities. There's also a demon, the "Death Demon"; which thread starts getting lost when ''[[M1: Into the Maelstrom]]'' drops a balrog on the party and is wholly abandoned in the ''Immortals'' line which decides all BXCMI demons shall be epic herewith.

	[[Category: Dungeons & Dragons]] [[Category: Modules]] [[Category: Mystara]]		[[Category: Dungeons & Dragons]] [[Category: Modules]] [[Category: Mystara]]

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-'''THE GRAND DAD EMPIRE''' ARE a prolific VINESAUCE-centric MEME group based in BEDROCK CITY.  Their largest periods of activity seemed to be around the time SILVAGUNNER was terminated, when they were hosting several unofficial VINESAUCE gaming events (which they assure you repeatedly are ''not'' official Tournaments and are in no way affiliated with JOEL).
+'''X2: Castle Amber''' is an adventure module for the original [[Dungeons & Dragons]] ruleset, released in 1981 by [[Tom Moldvay]]. It was inspired by (and/or an adaptation of) the Averoigne pulp fantasy novels written by [[Clark Ashton Smith]], aka one of the guys whose pulp fantasy tales inspired [[Gary Gygax]] to make D&D in the first place, crossing over the [[Mystara]] setting with Smith's fictional medieval French province of Averoigne.
-They operated out of the SilvaGunner YouTube channel until it was terminated in 2014, after which they appear to have transitioned briefly to GiivaSunner in September of 2016 before returning to SilvaGunner in June of 2018.
+The module revolves around Castle Amber, a place that was once home to a family of powerful but insane [[wizard]]ry-practicing nobles, the Ambers. However, when the patriarch Stephen Amber (Etienne d'Amberville) was betrayed and murdered by his relatives, his ghost placed the castle under the curse. The party takes the role of [[adventurer]]s traveling through Glantri, only to be pulled into the castle by a mysterious magical mist as night falls, one that quickly kills them if they try to turn away from the castle - yes, this may sound familiar, but this actually predates [[I6: Ravenloft]] by a good two years, even if this is where the Mists of [[Ravenloft]] obviously have their roots. With no way out, the party is forced into the castle to shelter from the mists.
-== CHANNELS ==
+Once trapped inside Castle Amber (or Château d'Amberville), the party's goal is simple: escape! Evading traps and working around the demented yet powerful members of the d'Amberville family, as well as the other, often hostile, creatures that have been brought here by the mad mages. Ultimately, the party will need to find and open a hidden portal that will allow them to explore the wilderness of Averoigne, where they must evade the mage-hunting [[Inquisitor]]s and locate the inter-dimensional tomb of Stephen d'Amberville. Only here can they break the curse and return to the relative sanity of Mystara.
-== EVENTS ==
+Castle Amber was one of the two debut modules for the [[aranea]], [[lupin]] and [[rakasta]] races, all of which appear as monsters. It was also the birthplace of the [[Neh-thalggu]], a brain-collecting [[aberration]], and the [[Magen]], powerful [[golem]]-like [[construct]]s that are essentially an advanced form of [[homunculus]] imbued with [[wizard]]-like spellcasting abilities.
-In later years, an event known as GRAND FEST was hosting PREMIERES for GRAND DAD Fantasy, KING FOR ANOTHER DAY, GRANDmachine, HE THICC 69, and MEME Wars, as of 2019.
+[[Category: Dungeons & Dragons]] [[Category: Modules]] [[Category: Mystara]]

1d4chan>GIRUNDE at 02:04, 8 February 2020

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-'''X2: Castle Amber''' is an adventure module for the original [[Dungeons & Dragons]] ruleset, released in 1981 by [[Tom Moldvay]]. It was inspired by (and/or an adaptation of) the Averoigne pulp fantasy novels written by [[Clark Ashton Smith]], aka one of the guys whose pulp fantasy tales inspired [[Gary Gygax]] to make D&D in the first place, crossing over the [[Mystara]] setting with Smith's fictional medieval French province of Averoigne.
+'''THE GRAND DAD EMPIRE''' ARE a prolific VINESAUCE-centric MEME group based in BEDROCK CITY.  Their largest periods of activity seemed to be around the time SILVAGUNNER was terminated, when they were hosting several unofficial VINESAUCE gaming events (which they assure you repeatedly are ''not'' official Tournaments and are in no way affiliated with JOEL).
-The module revolves around Castle Amber, a place that was once home to a family of powerful but insane [[wizard]]ry-practicing nobles, the Ambers. However, when the patriarch Stephen Amber (Etienne d'Amberville) was betrayed and murdered by his relatives, his ghost placed the castle under the curse. The party takes the role of [[adventurer]]s traveling through Glantri, only to be pulled into the castle by a mysterious magical mist as night falls, one that quickly kills them if they try to turn away from the castle - yes, this may sound familiar, but this actually predates [[I6: Ravenloft]] by a good two years, even if this is where the Mists of [[Ravenloft]] obviously have their roots. With no way out, the party is forced into the castle to shelter from the mists.
+They operated out of the SilvaGunner YouTube channel until it was terminated in 2014, after which they appear to have transitioned briefly to GiivaSunner in September of 2016 before returning to SilvaGunner in June of 2018.
-Once trapped inside Castle Amber (or Château d'Amberville), the party's goal is simple: escape! Evading traps and working around the demented yet powerful members of the d'Amberville family, as well as the other, often hostile, creatures that have been brought here by the mad mages. Ultimately, the party will need to find and open a hidden portal that will allow them to explore the wilderness of Averoigne, where they must evade the mage-hunting [[Inquisitor]]s and locate the inter-dimensional tomb of Stephen d'Amberville. Only here can they break the curse and return to the relative sanity of Mystara.
+== CHANNELS ==
-Castle Amber was one of the two debut modules for the [[aranea]], [[lupin]] and [[rakasta]] races, all of which appear as monsters. It was also the birthplace of the [[Neh-thalggu]], a brain-collecting [[aberration]], and the [[Magen]], powerful [[golem]]-like [[construct]]s that are essentially an advanced form of [[homunculus]] imbued with [[wizard]]-like spellcasting abilities.
+== EVENTS ==
-[[Category: Dungeons & Dragons]] [[Category: Modules]] [[Category: Mystara]]
+In later years, an event known as GRAND FEST was hosting PREMIERES for GRAND DAD Fantasy, KING FOR ANOTHER DAY, GRANDmachine, HE THICC 69, and MEME Wars, as of 2019.