Flight to the Star Kingdoms -- The party commands a fleet of ships at sea, passing through a magical storm into a void between worlds (Valerie Valusek, D&D module M1: Into the Maelstrom, TSR, 1985)
Title: Into the maelstrom (2021)
Author: Chris Pramas
Vote: 6.5/10
Interesting but not excellent. I found the narration too affected. In short we see four different scenarios with as many episodes which, however, could also be unrelated to each other given how little the common thread unites them. This is a feature I have seen in many Warhammer 40k short stories and novels. More than continuous stories, they appear as separate episodes or single campaigns only loosely linked to each other by a wider setting. It must be a legacy of the game's narrative that stuck though.
I think about the alternate universes where a different faculty member found Carmen as a baby and subsequently betrayed VILE for her constantly. How the team dynamic would change. How they’d grow as characters. The shenanigans they’d get into
(Also how good Shadowsan would be as a straight up, no holds barred villain. But that’s another drawing for another day)
Belthar is a land of high mountains and green valleys perched atop a planet shard. Rivers reaching the rim fall into the void miles below, forming clouds that rise back up above the land. A secret cavern holds the Belthan war fleet, 30 galleys pulled by blue dragons. (Valerie Valusek, D&D module M1: Into the Maelstrom, TSR, 1985)
caleb widogast is like *falls in love with two classmates at once* *falls in love with a wretched goblin he met in jail* *falls in love with the girl who draws dicks in his spellbook* *falls in love with an enemy of the state*