It is a lovely set of books, with the artwork and layout. There is a soundtrack, as well as a much better collection of “ambient music” tracks.
Another literary source is *The Wind in the Willows*, but with a sort of dark, tragic twist.
The setting’s take on dragons, as giant, limbless creatures that are mapped to the four humors, is one of my favorite things.
The monster book is amazing. Each monster entry has charts to roll on to determine what a particular monster looks like, what it is currently doing, and what its lair might be. The addition of “Fairy” changes things up significantly. Goblins in Dolmenwood aren’t anything like Tolkien’s. When the party stumbles across some goblins, they might be in for a fight, but could just as likely find themselves negotiating for a basket of syrupy fruits from fairyland.
Scarecrows are jolly fellows in the spring and summer, insanely murderous in the autumn, and morose and insular in the winter.
The monster book includes guidelines for creating your own monsters, since some classic monsters, like vampires, are not included.
The rules are house ruled Moldvay B/X, but with a few improved resolution mechanics.
It is a lovely set of books, with the artwork and layout. There is a soundtrack, as well as a much better collection of “ambient music” tracks.
Another literary source is *The Wind in the Willows*, but with a sort of dark, tragic twist.
The setting’s take on dragons, as giant, limbless creatures that are mapped to the four humors, is one of my favorite things.
The monster book is amazing. Each monster entry has charts to roll on to determine what a particular monster looks like, what it is currently doing, and what its lair might be. The addition of “Fairy” changes things up significantly. Goblins in Dolmenwood aren’t anything like Tolkien’s. When the party stumbles across some goblins, they might be in for a fight, but could just as likely find themselves negotiating for a basket of syrupy fruits from fairyland.
Scarecrows are jolly fellows in the spring and summer, insanely murderous in the autumn, and morose and insular in the winter.
The monster book includes guidelines for creating your own monsters, since some classic monsters, like vampires, are not included.
The rules are house ruled Moldvay B/X, but with a few improved resolution mechanics.
This article is great. Really gets me to want to get Dolmenwood and read it myself.
I’ve heard a lot of good things about Dolmenwood! After reading your article, I want to get it and read all of it.
It's so good! I hope you enjoy it!!