X13: Crown of Ancient Glory - RPGnet d20 RPG Game Index

Rating: [ 5.38 / 10.00 ]

Game Info

Title	X13: Crown of Ancient Glory
Author	Stephen Bourne
Book Type	Adventure	Rank: [ 613 / 5958 ]
Genre	Fantasy
Setting	Mystara / Known World Place: Heldann, Vestland
Other Tags	Other: 10th level, 7th level, 8th level, 9th level
Series	X (Expert) Modules #13

Edition Info	TSR (1987)	Stock: 9218 ISBN: 0-88038-495-6
System	D&D / Basic 2	Parent: [ D&D / OSR ]

Game Summary

[ Edit Main Info ]

All is not well in the kingdom of Vestland. Not only is the king dead and the holy Sonora Crown missing, but the heir to the kingdom was lost at birth and no one knows where to find him. As if this wasn't bad enough, the forces of the Ethengar Khanate, never on the best of terms with Vestland, are now massing on the borders, hoping to take advantage of Vestland's plight. To complete the rosy picture, traitors from within also threaten to speed the downfall of the High Kingdom.

Sounds like a job for you. You must find the long-lost heir to the kingdom and recover the Sonora Crown, the mystical device without which a king cannot be crowned. Standing in your way are traitors and spies from within and invaders from without the kingdom of Vestland. Time is running out! Can you save Vestland from disaster?

For characters levels 7-10.

Game Editions

[ Add Edition ]

Notes on This Edition

A 64-page book.

Game Editions

[ Edit Edition ]

Comments & Reviews

All RPGnet Reviews

[ See 1 Reviews | Link Reviews ]

Rating	User	Summary
3 + 4	SevenBastard	. An expert level adventure for the basic Dungeons and Dragons game, this adventure is wilderness, dungeon, seaborne, and political in nature. [ Read Review ]

All User Comments

[ See 1 Ratings | See 1 Comments | Add Rating ]

Rating	User	Comments
7 / 10	Pukako	Ran this last month with some modified rules - end verdict was a good story with a plot, and some really good D&D parts. It needs some alterations, though, with an entire subplot of plotters near the start that without some incredible luck or paranoia will go completely unnoticed. Other parts have the same issue, with at one stage the players needing to prove that one of the members of a patrol is a traitor. Without any clues or interaction with him, they are supposed to find a secret message in his boot. The only way to do this is to kill him in cold blood, but I understand that's how 1st Ed D&D did work at times. Other issues - a little railroading, but not too badly done; every castle having a secret entrance at the water line (my players picked that up after the second); the main opponents being away from the sparkly bits (in one castle the evil priests are upstairs and the crown is in the basement, so little chance for interaction). And the number of main evil-doers impersonated by their servants gets confusing for everyone. But it's fun, and has parts where the different approach to play these days can be effective. I don't think it was designed that way, but with a few changes it's interesting, has a good mix of combat and social interaction, and there's some interesting magical loot, providing you take the law/chaos restrictions off.

Your Thoughts

You must login in order to record usage, rate, and comment on entries.

Main Series Listing

X (Expert) Modules:

[ edit ]

Title

Rating

Rank

X1: The Isle of Dread 3rd level, 4th level, 5th level, 6th level, 7th level, dinosaurs, islands, Isle of Dread, kopru, natives, Sea of Dread, Specularum

6.25

829

X2: Castle Amber (Chateau d' Amberville) 3rd level, 4th level, 5th level, 6th level, Castle Amber, Glantri

5.79

1971

X3: Curse of Xanathon 5th level, 6th level, 7th level, Rhoona, Vestland

4.68

22102

X4: Master of the Desert Nomads 6th level, 7th level, 8th level, 9th level, Darokin, Sind, The Great Waste, The Master

5.18

5741

X5: Temple of Death 10th level, 6th level, 7th level, 8th level, 9th level, Hule, The Great Waste, The Master

5.15

6123

X6: Quagmire! 10th level, 4th level, 5th level, 6th level, 7th level, 8th level, 9th level, Yavdlom

4.8

21821

X7: The War Rafts of Kron 10th level, 11th level, 12th level, 9th level, Minrothad Guilds, Sea of Dread, tritons

8576

X8: Drums on Fire Mountain 5th level, 6th level, 7th level, 8th level, devil swine, orcs, Sea of Dread, Thyatis

8579

X9: The Savage Coast 10th level, 4th level, 5th level, 6th level, 7th level, 8th level, 9th level, Savage Coast

4.95

21315

X10: Red Arrow, Black Shield 10th level, 11th level, 12th level, 13th level, 14th level, Battlesystem, Darokin, Sind, The Master

5.16

5833

X11: Saga of the Shadow Lord 5th level, 6th level, 7th level, 8th level, 9th level, Denagoth, Shadow Lord, Wendar

5.17

5791

X12: Skarda's Mirror 5th level, 6th level, 7th level, 8th level, 9th level, Karameikos

8760

X13: Crown of Ancient Glory 10th level, 7th level, 8th level, 9th level, Heldann, Vestland

5.38

3989

X (Expert) Modules (fan-made):

X14: Atlantis, the Sunken City 4th level, 5th level, 6th level, 7th level, 8th level, Atlantis

9214

Game Info

Game Summary

Game Editions

Game Editions

Comments & Reviews

All RPGnet Reviews

All User Comments

Your Thoughts

Main Series Listing

INDEX SEARCH

Advanced Editing

#	Title	System	Publisher	Released	Stock	Status
1	*X13: Crown of Ancient Glory*	D&D / Basic 2	TSR	1987	9218	---

Search:
For: