Despite storms both here and in Columbus, the potato salad capital of the world, Kasul and I managed to fight our way through the thunder for another FOUNDRY NIGHT! YAYYY!
Only the Young by @lakatoi7
Petre’s village is inhabited only by young people! Older people disappear when they reach a certain age. Petre’s parents are just now reaching that certain age, and she is afraid for their lives.
We were hoping for a riff on Logan’s Run, but instead were treated to a very short and rather predictable adventure. Corrupt mayor makes a pact with a demonic dog, and has hundreds of retainers imprisoned in a dungeon to keep people from saving the couple sacrifices each year. Kasul and I both wondered why the mayor didn’t just feed the dog all those useless guards. Dog fight itself was super easy. We finished the quest in just a few minutes and expected more. First time foundry author.
Kasul and I both gave it three stars.
Heaters Gonna Heat by @akariyo
Oh no! Neverwinter’s not-so-natural nuclear nano-reactor is out of control, and the fire elemental Lord Flameous has returned from vacation and is mad as hell!
This puzzle-based adventure plays fast and furious with puns and dancing elementals. Some of the riddles were perhaps too easy, and there were some geometry issues with certain items being bumped way too high, requiring Kasul to use his approach power to reach them.
We both had a lot of fun. I gave it five stars; Kasul gave it four because of the geometry issues. Picture up top is from Heaters Gonna Heat.
Black Heart’s Barbecue Dilemma by @BoydofZINJ
You can’t make world class barbecue sauce from just any old ingredients. You need the most prized herbs and peppers and stuff from the most dangerous of foes.
So deadly are these foes that the author spends a great deal of time telling you just what sort of beating you will get, and gives many ways to tone it down to make it easier, AND gives advice on skipping and pulling encounters. This is SUPER HARD and you WILL DIEEEEEEEEE!
Kasul and I ramped up the difficulty every way we could, but the fights just weren’t that hard. I gave it four stars because I loved the concept and the effort the author took to tune the encounter for both group and solo.
Lost Brother by @deathsight911
Some dwarf miners were run out of their mines by goblins and other critters. The mines are mazes, with a lot of searching and backtracking as you’d expect with a maze. I’ve seen better mine mazes. The ending was a bit of a disappointment, but I gave this quest four stars for just being a good example of a mine maze.
Kasul had just unlocked Icewind Dale, so we spent the rest of the night playing in the snow 🙂
There are so many foundry missions out there that it can be hard to find any decent ones. But you get a sense, after awhile, about the ones that will be worth the time. Kasul typically picks from the quests in the New tab. I usually do an advanced search on quests which are tagged with Group Friendly and are NOT tagged with Solo Friendly, then choose from among those.
There’s always going to be fantastic foundries that we’ll never see because we cannot find them, though. That bugs me.
