Avengers in Lankhmar

In Avengers in Lankhmar, the player characters, and three competitor teams of non-player characters, search Lankhmar for the fugitive assassin Elad Edals, working with a timeline of events cross-referenced against street maps.[1] The rogue has set traps for his pursuers, which the characters must contend with. The path and location of Edals at any time is fixed, but the characters are free to wander the city to look for clues or involve themselves in the many diversions that Lankhmar offers. If the party locates him or any of the other search teams, the adventure outlines specific game conditions, but everything else is left to random rules and the Dungeon Master's imagination.[1]

Trenton Webb reviewed Avengers in Lankhmar for Arcane magazine, rating it a 9 out of 10 overall.[1] He compared the adventure to the chase between the characters played by Tommy Lee Jones and Harrison Ford in The Fugitive. He cautioned that running an open system as found in Avengers of Lankhmar "is fraught with danger, as even parties who have found all the clues can easily miss the finale. It's a risk worth taking, though, to experience Avenger's interwoven mini-scenarios running simultaneously."[1] He also commented on Lankhmar itself, noting that it "offers a quality cast of extras and, since everybody in Lankhmar knows a secret, is plotting something and has a deadly enemy, there is a ring of authenticity to the hubbub of suspicious whisperings that make the scenario a success".[1] He considered Edals the "star" of the adventure: "His traps range from killjoying through plain annoying to the inspired, so characters never know if opening the next door will trigger a fireball or cause manure or some love potioned citizen to fall on them."[1] Webb concluded his review by saying: "With strong characters and combat, Avengers is a hectic and often confusing chase. The referee will be hard-pushed to keep track of who's where and who's doing what at which time, but then he knew the risks when he took the job. For players it's a refreshingly open scenario that is great fun to explore."[1]

• Dragon #227