vintagerpg: On of the very last Lankhmar products from TSR, I quite like Cutthroats of Lankhmar (199
vintagerpg: On of the very last Lankhmar products from TSR, I quite like Cutthroats of Lankhmar (1995) on the strength of Fred Fields’ cavalier wererat on the cover alone. I love that guy.This one is a sourcebook rather than an adventure. It is largely dedicated to the city’s various mercantile concerns, which while not thieves in the night are still definitely scoundrels. So you have information on the various trade guilds (there’s a toymakers guild?), the merchant houses, shipping concerns, fences for stolen merchandise and inns to spend your coin in (one has a perfectly corny name: the Comeon Inn). There’s also a selection of street gangs.Each entry is accompanied by adventure hooks. Some are generic, but all in all, they match the tone of Lankhmar far better than what’s on display in Wonders of Lankhmar, and they offer much more expansive opportunities. My fave is the one involving the secret wererat innkeeper who is quietly infecting citizens in preparation for next invasion of rats from Lankhmar Below (the rats of the undercity are ruled by thirteen super intelligent rats in Leiber’s stories). This feels perfectly on the vibe.Interiors are some early work from Randy Post, which is neat. -- source link