The Mountain of Fire by Joseph Mohr is a role playing game supplement published by Old School Role Playing for use with OSRIC. As such, it is covered by the Open Game License and some parts are considered to be Open Game Content as a result. This is an adventure for characters of levels 11-15.
The supplement is available as a 58 page Pay What You Want PDF from DriveThruRPG. One page is the front cover, three the front matter and three the Open Game License.
Background Information explains that this is the fourth and final adventure in the series featuring Malcon the Firebringer and it gives details of Malcon’s role in the author’s campaign.
Game Master Notes lists the adventures in order, with this one following on from The Castle of Aandoran the Defiler, although they can all be played standalone, and Malcon’s role in the problems afflicting the kingdom, and the main reward, which is a wish for each surviving character.
Special Notations Within This Adventure explains the various abbreviations used that refer to AD&D 1E rulebooks.
Beginning the Adventure has the characters heading for the Mountain of Fire, with various random encounters.
The Mountain of Fire covers the volcano itself and explains that, as it’s still active, characters within the volcano will take damage from the heat. There are various random encounters, with these not just being creatures but also eruptions and cave-ins. The locations are then covered. The volcano has five levels full with the usual assortment of tricks, traps, foes and puzzles, ending in the final confrontation with the lich.
New Magic Items has a single new item.
New Monsters has an assortment of new monsters.
The final five pages of content have maps of the location.
The Mountain of Fire in Review
The PDF lacks bookmarks and is long enough with enough different sections that these would have been useful. Navigation could be better. The text maintains a two-column format and some minor errors were noticed. There are a variety of colour and black and white stock illustrations. Presentation is okay.
This, given that it is the conclusion of an adventure series against a major foe, is definitely a lethal adventure. There are many undead, other powerful spellusers as well as the lich and, given it’s inside a volcano, many fire-related monsters. The various puzzles are just to get more treasure, but that doesn’t mean they are safe. The major rewards that characters can get from the adventure are probably the plunder they can get rather than the wishes; there is a chance that such may be needed to restore dead characters, as there are plenty of ways to die. And some kind of fire resistance would definitely be useful. The Mountain of Fire can be found by clicking here.
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