The Best of Intentions is an adventure module

Adventure (Dungeons & Dragons)

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 published in 1987 for the Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons

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fantasy

Fantasy

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 role-playing game

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Plot summary

The Best of Intentions is a humorously written scenario for Immortals-level characters. The player character

Player character

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s are sent to find the missing immortal Mazikeen, and while searching through Mazikeen's 24 planes for his avatars, the characters discover a plot against the immortals' hierarchy. The module includes a 3-D map grid that indicates altitude for use in conducting aerial combat.

The player characters are rookie Immortals trying to solve a mystery of cosmic proportions. The characters compete in the Olympic Trials, journey to the weird and multifarious planes of Mazikeen, and deal with other strange events.

Publication history

IM3 The Best of Intentions was written by Ken Rolston

Ken Rolston

Ken Rolston is an American computer game and board game designer best known for his work with West End Games and the hit computer game series The Elder Scrolls...

, with a cover by Jeff Easley

Jeff Easley

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 and interior illustrations by Jim Holloway

Jim Holloway (artist)

-Background:Jim Holloway was self taught in illustration, although he was able to study some oil paintings by his father.-Works:Jim Holloway has continued to produce interior illustrations for many Dungeons & Dragons books and Dragon magazine since 1981, as well as cover art for The Land Beyond the...

, and was published by TSR in 1987 as a 48-page booklet wth a large map and two outer folders.

Reception

Jim Bambra briefly reviewed The Best of Intentions for Dragon

Dragon (magazine)

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magazine #131 (March 1988). Bambra praised the module, saying "Colorful pregenerated characters, excellent staging, nice cut-up bits, inserts, and amusing Jim Holloway illustrations make this a real treat for would-be gods. The Best of Intentions is a fun romp through the mystical realms of the D&D game's Immortals Set

Dungeons & Dragons Immortals Rules

Dungeons & Dragons Immortals Rules is an expansion boxed set for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. It was first published in 1986 as an expansion to the Basic Set.-Publication history:...

. Miss this one it at your own peril."