This, frankly, is genius. I only hope my players level up enough that I can use it. Otherwise, I might have to start a whole new party. Fantastic ideas. Quick quality of life request - table of contents and hyperlinks, please!

One of my favorite genres is horror, which is notoriously difficult to create in TTRPGs, especially more combat-heavy TTRPGs like DnD. Horror relies on mood, atmosphere, and a certain feeling of being trapped and helpless -- at least for a while. When players can try to seduce just about everything and suddenly stop and make "Yo Mama" jokes, it can be hard to keep the atmosphere.

However, Six Faces of Death does an EXCELLENT job of creating and maintaining that atmosphere. It's a complicated adventure, but essentially Cube 1717 hurtles through the void to Acheron, becoming horribly warped in the process. It is found by/finds a quadrone, who merges with it, creating this rapidly replicating pixelating curse, which causes even more issues. Just when Cube 1717 looks like it's going to run out of steam, the skull lord Vargo finds it and manages to merge with it, gaining great power and greater ambitions. Unless someone (like your party) stops Vargo, it's going to keep pixelating the entire Material Plane.

The actual content requires a great deal of exploration, combat, and dungeon delving. The party is expected to explore the Changing Island, learning more information about the pixelating curse and what really is happening. After that, they find themselves in/going into Cube 1717, which is a series of dungeonlike rooms. Monsters, madness, curses, and conditions exist aplenty, and it might just be impossible for a group too hellbent on being murder hobos to make it all the way to the bottom. And, even if they do, they'll have to somehow overcome Vargo, who isn't going without some kind of fight.

As stated, this is a complicated adventure. You have an extensive cast of characters, a lot of enemies, even more motivations, and a thousand different ways the whole thing can play out. You are gifted with some pretty amazing maps, but it takes quite a bit of work for the DM to set this one up. It's not one of those adventures you can skim five minutes before a session and then make it work. I had to make notecards, maps, minis, and a ton of bullet points.

All that said, it is a great adventure, especially for parties that like a bit more combat. Yes, there are opportunities for roleplaying, but you've got to be active in this adventure. Sitting around too long can get you ambushed, flattened by a falling body, or worse. I upped the ante by adding in timers every once in a while, which really got the group moving. However, I really did have fun with it, and I absolutely loved how much it relied on Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes. SUCH great use of monsters!

One thing for people to be conscious of is the fact that it uses quite a few madness mechanics, not only with NPCs/enemies but also as effects that can happen to PCs. Madness mechanics can be insensitive or downright offensive for some people, so it's good to open up a dialogue about that. Similarly, the sheer amount of control and death in this adventure also necessitates taking breaks and talking through things. It can be a bit much.

Nevertheless, I really enjoyed this adventure and am glad I picked it up. It's also totally free, and the complexity, high quality, and INCREDIBLE maps make it more than worth it. Totally something you should grab.

Wow this module is completely crazy, I love it! So much lore, details, monsters, such a weird setting!

Recently finished running this for my group. It tied in very nicely with a campaign arc involving Bane and Acheron.

This was easily the most complicated thing I've tried to run as a DM. There are lots of NPCs to manage and lots of mechanics to have to deal with. As a DM, it really forced me to figure out some ways to up my game.

That said, it was well worth all of the effort. The players were kept on their toes and this really pushed them to manage their characters. The curse mechanic provided some excellent opportunities for roleplay and my players really rose to the occasion to create some very fun situations.

Highly recommended with the caveat that it is probably best for a DM with some experience.

This is a giant, awesome adventure, full of interesting adversaries, fascinating scenarios, and with a simple but compelling story. I love the planar lore tying Acheron, Modrons, and Yugoloths into the narrative, and the inclusion of the drow and shadar-kai factions makes perfect sense but adds a great layer of fun. My only criticism is that it's almost too gigantic an adventure. Since there's so much randomness (which is excellent) in which side of the cube is visited, which way the characters go, and whether a party deals with creatures via combat or diplomacy - it demands a lot of prep. To successfully run the adventure as it's meant to be run, a DM has really got to spend enough time to be completely familiar with Cube 1717, and that could take awhile! But beyond that little quibble, this is a stellar adventure.

This is OUTSTANDING! I'm shocked that this kind of quality adventure is available for free. There's so much a DM can mine from here! I might be a bit biased though, as I do have some planar releases on the DMsGuild coming up, so this product inspires me a lot. Thanks for this, WoTC!