Critical Failures 4 by Robert Bevan

Critical Failures 4 by Robert Bevan

Cavern Master Mordred has escaped into his fantasy world minus his magic dice and the hunt is on to track him down again. Most of the characters (maybe all) still want to return to the real world, but even if they didn’t, Mordred is bent on conquering the world he created so he can get his revenge on the PCs. In addition to the delightfully incompetent original cast, Bevan treats us to three new characters, my favorite of which is Randy, who is a paladin who chooses for his god—Jesus Christ.

 

Now, I think everyone needs to be forewarned that everything that happens around Randy the Paladin from that point forward is sacrilegious to the max, but it is also hilarious as a fantasy world attempts to understand Jesus—someone Randy doesn’t seems to understand very well himself. Bevan’s fantasy world interpretation is both hilarious and somewhat logical and it sets up a wonderfully madcap ending.

 

And while some characters seem to be trying really hard to take life seriously and accomplish something, we also get reminded in no uncertain terms that none of these people were particularly successful in their original earthly lives and those character flaws that hurt them in reality are also present in the fantasy world.

 

There were a LOT of surprises in this one. Four volumes is not enough for this series and I’m glad to note that there are several more to enjoy.