 Staplehurst criticised the module's cover art as "feeble", but felt that "The Sentinel" and "The Gauntlet" are "well thought out enough and certainly provide several sessions' worth of intriguing play for experienced and novice players.Staplehurst felt "The Gauntlet" was more "restricted in scope" than the first part of the series, and disliked its linear and directed play, commenting that he "found the amount of channelling and character manipulation off-putting and at times frustrating".He found that some encounters were deadlier than those in "The Sentinel" and not avoidable by good gameplay, leading to too much hack-and-slay adventure in the early stages.