Classic Adventure suggestions [Archive] - Wizards Community

Classic Adventure suggestions [Archive] - Wizards Community

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red5angel
07-17-06, 10:06 AM Hey everyone, I'm gathering a group for gaming and I'd like to run some classic D&D adventures and wanted to get some suggestions. I'm looking for adventures that have it all, monsters, roleplaying, traps and treasure! Those that use the more classic monsters are better but I don't mind using the newer stuff either, we're just putting together a gaming group that wants to keep things simple.
I'll be starting the players out at 1st level but suggestions for adventures at any level would be appreciated!

Thanks!
Milo HoBo
07-17-06, 10:42 AM A dragon in a dungeon,
that should be a good place to start.

An undead mob being controled by an evil cleric between said dragon and adventurers. A gauth beholder seems nice too.

Saving a princess who is held captive by said dragon.

RP to get the information or more information. Traps. Anyone else have ideas?
hmmmm
07-17-06, 11:21 PM Or a Dragon in a castle.
Grandpa Gamer
07-17-06, 11:27 PM "An old friend walks up to you at the local tavern, and offers to buy you a drink . . ."
trolloc
07-17-06, 11:50 PM White Plume Mountain (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/oa/20051207a) and Tomb of Horrors (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/oa/20051031a). i think people considers these classic. THANK YOU WotC for the free conversion. Can't wait to run them.

edit: oh right you were looking for suggestions, not full adventure.
Shadow Weaver
07-17-06, 11:57 PM 'The Keep on the Border Lands' is as classic as it gets in my mind.

It's usually pretyt cheap when it shows up in second hand bookstores, but would require some heavy conversion work.
Rickiel
07-18-06, 12:35 AM And lo! Our heros set off on their quest! To reach the castle upon those most perilous peaks of Dread Rim Range. And upon coming to the great Hell Lake, a fiery chasm filled with molten lava, they shall find a castle suspended above the inferno by great chains. And within the highest tower, lies a slumbering princess. And when she is found by her champion, the curse shall be broken by true-love's first kiss.

Of course naturally there's a dragon in the castle.
KingGolem
07-18-06, 01:05 AM I was the dm for the adventures of a 5th level kobold cleric of Kurtuulmak named Ulhar Kethend. For his first adventure, a construction crew in a city was digging a ditch, or a moat or whatever. As the dug, they opened a long forgotten tomb full of zombies and skeletons. I also used an encounter from the dmg. A pile of refuse in the center of a room with a monstrous spider lurking above. He makes a spot check and notices shiny things in the pile, and the spider above. He kills the spider and finds a pretty zircon. :) But anyway, you want to focus on a dungeon that works with all of the pcs abilities. You might want to use a "boss" monster. A good boss monster might be a baby dragon of some kind, who has recently form his/her lair and glittering hoard.
Lord Gwydion
07-18-06, 02:38 AM One of the PCs inherits what he assumes to be a minor but useful magic item from his eccentric uncle. Turns out, it's a powerful evil artifact that the forces of evil are looking for, and the PCs need to find a way to destroy it before the badguys get it.

Adventures don't get more classic than that...unless:

The PCs decide to raid the tower of the evil wizard in the middle of the city by climbing to the top and fighting their way down, encountering a captured extraplanar entity of great knowledge that will impart this knowledge (along with the best way to kill the wizard and get his stuff) in exchange for killing said extraplanar entity to put it out of its misery.
SeptimusMagistos
07-18-06, 03:54 PM Try "Beyond the Crystal Cave". It's unforgettable.
red5angel
07-18-06, 04:59 PM thanks for your suggestions guys! I'll have to see what they've converted for free so far and hit the game store here soon to see what else is lying around!

Jason
Solaris
07-18-06, 06:26 PM One of the PCs inherits what he assumes to be a minor but useful magic item from his eccentric uncle. Turns out, it's a powerful evil artifact that the forces of evil are looking for, and the PCs need to find a way to destroy it before the badguys get it.That one's pretty obvious, but...

The PCs decide to raid the tower of the evil wizard in the middle of the city by climbing to the top and fighting their way down, encountering a captured extraplanar entity of great knowledge that will impart this knowledge (along with the best way to kill the wizard and get his stuff) in exchange for killing said extraplanar entity to put it out of its misery....that one might be in need of some attribution:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tower_of_the_Elephant
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600831.txt
Eksem
07-18-06, 07:24 PM That one's pretty obvious, but...

...that one might be in need of some attribution:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tower_of_the_Elephant
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600831.txt

And, of course:

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/rpg/detail.php?qsID=1034&qsSeries=7&PHPSESSID=6e44b822d16402b332cae374060c17 76

---

I actually ran a Tower of the Elephant-scenario once somewhere around a decade ago (pre-teen DMs does the best idea-thefts). As far as I remember, I think it was a TPK.
Some Conan stories make for excellent RPG-adventures. And in the swedish Conan comic book they ran two pages just about roleplaying for a while in the early nineties. Pretty good general articles too.
E. Ravenwood
07-18-06, 09:01 PM Check out the "1001 Adventuring Hooks" thread I started. I don't know how to put in a hyperlink or whatever to get you there, but its last post was around June 18th or so. Sorry if this is no help, but there are about 80 or so ideas for all levels and groups there, many of which I found to be extremely enjoyable.
Stardrake
07-18-06, 09:44 PM For new but "old-style" adventures, check out the Dungeon Crawl Classics series from Goodman Games. They even ratehr look like old 1e AD&D modules (right down to often having Erol Otus covers!) They have adventures from 0-level (yes, zero-level) on up to 20th, including at least one book of related adventures that can form the skeleton of a campaign. I'm running one now (The Sunless Garden, for 6-8th level) and we're all having a grand time.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
red5angel 07-17-06, 10:06 AM	Hey everyone, I'm gathering a group for gaming and I'd like to run some classic D&D adventures and wanted to get some suggestions. I'm looking for adventures that have it all, monsters, roleplaying, traps and treasure! Those that use the more classic monsters are better but I don't mind using the newer stuff either, we're just putting together a gaming group that wants to keep things simple. I'll be starting the players out at 1st level but suggestions for adventures at any level would be appreciated! Thanks!
Milo HoBo 07-17-06, 10:42 AM	A dragon in a dungeon, that should be a good place to start. An undead mob being controled by an evil cleric between said dragon and adventurers. A gauth beholder seems nice too. Saving a princess who is held captive by said dragon. RP to get the information or more information. Traps. Anyone else have ideas?
hmmmm 07-17-06, 11:21 PM	Or a Dragon in a castle.
Grandpa Gamer 07-17-06, 11:27 PM	"An old friend walks up to you at the local tavern, and offers to buy you a drink . . ."
trolloc 07-17-06, 11:50 PM	White Plume Mountain (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/oa/20051207a) and Tomb of Horrors (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/oa/20051031a). i think people considers these classic. THANK YOU WotC for the free conversion. Can't wait to run them. edit: oh right you were looking for suggestions, not full adventure.
Shadow Weaver 07-17-06, 11:57 PM	'The Keep on the Border Lands' is as classic as it gets in my mind. It's usually pretyt cheap when it shows up in second hand bookstores, but would require some heavy conversion work.
Rickiel 07-18-06, 12:35 AM	And lo! Our heros set off on their quest! To reach the castle upon those most perilous peaks of Dread Rim Range. And upon coming to the great Hell Lake, a fiery chasm filled with molten lava, they shall find a castle suspended above the inferno by great chains. And within the highest tower, lies a slumbering princess. And when she is found by her champion, the curse shall be broken by true-love's first kiss. Of course naturally there's a dragon in the castle.
KingGolem 07-18-06, 01:05 AM	I was the dm for the adventures of a 5th level kobold cleric of Kurtuulmak named Ulhar Kethend. For his first adventure, a construction crew in a city was digging a ditch, or a moat or whatever. As the dug, they opened a long forgotten tomb full of zombies and skeletons. I also used an encounter from the dmg. A pile of refuse in the center of a room with a monstrous spider lurking above. He makes a spot check and notices shiny things in the pile, and the spider above. He kills the spider and finds a pretty zircon. :) But anyway, you want to focus on a dungeon that works with all of the pcs abilities. You might want to use a "boss" monster. A good boss monster might be a baby dragon of some kind, who has recently form his/her lair and glittering hoard.
Lord Gwydion 07-18-06, 02:38 AM	One of the PCs inherits what he assumes to be a minor but useful magic item from his eccentric uncle. Turns out, it's a powerful evil artifact that the forces of evil are looking for, and the PCs need to find a way to destroy it before the badguys get it. Adventures don't get more classic than that...unless: The PCs decide to raid the tower of the evil wizard in the middle of the city by climbing to the top and fighting their way down, encountering a captured extraplanar entity of great knowledge that will impart this knowledge (along with the best way to kill the wizard and get his stuff) in exchange for killing said extraplanar entity to put it out of its misery.
SeptimusMagistos 07-18-06, 03:54 PM	Try "Beyond the Crystal Cave". It's unforgettable.
red5angel 07-18-06, 04:59 PM	thanks for your suggestions guys! I'll have to see what they've converted for free so far and hit the game store here soon to see what else is lying around! Jason
Solaris 07-18-06, 06:26 PM	One of the PCs inherits what he assumes to be a minor but useful magic item from his eccentric uncle. Turns out, it's a powerful evil artifact that the forces of evil are looking for, and the PCs need to find a way to destroy it before the badguys get it.That one's pretty obvious, but... The PCs decide to raid the tower of the evil wizard in the middle of the city by climbing to the top and fighting their way down, encountering a captured extraplanar entity of great knowledge that will impart this knowledge (along with the best way to kill the wizard and get his stuff) in exchange for killing said extraplanar entity to put it out of its misery....that one might be in need of some attribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tower_of_the_Elephant http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600831.txt
Eksem 07-18-06, 07:24 PM	That one's pretty obvious, but... ...that one might be in need of some attribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tower_of_the_Elephant http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600831.txt And, of course: http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/rpg/detail.php?qsID=1034&qsSeries=7&PHPSESSID=6e44b822d16402b332cae374060c17 76 --- I actually ran a Tower of the Elephant-scenario once somewhere around a decade ago (pre-teen DMs does the best idea-thefts). As far as I remember, I think it was a TPK. Some Conan stories make for excellent RPG-adventures. And in the swedish Conan comic book they ran two pages just about roleplaying for a while in the early nineties. Pretty good general articles too.
E. Ravenwood 07-18-06, 09:01 PM	Check out the "1001 Adventuring Hooks" thread I started. I don't know how to put in a hyperlink or whatever to get you there, but its last post was around June 18th or so. Sorry if this is no help, but there are about 80 or so ideas for all levels and groups there, many of which I found to be extremely enjoyable.
Stardrake 07-18-06, 09:44 PM	For new but "old-style" adventures, check out the Dungeon Crawl Classics series from Goodman Games. They even ratehr look like old 1e AD&D modules (right down to often having Erol Otus covers!) They have adventures from 0-level (yes, zero-level) on up to 20th, including at least one book of related adventures that can form the skeleton of a campaign. I'm running one now (The Sunless Garden, for 6-8th level) and we're all having a grand time.