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AnarionZelle
Underboss
1079 Posts
    
USA
 | | 05/28/2007 8:56 AM |
| Hi All,
I was trying to compile a wish list of the 8 part series of stand alone adventures from WOTC. Here is what I have come up with so far:
1 Sunless Citadel
2 The Forge of Fury
3 The Speaker in Dreams
4 The Standing Stone
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6
7 Lord of the Iron Fortress
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Are these the correct, and what would the missing titles be? I would also appreciate any comments on the quality of these adventures.
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gss_000
Commander
3204 Posts
Baltimore, MD
| | 05/28/2007 10:41 AM |
| Your looking for:
5 Heart of Nightfang Spire
6 Deep Horizon
8 Bastion of Broken Souls
The only one I played was Lord of the Iron Fortress, and that was fun. I remember we caused our DM to wail in frustration when we by accident hit the end fight first (I can give spoilers, but would rather be vague) ruining hours of prep work because the end boss wasn't ready for us. I do remember there were a lot of elements that were highly amusing to us and nothing comes to mind that made us say, "That's crap." But it was awhile ago that I played it, unfortunately. | |
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yack
Commander
3136 Posts
Ottawa, Canada
| | 05/28/2007 12:51 PM |
| I have the forge one and the lord of the iron fortress... wish i had the Sunless Citadel
I have heard nothing but great stuff from it. | |
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Olaf the Stout
Sergeant
404 Posts
Adelaide, Australia
| | 05/28/2007 4:34 PM |
| You can buy The Sunless Citadel from DriveThruRPGf.com for $9.95. Here is a link:
http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=3727
Yes it is legitimate. It isn't cheap however. You are paying full retail price for a PDF product. I managed to get it a month or two ago when it was on sale for $6.95. Of course, I don't know how easy it is to come across the hard copy of the adventure so the PDF may still be a good option for you.
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zenthrus
Commander
4680 Posts
SLC, UT
| | 05/28/2007 6:45 PM |
| Most of those are available used from Amazon for around $2 + shipping.
Speaker In Dreams, Standing Stone, and Deep Horizon are the weakest of the lot. Sunless Citadel, Forge of Fury, and Heart of Nightfang Spire are the strongest.
I've got the entire series and have played through the sequence twice with two different groups. One thing to consider is all of these mods are basically generic dungeon crawls (Speaker In Dreams and Standing Stone are a little less so). However, there is enough fluff given to allow creative DMs to really flesh out interesting NPCs. Case in point is the infamous Meepo from The Sunless Citadel. Really, the best writing in these mods is the characterizations of the NPCs.
The encounters are generally appropriate, however, if the DMs dice start rolling hot (or the PCs are very tactically unsound) there is a very real possibility of TPK. The Forge of Fury had a couple of TPKs with my gaming group. First was the incident of Sergeant Wang and Private Fu (Orc guards) who critically hit 6 out of 10 dice rolls. Next was the utter failure by the entire party to save against a sleep spell. Bad times for all.
The Sunless Citadel, Forge of Fury, Heart of Nightfang Spire, and Bastion of Broken Souls have a thematic background story running through them that is largely lacking in Speaker In Dreams, Standing Stone, and Deep Horizon revolving around an ancient dragon cult.
One nice thing about this series is that basically all of the monsters encountered (at least in the first 5 parts) have minis in the DDM line. I haven't updated my list for a while. I know that a couple of key monsters (i.e. mooncalf and desmodu) still don't have minis/decent proxies. | |
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yack
Commander
3136 Posts
Ottawa, Canada
| | 05/29/2007 4:38 AM |
| thanks Olaf the Stout but I'll pass on the pdf thing ... I hate them for modules. (where I pay to use my own ink..no deal but thats anotehr topic  )
Z great write up at least it gives me a idea on what others I could hunt down. I have seen many of the others still on the shelves but Sunless always seems to be missing from the set. Maybe I will try amazon to track it down (as i do have a account with them)
thanks guys!
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Wraithborne
Commander
3440 Posts
West Virginia
| | 05/29/2007 7:50 AM |
| Posted By yack on 05/29/2007 4:38 AM thanks Olaf the Stout but I'll pass on the pdf thing ... I hate them for modules. (where I pay to use my own ink..no deal but thats anotehr topic ) Z great write up at least it gives me a idea on what others I could hunt down. I have seen many of the others still on the shelves but Sunless always seems to be missing from the set. Maybe I will try amazon to track it down (as i do have a account with them) thanks guys!
Shoulda snagged mine when you bought the old MM's  | |
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Teflon Jeff
Warlord
6567 Posts
Idaho. Yes, we have Gamers in Idaho.
| | 05/29/2007 9:57 AM |
| I have all eight, they are fun. Sunless Citadel is actually doable now that they finally mae a twig blight mini.
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gss_000
Commander
3204 Posts
Baltimore, MD
| | 05/29/2007 12:44 PM |
| Posted By Teflon Jeff on 05/29/2007 9:57 AM
I have all eight, they are fun. Sunless Citadel is actually doable now that they finally mae a twig blight mini.
Because having the mini makes the encounter balance? Just kidding.Â
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Olaf the Stout
Sergeant
404 Posts
Adelaide, Australia
| | 05/29/2007 4:07 PM |
| Posted By yack on 05/29/2007 4:38 AM thanks Olaf the Stout but I'll pass on the pdf thing ... I hate them for modules. (where I pay to use my own ink..no deal but thats anotehr topic ) Z great write up at least it gives me a idea on what others I could hunt down. I have seen many of the others still on the shelves but Sunless always seems to be missing from the set. Maybe I will try amazon to track it down (as i do have a account with them) thanks guys!
That's ok. Personally I prefer PDF's for modules. I can print extra maps out, cut and paste the stat blocks to a Word doc and print them all seperately so that I don't have to constantly flip pages. I can write notes on the pages and know that I'm not ruining my one and only copy (I'm a bit anal when it comes to writing in printed books). The ability to search can also come in very useful.
Each to their own I guess.
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AnarionZelle
Underboss
1079 Posts
USA
| | 05/29/2007 4:50 PM |
| I appreciate all the info, guys. From what I am hearing, it would be well worth my time to track these down (and with some of the ridiculously low used prices on Amazon, I can afford to do so). I'm sort of ashamed to admit it, but I've never DMed before, and was hoping that published adventures would be the way to go for my first few campaigns. I've also thought about getting one of the mega modules such as Shackled City, or Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde.
Z great write up ...
Indeed. Thanks, zenthrus | |
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yack
Commander
3136 Posts
Ottawa, Canada
| | 05/30/2007 4:17 AM |
| Shackled City is an Awesome module path... I personally think the best one of the 3.
Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde is a great module if you are a beginner DM because its has handy footnotes all through it and its a dungeon type crawl.
Both are great for seperate reasons...good choices! | |
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GuJiaXian
Sergeant
641 Posts
Roswell, GA
| | 05/30/2007 8:10 AM |
| | I'm running the Shackled City right now for my group, and they're loving it. | |
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realmaster
Underboss
1915 Posts
Home of the 2002 Winter Olympics
| | 05/30/2007 10:32 PM |
| I also have all 8 and I would either like to dm them or play a character through them.
Posted By GuJiaXian on 05/30/2007 8:10 AM
I'm running the Shackled City right now for my group, and they're loving it.
I also have shackled city and it looks really interesting.
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Olaf the Stout
Sergeant
404 Posts
Adelaide, Australia
| | 05/31/2007 12:49 AM |
| I've also got the Shacked City AP Hardcover. I haven't run it but I have read the adventures. They sound like a lot of fun but can be quite deadly. Some people also think that it is a bit heavy on the dungeon crawl aspect. Of course, if your group like that sort of thing then it would be right up your alley.  Olaf the Stout | |
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Corim Danex
Warlord
6567 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 06/13/2007 9:24 AM |
| Posted By AnarionZelle on 05/29/2007 4:50 PM I appreciate all the info, guys. From what I am hearing, it would be well worth my time to track these down (and with some of the ridiculously low used prices on Amazon, I can afford to do so). I'm sort of ashamed to admit it, but I've never DMed before, and was hoping that published adventures would be the way to go for my first few campaigns. I've also thought about getting one of the mega modules such as Shackled City, or Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde. Z great write up ... Indeed. Thanks, zenthrus
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gss_000
Commander
3204 Posts
Baltimore, MD
| | 06/13/2007 9:54 AM |
| Check the web, though. At least with Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil there were web groups who had done a lot of the work already. There might be online updates out there for you to use.
As for using mds, that's how I started DMing as well a long time ago. If you want another easy way to start DMing, check out the RPGA. Published mods with everything written out and limited to one 4 hr session per game usually. | |
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