Any adventures of value from the D20 dustbin?

Philotomy Jurament · February 29, 2020, 07:56:58 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;1123170Freeport seems to have been very well remembered. I never ran it myself, or even read it, that I recall.

I think it's mostly the setting concept, more than anything else: swords-n-sorcery with piracy and Cthulhu-ish elements and serpent-men. It probably didn't hurt that those early Freeport adventures hit at the very beginning of the d20 boom and had excellent Brom cover art. The adventures, themselves, aren't that special when stripped of the "Freeport fluff."

RPGPundit · March 09, 2020, 04:05:06 AM

Quote from: Philotomy Jurament;1123229I think it's mostly the setting concept, more than anything else: swords-n-sorcery with piracy and Cthulhu-ish elements and serpent-men. It probably didn't hurt that those early Freeport adventures hit at the very beginning of the d20 boom and had excellent Brom cover art. The adventures, themselves, aren't that special when stripped of the "Freeport fluff."

A lot of the same stuff that made Fighting Fantasy's Port Blacksand so memorable, then...

Melan · March 09, 2020, 08:19:00 AM

That's a fair comparison (although Blacksand is ultimately better). It is a good hive of scum and villainy to conduct adventures in, and that takes Freeport's utility beyond the core adventure scenarios which helped define it.

RPGPundit · March 19, 2020, 07:26:59 AM

It's hard to beat Blacksand. Except maybe Lankhmar!

Any adventures of value from the D20 dustbin?

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