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Best FREE Old School adventures?

Started by RPGPundit, May 31, 2012, 03:05:32 PM

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RPGPundit

May 31, 2012, 03:05:32 PM
Whether they're short little dungeons or full-blown modules, which are the best old-school D&D adventures available for free on the intarwebs?

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#1
May 31, 2012, 03:45:52 PM
It's not an adventure per se but I really dig the Blackmarsh campaign setting.

Sacrosanct

#2
May 31, 2012, 03:59:20 PM
Do you want actual old modules, or old school clones (like OSRIC, LL, etc)
D&D is not an "everyone gets a ribbon" game.  If you\'re stupid, your PC will die.  If you\'re an asshole, your PC will die (probably from the other PCs).  If you\'re unlucky, your PC may die.  Point?  PC\'s die.  Get over it and roll up a new one.

TheHistorian

#3
May 31, 2012, 06:00:43 PM
Depends if you mean free or "free".  If the latter, then almost everything is available...  ;)

VacuumJockey

#4
May 31, 2012, 06:26:23 PM
Castle of the Mad Mad Archmage is a pretty cool megadungeon.

Fiasco

#5
May 31, 2012, 06:33:57 PM
Dragonsfoot has an excellent catalogue of free modules with very high production standards. The works of John Turcotte (Gnarleybones) are particularly excellent. Check out Where The Fallen Jarls Sleep and it's sequels. Also noteworthy is Red Tam's Bones which is a fantastic channelling of the vibe of Jonathan Strange andMr Norrelinto a kick arse adventure into the world of Faerie.

For real old school fans there is the massive L4 Devilspawn Len Lakovska's sequel to his Lendore Isle series ( Secret of Bone Hill, Assassins's Knot and Deep Dwarven Delve).

thedungeondelver

#6
May 31, 2012, 07:11:07 PM
Here's what I've written...

http://www.thedelversdungeon.com/Modules/DD1.PDF - a solo player + DM module

http://www.thedelversdungeon.com/Modules/DD2.PDF - ditto

http://www.thedelversdungeon.com/Modules/WGH2.PDF - stand-alone convention module set in the World of Greyhawk.

http://www.thedelversdungeon.com/Modules/WGH3.PDF - first of a series of convention modules, set in Greyhawk.
http://www.thedelversdungeon.com/Modules/WGH4.pdf - 2nd

http://www.thedelversdungeon.com/Modules/WGH5.pdf - finale.
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Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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Kuroth

#7
June 01, 2012, 12:01:44 AM
I bet there are still a lot of folks that have never been through Temple of the Frog.  So, I'll provide it as my first suggestion to play with your campaign using any given system for an adventure that takes up the great majority of the concepts that are Dungeons & Dragons.  Supplement II: Blackmoor is still the one freely accessible book of Original D&D.

Supplement II: Blackmoor

Calithena

#8
June 01, 2012, 11:54:42 AM
I really like Gabor's dungeon in this puffed-up rag:

http://ocp.no-ip.org/document.php?id=17
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#9
June 01, 2012, 12:30:39 PM
Quote from: Calithena;544456I really like Gabor's dungeon in this puffed-up rag:

http://ocp.no-ip.org/document.php?id=17

Melan has a lot of excellent, freely available adventures and related material at his Fomalhaut website.
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#10
June 01, 2012, 12:35:16 PM
Quote from: Fiasco;544271Dragonsfoot has an excellent catalogue of free modules with very high production standards...

Yeah, Dragonsfoot has a lot of great stuff.  It's a pity more people don't seem to know about their downloads section.

I also think The Fane of St. Toad is worth getting.
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#11
June 01, 2012, 06:14:25 PM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;544168Do you want actual old modules, or old school clones (like OSRIC, LL, etc)

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ARROWS OF INDRA
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LORDS OF OLYMPUS
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#12
June 01, 2012, 06:17:29 PM
Quote from: TheHistorian;544226Depends if you mean free or "free".  If the latter, then almost everything is available...  ;)

Quite aware of that, but what I'm talking about for the purposes of this thread is any of the following:

-"amateur products" that were never intended for commercial sale
-"professional free product" that was always made as free material by some gaming company (for their website, or whatever)
-or product that was once for commercial sale but the parent company now offers it for free.

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LION & DRAGON: Medieval-Authentic OSR Roleplaying is available now! You only THINK you\'ve played \'medieval fantasy\' until you play L&D.


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The most famous uruguayan gaming blog on the planet!

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Dark Albion: The Rose War! The OSR fantasy setting of the history that inspired Shakespeare and Martin alike.
Also available in Variant Cover form!
Also, now with the CULTS OF CHAOS cult-generation sourcebook

ARROWS OF INDRA
Arrows of Indra: The Old-School Epic Indian RPG!
NOW AVAILABLE: AoI in print form

LORDS OF OLYMPUS
The new Diceless RPG of multiversal power, adventure and intrigue, now available.

thedungeondelver

#13
June 01, 2012, 06:19:43 PM
You don't get much more amateur than my stuff so knock yourself out :D
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Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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TheHistorian

#14
June 01, 2012, 06:21:35 PM
A couple of the original Midkemia books are available for free:  http://www.midkemia.com/ (under Products)
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