Was there an adventure for D&D, or maybe the OSR, that had the PCs going into a pyramid? If so, which was it?
B4: The Lost City by Tom Moldvay
Takes place within a pyramid.
Also possibly I3 Pharoh?
The Lost City, module B4, by Tom Moldvay had most of the adventure happen in a huge step pyramid drowned under sand.
Overall a good adventure with a lot of sandbox possibilities (you could run a whole campaign down there) with strong Hollow earth/Lost wolrd vibes.
It was one of the first adventures I tried m teeth on ad Dm... too many years ago.
The Desert of Desolation series includes a great pyramid. I forget which one it is (I3?) but it should be relatively easy to find.
Quote from: RPGPundit;836359Was there an adventure for D&D, or maybe the OSR, that had the PCs going into a pyramid? If so, which was it?
Idle curiosity or something in mind?
By the powers of Google et co combined, here are some results
H3 Pyramid of Shadows (http://archive.wizards.com/DnD/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/dndacc/218637400) for 4E (by Mike Mearls)
Pyramid of the Sky Pharaoh (http://paizo.com/products/btpy97av?Pathfinder-Adventure-Path-84-Pyramid-of-the-Sky-Pharaoh) for Pathfinder (possibly not the only one)
and another, older Paizo release, this time for 3.5E
Pathfinder Module J4: The Pact Stone Pyramid (http://paizo.com/products/btpy85y2?Pathfinder-Module-J4-The-Pact-Stone-Pyramid)
EDIT: other results
The Lost Pyramid of Imhoptep (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/60551/Advanced-Adventures-9-The-Lost-Pyramid-of-Imhoptep) is an OSRIC module designed for 4-6 adventurers of levels 4-7
Let us not forget the Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan.
There was a pyramid exploration in Traveller. I first saw it in The Traveller Book (http://wiki.travellerrpg.com/The_Traveller_Book).
But it may have been the same one as contained in the here (http://wiki.travellerrpg.com/Shadows/Annic_Nova).
Quote from: Bren;836413There was a pyramid exploration in Traveller. I first saw it in The Traveller Book (http://wiki.travellerrpg.com/The_Traveller_Book).
But it may have been the same one as contained in the here (http://wiki.travellerrpg.com/Shadows/Annic_Nova).
It was in Starter Traveller as well as The Traveller Book and Double Adventure #1. "Shadows" is the name of the adventure. Sure got around.
Oh. And Mummies and a few other weirdos in Spelljammer like to tool around space in pyramids. Flying. Armed. Pyramids.
Quote from: Omega;836437Oh. And Mummies and a few other weirdos in Spelljammer like to tool around space in pyramids. Flying. Armed. Pyramids.
So Heavy Metal!
Pyramid of Suberus was a great mini-adventure / tourney in Judges Guild Pegasus magazine Issue 7. The adventures used to be free downloads from JG's website.
Probably hiding somewhere these days too.
Kinda tiny compared to actual pyramids. I assume they launch the top only.
(http://www.spelljammer.org/ships/deckplans/Pyramid.gif)
Quote from: Natty Bodak;836407Let us not forget the Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan.
Tamoachan was more of a ziggurat than a pyramid but a great pressure cooker.
Second Desert of Desolation, that was a great pyramid.
If I'm not mistaken, Necropolis has a pyramid in it. (the Gary Gygax one)
Quote from: CRKrueger;836605If I'm not mistaken, Necropolis has a pyramid in it. (the Gary Gygax one)
Necropolis sprawls all over. Its a huge setting/adventure and extensive overall for its variety of locales.
I am pretty darn sure there are at least two pyramid themed modules in Dungeon and/or Polyhedron?
Gamelord's farcical The Phantastical Phantasmagorical Montie Haul Dungeon (1982) is set in a pyramid.
Though in comparison, Castle Greyhawk is a work of sublime and surpassing humor.
Quote from: Bren;836413There was a pyramid exploration in Traveller. I first saw it in The Traveller Book (http://wiki.travellerrpg.com/The_Traveller_Book).
But it may have been the same one as contained in the here (http://wiki.travellerrpg.com/Shadows/Annic_Nova).
Quote from: Matt;836418It was in Starter Traveller as well as The Traveller Book and Double Adventure #1. "Shadows" is the name of the adventure. Sure got around.
"Shadows" got around in
Classic Traveller because it was believed back then that everyone got into RPGs through D&D, so the obvious choice for an intro adventure was a dungeon crawl.
If Pundit is just looking for a useful map, the map from "Shadows" is OK.
Quote from: Omega;836437Oh. And Mummies and a few other weirdos in Spelljammer like to tool around space in pyramids. Flying. Armed. Pyramids.
The Necrons have those too...
If they ever teamed up with The Borg, their combined ships would look like little houses....
Quote from: Exploderwizard;836604Tamoachan was more of a ziggurat than a pyramid but a great pressure cooker.
Is the distinction in shape or purpose? They definitely used "pyramid" in the module, but i wouldn't give them any credit for authority.
Quote from: TristramEvans;836625The Necrons have those too...
If they ever teamed up with The Borg, their combined ships would look like little houses....
Sierpinski Gaskets in Spaaaaaaaaaace!
Quote from: jeff37923;836622"Shadows" got around in Classic Traveller because it was believed back then that everyone got into RPGs through D&D, so the obvious choice for an intro adventure was a dungeon crawl.
If Pundit is just looking for a useful map, the map from "Shadows" is OK.
I'd imagine most people did get into RPGs through D&D back then. I did and so did everyone else I knew. Back when D&D used to be available in Toys R Us and such places.
Quote from: Matt;836637I'd imagine most people did get into RPGs through D&D back then. I did and so did everyone else I knew. Back when D&D used to be available in Toys R Us and such places.
We started playing D&D three years before Traveller was published so for the people I gamed with back then, everyone who played or even looked at Traveller had already played D&D. Personally I thought Traveller already had a great hook to get people interested.
Quote"This is the Free Trader Beowulf, calling anyone. Mayday, Mayday."
Quote from: Bren;836645We started playing D&D three years before Traveller was published so for the people I gamed with back then, everyone who played or even looked at Traveller had already played D&D. Personally I thought Traveller already had a great hook to get people interested.
Well, yeah, the box cover was incredibly intriguing as well as stylish and I, for one, much prefer sci fi to fantasy, so had Traveller come along first or simultaneously I would rather have started with that and probably would have eschewed D&D. I'd still rather play Traveller than D&D any day of the week.
Quote from: Matt;836703Well, yeah, the box cover was incredibly intriguing as well as stylish and I, for one, much prefer sci fi to fantasy, so had Traveller come along first or simultaneously I would rather have started with that and probably would have eschewed D&D. I'd still rather play Traveller than D&D any day of the week.
Well sure. :)
Quote from: RPGPundit;836359Was there an adventure for D&D, or maybe the OSR, that had the PCs going into a pyramid? If so, which was it?
As a true pyramid there was
I3: Pharaoh (level 5-7), the first module in the
Desert of Desolation series. I4 and I5 are about tombs (dungeons) in the desert.
There is also White Dwarf magazine #48, with the scenario
The Lone and Level Sands (level 4-5). Technically, it is not a true Egyptian pyramid in a desert, but a tomb vaguely pyramid-shaped. It also makes use of the Demonist character class described in WD #47.
Ruins of Adventure (the AD&D 1e adventure compilation for Pool of Radiance) had the pyramid on Sorcerer's Island as one of its many adventures.
I have deliberately visited a lot of Pyramids from Chichén Itzá to Cheops, to Bagan. There isn't a lot to them. Mostly Rock :)
Quote from: jibbajibba;836768I have deliberately visited a lot of Pyramids from Chichén Itzá to Cheops, to Bagan. There isn't a lot to them. Mostly Rock :)
Should have had an elf in your party so you wouldn't have missed all those secret doors!
Quote from: Natty Bodak;836780Should have had an elf in your party so you wouldn't have missed all those secret doors!
But on the other hand he managed to avoid encounters with the undead.
Quote from: Matt;836794But on the other hand he managed to avoid encounters with the undead.
That is why you bring a few Women Wrestlers or a Robot along. Just in case.
Quote from: Omega;836795That is why you bring a few Women Wrestlers or a Robot along. Just in case.
Why can't I have G.L.O.W. and a robot?
Thanks for the tips, guys.
Now if you want so go on an adventure with a pyramid then you will have to take one of these guys...
(http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/sfery/images/4/49/Tridrone02.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100218085521)
Quote from: Omega;837610Now if you want so go on an adventure with a pyramid then you will have to take one of these guys...
(http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/sfery/images/4/49/Tridrone02.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100218085521)
And be sure to ask your mummy first...
Didn't Role Aids have the Temple of Ra?
Pyramid of the Dragon (http://www.rpgnow.com/product/87147/Pyramid-of-the-Dragon?manufacturers_id=3356) from Small Niche Games is an OSR module for Labyrinth Lord. Pete Spahn usually puts out good stuff (I actually have this but it's been a while since I read it).
Quote from: Technomancer;837626Pyramid of the Dragon (http://www.rpgnow.com/product/87147/Pyramid-of-the-Dragon?manufacturers_id=3356) from Small Niche Games is an OSR module for Labyrinth Lord. Pete Spahn usually puts out good stuff (I actually have this but it's been a while since I read it).
Yeah, I'm familiar with that one, having reviewed it.
Quote from: Natty Bodak;836407Let us not forget the Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan.
Is that the one with the vampire creature at the end? I remember our party killed it and thought "Holy shit! The first encounter is a vampire?" and went through the rest of the pyramid on our toes. It seemed rather anticlimactic until we were done and we realized that we must have gone into the intended exit and thus, played the module in reverse order.
Quote from: Natty Bodak;836627Is the distinction in shape or purpose? They definitely used "pyramid" in the module, but i wouldn't give them any credit for authority.
Both. The ziggurat was usually a temple, and used for active worship by the living, while pyramids were primarily built to be tombs for the dead.
Quote from: Elfdart;851550Is that the one with the vampire creature at the end? I remember our party killed it and thought "Holy shit! The first encounter is a vampire?" and went through the rest of the pyramid on our toes. It seemed rather anticlimactic until we were done and we realized that we must have gone into the intended exit and thus, played the module in reverse order.
That's ol' El Poco Loco, which is all we could come with when trying to pronounce his name. If you don't come in the "competition" entrance he would be at the end I think. The lack of level drain and starting off enervated helps it not be too bad, but still a pretty pulse quickening early encounter.
Quote from: Exploderwizard;851591Both. The ziggurat was usually a temple, and used for active worship by the living, while pyramids were primarily built to be tombs for the dead.
Thanks for articulating that. BUT we still call the Central American monuments (used as temples) "pyramids", and one of the first Egyptian pyramids was a step-pyramid that was fairly ziggurat-like.
The word pyramid can't be traced past Greek; the Egyptians called them "mer". "Ziggurat" is Akkadian. I don't know what the mesoamericans called their structures but it wasn't "pyramid".
In short, English usage is pretty arbitrary. Mainly it's a ziggurat if it's from Mesopotamia.
Not a module. But came across this and was reminded why we see so few pyramids...
(http://i.imgur.com/Be9ry94.gif)
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