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OSR/classic modules advice for a (weird) fantasy Scotland campagin?

Started by Amleth, January 26, 2017, 02:52:11 PM

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Gronan of Simmerya

Quote from: Herne's Son;943181Dude, give it a fucking rest.

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Weru

Quote from: Dave R;943116The Fungus Forest by Reynoldson & Nash may be of interest.  

Thanks for the shout out.

RPGPundit

There were these OSR modules, free ones, that were a trilogy set in a northern land which was clearly meant to be viking-type. However, if you're running a fantasy north along the lines of northern England and Scotland, you could adapt it into ancient remnants from the earlier period of northman settlement.
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UK2 - the Sentinel and UK3 - The Gauntlet could work reasonably well in a Not-Scotland setting. They're full of rocky hills, moors, weird villages, giants and strange magic.

I've not yet looked at theRPGPundit's "Dark Albion" stuff, but it seems like that might be a good resource.

Voros


Amleth

Wow, this forum is great, thank you all for your great contributions!

Let's sum it up, by 'function':

Introducing the area and the human settlements to the party ; give the PCs a first taste of the scottish wilderness :

- Scourge of the Demon Wolf (Conley, 2012)

Mysterious locations:

- Casteles Forlorn (Smedman, 1993) (but I'll never have enough time to read it :()
- U1 The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh (Browne & Turnbull, 1981) (Scooby Doo inside)
- Bitterroot Briar (Waters, 2013) (I'll definitely run this one!)
- The Stealer of Children (Spahn, 2013)
- Deep Carbon Observatory (Stuart, 2014) (I own it, it's great, but maybe hard to insert in a scottish context)
- Scenic Dunnsmouth (Kowolski, 2014) (I own it, and am fond of everything Kowolski writes)
- UK2 The Sentinel (Morris, 1983)
- UK3 The Gauntlet (Morris, 1984) (not sure about this one)

Dungeons & underworld modules:

- The Pod-Caverns of the Sinister Shroom (Finch, 2006) (read it, loved it!)
- The Sunless Garden (Lasalle, 2004)
- Fountain of the Green Lady (Azraele, 2016
- The Fungus Forest (Reynoldson & Nash, 2016)

Inter-adventures & ponctual events:

- Ambush at Boxcar Rocks (Jeromy Schulz-Arnold, 2016) (may be triggered if the PC want to dig too deeply under the ice)
- Blood & Mistletoe (may be played if the PCs undertake to explore the native magic and its connections to the wilderness; and the PCs will befriend a druid!)

Cool 'england-but-not-scotland-centered stuff':

- Dark Albion (RPGPundit, 2015) (aaah, sadly not the right period and area for my purpose, but it's a wonderful book, but I also own 'Cults of Chaos' and definitely have to use it in this campaign)

Non RPG resources:

- The Steel Bonnets (Fraser, 1971)
- Outlander (Gabaldon, 1991) (because of the stone through which we can travel in time)

And, Pundit, "ancient remnants from the earlier period of northman settlement": I have read a history of England written by the great historian George Trevelyan, and his depiction of this period really stroke me. And there is also this little & beautiful TV thing: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4179452/.



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Quote from: Amleth;944186Wow, this forum is great, thank you all for your great contributions!


PS2: I don't know where to find Let’s Give Goblin Peace a Chance.
http://www.dmsguild.com/product/201746/Lets-Give-Kobold-Peace-a-Chance?term=lets+&filters=0_0_45418_0_0_0_0_0&test_epoch=0

I'm pretty sure this is it, with a slightly misremembered humanoid somewhere along the line.

Omega

If you can find them check out old issues of Imagine Magazine. Issue 5 had a Celtic themed module and some nice notes on a Celtic themed setting. and issue 17 had more musings on the Celtic setting and another Celtic themed module.

I only have a few of these as was trying to collect the Star Frontiers articles so not sure if theres more than those two issues.

Found another in issue 19. A one page systemless module.

ningauble

You should check out the Codex Celtarum for Castles & Crusades if you're going to do a campaign. It's a sourcebook, no adventures, but a lot of good Celtic-flavored stuff. There are also somewhere around D six modules but they are set in an alternate Wales, I believe. However, you could adapt them as always.

Omega

And totally forgot. Theres also the 2d ed  D&D book Celts.

Well thought out and I believe its on DriveThru now?

fuseboy

These are all very short adventures, but you might find them appropriate as sandbox locations.

Tannoch Rest-of-Kings is a ruined tower on a misty lake; a sort of convent taken over by a trio of ogres.

Veil of the Once-Queen is a fey citadel, just replace "Martoi" with Sidhe and you're on your way.

The Unmended Way is a bit of an oddball and has implications to the surrounding area, but it's got giants and fairies of a sort.

Voros

Prescott's short adventures are terrific, imaginative, well drawn and laid out. Not sure why he doesn't get more kudos.

RPGPundit

Quote from: Herne's Son;944101I've not yet looked at theRPGPundit's "Dark Albion" stuff, but it seems like that might be a good resource.

While Dark Albion is not an adventure, it has a whole bunch of adventure seeds related to northern England and Scotland, as it was in the 15th century (and it's legends and myths).
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Gronan of Simmerya

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Herne's Son

Quote from: RPGPundit;944992While Dark Albion is not an adventure, it has a whole bunch of adventure seeds related to northern England and Scotland, as it was in the 15th century (and it's legends and myths).

Yes, sorry, i was thinking of it more as a good resource, rather than thinking in terms of adventures.

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