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    TSR Example from the worst TSR adventure module(s) ever published

    That reminds me of I13, Adventure Pack I, from 1987 (did TSR ever make an Adventure Pack II?). It had one really great adventure (To Kill a Kraken), some really bad ones both in plot and editing (like Reign of Triumph), and some that were good plot ideas but marred by editing errors (The Circus...
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    TSR Example from the worst TSR adventure module(s) ever published

    Note too, that I didn't say Eye of the Serpent was "the worst" - just lacking.
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    TSR Example from the worst TSR adventure module(s) ever published

    If we are just looking at editing issues, then yes, The Forest Oracle is in a class by itself, putting aside the ill-thought encounters. But we're looking at bad modules, and Eye of the Serpent falls below average. It was just boring, with a lot of random monsters thrown in as obstacles on the...
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    TSR Example from the worst TSR adventure module(s) ever published

    A please to "meet" you as it were . . . I have one letter printed in Dragon, and it was about one of your articles (not negative, I assure you). And speaking of bad modules, anyone remember Eye of the Serpent? It was one of the UK series. I amend my earlier comment about likely nearly all the...
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    TSR Example from the worst TSR adventure module(s) ever published

    Thanks for the tips, Danny. And David Howrey, did you used to write articles for Dragon Magazine? I recall your name from the late80s/early 90s era of the publication.
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    TSR Example from the worst TSR adventure module(s) ever published

    By the way, I'm new to enworld and posting on these threads, how do I get it to post with other people's quotes in the bubbles? I thought 'reply with quote" would do it,but it didn't.
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    TSR Example from the worst TSR adventure module(s) ever published

    Ex: The gypsies who cursed the town? In my game they're the Vistani from I6/I10/CoS. While transporting a piece of The Apparatus south to the Alchemist in Mordentshire they were set upon & robbed by a band of brigands & their ogre ally. Their lair is Castle Karn, (now relocated to a different...
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    TSR Example from the worst TSR adventure module(s) ever published

    I've never played anything beyond 2nd edition. I had heard that they made it 'easier' in the later editions, so assuming that's true, I can see how first edition was a shock, when characters are expected to die. You know anoter thing that bothered me about the Forest Oracle? When you get...
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    TSR Example from the worst TSR adventure module(s) ever published

    I guess that means they didn't get the treasure from the red dragons' cave? I loved UK2 and UK3. But yea, UK2 had a lot of monsters that could only be hit by magic weapons. The whisps and the presence were really bad. I DMed a party through there that had only a magic mace and dagger, and...
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    TSR Example from the worst TSR adventure module(s) ever published

    Ah, I forgot about the flesh golem (I'm recalling all this about the module from memory) - granted, it was not a full-strength one, but still, in a level 2-4 module? Also, can druids in 1st edition even cast a bless spell? If I recall, that was just a clerical spell. The Downs - maybe they...
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    TSR Example from the worst TSR adventure module(s) ever published

    I remember the Forest Oracle having Olot the Ogre,who was like 7 1/2 feet tall - I was always wondering about that, since ogres are usually nine feet tall or taller. I mean, he's like a midget ogre (not a dwarf ogre, since that will make people think he's a crossbreed or something). Speaking...
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    TSR Example from the worst TSR adventure module(s) ever published

    Hmmm. Is this thread still active? Well, here goes . . . As for worst modules (I never played anything beyond second edition), I remember Crystal Spheres from Spelljammer being really awful. The vampire planet, the system with one planet designated for each alignment, and also a vorpal sword...
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