Best 1st level adventure out there
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JoeBlank
Explorer
My suggestion is Whispering Woodwind and then Of Sound Mind.
WW comes with suggestions for scaling it up or down, and I think you can scale it down without losing any of the flavor. It is designed for 2d level characters.
OSM is designed for 1st level characters, but is pretty tough for them. It would be better suited for 2d level, probably with little or no adjustment.
WW comes with suggestions for scaling it up or down, and I think you can scale it down without losing any of the flavor. It is designed for 2d level characters.
OSM is designed for 1st level characters, but is pretty tough for them. It would be better suited for 2d level, probably with little or no adjustment.
Olgar Shiverstone
Legend
One I just remembered that has a good combo of elements, and also happens to be authored by an EN Worlder ... Gorgoldand's Gauntlet. It was published in Dungeon (forget which issue), and was on the CD that came with Dragon 287. It makes a good short into to other adventures.
Etan Moonstar
First Post
Ah yes, Under Illefarn is indeed an excellent beginning module. I think I overlooked that one since I actually played in it instead of DMing for a change.
Darklone
Registered User
I played Wizards Amulet with Crucible of Freya several times and enjoyed it tremendously. It's more a small campaign setting with the free Wizards Amulet adventure and the additional free supplement on their page plus the maps.
Of Sound Mind: Rocks. Didn't play it yet since it didn't fit into my campaigns, but I read several story hours about it and loved to read it.
Just feel to pimp some Kalamar modules... Their biggest advantage, similar to some of the abovementioned adventures, is that they are more regional sourcebooks with plenty possibilities to put other stuff in
- Coins Trilogy (Root of all Evil is the first part) is more a full campaign, but I played it twice myself now and would start it again any day with another group.
- Invasion of Arun'Kid. If you want to start your adventure/campaign as farmer boys in a small village, this is the action loaded stuff you need!
- Stand& Deliver: First 3.5 adventure... medieval mysticism and knightly tournaments in a small barony.
- Aldrivs Revenge: Courtly intrigues mixed with an old curse.
There are some others (Sayburrs storyhour on the Kalamar boards started the Coins Trilogy with NeMorens Vault), and I enjoyed Sunless Citadel as well (MEEEPOOO!) but these are my favorites.
Of Sound Mind: Rocks. Didn't play it yet since it didn't fit into my campaigns, but I read several story hours about it and loved to read it.
Just feel to pimp some Kalamar modules... Their biggest advantage, similar to some of the abovementioned adventures, is that they are more regional sourcebooks with plenty possibilities to put other stuff in
- Coins Trilogy (Root of all Evil is the first part) is more a full campaign, but I played it twice myself now and would start it again any day with another group.
- Invasion of Arun'Kid. If you want to start your adventure/campaign as farmer boys in a small village, this is the action loaded stuff you need!
- Stand& Deliver: First 3.5 adventure... medieval mysticism and knightly tournaments in a small barony.
- Aldrivs Revenge: Courtly intrigues mixed with an old curse.
There are some others (Sayburrs storyhour on the Kalamar boards started the Coins Trilogy with NeMorens Vault), and I enjoyed Sunless Citadel as well (MEEEPOOO!) but these are my favorites.
Buttercup
Princess of Florin
As others have said, it really depends on your campaign. I do not recommend Sunless Citadel for newbies, either DM or player.
The two I would recommend are:
Wizard's Amulet/Crucible of Freya from Necromancer
Hamlet of Thumble from Open World Press
Necromancer publishes many adventures, and their product is consistently high quality. Hamlet of Thumble is a first product from a small company, and really stellar. The second module in this world, Village of Oester, should be in shops any day now, if it isn't there already. (Though my FLGS hasn't called me to tell me my preordered copy is in....)
The two I would recommend are:
Wizard's Amulet/Crucible of Freya from Necromancer
Hamlet of Thumble from Open World Press
Necromancer publishes many adventures, and their product is consistently high quality. Hamlet of Thumble is a first product from a small company, and really stellar. The second module in this world, Village of Oester, should be in shops any day now, if it isn't there already. (Though my FLGS hasn't called me to tell me my preordered copy is in....)
Cthulhu's Librarian
First Post
This was a great 1st adventure! I ran a group of players through it when I was 15 or 16, and we had a great time. Except when we were finished, everyone wanted to play a half-ogre...diaglo said:Dungeon Magazine #4 Trouble at Grog's
