D&D 5E (2014) Best third party campaign books - recommend me some

[Stormonu]

I'm fond of B4 - The Lost City. Goodman Games treatment for 5E is really good as it not only includes the original B/X version, it expands and fills in the unfinished areas as well.

From my understanding, it is a mini-campaign based on Robert E. Howard's Red Nails Conan story.

 

[jayoungr]

Odyssey of the Dragonlords:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/285960/odyssey-of-the-dragonlords-adventure-book

 

[Desdichado]

From my understanding, it is a mini-campaign based on Robert E. Howard's Red Nails Conan story.

Huh. Having read Red Nails and the original B4, I have to admit that I don't find the set-up particularly similar other than the idea of a lost city that's semi-depopulated. One of these days I'll have to address the tangent that D&D and Sword & Sorcery aren't really very much alike, even in the old days of D&D; the characters are all wrong, the setting is all wrong, the motivations and activities that they pursue are all wrong, and most importantly, magic is a plot device wielded by NPCs, not a tool used by sorcerous PCs. But not today! Red Nails feels more like a reworking of his own earlier story The Gods of Bal-Sagoth, though, curiously.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Huh. Having read Red Nails and the original B4, I have to admit that I don't find the set-up particularly similar other than the idea of a lost city that's semi-depopulated. One of these days I'll have to address the tangent that D&D and Sword & Sorcery aren't really very much alike, even in the old days of D&D; the characters are all wrong, the setting is all wrong, the motivations and activities that they pursue are all wrong, and most importantly, magic is a plot device wielded by NPCs, not a tool used by sorcerous PCs. But not today! Red Nails feels more like a reworking of his own earlier story The Gods of Bal-Sagoth, though, curiously.

The Red Nails/B4 thing is often overstated, but the idea, I think, is that one can play off the different factions of this decadent lost city against one in the interests of both staying alive and hopefully robbing everyone blind on the way out. But B4 is a lot less gritty -- the Jim Holloway art doesn't help here -- and more light-hearted, even with the terrifying monster in the basement.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Huh. Having read Red Nails and the original B4, I have to admit that I don't find the set-up particularly similar other than the idea of a lost city that's semi-depopulated. One of these days I'll have to address the tangent that D&D and Sword & Sorcery aren't really very much alike, even in the old days of D&D; the characters are all wrong, the setting is all wrong, the motivations and activities that they pursue are all wrong, and most importantly, magic is a plot device wielded by NPCs, not a tool used by sorcerous PCs. But not today! Red Nails feels more like a reworking of his own earlier story The Gods of Bal-Sagoth, though, curiously.

Conan isn't the only Swords and Sorcery. Elric wields magic. The Grey Mouser wields magic.

 

[Desdichado]

Conan isn't the only Swords and Sorcery. Elric wields magic. The Grey Mouser wields magic.

Like I said, it's a tangent for another discussion.