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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jmucchiello" data-source="post: 1109309" data-attributes="member: 813">No, they probably aren't classic in the classical sense. But I think most people here are calling these adventures (and most of the others) classics because they contain firsts (and personal) firsts for most players of the time.When you played G1-3 it was probably the first time you fought any Giant. When you played D1-3, it was probably your first encounter with Kuo Toa and Drow (especially since they didn't exist before those modules). Q1 of course leads you to your first boast of "Oh yeah, well we killed a god!"Heck, B2 is probably the first time you fought orcs, goblins, and the other classic humanoids.S1 has teleporting causing gender change, teleportng causing nakedness, sticking your head in the sphere of annihilation, and the only time you probably ever needed to have forget in your spell reportoire. S2 probably contains you first riddle with the Sphinx encounter. And who can forget jumping across slippery, swinging platforms? First appearance of the Kelpie.S3 has lasers, nuff said.A2 has the cloaker, or the first robe that attacked you.A4 was the first time you were captured.I3-5 is you first desert adventure (and perpetual falling mummy trap)X2 probably contains the first encounter with a spirit using magic jar.T1: Homlett is probably the first village you ever saved.It's not the fact that these modules did these things first that makes them classic. It's the fact that when you played these modules was the first time they happened to your characters (or that the player ever saw them).You'll notice I've left a few "obvious" ones off here: S4, XG4, X1, B1, B3, UKn, etc. I have most of them. I never got around to playing them. They aren't classic in my mind because I only read them. There's no character (or DM) memory attached to them. From the list modules I can recall my first encounter with the drow. Or the first time Jeff (a grade school friend I have seen in ages) got caught by the sphere of annihilation.I doubt it. Most 3e players, except complete newbies, have encountered goblins and kobolds by the time they've played this adventure. Unless you think people will remember fondly killing Twig Blights? (Or whatever they were called.)</blockquote>

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