Good d20M one-shots

[Cowpie Zombie]

How about Zombies ala "28 Days Later". Again, there is a virus that triggers absolute rage in a person. Give them the all the adjustments of a berzerker from D&D only it's always active.

Of course, if you had zombies a la "28 Days Later" you'd end up with zombies that snarl, hiss, chase you, and then when they catch you...spit on you. Then they'd leave, with you basically unscathed, except you are now a zombie yourself.

Cool movie, except it was utterly dumb that the "raging" zombies didn't actually DO anything to their victims. Argh.

 

[C. Baize]

Wow! The author of Quick Shots went ahead and sent me a complimentary copy so I could see for myself. That's some serious customer service.

I love ENWorld.

Holy crap! I was just trying to alert him to a thread where his product was being seriously discussed...
You seriously scored, dude!

 

[SweeneyTodd]

You gotta run Exit 23. It works so well, I kicked off a whole campaign based on the feedback I got.

Then again, I changed it around quite a bit, introduced the drug Pigment from _Orpheus_, and turned the snow demon into a Jason, but there's just something about a firefight in a truck stop that works.

The free one-shots from the Wizards D20M site vary in quality but there's some interesting ideas in there, and some of them have quite good maps.

Now I'm curious about Quick Shots, thanks for the heads up.

Edit: Went and bought a copy after I saw what happened a few posts up; that was some great customer service and they should know it.

 

[slingbld]

For those REALY interested in Quick Shots:

http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?cPath=1_293&products_id=1872&

That'll take you to the RPG Now Page

 

[buzz]

You gotta run Exit 23.

That's what I'm leaning towards, but I'm concerned that maybe it's a bit too Call of Cthulhu in terms of power level. Does it run well with d20M? I noticed that Joshua Dyal's conversion featured 3rd-level heroes. Does that seem about right?

 

[Desdichado]

Exit 23 rocks as a d20 Campaign. I oughtta get off my lazy (rather, busy) duff and finish updating my story hour based on my d20 Modern one shot at Games Plus in November.

 

[slingbld]

I was flipping through the March 2004 Dungeon issue (with Dark*Matter) and I found myself greatly inspired by that Arctic research base. Stick the PCs in there, through in some zombies or something, add a few underground tunnels and a blizzard and voila...instant one-shot.

"John Carpenter's The Thing" anyone

 

[Cowpie Zombie]

"John Carpenter's The Thing" anyone

Amen! And we even have a Star Doppleganger to go with it!

 

[VirgilCaine]

Of course, if you had zombies a la "28 Days Later" you'd end up with zombies that snarl, hiss, chase you, and then when they catch you...spit on you. Then they'd leave, with you basically unscathed, except you are now a zombie yourself.

Cool movie, except it was utterly dumb that the "raging" zombies didn't actually DO anything to their victims. Argh.

Gee, that IS stupid. And the way the virus was released was SO REALISTIC!![Seriously, it really was.]

That one's off my buy list...

 

[Bran Blackbyrd]

Well, Wizards has a free adventure called Trouble at Blackrock that I love.
Unfortunately it sort of falls into the FX and kill monsters categories.
What I like about it is that it's very easy to alter the adventure into pretty much whatever you want. I haven't run it yet, but I made it so that instead of magic, the "creatures" in it are the result of alien technology that arrived on earth during the Tunguska Event, ended up in Nazi hands, and finally made its way to the US. This segues quite nicely into Wizard's No Man's Land adventure, which has to do with WWII and can be expained the same way I explain the creatures in Blackrock.

I really wish Wizards would release some free adventures that don't use a shred of FX. Come on guys, we get it already; "If you like D&D, you'll like D20 Modern." We know, we know. Now, please, give us something without the boogiemen.