Looking for a "good" module drama-wise (maybe 2E?)

[Ry]

Dungeons & Zombies is great, but I was really looking to find a balance between D&D and Buffy (rather than D&D and All Flesh Must Be Eaten). D&Z helped me find that balance - but if you look at the final result it seems like I've completely ignored D&Z.

 

[Psychotic Jim]

I would recommend the Freeport trilogy, especially if you can also get the Freeport city book. Plenty of NPCs, investigation, drama, and social interaction nicely mixed with site exploration, swashbuckling, and Lovecraftian goodness.

 

[Akrasia]

Dungeons & Zombies is great, but I was really looking to find a balance between D&D and Buffy (rather than D&D and All Flesh Must Be Eaten). D&Z helped me find that balance - but if you look at the final result it seems like I've completely ignored D&Z.

Sounds cool! Angel/Buffy is one of my favourite systems. (My other favs: RC D&D, and Castles and Crusades. Obviously, as a GM, I am a pretty 'rules light' person.) D&Z is great, but I too prefer the 'Cinematic' version of Unisystem.

Anyway, to recap, my recommendations are: UK2-4, B10, Lost City of Barrakus, and the Goodman stuff.

The OAD&D modules N1 (Cult of the Reptile God), L1 (Secret of Bone Hill), and L2 (Assassin's Knot) are all very good for starting groups as well.

I think most of the OD&D and O AD&D stuff might be available as pdfs at RPG.now. L1 is available for free over at WotC.

Hmmm ... now that I am thinking about this. Some campaign material I have found really amazing and inspirational (but probably hard to find now) include: The Court of Ardor (an old ICE/MERP campaign module by Terry Amthor -- it includes one of the coolest 'evil' organizations in any fantasy module) and Jaiman (an old ICE/Shadow World setting with adventures, also by Terry Amthor). In fact, since you don't care about the system, I would recommend most of the old ICE Middle-earth products. They include nice overviews of cities, adventures, etc., but don't overload you with information. Moreover, IMO, most of them could be easily adapted to a non-Middle-earth setting (and indeed, many of them like Ardor were a poor fit for Middle-earth in the first place).

I could probably help more if I knew what kind of campaign you were planning on running.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Song of Storms by MonkeyGod Enterprises. Everything you are asking for plus it's well-written and quite interesting.

At the Edge of Dreams and All the King's Men are also very, very good. Two of the few published D20 adventures I have run. (The others being the Witchfire Trilogy mentioned above.)

The AUld Grump