D&D General Need help finding a specific dungeon/adventure/module

[Accester]

I genuinely feel like I'm going insane. I'm looking for a specific adventure/module I saw a few months back which I I'm pretty sure was not for 5e, but rather made for an older edition of dnd. The module had 1 or two towers which could rearrange themselves, and in an area inaccessible due to the current arrangement of the tower when the players arrived, there was a king or some other leader working on making/preparing something. I think it was officially published module for an older edition, but I could be wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated so I can prove to myself I'm not going insane and because I need it tonight by 6 pst, lest there be dire consequences for my health.

 

[J.Quondam]

That doesn't immediately ring a bell, but have you checked Adventure Lookup? It's a repository of adventures with descriptions, monster, types, edition, etc. It's searchable by all kinds of different parameters, helpful if you can recall a particular boss monster, terrain type, or other features.

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e.g: here's a search by the pre-3e D&D and OSR adventures that include towers:

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[Accester]

That isn't ringing a bell, but have you checked Adventure Lookup? It's a searchable repository of adventures with descriptions, monster, types, edition, etc.

Adventure Lookup

Adventure Lookup is a catalog of adventures for Dungeons and Dragons and its clones. We need your help to expand the catalog and ensure each entry is reasonably accurate. Simply create an account to start adding adventures or submit change requests!

www.adventurelookup.com

Thanks for the suggestion, I have tried adventure lookup, as well as a few other similar sites, trying all sorts of combinations of things I remember, but haven't found what I'm looking for.

 

[GuardianLurker]

Maybe "out-of-phase" or even "out-of-time-phase" towers? I.e. two (or more) overlapping towers, sharing the same space?

C2 (The Ghost Tower) had something like that.
And the Desert of Desolation series (I3-5) also had something similar, I think.

 

[Accester]

Maybe "out-of-phase" or even "out-of-time-phase" towers? I.e. two (or more) overlapping towers, sharing the same space?

C2 (The Ghost Tower) had something like that.
And the Desert of Desolation series (I3-5) also had something similar, I think.

No, I remember they specifically physically moved due to a line about how when they moved the towers, they created a rumbling sensation similar to an earthquake for anyone inside, but that players wouldn't necessarily recognize that the towers moved unless were near a window or somewhere else where they could see outside

 

[GuardianLurker]

Oh. Maybe one of the Mystara modules. I didn't play it, but didn't one of the desert nomad modules have castle-sized juggernauts?

 

[Accester]

Oh. Maybe one of the Mystara modules. I didn't play it, but didn't one of the desert nomad modules have castle-sized juggernauts?

Looking through that, the Juggernauts there look more like siege machines. The module I remember moreso had one or more towers set in a location which had rooms which could be rearranged to make certain places accessible/inaccessible. I also think it was likely something more like 3rd or 4th edition since I vaguely remember the illustrations/map layout being in that particular style.

 

[GuardianLurker]

4e I'm out.
And I know it's not part of the 3.x adventure path. Beyond that, I'm not all that familiar with the 3.x official adventures (like Red Hand of Doom, etc. [though it's also not Red Hand]). Good luck.

 

[Lanefan]

No, I remember they specifically physically moved due to a line about how when they moved the towers, they created a rumbling sensation similar to an earthquake for anyone inside, but that players wouldn't necessarily recognize that the towers moved unless were near a window or somewhere else where they could see outside

This sounds vaguely similar to an adventure I was in as a player some years back. I've no idea what the adventure was called and-or how much the DM modified it, but (given his usual sources) odds are the original was from a 2e-era Dungeon magazine.

 

[Stormonu]

Looking through that, the Juggernauts there look more like siege machines. The module I remember moreso had one or more towers set in a location which had rooms which could be rearranged to make certain places accessible/inaccessible. I also think it was likely something more like 3rd or 4th edition since I vaguely remember the illustrations/map layout being in that particular style.

Perhaps it was Ex Libris? A multi-dimensional library from an old Dungeon Magazine (#29)?