Repository of free PDF adventures?

[Southern Oracle]

A few? Theres at least twenty!

There are currently 57 adventures free for download for 3E/3.5E on the Wizards of the Coast site. You can find them here.

 

[Campbell]

Inner Circle Games has a few free adventures available for download here.

You can also download, Where Madness Dwells, a free 59 page adventure module from their product catalog.

 

[Pinotage]

There are literally HUNDREDS of fully edited and playtested adventures for free at this site:

http://www.rpga.com

Don't yo have to be a Herald Level DM to get this. Not that it's difficult to pass the test, but it's a slow way to get hold of adventures. I wish they'd put those from older years up for free without having to be an RPGA DM or Member.

Pinotage

 

[kenobi65]

Don't yo have to be a Herald Level DM to get this.

Yes. In addition, you can't just say, "I want a bunch of D&D adventures to download, please." You need to agree to actually *run* the adventures you order, as official RPGA events (even if it's just a home game). And, you can only order a few at a time, and if you don't report the play of those modules, you'll eventually be prevented from ordering any more.

A lot of folks would like to just be able to download a bunch of RPGA adventures, and use them for reading material, fodder for their home campaigns, whatever -- and it doesn't work that way.

In the end, RPGA isn't necessarily a bad way to get access to lots of adventures, but there *are* strictures to it.

I wish they'd put those from older years up for free without having to be an RPGA DM or Member.

Yeah, well, the problem is that they can't. It all has to do with the nature of the contracts RPGA has had with the module authors. Fundamentally, RPGA only has rights to distribute the modules for "official tournament play"; when a module is retired by a campaign, the RPGA no longer has any additional distribution rights (and, the copyright also forbids private individuals from redistributing RPGA mods, even retired ones). If the RPGA decided it wanted to redistribute old mods, it'd need to negotiate new contracts with each of the authors -- something that the RPGA has shown no interest in doing.

The contracts have changed recently -- for example, Living Greyhawk modules now revert back to the authors after retirement. The authors can redistribute as they like after the module retires, but they'd need to strip out any IP specific to Living Greyhawk (place names, deities, NPC names, etc.)

 

[Pinotage]

In the end, RPGA isn't necessarily a bad way to get access to lots of adventures, but there *are* strictures to it.

Oh, well, there goes that idea. Thanks for the info!

Pinotage

 

[DarrenGMiller]

Thanks everyone for these links. Some I knew, some I did not. Are there any others?


Also, thanks Spider for starting the thread.

DM