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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lancelot" data-source="post: 5510356" data-attributes="member: 30022">B4 is my favorite module of all time. However, for the purposes of the Original Poster [OP], I'd recommend I1. Here's why...<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The main focus (80%) of B4 is on the Great Ziggurat, rather than the Lost City below it. It's a pyramid-based adventure, not a city-based adventure. The isometric city map is a single page and has very little detail. More than enough to spark some ideas and act as a campaign setting, but it sounds like the OP already has that well in hand.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The actual keyed maps in B4 are... unsophisticated. I personally love them. They're old-school D&D. They only cover the 10 levels of the Great Ziggurat. None of the city buildings are mapped or keyed.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The value of B4 is as a setting. It introduces new gods, a lost civilization and its history, various factions and their regalia, a crazed cult worshipping a Cthulhu-esque monster, various tricks and traps, and many adventure seeds for continuing the campaign.</li> </ul>As for I1...<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I1 features a much larger and more detailed isometric map of a ruined city.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There are many keyed maps that detail specific areas of the city. These include two traditional "dungeons" which are the "entrances" into the city, and various specific buildings or groups of buildings within the city. Each detailed area is held by one of the power factions within the city (various humanoids or evil "bosses", mostly working together).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The setting info for I1 is not, in my opinion, as sophisticated as B4. The factions of B4 are largely human; they worship various gods and have their own customs and rivalries. The factions of I1 are largely monsters: there are yuan-ti, bullywugs, etc. With perhaps one exception, they all work together to do eeevil. Hence, there are fewer opportunities to play them off against each other, work with them, or even join certain factions. With a few exceptions (which I won't spoil here), they are enemies to be overcome.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">However, that doesn't matter so much if you're going to strip out most of the content. The maps are better (and more varied), and the double-page ruined city map sounds exactly like what the OP needs.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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