Vote: The Best 3.0/3.5/D20 Adventures!

[TerraDave]

What are the great adventures of the current third edition and D20 era?

 

[TerraDave]

This may seem like everything that has been released in the last 5 years...

...it is actually only a fraction of the uncounted number of adventures released since 3rd edition appeared. The choices are based on the nominations in this thread:

http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=133645

 

[Ghostwind]

Had to give my vote to Rappan Athuk, World's Largest Dungeon and Song of Storms.

 

[DaveMage]

Had to give my vote to Rappan Athuk, World's Largest Dungeon and Song of Storms.

Mine are similar - Rappan Athuk, WLD, and Tomb of Abysthor. (Though I certainly am not as familiar with many others on the list as I am with my faves.)

 

[MonsterMash]

It will be interesting if a poll like this was repeated in a few years time to see which ones really stand the test of time.

I'm sad that I've not played in or read so many of these as I'm sure all of them have things that are good, but overall great adventures are rare.

 

[Glyfair]

It will be interesting if a poll like this was repeated in a few years time to see which ones really stand the test of time.

I found it a tough poll because some choices might be remembered for a long time, but aren't necessarily "great adventures."

For example, I briefly played in Tegel Manor back when I began D&D (not really sure why we only went a few rooms in). I remember the map vividly and spent a long time getting a hold of a copy.

Looking at the adventure now, it's not very good. Even for the time, I don't think it's good. On the other hand there is a LOT of bits hidden in the adventure that are excellent. I fully intend to use Tegel Manor in my campaign, but not without an almost complete overhaul.

Regardless of how good it is, I expect the World's Largest Dungeon will be remembered for a long, long time. I wouldn't be suprised if it commands very high prices 20 years down the road.

 

[Morpheus]

Regardless of how good it is, I expect the World's Largest Dungeon will be remembered for a long, long time. I wouldn't be suprised if it commands very high prices 20 years down the road.

It already commands a high price...$100 is not chump change.

 

[Lalato]

Unfortunately, my DM refuses to use published adventures because he feels that they're all dungeon crawls. I don't agree with him, but I also don't want to DM anytime soon so there you have it.

--sam

 

[Shade]

I haven't used but a few of these, but by far my favorite 3E adventures both came from Dungeon: The Harrowing and Maure Castle.

 

[Tarondor]

With the exception of the Shackled City Adventure Path, this list ignores the many fine adventures seen in the pages of Dungeon magazine. While there are many that I thought were fine adventures, I'd definitely put in a word for the following:

Rana Mor (#86)
Glacier Season (#87)
The Seventh Arm (#88) Loved it!
Kambranex's Machinations (#91)

There was also a great drow-based adventure by Monte Cook, the title of which escapes me at the moment.

Tarondor

 

[The Shaman]

The updated version of Lost Caverns of Thracia - waycoolio.

 

[Ze]

Oh come on, I can't believe RttToEE has got so many votes.

 

[TerraDave]

With the exception of the Shackled City Adventure Path, this list ignores the many fine adventures seen in the pages of Dungeon magazine. While there are many that I thought were fine adventures, I'd definitely put in a word for the following:

Rana Mor (#86)
Glacier Season (#87)
The Seventh Arm (#88) Loved it!
Kambranex's Machinations (#91)

There was also a great drow-based adventure by Monte Cook, the title of which escapes me at the moment.

Tarondor

The thread linked above talks about the criteria: basically free standing published adventures.

A partial exception was made for Shackled City, since it will be coming out as a free standing product, which conviently a lot of people have already played

 

[the Jester]

Unfortunately, I have only played, read or run about four 3e modules, so I don't feel qualified to vote on this poll. :\

 

[dratz]

I really liked 'The Standing Stones' by WOTC. It had role playing, wilderness, dungeon crawl, mystery, and it hood-winked the PC's until nearly the end.

Otherwise, the first three Freeport modules are, I believe, the 'classic' modules for 3e. They are for 3e what the Slavers or Giants were for 1st ed.

Doug.

 

[LostSoul]

I also liked "3 Days to Kill."

But that may have been because of my DM.

edit: Let me also say that I think RttToEE is a good adventure, but the DM should/has to put in a lot of work to make it really shine. The backbone is there, but the DM can flesh it out.

 

[TerraDave]

I am in this position: I have put in a lot of the prelimanary work for RttToEE, and now the adventuring has begun...it will be months before I can really evaluate it, but it looks good so far!

 

[TerraDave]

With about 100 votes, the top ten are:

WotC: Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil
NG: Rapan Athuk (all)
WotC: Sunless Citadel
WotC:Forge of Fury
WotC:City of the Spider Queen
GR: Death in Freeport
PZ: The Shackled City Adventure Path
GR: Terror in Freeport
MP:The Banewarrens
GR: Madness in Freeport

Return has a strong lead (and the ToE is doing well in both this poll and the 1st ed AD&D), with Rapan Athuk, Sunless Citadel and Forge of Fury all basically tied for 2nd place.

 

[Breakdaddy]

Crucible of Freya is tops in my book, packing enough information into a compact space to run adventures for MONTHS. WLD is great because I can piecemeal out the individual dungeons and plop them anywhere. Lost City of Barakus kicked ass because it could be placed anywhere and linked together with your own story for literally years of gaming fun.

 

[ASEO]

The Gryphon's Legacy ROCKS!

The Gryphon's Legacy written by Wolfgang Baur published under the mysteriously vanished Gaslight Press is one awsome adventure if you can track it down. Sadly the empire building portion of the campaign vanished with Gaslight Press, but the adventure is top notch and makes a great base for new characters.

ASEO out