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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 5173423" data-attributes="member: 4937">There are very few.  To begin with, I automatically disqualify any adventure which is just trading in on the reputation of an actual classic module.  While some of these modules are actually pretty good in their own right, they are generally inferior to the original and loved mostly because they expand on something beloved.That leaves a very small list:1) Sunless Citadel2) The Whispering CairnIn my opinion, TWC is one of the finest modules ever written.  It is almost perfect, and by that I mean, I am not tempted to alter or expand on it in almost any fashion which is really unusual for me.  The only thing I might change is to make the undead kid a bit creepier, alien, and more well ghostly, but that's really more a matter of style and presentation than anything else.  The only real problem with the module is that it is the introduction to an adventure path, and that AP itself is extremely uneven in quality (IMO).There are a couple of other possibilities I'm fairly impressed with but which miss the mark slightly:3) Of Sound Mind: Overly tied to a particular mechanical implementation (psionics), suffers from some descriptive writing that just gets worse the more you think about it, presents a dragon in a way that isn't draconic enough for my tastes, and too dangerous for stock 1st level characters, but a very varied and inventive scenario with good RP, combat, and puzzle challenges.  4) J1: Entombed with the Pharoahs: Great set peice encounters but the scale of the dungeon is simply too limited for its grand theme, and there are some potential game mastery problems with having this many proactive NPCs that make it challenging to run and potentially self-derailing. There are a few that I'd have to actually play before I'd dare an opinion, chiefly 'Red Hand of Doom'.  Burnt Offerings and the AP path it starts out looks really good on paper. Actually, I'd settle for a list of superb new adventures, much less classic ones.</blockquote>

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