Which of these old school modules are worth getting?

[Derro]

You missed L1: Bone Hill and L2: The Assassin's Knot.

Bone Hill is a great starting sandbox. There is so much to do in that module. It recommends a short level spread (2-4) but with a little alteration you can get the first 6 levels out of that one no problem.

The Assassin's Knot is not as good as Bone Hill but if you set things up right it makes for a great follow-up. There's a lot of focus on the 1e Assassin and its abilities which can make for a great political game if that is to your taste.

 

[Knightfall]

You missed . . . L2: The Assassin's Knot.

The Assassin's Knot is not as good as Bone Hill but if you set things up right it makes for a great follow-up. There's a lot of focus on the 1e Assassin and its abilities which can make for a great political game if that is to your taste.

Um, I actually mentioned that one in my original post.

 

[the Jester]

I voted for everything except the B and X modules, which (except for Castle Amber) I never played. So I voted for everything I played or ran except for Castle Amber.

 

[grodog]

What I'm looking for is to find out which of the 10 modules listed in the poll would be easiest to incorporate into a homebrewed world.

What are these modules' strengths and what are their weaknesses? How hard would they be to convert to v.3.5, based on your personal experiences?

I voted for about half of the modules, but that's mostly based on my sense of their general coolness/etc. vs. how well they would mesh with your campaign world. If you provide some more details on that, I'm sure we can provide better suggestions. That said....

Okay, I'm thinking about getting a few of the older D&D modules to incorporate them into my World of Kulan campaign world. These are the only ones I'm really considering at the moment.

If you're going to consider running S4, you should consider picking up WG5 as well, since they're a related pair (not really sequels, but cousins). To your list of classics, I would also consider adding:

- WG5/Maure Castle: the Dungeon 112/124/139 version, already 3.5-ready, and expanded beyond Rob Kuntz's original
- G1-3/D1-3: Gygax's classic series
- S1 original version: the freebie conversion on the WotC site way powered it down

 

[Knightfall]

I voted for about half of the modules, but that's mostly based on my sense of their general coolness/etc. vs. how well they would mesh with your campaign world. If you provide some more details on that, I'm sure we can provide better suggestions.

Okay, see here...
Kulan: Lands of Harqual

And here...
World of Kulan Maps

And here...
World of Kulan social group forum

 

[Knightfall]

If you're going to consider running S4, you should consider picking up WG5 as well, since they're a related pair (not really sequels, but cousins). To your list of classics, I would also consider adding:

- WG5/Maure Castle: the Dungeon 112/124/139 version, already 3.5-ready, and expanded beyond Rob Kuntz's original

I don't know if I want to put Maure Castle in my campaign world. It is so classically Greyhawk. I'd probably second guess where I'd want to place it in my world. It's the same reason I haven't decided where to put Temple of Elemental Evil.

- G1-3/D1-3: Gygax's classic series

Um, one important note about Kulan: there are no drow. I'm not sure about the G series. I have a very specific view of giants for my campaign and I'm not sure that the G series matches that view. It's possible, I guess.

- S1 original version: the freebie conversion on the WotC site way powered it down

Tomb of Horrors... man, I'd love to run that modue, but I don't think it has a place on Kulan.

As you can tell, I'm very fussy about which published modules are incorporated in my campaign world.

 

[Derro]

Um, I actually mentioned that one in my original post.

Yes, you are correct. I think I just got to voting and noted that you didn't have Bone Hill, one of TSR's greatest modules ever.

Not to be a prick but The Assassin's Knot without Bonehill is sort of like, oh I don't know, Needle.

 

[Knightfall]

Yes, you are correct. I think I just got to voting and noted that you didn't have Bone Hill, one of TSR's greatest modules ever.

Not to be a prick but The Assassin's Knot without Bonehill is sort of like, oh I don't know, Needle.

True.

Note that I have The Assassin's Knot, but I wouldn't likely run it without Bone Hill.

 

[Baron Opal]

I downloaded N2, I2 and I1 from RPGNow a few years ago (or whatever it was called then) and I made a great mini-campaign from them. The whole theme was "reptile uprising" where the ancient Yuan-ti rise again to reclaim their rightful place and put those milk-sucking mammals back in theirs. It was awesome.

If I remember correctly, I also ran it under the Arcana Unearthed ruleset, so it became interesting when one of the players made a mojh.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

S4 was already converted to 3.5 and released in 3 parts during the free Dungeon issues on wizards.com.

Waitaminute, are you telling me that the 94 page adventure in Dungeon #151 is only 1 part of 3?