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Prison of the Hated Pretender

OSR Levels 0–1 20 pages

Prison of the Hated Pretender is an introductory adventure for 4-6 characters levels 0-1.

Originally published on the Dungeon of Signs blog, it is a short drop-in location-based adventure with a couple of interesting puzzles, a lack of "book" monsters, implacable foes with an obvious weakness, and a very weird roleplaying opportunity.

The new 2020 edition republished by Hydra Collective adds suggested guidance for new Dungeonmasters who grew up with 5th edition and don't know how old-school works.

Stats for both BECMI and 5th edition, and setting neutral (though there are some implied things about the history of the world).

Written By
Gus L
Published By
Hydra Cooperative
Publication Year
2020
Setting
Setting Neutral
Environments
Other
Link
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/333389/Prison-of-the-Hated-Pretender?affiliate_id=1381635 1
Handouts?
No
Battle Mats?
No
Includes Characters?
No
Level
Levels 0–1
Soloable?
No
Found In
Part Of
Boss Monsters and Villains
Common Monsters
Notable Items
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fatmessiah has played this adventure and would recommend it.

I've run this twice, and the players had a great time despite one group being absolute novices and one being veterans of the psychic wars. It's got the wonderful weirdness of very early D&D -- the sort that was scraped off in the '80s by the TSR focus on ease-of-play and corporate blandness -- but incorporating 4 decades of subsequent experience in how RPGs should properly work.