X1 The Isle of Dread
One of the original D&D classics, "The Isle of Dread" is a hex crawl wilderness adventure. It focuses on surviving primitive beasts, dinosaurs, and pirates while uncovering the mystery of the island's inland city, where a great treasure awaits.
From the cover: "This module contains maps and background material for the Isle, fifteen new monsters, and suggestions for further adventures. In addition, The Isle of Dread contains a map and background information for a large continent, and eleven smaller maps for encounters on the island itself. In this module, players will push their way through dark jungles and treacherous swamps to discover the lost plateau, and the final secrets of - the Isle of Dread!"
TSR 9043
Setting
Mystara
Part Of
Expert Series
Boss Monsters and Villains
Common Monsters
- Antelope Animal Beast
- Aranea Magical Beast
- Baboon Animal
- Black Dragon Dragon Magical Beast
- Boar Animal
- Bull Shark Animal
- Cave Bear Animal
- Centaur Monstrous Humanoid
- Cyclops Fey Giantkin Humanoid
- Dinosaur Beast
- Dire Wolf Beast
- Dryad Fey Humanoid
- Gargoyle Elemental
- Ghoul Humanoid Undead
- Giant Crocodile Animal
- Giant Elk Animal
- Giant Lizard Beast
- Giant Piranha Animal
- Giant Scorpion Vermin
- Giant Spider Beast Vermin
- Giant Squid Beast
- Giant Toad Animal
- Grangeri Beast
- Green Dragon Dragon Magical Beast
- Hill Giant Giantkin Humanoid
- Hippogriff Monstrosity
- Hydra Monstrosity
- Killer Bee Animal
- Kopru Monstrous Humanoid
- Living Statue Construct/Created
- Lizardman Humanoid
- Lycanthrope Humanoid Shapechanger
- Mako Shark Animal
- Mummy Humanoid Undead Animate
- Native Humanoid
- Neanderthal Humanoid
- Ogre Giantkin Humanoid
- Phanaton Humanoid
- Pirate Humanoid
- Pit Viper Beast
- Rakasta Humanoid
- Rat, Giant Vermin
- Red Dragon Dragon Magical Beast
- Rhagodessae Vermin
- Robber Fly Vermin
- Roc Monstrosity
- Rock Baboon Animal
- Sabre-Tooth Tiger Animal Beast
- Sea Dragon Dragon Magical Beast
- Sea Snake Beast
- Snake Beast
- Spitting Cobra Beast
- Stone Giant Giantkin Humanoid
- Treant Fey Magical Beast Plant, Fungi or Mold
- Troglodyte Humanoid
- Troll Giantkin Monstrous Humanoid
- Wight Humanoid Undead
- Wraith Undead
- Wyvern Dragon
- Yellow Mold Plant, Fungi or Mold
- Zombie Humanoid Undead Animate
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orc has played this adventure and would recommend it.
First, the admission: this IS one of my faves, if awkwardly so: this adventure did not age as well as its inspiration (King Kong, among other films and influences). The dinosaurs and prehistoric monsters are terrible. Back in the 80s that could be excused. Post-Jurassic Park or any modern scientific depiction of dinosaurs it looks clunky and embarrassing. Arguably irrelevant (or possibly the least of its sins), it nonetheless bothers me now, but I study such creatures and, well, if I were to run it today I'd be updating things like the dinosaurs &c. like crazy.
Far more unfortunate is "Natives"; those familiar with this book may know what I mean when I suggest a DM might choose to rip that portion out and rework it completely (Goodman Games offers some ideas with their handling of this material).
Now, the better: I love the Kopru. They became an intermittent evil for players to contend with thereafter. In retrospect I regret never taking the time to add in proto-Ogres, proto-Orcs, or other proto'd D&D monster fare as mixers for the setting. If I run this again I definitely will. —Orson R Curtiss