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The Hag's Hut
5th Edition
Levels 6โ€“8
7 pages
0

๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ "After travelling for a week you make it safely." This module adds a small side adventure for a party on the road; ๐š๐๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. This module centres around a deceptive hut that looms besides a lonely forest road. ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ”-๐Ÿ–. If you enjoyed this module please take a look at my other modules. https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Tanner%20Johnston

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The Sunken Temple
OSR
Levels 4โ€“6
20 pages
0

A 20-page adventure for OSE Save the wizard! A sunken cathedral on a quiet mountain lake hides a long forgotten temple to Mathanoga, God of Knowledge and wizardry. Abandoned by Man for centuries , but protected by the legend of man-eating fishmen lurking in it. Or until a few weeks ago the young wizad Elric embarked on its expedition. With help from the accademy of Greykeep he found the temple and began to explore it, hoping to uncover its ancient magical secrets. Now the wizard is missing and the accademy has put a bounty on its head: its weight in silver to whoever will find him and bring him home alive and well. Find magical secrets! Deep inside the temple are stashed many magical items, all sacred to the fishmen dwelling there, all worth dying for. Save Elric and the treasures will be yours! The Sunken Temple is an expert level Old School Essentials adventure for a party of 1-4 players. Perfect for a one shot or a random encounter in an hex crawl.

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C17 - 0 - Isle of Mage Moreau
5th Edition
Levels 1โ€“3
44 pages
0

After having one adventure under your belts you set sail to deliver a package across the open seas. A problem with nature causes their vessel to make an unscheduled stop on a small island that was home to a spice dealer for water. Problems ensue on the island and the party quickly discovers they arenโ€™t โ€œfeeling themselvesโ€. This item was played at WhosYerCon convention this past year in Indianapolis!

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SD6 - Gonnagetcha Tomb
5th Edition
Levels 4โ€“5
24 pages
0

Your expedition to the wastelands proved fruitless until you came across a group of Bedouins. The locals report that they may have found a tomb hidden below the swirling desert sands. Intrigued, you and your group examine the site unaware that you are about to stumble into the deadly Gonnagetcha Tomb!

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FT - Feastelburg
AD&D
Levels 1โ€“6
20 pages
0

A moderate sized town perfect for adventurers to relax in and pick up extra supplies and lift a pint or two. This particuliar town is a focal point in several adventures in Filbar including FN6 - Sunken Temple of Bulu and F3 - Adventure in Skull Pass. A larger settlement than Xer, Feastelburg offers a variety of different shops for the well-heeled and 'healed' adventurer. As the Mayor of Feastelburg says "Oy, pull out a stool and drop a coin or two for something that suits your fancy"

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Dungeon Crawl Classics #10: The Sunless Garden
3.5 Edition
Levels 6โ€“8
30 pages
0

After arriving at a seemingly abandoned trading post, the heroes discover to their horror that all the inhabitants have been transformed into black trees! Upon further investigation, they find clues that lead them to the hidden lair of Nockmort, a treant gone bad. Nockmort has been transformed by the strange radiation of a meteorite he discovered, and now he is a terrible force of evil. The characters must enter his sunless garden to save the town. And along the way they just might discover fabulous treasure...

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The Ruined Tower of Zenopus
5th Edition
Levels 1โ€“2
20 pages
0

๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ฒ ๐‚๐‡๐‘๐ˆ๐’ ๐‡๐Ž๐‹๐Œ๐„๐’ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘-๐…๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐๐ƒ๐‹๐˜ ๐ƒ๐”๐๐†๐„๐Ž๐ ๐Œ๐€๐! ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‘๐”๐ˆ๐๐„๐ƒ ๐“๐Ž๐–๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐™๐„๐๐Ž๐๐”๐’ is a fifth edition (5E) conversion of the ground-breaking introductory adventure for Dungeons & Dragons that served as a DM aid in the first ๐ƒ&๐ƒ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐ž๐ญ, released by TSR in 1977. This set included a 48-page rulebook covering the first three levels of play, and was skillfully edited by ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‰. ๐„๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ from the original 1974 D&D rules written by ๐†๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐†๐ฒ๐ ๐š๐ฑ and ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ง. Holmes advanced the "Sample Dungeon" concept by writing a new thematic dungeon with a strong backstory, creating an adventure that has remained a fan favorite over the decades. Officially, its only title is "Sample Dungeon" but colloquially it goes by various names based on Zenopus, the doomed wizard who built the dungeon under his tower. An adventure for 1st to 2nd level characters; four pregenerated characters are included. Also includes ideas for using it as an adventure site in ๐†๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก. ๐๐Ž๐“๐„: Using this conversion requires a copy of the original dungeon found in the (1977) Basic D&D rulebook. However, Wizards of the Coast has provided a free pdf of this dungeon since 2008 on their website, see the first page of the pdf for the link. ๐‚๐Ž๐๐“๐„๐๐“๐’: Introduction, page 2 The Setting, page 3 About the Dungeon, page 4 Dungeon Master's Map, page 5 Areas of the Dungeon, pages 6-13 Appendix A: Further Reading, page 13 Appendix B: Dungeon Factions, page 14 Appendix C: Portown Rumors, pages 15-17 Appendix D: Use with Ghosts of Saltmarsh, pages 18-19 Appendix E: Pre-generated 1st level characters, page 20 ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐๐‚๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐ˆ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ“๐„: Cleaning Cube, Veteran Smuggler, Thaumaturgist, Monstrous Sand Crab, Lemunda, Monstrous Rat, Brazen Head of Zenopus, Verminslayer Longsword, Lesser Wand of Petrification, Scroll of Stone to Flesh The Ruined Tower of Zenopus was featured as part of the "D&D Classics" column in Issue #32 of Dragon+ magazine! Go to ๐๐ซ๐š๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐š๐ .๐œ๐จ๐ฆ or find the link on the Wikipeda page for Dragon magazine. ๐‚๐‘๐„๐ƒ๐ˆ๐“๐’: Original Dungeon: J. Eric Holmes Conversion, Added Content & Cartography: Zach Howard Content Review & Editing: Scott McKinley Interior Art: Chris Holmes (โ€œOctopus Attackโ€, page 9) Cover Art: โ€œItalian Coast Scene with Ruined Towerโ€ by Thomas Cole, 1838. Open Access Image from the National Gallery of Art at images.nga.gov Format: Derived from the โ€œAdventure Template for Open Office/LibreOfficeโ€ by Dale Robbins on DMs Guild Dungeon Maps drawn using the application Gridmapper by Alex Schroeder

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Demons in the Prairie
5th Edition
Level 2
19 pages
0

A short adventure for low level play, suitable for beginner players and DM. The farmlands are being raided by monstrous creatures and and the town of Windhill needs help! will the heroes find the source of these creatures and defeat whoever is creating them? This adventure covers a lot of the basic elements of DnD play and is designed to offer a taster of the system that is easy to run and quick to prepare. It includes stat blocks so that you don't need any other book (except the basic rules) to run it. Do you have a few friends you want to introduce to DnD? is it your first time on the other side of the screen? this adventure may be for you.

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Dungeon Crawl Classics #71: The 13th Skull
Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG
Level 4
10 pages
0

Thirteen generations ago, the ambitious first Duke of Magnussen made a fell pact with an unknown power, who asked for but one thing in return: the thirteenth daughter born to a Magnussen duke. Now, generations hence, the daughter of Duke Magnussen XIII is stolen away by a hooded executioner riding a leathery beast. As it wings back across the city walls to drop behind the Dukeโ€™s mountain-top keep, all who watch know it alights in the Magnussen family crypts, where the devilish secrets of thirteen generations have been buried and forgotten โ€“ until nowโ€ฆ This adventure module also includes The Balance Blade, a short level 2 adventure in which a wizardโ€™s patron makes a simple request: travel to another plane to retrieve a legendary blade of neutrality. But once the journey is in motion, the wizard finds that not all is as it seems!

Ridgeway Watch
5th Edition
Level 3
5 pages
0

Long abandoned and all but forgotten, Ridgeway Watch has fallen to lawless hands. Travellers talk of ambushes on the high pass, but few dare challenge Kesselโ€™s gang. Can the heroes reclaim the ruin, or will they join the list of the missing?

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The 384th Incarnation of Bigby's Tomb
AD&D
Levels 15โ€“25
10 pages
0

You possess a map to the tomb of the cursed archmage Bigby. Legend has it that the dungeon itself changes, altered by a powerful artifact and changed each time the tomb is entered. Some tales say that Bigby is trapped in magical stasis seeking something to prolong his life. All agree that great treasure and magic lie within if you are brave enough to face the hazards.

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They Came From the Deep
5th Edition
Levels 17โ€“20
44 pages
0

Taag'thrith, born a gith but transformed into an illithid by ceromorphosis, has been finally found purpose: the assimilation & understanding of all knowledge. Taag'thrith plans to unleash a 10th level spell that will grant him just that-at the cost of all sentient life on the Material Plane. Will the heroes be able to traverse the dangerous corpse of a dead God, find Taag'thrith's aqueous lair the Eternal Spirals, & pit their foes against one another in order to destroy the foul lich once and for all? Or will they fall prey to the threats trapped within the Eternal Spirals & sink beneath the surface forever? They Came from the Deep is the second installment in Pretty Little Liches: a trilogy of adventures centered around three unique liches and their lairs designed for high-level play. These three lairs and the surrounding regions can be run independently as individual adventures or tied together into a mini-campaign that centers on the destruction of the Green Hand, an organization of dangerous liches.

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1 on 1 Adventures #10: Vengeance of Olindor
Pathfinder
Levels 8โ€“10
22 pages
0

Thail Donnodol, an eleven scholar, has been imprisoned for crimes he did not commit. The law is no refuge. Only by breaking into the fortress prison of Graniteโ€™s End can the player character save Thail from a lifetime of misery. Thereโ€™s only one problem: Thail Donnodol does not want to be saved. At least not until he finds the Vengeance of Olindor. Part 3 of the Olindor Trilogy.

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Thunder Under Needlespire
AD&D
Levels 8โ€“12
23 pages
0

From the magazine: "The monster you're sent out after is so dangerous that even mind flayers fear it. And the illithids want your help!" Earthquakes hit the area around Needlespire mountain, affecting both dwarven and deep gnome villages, and the local mining industry. Deep gnome expeditions discover an illithid outpost! This adventure includes roleplaying encounters with both deep gnomes and illithid in their quest for the true cause of the earthquakes. The creature causing the earthquakes is a draknor which has sent its huge tentacles into the earth seeking magma to fuel its growth. Pgs. 38-60

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FQ6 - Vortex at the Temple
AD&D
Levels 4โ€“6
31 pages
0

FQ6 โ€“ Vortex at the Temple continues the quest for the missing pages of the Codex of Gamber Dauch. This adventure takes the PCs to the ancient temple of Kabish Mo-Del a former druidic stronghold. Once there the party will have to battle creatures and puzzles to continue. If successful the party may just find themselves in a foreign land and have to find their way back home!

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Light of Winter
5th Edition
17 pages
0

Driven mad by the darkness of winter, the Prioress of the Red Abbey begins her work. After months of research and work in her lab, she found a way to summon beings of light to push back the darkness, if she could control their destructive natures. The characters find themselves investigating odd deaths, chasing weird weather phenomena and trying to help locals harmed by these creatures of light.

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The Automatic Hound
3.5 Edition
Level 4
12 pages
0

Deep in the forest, two hunters stumble across the site of a strange and ancient ritual, and one pays the ultimate price. Now a murderous beast stalks the streets of a quiet farm town. Can the PCs unravel the secret of Dramsburgโ€™s dark past and defeat a monster that cannot be killed? Mystery adventure with little fighting in a small town. Can be played in a single session. At the climax a moral quandary is presented. Pgs. 14-25

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The Mines of Madness
5th Edition
Level 3
47 pages
0

The wizard Abracadamus hid the Forever Stone in the darkest depths of a failing mine, coerced monsters into serving as guardians, and rigged the dungeon with traps galore. Then he died, as all good wizards do. Many heroes have fallen prey to the Forever Stoneโ€™s lure of immortality. To date, only one stalwart band has plunged into the Mines of Madness and lived to tell the tale. You think youโ€™re better than them? You think you got what it takes to grab life by the stones and conquer the dungeon that won the 2012 Gygaxian Award* for Bonecrushing Awesomeness? We seriously doubt it, but go ahead . . . prove us wrong! Mines of Madness is a Very Special D&Dยฎ Next Adventure written for PAX East 2013 and designed for four 3rd-level characters.

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Nanfield
5th Edition
Levels 1โ€“6
8 pages
0

Nanfield is an island village of over 50 NPCs with mysteries plaguing both its present and its past. It contains a unique ecosystem and economy and a ship full of friendly pirates that will invite you by for dinner after accidentally attacking your party. It can be inserted into any campaign as an interlude during a travel montage, as a one-shot encounter, or as the base of future adventures. Nanfield contains over 50 NPCs you can use, several very unique and compelling characters, a Druid stat-bloc, a ship-to-ship fight, an investigation, and a fight with a Harpy (or more, depending on the outcome of the investigation).

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Serpents of the Sands
AD&D
Levels 6โ€“10
13 pages
0

Snakes! Why does it have to be snakes? They never forgot the theft. They proved it, too. Yuan-ti are looking to reclaim a symbol of their leadership, and it's up to the players to stop them from harming a small desert town. The adventure starts with roleplay and investigation in the town, followed by a trek through the desert and a delve into the Yuan-ti lair. Pgs. 6-18