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Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. And players can approach it in pretty much any order they wish, giving it a sandbox y feel. The locales include the clever and quirky encounters that Chris Perkins would become known for , like solving the mystery of a murdered paladin, a bridal party, a Beholder construct, and more. Instead, its wide-open nature makes it an adventure that is ripe to pull inspiration from, so if you can get your hands on that issue of Dungeon, do so.
This is a haunted mansion adventure for level 3 characters that was released in the same era as the Ravenloft boxed set. It has hauntings, evocative rooms, and clever traps, one of which will never allow you to sit on the toilet in the same way.
Horror adventures tend to be popular, but The Ghost of Mistmoor stands out as one of the very best. If you can buy an old copy of Dungeon 35, grab it. Click here to shop for old copies of Dungeon Later in its life, Dungeon Magazine was taken over by Paizo Publishing who shifted it to a glossier format. It starts you in an ancient tomb. But it then leads you to all sorts of adventures that can take you all the way up to level You can search around for copies of Dungeon Magazine here.
Nerds that have them want to keep them. Walsh was also prolific. You see his name in the bylines almost as much as Perkins. The 2nd act is a fully keyed city that functions very much like a open air mega dungeon, and the 1st act is an overland area that contains the city.
Oh and it is amazingly good. Hi Nico, Thanks for suggesting some other dungeons for consideration. I do think that the original Temple of Elemental Evil qualifies, particularly counting the Elemental Nodes. It is not the size of Undermountain, but clearing it completely, with new monsters wandering in, and with the different factions reacting to the characters, seems unrealistic.
Undermountain was never meant to be cleared. It was meant as a basis for a dungeon campaign with many forays into the dungeon. It gives the DM a clean slate, so to speak. Gaming such as this inspired The Iron Realm Podcast. Greyhawk Ruins intrigues me as well. Thanks, Dave, for the comprehensive list. Please do add to this if other products come to your attention — or perhaps create a Part II. Pingback: The dungeon comes alive in the mythic underworld DMDavid. To qualify for my mega-list, a dungeon must meet three qualifications.
It must be… in print or on the web in a form close to playable. It is an obvious labor of love. Share this: Tweet. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. The adventure is based upon Polynesian maritime artifacts, so it has some interesting rooms to interact with. I love me some snake men and Slave Vats of the Yuan-ti is a great adventure that brings in some of that slitheryness. This is an Underdark adventure done right.
It reads as one of the more flavorful and creative adventures ever written, Dungeon Magazine or otherwise. This adventure was a spiritual successor to Tomb of Horrors and bettered it in just about every way. It should be said that issue 37 of Dungeon Magazine was stellar, top to bottom. You can get back issues of Dungeon Magazine from Noble Knight. Unboxing Rum and Bones Second Tide.
Likes Followers Subscribe Followers. Board Games Lists of 7 Roleplaying Games. The adventure has a ton going for it in the inclusion of three interesting locales: A quirky village Twilight Hollow , the Temple of Stormhold, and a series of catacombs under the village. Written by Leonard Wilson for Dungeon 35 May But it leads you to all sorts of adventures that can take you all the way up to level
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