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Post by leon on Sept 1, 2011 19:58:41 GMT -6
Apart from the modules which were created for Blackmoor (from Temple of the Frog, to the DA modules, to the D20 modules) which ones do you think would fit the setting? I mean TSR published modules, Dungeon mag adventures or even fan created ones.
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Post by havard on Sept 2, 2011 6:21:46 GMT -6
Good topic!
I think most of the B series modules would work well in Blackmoor.
Greyhawk modules like Temple of Elemental Evil and Tomb of Horrors would also be quite easy to adapt as would the Giant and Slaver Series.
-Havard
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Post by aldarron on Sept 2, 2011 8:19:32 GMT -6
B1, by original Blackmoor player Mike Carr, practically is a Blackmoor module and Tomb of Horrors was intended to plug into either Blackmoor or Greyhawk.
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Post by geoffrey on Sept 2, 2011 14:59:58 GMT -6
B1, by original Blackmoor player Mike Carr, practically is a Blackmoor module... Fascinating! Can you expand on that?  |
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Post by aldarron on Sept 3, 2011 8:13:10 GMT -6
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Post by Zenopus on Sept 4, 2011 20:09:48 GMT -6
Fascinating stuff. I hadn't put the B1 - Blackmoor connection together before. There's a great interview with Mike Carr at Save or Die: saveordie.info/?p=333It's almost an hour and a half long. B1 is discussed at about the 30 minute mark. |
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Post by DungeonDevil on Sept 5, 2011 15:27:36 GMT -6
The wikipedia article said this:
the original version also included a section on page six for "Using this Module with AD&D".[1] The AD&D section was deleted in the 1981 printing.
Can anyone fill me in on what that missing material contained?
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Post by Zenopus on Sept 5, 2011 19:15:24 GMT -6
It's just two paragraphs. There's not much information there. It basically just says that AD&D players should have no trouble using the module, and can use their own monsters rather than the list given in the module.
More interesting is this note found elsewhere:
"Note: In the mythical WORLD OF GREYHAWK (available from TSR) the stronghold can be considered within any one of the following lands - the Barony of Ratik, the Duchy of Tenh, or the Theocracy of the Pale."
B1 first appeared in Nov 1978, which is several years before the World of Greyhawk was actually published, so this note refers to a work in progress rather than an available product.
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Post by Finarvyn on Sept 5, 2011 19:20:39 GMT -6
The wikipedia article said this: the original version also included a section on page six for "Using this Module with AD&D".[1] The AD&D section was deleted in the 1981 printing. Can anyone fill me in on what that missing material contained? I just looked at my 1979 (monochrome) copy of B1 and I don't see anything at all like what you describe. |
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Post by Zenopus on Sept 5, 2011 20:30:22 GMT -6
Fin, it's on page 6, left column, section titled "USING THIS MODULE WITH ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS", right before "BACKGROUND".
My monochrome copy is a 2nd print (no prices on the back cover), but as far as I know it's the same as the 1st print monochrome (prices on the back cover). The front cover of each has a sentence referring to AD&D.
If you still don't see the paragraph, confirm that your booklet is the correct one; it should have a Wizard logo on the title page. If it has a Face logo, it's a later booklet. The Face logo booklet has the two paragraphs about AD&D replaced by a dragon drawn by David Sutherland. (As a trivia note, this same dragon was used in the 2nd print of B2 a part of a replacement for the paragraphs about using the module with AD&D, but then was dropped when the module was revised for Moldvay).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2011 21:14:02 GMT -6
B1, by original Blackmoor player Mike Carr, practically is a Blackmoor module and Tomb of Horrors was intended to plug into either Blackmoor or Greyhawk. Dang. Now I need to add B1 to my "must have" list for BlackMoor. |
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Post by havard on Sept 6, 2011 0:13:52 GMT -6
More interesting is this note found elsewhere: "Note: In the mythical WORLD OF GREYHAWK (available from TSR) the stronghold can be considered within any one of the following lands - the Barony of Ratik, the Duchy of Tenh, or the Theocracy of the Pale." The Duchy of Tehn location is interesting from a Blackmoor perspective.  -Havard |
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