Best Wilderness Adventure Ever?

RPGPundit · December 22, 2008, 01:02:22 AM

What's the best published outdoor-set adventure ever?
And why?

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David R · December 22, 2008, 10:20:37 AM

Death on the Reik.

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Abacus Ape · December 22, 2008, 10:57:51 AM

Isle of Dread, on account of the pirates and dinosaurs. You can easily stick all sorts of other adventures/modules on the Isle too. Someday I wanna stick S3 in the weird temple area so there would be pirates, dinosaurs and alien robots all mashed up together.

Drew · December 22, 2008, 12:35:42 PM

Quote from: David R;275048Death on the Reik.

Ties with B10: Night's Dark Terror, which is hardly surprising given the pedigree.

Haffrung · December 22, 2008, 12:47:58 PM

I'll second Night's Dark Terror. It's a sprawling, varied adventure that spans river ambushes, the siege of a fort, a petrified forest, ancient burial mounds, a lost city in a canyon, a cursed faerie island, a deadly chase by a band of gnolls, a winding road through the mountains that bridges chasms, and a lost valley fought over by warring races.

Looks like Drew and I are on the same page when it comes to adventures (see Best Dungeon thread).

Drew · December 22, 2008, 01:15:14 PM

Quote from: Haffrung;275097I'll second Night's Dark Terror. It's a sprawling, varied adventure that spans river ambushes, the siege of a fort, a petrified forest, ancient burial mounds, a lost city in a canyon, a cursed faerie island, a deadly chase by a band of gnolls, a winding road through the mountains that bridges chasms, and a lost valley fought over by warring races.

Yep. It also has a strong but non-constrictive plot that allows for all sorts of sideways shenanigans. One of the best designed adventures out there.

QuoteLooks like Drew and I are on the same page when it comes to adventures (see Best Dungeon thread).

It would seem so.

Cole · December 22, 2008, 03:27:49 PM

Isle of Dread and Night's Dark Terror are both obvious contenders. Other than those, I'm going to throw in my 2 cents for X9 The Savage Coast, a great open ended hexcrawl type adventure with a lot of factions to work with, and Dorastor, Land of Doom (Runequest) for breath and depth of weird foes and awfulness to encounter. Griffin Island is also great (I hear Griffin Mountain was even better, but it was before my time), as is X8 Drums on Fire Mountain, which has plenty of dungeon goodness in there, too.

RPGPundit · December 22, 2008, 03:45:53 PM

Isle of Dread would probably be my vote, yeah.

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KenHR · December 22, 2008, 03:52:13 PM

I'd say Isle of Dread for nostalgia's sake...it was the first wilderness adventure I played through, and the first one I ran on my own. I haven't really run too many wilderness modules, though, preferring to wing it, so my experience with pre-made wilderness scenarios is limited.

Oh, there's one from Dungeon called Dark Heart of Ulom that I liked, about a corrupted elvish forest. More for the idea than the execution, really.

DeadUematsu · December 22, 2008, 04:39:48 PM

The Wilderlands of High Fantasy.

Caesar Slaad · December 22, 2008, 06:18:09 PM

I liked Isle of Dread way back... but converted it to 3e, and it didn't go so well. Mainly because, well, Expert set assumed only thieves could climb difficult terrain. Once that assumption went out the window, the adventure needs some rejiggering, elsewise the built-in railroading through the tribal region in the south doesn't work.

Cranewings · December 23, 2008, 01:13:56 AM

Quote from: Abacus Ape;275057Isle of Dread, on account of the pirates and dinosaurs. You can easily stick all sorts of other adventures/modules on the Isle too. Someday I wanna stick S3 in the weird temple area so there would be pirates, dinosaurs and alien robots all mashed up together.

Just this year I had my party on the Isle for close to 5 gaming sessions. It was fantastic.

Akrasia · December 23, 2008, 05:13:54 AM

The recommendations of B10 Night's Dark Terror and X1 Isle of Dread are both very well justified.

Back when I played MERP I loved Palantir Quest, which was an epic campaign set in the early 4th Age that spanned almost all of northwestern Middle-earth, from reborn Minas Tirith to the frozen Forodwaith, from the ruins of Arthedain to the still dark Mirkwood. Great stuff.

Best Wilderness Adventure Ever?

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