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Recommended adventures for use with ACKS

Started by Kaiu Keiichi, January 29, 2013, 11:25:37 AM

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Kaiu Keiichi

January 29, 2013, 11:25:37 AM
I wanna give this clone a spin.  Does anyone have recommendations for 3rd party modules or adventurers that work well with ACKS? I just picked up the player's companion and also own the core rules.
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The Butcher

#1
January 29, 2013, 12:01:12 PM
Most of the B and X series modules should be a straight fit. I'm particularly fond of B4, B10 and X1. I've even considered using X1 as the launching point for a "New World" sort of game, which I feel dovetails neatly with the whole idea of bold, rakish adventurers going out into ancient ruins and monster-infested wilds in search of riches, and eventually rising to proeminence as agents of civilization.

Here's an idea I've just had. Take the X1 map, make it part of a continent rather than an island, then supplement it with a booming colonial capital near the coast (backdrop for B10) and a lost city far off in the jungles, or mountains, or desert (B4). Bam, instant campaign. You're welcome ;)

amacris

#2
January 29, 2013, 12:16:05 PM
Here are the modules I've personally used/adapted for ACKS.

TSR Modules:
- In Search of the Unknown
- Keep on the Borderlands
- The Lost City
- The Isle of Dread
- Steading of the Hill Giant Chief
- Cities of Bone (from Al-Qadim)*

Judges Guild Modules:
- Caverns of Thracia*

One Page Dungeons:
- Ancient Academy
- Grey Goblin Warrens
- The Foetid Pit
- Serpent Temple Lost Tombs
- Fortress on the Ironflow River
- Valley of the Necromancer Kings*
- Trolls Will be Trolls
- Chantry of the Earth Flame


Basic Fantasy Role-Play Modules:
- Chaotic Caves
- Death Crypt of Khaldun

Pocket Full of Peril:
- Spider Riders of Pren
- Tomb of Ice
- Ruins of Rabon Nov Dranbon

*Required substantial work to adapt

Kaiu Keiichi

#3
January 29, 2013, 03:48:34 PM
Wow, awesome list. That's a whole campaign. Thanks!
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amacris

#4
January 29, 2013, 04:40:05 PM
No problem. Thanks for checking out ACKS!

RPGPundit

#5
January 30, 2013, 06:45:13 PM
Yeah, that's the beauty of the OSR; pretty much any D&D module or OSR adventure works with any OSR game, with a bit of setting-tweaking.

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January 31, 2013, 01:05:11 AM
[http://www.theskyfullofdust.co.uk/2012/12/the-lottery-dungeon-a-69-page-mini-mega-dungeon/]The Lottery Dungeon[/url] is written for ACKS, and there is a conversion of B1 here at theRPGsite that I need to get around to hosting at the Autarch server.
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