Would anyone be able to recommend any adventure paths (or extended modules) by third party publishers?
I'm only interested in them if they are available in hardcopy.
I'm also open to any fantasy RPG system - I suspect Pathfinder will be the most numerous (hence posting it here) but if there's anything around for other systems, that would be interesting to hear too.
Thanks, in advance for any suggestions.
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The Golden Spear Trilogy in the Kaidan setting by Rite Publishing has hard copies, though it appears at least on Paizo the 1st and 3rd installments are currently out of stock.
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I have a few suggestions. I'll start with Pathfinder:
Midgard Tales (Kobold Press) - While the adventures in this beautiful hardcover (with cloth bookmark!) are not linked, it's not hard to come up with a framing sequence to create a longer campaign that will run from levels 1-10. The adventures range from really good to amazing; my players loved running through all of them.
Way of the Wicked, Books 1-6 (Fire Mountain Games) - In thirty years of RPGing, this is the only campaign that I have been able to get my players to stay invested all the way to twentieth level. Even though the books have run out for us, my players are still enjoying it so much that we have continued on via the Mythic Adventures rules. They are now trying to create a tenth layer of Hell... and trying to convince their infernal master that they should be allowed to run it.
Zeitgeist: The Gears of Revolution (EN Publishing) - I haven't run this... yet. It's an investigation/role-play heavy adventure path set in a country on the cusp of industrial revolution. Act one has been released in hardcover via OBS with the subsequent act(s) to follow. This book is beautiful, a fun read, and, I believe, is the thickest PFRPG book on my shelf.
For D&D 3.5 I can recommend:
War of the Burning Sky (EN Publishing) - Another I've read, but not yet played. The softcover collection on OBS is a bargain... under $30 for over 700 pages. There is a hardcover PFRPG version in the offing, I believe, though no release date has been announced. I'm converting this over to D&D 5.
The Red Hand of Doom (Wizards of the Coast) - Not really a 3pp, but this megamodule by Rich Baker and James Jacobs is hands down the best module that WotC released for D&D 3/3.5 in my opinion. I'll be converting this to D&D 5 for my newer group I think.
for 13th Age:
Eyes of the Stone Thief (Pelgrane Press) - This is in pre-order right now, to ship later this month or in March. I've peeked at my PDF copy and can't wait for the actual book to come so I can dig in. It's set in a living dungeon that periodically surfaces to absorb towns, forests, etc... It's written by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan who has done really good work on modules for other Pelgrane Press games.
Feel free to send me a PM if you want any other suggestions... I have a ton of adventures for AD&D 1 and 2 as well.
EDIT: I forgot Courts of the Shadow Fey (Kobold Press)... it's the best PFRPG module I've read, and the first 3pp product I purchased after being burned out on 3/3.5 third party offerings.
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The Golden Spear Trilogy in the Kaidan setting by Rite Publishing has hard copies, though it appears at least on Paizo the 1st and 3rd installments are currently out of stock.
I'll second this. I had a great time running this series. I combined it with crypt of the everflame series.
If you're at all interested in psionics, there's Dreamscarred's From The Deep AP in progress... here.
Here's a few:
From Adventure-a-Week:
-Rise of the Drow from Adventure a week. If you start with The Darkness Arrives and follow it with The Commander of Malice, you can take a party from 1st level through 20th level.
-Snow White: Part 1 and Snow White: Part 2: If you are willing to wait a bit Adventure a Week just finished a Kickstarter from which these will be expanded and combined into a single hardcover adventure.
From Frog God Games:
-Razor Coast: There's the main book along with Heart of the Razor, Freebooter's Guide and Fire as She Bears. All together, these make for a GIANT pirate sandbox.
-Rappan Athuk is a huge dungeon crawl.
-Slumbering Tsar is a Wilderness sandbox with a big dungeon.
From TPK Games:
It's not OFFICIALLY an AP, but you can combine
-The Reaping Stone, The Bleeding Hollow and Fen of the Fivefold Maw into one big AP. Fen of the Fivefold Maw was just completed and will be in print soon. Kickstarter backers just got the PDF and will get books before the print books go on sale. (Note: Fen is not on Paizo.com yet, but it probably will be soon. The physical book will go on sale as soon as it is available.)
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From TPK Games:
It's not OFFICIALLY an AP, but you can combine
-The Reaping Stone, The Bleeding Hollow and Fen of the Fivefold Maw into one big AP. Fen of the Fivefold Maw was just completed and will be in print soon. Kickstarter backers just got the PDF and will get books before the print books go on sale. (Note: Fen is not on Paizo.com yet, but it probably will be soon. The physical book will go on sale as soon as it is available.)
Hey thanks for the shout out! You might need to find new friends after running that line-up in a row, but it would be fun! :P
I'm also open to any fantasy RPG system - I suspect Pathfinder will be the most numerous (hence posting it here) but if there's anything around for other systems, that would be interesting to hear too.
Thanks, in advance for any suggestions.
While I'm thinking of it, for Ars Magica, there are these hardbacks:
Antagonists, which has nine enemies and the way they integrate into a campaign, and the kinds of adventures they might inspire. There is a dragon, demons, cults, inquisitors, so a lot to work with
Tales of Mythic Europe, a pile of adventures.
Tales of Mythic Power, where the magic has been turned up to 9, and in Ars Magica, that's going to be about 15 on the Pathfinder scale.
Hey thanks for the shout out! You might need to find new friends after running that line-up in a row, but it would be fun! :P
**evil grin** You'd certainly run your friends through a number of PC's!
My all-time favorite module series is the Coin trilogy by Kenzer & Company ("The Root of All Evil", "Forging Darkness", and "Coin's End"). Many of the details need tweaking, for various reasons, but it's got a great hook, many fascinating encounters, and a compelling reason for the party to keep going.
Oh, and I thought of something else those Kenzer & Company modules have: many big illustrations to show the players.
The Golden Spear Trilogy in the Kaidan setting by Rite Publishing has hard copies, though it appears at least on Paizo the 1st and 3rd installments are currently out of stock.
You can always get those hard copies via DTRPG, in case the Paizo Store is lacking them, as well as the following. Kaidan one-shots: Frozen Wind, Tolling of Tears and Up from Darkness all come as print versions as well.
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Slumbering Tsar
Rappan Athuk
You may not need anything else for the next 5-6 years. :)
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I believe you already have the entire Islands of Plunder pirate adventure series from Legendary Games. It's not precisely an AP as they're pretty loosely coupled, but all available in hardcopy!
All the usual suspects have been named.
0one Gaming has an urban AP: Road to Revolution. Not sure if it's available in print though.
There's the old 3.5/3.0? D20 Iron Kingdoms Witchfire Trilogy (steampunk), and for Warhammer FRP: The Enemy Within campaign. (Edit: the WFRP campaign is not third party though...)
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All the usual suspects have been named.
0one Gaming has an urban AP: Road to Revolution. Not sure if it's available in print though.
There's the old 3.5/3.0? D20 Iron Kingdoms Witchfire Trilogy (steampunk), and for Warhammer FRP: The Enemy Within campaign. (Edit: the WFRP campaign is not third party though...)
Der Feind Drinnen!
Thanks for all the suggestions. I've got a lot of these but there's a few I've never heard of. Cheers.
My all-time favorite module series is the Coin trilogy by Kenzer & Company ("The Root of All Evil", "Forging Darkness", and "Coin's End"). Many of the details need tweaking, for various reasons, but it's got a great hook, many fascinating encounters, and a compelling reason for the party to keep going.
Any idea where I can get these?
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My all-time favorite module series is the Coin trilogy by Kenzer & Company ("The Root of All Evil", "Forging Darkness", and "Coin's End"). Many of the details need tweaking, for various reasons, but it's got a great hook, many fascinating encounters, and a compelling reason for the party to keep going.Any idea where I can get these?
Best bet would be a place like Noble Knight for printed products
Cheers.
I'm only interested in them if they are available in hardcopy.
I'm sorry... I missed this line. The suggestion I made isn't currently available in print, as I understand it.
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We've always put our print products on CreateSpace by Amazon (and sold them here and on our own site, and some at d20pfsrd). The PDF formats for CreateSpace and for Drivethru's print-on-demand service, alas, are not compatible. At some point we will probably revisit rejiggering our printables to work over there but for now we just sell PDFs on DrivethruRPG.
