Looking for some inspiration

[Lobo316]

I'm planning on having the group I'm running take a short (maybe 2 or 3 day) trek through a moutain that sits atop an an anient dwarven ruin. Any suggestions on good source material to pilfer from?

They are around 4th-6th level, but I can adjust the encounters as needed.

[jdizzy001]

For the use of ancient dwarf ruins, believe it or not, skyrim is a good place to search. The dwarves are long since extinct but there are many ruins, and stories, to explore which the dwarves left behind.

[mgtremaine]

Do you have the TLG Dwarven Glory series of short modules. Wyrm Well was great fun.

-Mike

[alcyone]

Seriously, game wikis for some of the better computer rpgs have some good ideas. See also the Deep Roads/Orzammar stuff for Dragon Age. The ruins don't have to be ancient either. In The Dark Eye there is an infested Dwarven brewery...

[tylermo]

Somebody beat me to Dwarven Glory. There's also an adventure by Kim Hatsfield, author of Classic Monsters and Dark Journey. It's called Into the Darkness. A Dwarven city has become a refuge to a band of Red Caps. It was in an issue of Crusader magazine. I'm looking at my photocopied version, but I can't remember which issue.

[Snoring Rock]

World of Harn (Columbia Games)

Srihoz The lost dwarven city. Is it in the side of a mountain and is good stuff, but vanillas enough to make you own of it.

Not sure if there is a PDF version though.

[Lobo316]

Thanks gang, I'm going to check out some of these resources. Maybe philfer a bit from each

[jdizzy001]

Seriously, game wikis for some of the better computer rpgs have some good ideas. See also the Deep Roads/Orzammar stuff for Dragon Age. The ruins don't have to be ancient either. In The Dark Eye there is an infested Dwarven brewery...

I second this, one of the best gaming sessions my team ever has was a borrowed side quest from witcher 2 assassin of kings.

[Relaxo]

Somebody beat me to Dwarven Glory. There's also an adventure by Kim Hatsfield, author of Classic Monsters and Dark Journey. It's called Into the Darkness. A Dwarven city has become a refuge to a band of Red Caps. It was in an issue of Crusader magazine. I'm looking at my photocopied version, but I can't remember which issue.

SO Much Want!

[Captain_K]

Go to the source, Norse Myths by Kevin Crossley-Holland, check out the story "The treasures of the Gods".. might make good basic information or a parallel to a lesser story for you level of PCs.

[jdizzy001]

Go to the source, Norse Myths by Kevin Crossley-Holland, check out the story "The treasures of the Gods".. might make good basic information or a parallel to a lesser story for you level of PCs.

Another great idea. One of my favorite sessions was when my team had to hunt down a medusa head so they could turn the big bad to stone. Later on they had to reverse the stoning process by obtaining tears from a basalisk.