Dragotha's Lair?

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Fri May 28, 2010 6:02 pm

Anyone have any suggestions for a module/map to use for Dragotha's Lair from White Plume Mountain? I could write one up myself, but I don't have the time...
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Post by **Breakdaddy** » Fri May 28, 2010 6:05 pm

Im not familiar with white plume mountain, is it a good one

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Fri May 28, 2010 6:07 pm

It's considered a classic, and there was a "Return" during the Silver Anniversary revival, and I think even a d20-ized Expedition as well... so, yeah.
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Post by **Breakdaddy** » Fri May 28, 2010 6:48 pm

Roger that then. This one escaped my notice I guess. Ill have to check it out if I get the chance.

Deogolf · Post by **Deogolf** » Fri May 28, 2010 6:58 pm

Breakdaddy wrote:
Roger that then. This one escaped my notice I guess. Ill have to check it out if I get the chance.

BD! Where have you been?! Black Razor? The giant glass balls with stuff inside them? White Plume Mnt was a bit quirky, but "aces" in my book!

Wizards did one a few years back. I have the pdf somewhere. Do they still have it up on their website? Or do you need a scan of it?
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koralas · Post by **koralas** » Fri May 28, 2010 7:18 pm

There are some decent maps on WotC's site... http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/20031121a

Or if you have the Draconomicon itself, there were some in there, and a full adventure if I remember correctly.

Other WotC freebie's
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/oa/20050517a
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/oa/20010608a
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/oa/20040227a
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/oa/20020125a
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article1.asp ... a20020628a

Can't vouch for any of these as I haven't played them, but maybe a source of inspiration.

AGNKim · Post by **AGNKim** » Fri May 28, 2010 7:18 pm

Breakdaddy wrote:
Im not familiar with white plume mountain, is it a good one

This news saddens me.

WPM is my favorite all-time AD&D module. If you haven't read it, don't. It should be a surprise when you run through it... sometime in the future maybe.
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Post by **Breakdaddy** » Fri May 28, 2010 7:19 pm

Deogolf wrote:
BD! Where have you been?! Black Razor? The giant glass balls with stuff inside them? White Plume Mnt was a bit quirky, but "aces" in my book!

Wizards did one a few years back. I have the pdf somewhere. Do they still have it up on their website? Or do you need a scan of it?

Sometimes I miss stuff. I KNOW IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE!!111
No worries. If it's a freebie on the wizbro sitey Ill locate it in a few minutes.

koralas · Post by **koralas** » Fri May 28, 2010 7:27 pm

Deogolf wrote:
BD! Where have you been?! Black Razor? The giant glass balls with stuff inside them? White Plume Mnt was a bit quirky, but "aces" in my book!

Wizards did one a few years back. I have the pdf somewhere. Do they still have it up on their website? Or do you need a scan of it?

Yeah, WotC still has the stuff up on the site... but you need to know where to look or get it with Google... http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/downloads

WPM is under the adventures at the top, as is Tomb of Horrors... both updated to 3.xE. Some good old school stuff under the Previous Editions at the bottom. All in all, a good place to go to get some freebie's.

Oh, and serl, all the old "Map a week" entries are there... so maybe some more places to look for maps.

Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Fri May 28, 2010 8:08 pm

I second the ones koralas linked...the first link. Those are pretty good, serl.
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Post by **Breakdaddy** » Fri May 28, 2010 9:10 pm

Thanks for the linkages koralas.

@kim: I wont read it chief. Ill hold off on this until later.

koralas · Post by **koralas** » Fri May 28, 2010 11:22 pm

Breakdaddy wrote:
Thanks for the linkages koralas.

@kim: I wont read it chief. Ill hold off on this until later.

No worries, enjoy...

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Fri May 28, 2010 11:26 pm

Thanks, all. I think the best one of the maps from Draconomicon would be the copper, as it fits the terrain best. Just need to deepen it... want it to be 3-5 levels.
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Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Sat May 29, 2010 1:08 am

Should be easy enough to do, hoss.
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SirClarence · Post by **SirClarence** » Sat May 29, 2010 8:29 am

Serl, there's actually a whole adventure based around this, written by Bruce Cordell. It was a freebie on the web, but I don't know if it's still out there. I do, however, have it on my PC. In case you or anyone else is interested, I can upload it for you.

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 6:36 pm

Thanks for the offer, SirC. I found it on the WotC site. Read through it. I'll use parts of it. The nice thing was that it was written for AD&D 2nd edition, and not d20, which makes it more useful overall. I also found the original stats for Dragotha...

Now, I just need to whip out some surrounding maps and then fill them. I don't expect a TPK, but I do expect the party to be scared and wearing brown.
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AGNKim · Post by **AGNKim** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:09 am

Hey Serl... I know you said you found the stats for Dragotha, but was just wondering if you knew of the article in Dragon mag issue #134, page 29.

Stats:

FREQUENCY: Unique

NO. APPEARING: 1

ARMOR CLASS: -3

MOVE: 12/24 (MC: E)

HIT DICE: 19 (152 hp)

% IN LAIR: 99% (see below)

TREASURE TYPE: H, S, T, U, W x 2 (see below)

NO. OF ATTACKS: 3

DAMAGE/ATTACK: 5-12/5-12/6-36

SPECIAL ATTACKS: Breath weapons; spell

use; disease; fear aura; creation of

undead followers

SPECIAL DEFENSES: Surprised only on a 1

on 1d12; spell and psionic immunities

(see below); immune to electricity;

regeneration; takes half damage from

edged weapons; cannot be turned by

clerics

MAGIC RESISTANCE: 15%

INTELLIGENCE: Supra-genius

ALIGNMENT: Neutral evil

SIZE: L (48 long)

PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil

Attack/Defense Modes: Nil/Immune to all

attacks

CHANCE OF:

Speaking: 100%

Magic use: 100%

Sleeping: Nil

LEVEL/XP Value: X/30,560

The 'see below' part is a two-page article, so kind of hard to cut and paste. Let me know if you want anymore. I would assume you already know about this, just making sure.

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serleran · Post by **serleran** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:17 am

Thanks, Kim. Someone at Dragonsfoot had actually put the entire article up, so I printed it. Saved me the hassle of digging through the Dragon Archive to check for it.
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AGNKim · Post by **AGNKim** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:19 am

serleran wrote:
Thanks, Kim. Someone at Dragonsfoot had actually put the entire article up, so I printed it. Saved me the hassle of digging through the Dragon Archive to check for it.

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Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:15 am

Yep, that's one impressive joker.
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