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Saturday, December 17, 2016

OSR Christmas - OSR Christmas - Day Five - A0-A4 Against the Slave Lords (PDF Only - AD&D 1e)


Its Day Five of OSR Christmas. Before we get to today's festivities, let's find out who is the recipient of yesterday's awesome gift.

I would do a drum roll but that doesn't work so well on a blog post. Oh well.

Dak Ultimak - congrats. Email me at tenkarsDOTtavern and we'll get you hooked up.

Now for today's gift. We are giving away the A0-A5 Against the Slave Lords (PDF Only)
Against the Slave Lords is a collection of four classic Advanced Dungeons & Dragons adventure modules that form a series -- A1: Slave Pits of the Undercity, A2: Secret of the Slavers Stockade, A3: Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords, and A4: In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords -- complete with original black-and-white interior art. 
Added to the collection is an all-new fifth adventure -- A0: Danger at Darkshelf Quarry -- that you can use to kick off an AD&D campaign that pits a group of adventurers against the evil Slave Lords! Module A0, designed for levels 1-3, sets the stage for events that unfold throughout the remainder of the "A" series. 
A1: Slave Pits of the Undercity: It is time to put a stop to the marauders! For years the coastal towns have been burned and looted by the forces of evil. You and your fellow adventurers have been recruited to root out and destroy the source of these raids—as hundreds of good men and women have been taken by the slavers and have never been seen or heard from again!
A2: Secret of the Slavers Stockade: The battle against the slavers continues! You and your fellow adventurers have defeated the slavers of Highport, but you have learned of the existence of another slaver stronghold, and you have decided to continue the attack. But beware! Only the most fearless of adventurers could challenge the slavers on their own ground, and live to tell of it!
A3: Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords: Into the Drachengrab Mountains! Hot on the trail of the marauding slavers, you and your fellow adventurers plunge deep into hostile Hills. Spurred on by your past success, you now seek the heart of the slaver conspiracy. But hurry! You must move quickly before the slavers recover from your previous forays and attack! 
A4: In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords: Trapped in the dungeons of the Slave Lords! The hardy adventurers must find a way out, with only their wits and courage to help them. But can they do it before everything is destroyed by the dreaded Earth Dragon?"
 Comment on this post before 8 AM Eastern Time, December 18th, 2016 to be in the running for $9.99 in an RPGNow Gift Card. Against the Slave Lords in PDF is exactly $9.99 or use it for other purchases at RPGNow. The choice will be yours - if Santa picks you :)

As an aside, A1 - Slave Pits of the Under City was the first adventure I ever owned ;)

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+James Spahn is giving away 12 prizes over 12 days and all you need to do is comment on one blog post. You will need to follow the instructions carefully if you want a chance to be gifted.

Note: You MUST comment on the Halfling's Luck blog. This post it just to let you know where to go.

79 comments:

  1. Played through this series withinin the past couple years!

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  2. Oh, I hear really good things about this module series.

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  3. This is one of the few original series I have never played. That would be totally sweet!

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  4. Ran my son through a homebrewed take on these over the summer. Great stuff!

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  5. Have the hardcopy...would love the PDF to put on my Kindle.

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  6. Would love the reprint since my original is all used up/worn out.

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  7. Great choice! I didn't know about A0, though.

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  8. My first TPK when I' was in high school....we retconed I I into a dream sent by the gods on what not to do..after that they did fine..wouldnove to shaved ethis in PDF.

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  9. More good memories and a bad one about Yeenoghu...

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  10. I've not checked out the reprints yet.

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  11. fingers crossed, good luck to everyone!

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  12. A1 through A4 were the first AD&D modules I played through. Awesome gift!

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  13. Would love to take my son's group through this series

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  14. My first owned was Keep on the Borderlands!

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  15. Gimme gimme gimme (adventure after midnight)!

    One of my favorite moments playing ever was that the boggarts stole my necromancer's spell component pouch while playing one of these adventures (I dunno which one). The DM, my friend Chris, was running this under 3.0e, which was still fairly new (this was 2001 or 2002), and didn't realize that "spell component pouch" was singular. So my necromancer was fucked for most spellcasting. After trying various ways of getting his pouch back and losing more items in the process, Basayant (my necromancer) stood in front of the tunnel with the boggarts wearing only his underrobes and holding only his quarterstaff, and went on a rant telling the boggarts that he would come back and kill them all and raise them as skeletons (he didn't like zombies because they smelled bad).

    They threw a couple of components (and rotten garbage) at him, had the whole gaming store rolling in laughter, and I got roleplaying XP.

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  16. Haven't played (or even looked at) this series since college. One of the greats!

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  17. Would love to fill in the 2 empty spots in this series for me. Thanks for the OSR Christmas Erik!

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  18. This is a perfect gift. So many hours of entertainment.

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  19. You know, this is one classic I never got to play.

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  20. I'm becoming a willing slave to the goodness of the Tavern.

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  22. I had an entire party die in A2. It was awesome.

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  23. Awesome!!! Would love to add this to my collection!

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  24. Never played it before but I want to !

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  25. Well, I need more old school, my father kept bringing this up during our Redbox Fantasy RPG game-check it out at,Lulu.com author Paige Oliver has done some great work.

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  26. I want all the slave lords stuff! A24: Slave Lords Take Manhattan. A41: Live Free or Die Slave Lords. A67: Slave Lords v. Superman. A99: Slave Lords Meet the Phantom of the Park. A883: Murder-Hobo One (A Slave Lords Story)...

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  27. Wooohoo! I'm a winner!

    I want the Slave Lord stuff too!

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  28. The Slave Lords?! I hate those guys! Count me in on any attack against them.

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  29. I'd love to run it. Bring it on! :D

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  30. Would love to run this for my kids.

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  31. A1 - Slave Pits of the Under City was also one of the very first adventures I ever owned. Never man,aged to run it; it wasn't railroad-ey enough for my 16 year old self!

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  32. Running these now, using the original dungeon modules. Would love to see the reprint (esp A0). Thanks for doing this.

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  33. After surviving all four modules and truly becoming a scourge of the slave lords, my DM upped the difficulty by having the surviving slave lords create a dracolich. To make a long story short, TPK.

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  34. A4 is my favorite module of all time!

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  35. Merry Christmas everyone! Great series. And I don't have it in PDF so this would be a lovely present.

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  36. I love that they added the "prequel" adventure

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  37. I have a faded old copy. Great set of adventures.

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  38. A great series. Back in the day almost every one who played in my area had this series, G 1-2-3, and the D series.

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  39. Love to get A0, never read that one.

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  40. I didn't realize that they added an additional adventure to this.

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  41. This module compilation is, quote frankly, amazing! Many hours of fun with my groups on these and more to come!! Thanks!!

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  42. LEt us adventure.... against the slave lords!

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  43. Merry Christmas! This looks great!

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  44. Ooh. A pdf. I'm in. I can't imagine this is going to be hard for Tenkar to get this to Australia if i luck out.

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  45. I really want to run A0: DaDQ. Looks like fun!

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  46. I'm in. About time I ran these again, and I've never seen A0, so...

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  47. I'd like to throw this at my players.

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  48. In again! ThanK you and Merry Christmas!

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