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Well, it has been some time since the last issue of OD&DITIES. Since the last issue, the gaming
world has been overturned with the introduction of 3rd Edition D&D, and the introduction of the Open
Gaming License. I have to admit that I picked up the core books and ran a short campaign with the new sys-
tem, but I have come to the conclusion that OD&D, the game I grew up with, is still superior. 3e provides
rules for situations, complicated ones, whilst OD&D provides simple suggestions, leaving the details for
EDITORIAL
Richard Tongue
Editor
Page 2 Letters
Reviews Gazetteers 1, 12 and 14
Page 3 Getting Started Upper-level Expert adventuring
CONTENTS
Page 4 Compendium of Characters Two Wizard NPCs
White Dwarf An old magazine with useful articles
Page 5 Epic Heroes Epic Campaigns in OD&D
Page 6 Street of a Thousand Adventures Margarita, the Soothsayer
Dragon Index Index of OD&D Dragon articles
Page 7 The Star of Kolaador A low level adventure
Page 8 The Tower of Doom A low level adventure
By R.E.B.Tongue saving a town from attack, and travelling all over the game
world. The OD&D rules indicate that, at Name level,
Part Two most PCs must make the choice of either settling down in
GETTING STARTED
This issue, two wizards from Michael Harvey has pimples and his voice sometimes breaks when he talks.
who are certainly wizards you would expect. Each He is frail and clumsy, and has no useful combat spells.
one is, as usual, detailed fully ready to be dropped Nonetheless he is determined to become a great wizard and
COMPENDIUM OF CHARACTERS
into a game, and this time include skills compati- seek his fortune in the world. He is blessed with great in-
ble with the rules given in the Cyclopedia. Enjoy! telligence and some useful skills. In all likelihood he'll
want to tag along with PCs; he'll do the cooking, watch the
Trellius (Lawful Thief, 3rd Level) horses, and do what he can to help.
Trellius ( Lawful Thief, 3rd Level )
Trellius has always been interested in
magic, and began training as a wizard in his youth. Strength 10 ( 0 ) THAC0 17 Saving Throws
Dexterity 17 (+2) Armour Class 7 DR / P 13
Alas, he lacked the discipline for study and even- Constitution 16 (+2) MW 14
tually dropped out. He learned that people respect Intelligence 13 (+1) Hit Points ( 14 ) P / TTS 13
wizards, however, so he pretends to be one. Trel- Wisdom 8 (-1) 14 BA 16
lius dresses in a blue robe and carries a staff, and Charisma 11 ( 0 ) R / S / S 16(-1)
knows enough magical jargon to bluff people. He Skills: Alchemy (INT), Magical Engineering (INT), Acro-
relies on trickery and magic items to complete the batics (DEX), Lip Reading (INT), Alertness (DEX).
illusion, always casting his "spells" in secret
("Wait over there, lest you distract me"). For ex- Equipment : Robe, Staff, Dagger +1, Pouch with "spell compo-
nents", Potion of Levitation, Potion of Polymorph Self, Ring of Spell
ample, he'll Hide in Shadows to simulate invisibil- Storing (Magic Missile, Sleep, Phantasmal Force).
ity, or use his Climbing ability to simulate a Spi-
der Climb spell, or use Open Locks to simulate
Knock. He is always on the lookout for new magic Flumbert of Felburg (Lawful Magic-User, 1st Level)
items, and if invited along on an adventure will Strength 9 (-1) THAC0 20 Saving Throws
always pick magic items over other treasures ("I Dexterity 5 (-2) Armour Class 11 DR / P 13
Constitution 6 (-1) MW 14
am a wizard after all".) Magic items that he cannot Intelligence 16 (+2) Hit Points (3 ) P / TTS 13
use he will trade to a wizard in exchange for re- Wisdom 12 ( 0 ) 3 BA 16
charging his ring. He is law abiding and conscien- Charisma 11 ( 0 ) R / S / S 15
tious, and never uses his thief abilities for criminal
Skills: Alchemy (INT), Magic Engineering (INT), Healing (INT),
activities. Knowledge of old legends (INT), Knowledge of nonhuman races
(INT), Knowledge of monsters (INT)
Flumbert of Felburg, Aspiring Wizard
(Lawful Magic-User, 1st Level) Equipment : Robe, Staff, Dagger, Spellbook with: Analyse, De-
tect Magic, Floating Disc, Read Magic.
Flumbert is a gawky adolescent boy of only 15; he Spell : Detect Magic (1)
Although, in recent years, White Dwarf magazine issue can be found an adventure, most of this time of
WHITE DWARF
has become devoted solely to miniature gaming, with spe- high quality - often in a completely different style to
cial reference to Citadel Miniatures and Games Workshop those found in Dragon and Dungeon magazine,
products, this was not always the case. When it was first showcasing new monsters and items. In addition,
produced, White Dwarf was a role-playing magazine, of new Character Classes can be found, such as the
high quality. There are many aspects to it that make it an Necromancer and Artificer, which again can be eas-
excellent magazine to collect. ily converted to OD&D.
Each issue was packed with valuable articles and White Dwarf can often be found quite
ideas, for OD&D and 1st Edition AD&D. New weapons, cheaply in second-hand RPG shops, and frequently
new spells, new magic items, new creatures, all of these can be found on Ebay, especially in the UK.
were featured in each issue. In addition, in almost every
can be slotted into any city or town in your cam- merchant, she uses a different tactic, distracting the subject
paign world, for your players to use or abuse as they as best she can whilst relieving him of his coin pouch, of a
see fit. They should fit anywhere from Specularum ring or brooch. Sometimes she even gives loaded advice to
to Thyatis City, and provide useful and unusual ser- a person, luring him to a particular place so that her sons
vices for the PCs. can kill him and loot the body.
Margaritas most likely use in a campaign is as an
Madame Margarita, Soothsayer enemy character. One of the PCs could be the one embez-
Madame Margarita does not have a shop as zled by the charlatan, and could seek revenge - but this
such, but sets up in a stall on a busy street, never in could be difficult, as she always takes great pains to ingra-
the same place twice. (Occassionally she even tiate herself with the local Town Guard, as well as having
changes city, so can move with the PCs if re- her two sons to protect her. If the PCs are fairly wealthy,
quired.) Her stall is simply a tent, with a table and she may attempt to set them up for an ambush by her two
two chairs - Madame Margarita is in the business of sons - in this case the PC should be manoeuvred to be on
being a soothsayer, and has a good reputation, hav- his own at the time, or else the sons will probably be easily
ing had some predictions come true in the past. She overpowered.
has two sons, who help her move her stall as well as In a town with a Wizards Guild, the PCs might be
having jobs in the city, usually involving manual given the task of investigating Margarita, with the possibil-
labour. ity of offering her membership. this will involve meeting
Unknown to most, Madame Margarita is a her, and doing some detective work about her past, possi-
charlatan. She is, in fact, a Thief. In her childhood bly travelling to her old home city. When they discover she
out in the country, her parents had her apprenticed is a charlatan, the PCs could be ordered to bring her to
to a hedge wizard, and she did indeed showed some justice, to make an example of her.
promise in this field, but quickly tired of the life of Another possible use is for her to suddenly discover
study and moved to the big city, working in a that all her prophesies are coming true, and to realise that
Thieves Guild, where she had an affair with the she has been blessed by a Immortal / God. When she has
local Guildmaster, which resulted in the birth of her trouble being accepted by others due to her shady past, she
twin sons. When that Guildmaster was killed in a might call upon the PCs to help her, especially if she can
brawl, Margarita realised her position was unten- convert them to her repentance. This might be especially
able, and fled. It was then that she remembered her interesting if the PCs have had encounters with her in the
old training, and began to impersonate a soothsayer, past.
making phoney predictions to gullible passers-by. Margarita should be a Medium-level Thief, and her
To maintain her reputation, she sometimes uses her sons Low to Medium level Fighters.
sons to make sure that an event does happen, which
So they made it, then. Thank the Gods! Listen, 6 Gargans Room
well pay you 75 Gold to kill that Wizard now. Hes mur- This is the room the wizard, Gargan, has taken over.
dered fourteen of us in the last week. We sent three parties Inside is a chair, fireplace, and pinned on the wall is a map
out, none has sent word back until now. Please, will you showing his grandiose plans - judging by the markings he
help us. We are desperate for your help! With this plea, has made upon it, he intends to take over most of this prov-
you calm down the barkeeper and ask him where the wiz- ince with his Undead, even though as yet he has but few.
ards lair is. He gives you directions to a tower, several With an evil yell, Gargan will throw some dust on the floor
hours north of here, but advises you to stay the night, in as the PCs enter, and from them will rise three Skeletons.
case you are ambushed on your way. Although you spend Then he will cast his spells, first Shield, then Shocking
the entire night waiting for something to happen, your Grasp. If the fight appears to be going badly for him, he
nerves tensing with every tap on the door, it is finally will rush up to Room 7. A search of this room will reveal
morning, and you set off for the tower. his treasure, a spellbook containing Shield, Shocking Grasp
After nine hours, you finally reach the tower, stand- and Levitate, and a chest containing 150 Gold. In addition,
ing by itself on the plain, tall and menacing. By the looks in a small box underneath his chair can be found an ancient
of it, no-one seems to be at home when you first approach, bone.
with the doors securely shut. Closer examination, however, ( This is in fact the remains of a holy man of the Faith, and
reveals a secret entrance badly concealed underneath the a Cleric will recognise it as such. Giving it to the church in
floor of the building. With little hesitation, you enter the Narborel will yield great favour for those who give it. )
tunnel and proceed deep into the tower.
7 Roof
Tower This flat surface is the roof of the building. Gargan
1 Basement has another three Skeletons up here, who he will try to use
This 25 sq. ft. room used to be the torture room of to keep the PCs busy while he Levitates over the side.
this keep, and indeed seems to still fulfil that function. In- However, any missile weapon or spell can bring him down,
side this room is a rack, stained with dark blood from a even if he gets off the building. In addition, the Scroll Fly
long time ago. A turn after the PCs enter, a group of 15 or one of the Potions of Levitation would come in handy at
Giant Bats descend from the ceiling and attack the PCs, this time, to follow him down to the ground if need be.
staying with them until killed or driven away.
Conclusion
2 Entrance Room With Gargan dead, his Undead legions fall to the
This 25 sq. ft. room seems to be the main entrance ground, lifeless as they were but a short time ago. A grate-
room. The doors are in this room, and you can see and easy ful Elmshire gives the PCs the reward that was promised,
Experience Points
For completing this adventure, the PCs should re-
ceive 150 Experience points. However, if a Halfling PC is
present, he should receive double that for performing a ser-
vice to his people. A pool of 250 experience is available
OD&DITIES
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