Sort of Original Ideas
The Southern Marches
Systems: BECMI/3.x/5e
Setting: Custom (Brimden map)
Your characters come into possession of a deed to a vast territory. Territory that the Kingdom of the Eastwold no longer controls. Bring the land under your control through negotiation, persuasion and/or force. A mixture of adventuring and kingdom building.
The Island
System: Pathfinder
Setting: Mythic Earth
The Northern Alliance of nations on the Continent has discovered what they believe to be one of the lost islands of Atlantis. You can be explorers as part of an established expedition, shipwrecked survivors looking to make their way in unfamiliar lands or be more focused on the race to unlock the island's secrets before agents of the Thyatian Empire.
The Isle of Life
Systems: 3.x/5e
Setting: Unique
A strange island where things don't always die but sometimes just... change. An exploration campaign.
The Isle of Alucinor
Systems: Pathfinder or 5e (Spheres of Power/Might)
Setting: Custom (Brimden map)
The ancient copper dragon who has protected the island of Alucinor for centuries is dying. She needs adventurous souls to go out into the world and find her lost son she can say her goodbyes and hopefully convince him to stay as the new guardian. The world is still rebuilding from the calamity that killed the gods and aberrations still roam the countryside. Magical power must be drawn from one's own blood or by pact with a powerful being.
The Bleakwood
Systems: 5e
Setting: Unique (Age of Shadows map)
In the depths of the Bleakwood the veil between the Feywild and Shadowfell become thin. The people of the region rely upon members of the Lodge to navigate the relations between these realms so that they can be left in peace. The Lodge, a guild of hunters and adventurers, holds pacts with these opposing realms and recruits brave souls who would deal with matters between the fey and the dead.
Eyes Unclouded
Systems: 5e
Setting: Unique
A more light-hearted campaign with a focus on the Feywild and a Ghibli-esque, cottagecore feel. You are adventurous young folk in a small town in which strange, dangerous and fun things keep occurring.
Monster Hunters
Systems: 5e
Setting: Unique
Members of the Monster Hunter's Guild make their living by hunting and harvesting materials from various creatures around the world. A new island has been discovered and the guild is in the process of exploring and cataloging its native species. There are also creatures and items from what is known as the Fifth World which reaches back into unknown times where strange technology ruled the island which is presenting additional challenges and opportunities.
The Awakening
Systems: Pathfinder/5e
Setting: Unique/Any
This fantasy world has always been settled in amongst the ruins of an ancient, technologically advanced civilization. Ruins so old that they are simply part of the scenery and of little to no use anymore. However something has awoken and both old and new ruins have spring to life. The party can simply be trying to survive in this newly dangerous world or trying to find out the secrets of the past.
The More You Know
Systems: OSR/5e
Setting: Unique
A human theocracy where the Pope wants to become a god. Technophobic elves descended from magitech masters slain by a single idea. Claustrophobic dwarves who feel the pull of the Underdark to their old masters. Forgetful halflings who blissfully boat the rivers. A kingdom that is afraid of books and the extradimensional library they serve. A forest where the Feywild is different every time you visit. The characters find themselves caught between warring powers in a world where knowledge can literally kill you.
The Towers
Systems: 5e
Setting: Magic the Gathering
Five towers have arisen across the world – planeswalkers of great power have arrived and are plunging the world into an apocalyptic war between the five colors of magic. Five massive dungeon crawls to conquer each dungeon and defeat these invaders to your world.
Thieves of Brazenthrone
Systems: 3.x/5e
Setting: Brazenthrone in Chad's Forgotten Realms
It was pretty easy joining the Thieves' Guild after everyone in the previous iteration was murdered. It'll be rough going, though – dwarves can be pretty tough to steal from. And the aboleth overlord that now rules the city adds even more challenge.
Brazenthrone
Systems: 3.x/5e
Setting: Brazenthrone (non-FR)
Adventures based in the city of Brazenthrone. Includes Underdark adventures in the Black Loch region.
Ebonclad
Systems: 3.x/5e
Setting: Custom (Brimden map)
The Tenebrous Cabal is a strange amalgamation of a thieves' guild, secret society, mage's guild, assassin's guild and cult all rolled up into one. They rule their home city from the shadows and are looking to expand their reach into the nation's capital. Your characters are among the newest recruits of this new effort and must make money, eliminate rivals and gain power.
The Terrasque Campaign
Systems: 3.x/4e/5e
Setting: Unique/Any
The characters' lives seem to be surrounded by things relating to the terrasque. Eventually they'll have to face the monster as it attempts to revive time and time again.
The Temples
Systems: 3.65 (late 3.5th edition)
Setting: Unique
The setting and classes are guided by late 3.5e products, specifically Magic of Incarnum and Book of Nine Swords. The campaign would center around the struggles of the Temple of the Sapphire Eidolon and the Temple of Nine Swords as they deal with the cults of the Tenebrous Cabal and Society of Binders.
The Akashic Lands
Systems: Pathfinder
Setting: Unique
Followers of evil greater spirits and the Negative Akashic Gods wreak havoc. Cultists of the Shadow and the fallen Titans make plans in the dark. Atheistic terrorists threaten various treaties. Things from the Outside and the Unseelie Fey want to tear reality apart. Heroes are needed to keep the peace and find a way forward for these disunited peoples.
A custom world built around the Dreamscarred Press systems for Pathfinder (Akashic Mysteries, Path of War, Psionics). A non-traditional fantasy setting with non-traditional forms of magic and religion.
The Adventurers' Guild
Systems: 5e
Setting: Custom/Any
Set in a small town or city on the edges of civilization. The party is a member of an adventurers' guild and the campaign is primarily centered around taking jobs from the Notice Board.
Published Module Based by Setting
Mystara
The Dymrak Dread
Systems: BECMI/3.x/5e
Setting: Mystara
A campaign focused on the Dymrak Forest in Karameikos. Has Night's Dark Terror as a centerpiece.
Keep on the Borderlands
Systems: OSR/3.x/5e
Setting: Greyhawk or Mystara
Danger surrounds the Keep. The Caves of Chaos, Quasquenton and more await intrepid adventurers. Lots of classic modules located in a sandbox location.
Gladius
Systems: 4e
Setting: Mystara
Your Thyatian regiment has been punished by the Emperor and you now find yourselves enslaved and forced to be gladiators. Can you guide your team to the highest ranks so that you can earn your freedom and redeem yourselves in the eyes of the Emperor?
The Isle of Dread
Systems: 5e
Setting: Mystara/Forgotten Realms
A full campaign set on the Isle of Dread. The characters have been brought to the island in chains. Can they find their freedom and find a new life on the island?
Wrath of the Immortals
Systems: BECMI/3.x/5e
Setting: Mystara
The characters must navigate their lives as the world around them slowly marches towards an apocalyptic war. They can get involved or the war, they can get involved in the scheming of the immortals or it can all be a backdrop for their own activities. Can be used alongside any other Mystara campaign on the list.
Specularum
Systems: Lorefinder (Pathfinder + Gumshoe)
Setting: Mystara
The characters are ducal agents for Duke Stephan Karameikos in the city of Specularum. They find themselves caught up local and national politics, murder mysteries and the occasional threat from beyond reality.
Merchants
Systems: BECMI/3.x
Setting: Mystara
The characters are either members of a merchant family in Darokin or are trying to begin their own merchant organization. Either way they make their way across the land buying cheap and selling dear.
The DDC
Systems: BECMI/3.x/5e
Setting: Mystara
The characters are members of the Darokinian Diplomatic Corps. They are sent around the world to troubleshoot problems in the most diplomatic ways possible.
The Great School of Magic
Systems: BECMI/3.x/5e
Setting: Mystara
The characters are students at Glantri's prestigious Great School of Magic. Hijinks ensue.
Forgotten Realms
Phandalin
Systems: 5e
Setting: Forgotten Realms
Lots of adventures centered on the village of Phandalin. Lost Mines of Phandelver, Dragon of Icespire Peak and lots of other notice-board based quests.
Down and Out in Waterdeep
Systems: 5e
Setting: Forgotten Realms
You begin as zero level nobodies, trapped in the slums of the Harbor District while a plague rages through the city. A Waterdeep focused campaign featuring famous locations and people from the setting.
The Desert of Desolation
Systems: 1e/2e/5e
Setting: Forgotten Realms
The classic I series of modules prefaces by the legendary B4: The Lost City. Don't invite Anakin Skywalker.
Night Below
Systems: 2e/5e
Setting: Forgotten Realms
A massive plot by aberrant residents of the Underdark to rule the overworld leads to a massive Underdark campaign against all sorts of subterranean foes. Considered one of the best campaigns created by TSR.
Princes of the Apocalypse
Systems: 5e
Setting: Forgotten Realms
Elemental Evil ninjas have kidnapped the President. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue him?
Greyhawk
Against the Slave Lords
Systems: 1e/2e/3.x/5e
Setting: Greyhawk
The classic A series of modules where the characters are up against the Slave Lords and their evil plans.
The Temple of Elemental Evil
Systems: 1e/2e/5e
Setting: Greyhawk
The classic T series of modules including the legendary megadungeon. Fleshed out so as to not be as much of a boring slog.
GDQ
Systems: 1e/2e/5e
Setting: Greyhawk
The classic GDQ series – Against the Giants, Against the Drow, Queen of the Demonweb Pits. Can follow either Against the Slave Lords or Temple of Elemental Evil.
Return to Greyhawk
Systems: 3.x
Setting: Greyhawk
Return to the Keep on the Borderlands. Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil. Return to the Ruins of Greyhawk. Return to the Demonweb Pits. A series of adventures that act as sequels of a sort to various classic modules.
Saltmarsh
Systems: 1e/2e/5e
Setting: Greyhawk
Mystery is afoot around the town of Saltmarsh along the Azure Sea. Can either run the original classic U series of adventures for 1e/2e or the more recent Ghosts of Saltmarsh which reprints them along with other related adventures for 5e.
Nentir Vale
The Chaos Scar
Systems: 4e
Setting: The Nentir Vale
Long ago a meteorite crashed into the earth carrying a strange evil with it. Since then the scar it left in the earth has become surrounded by those with dark hearts. A keep and a wall was constructed to hem this evil in but it has since changed hands many times and no longer has any official function. Shards of the meteorite that fell during its descent are now calling their owners to return them to the source.
The Orcus Path
Systems: 4e
Setting: Nentir Vale
A modified version of the original H,P and E modules. Modified to just not suck and also to tie them all together into a single campaign to stop Orcus from destroying the world.
Madness at Gardmore Abbey
Systems: 4e
Setting: Nentir Vale
A mini Heroic Tier campaign involving an invading group of mercenaries, lost shards of power and the Deck of Many Things. Comprises what are considered to be the best 4e adventured to be published.
Delves
Systems: 4e
Setting: Nentir Vale
No real overarching story. Just lots of short dungeon delves.
The Lost Lands
The Forest of Hope
Systems: OSR/3.x/5e
Setting: The Lost Lands
The characters have found themselves with the deed to an old dilapidated keep and given domain over the surrounding region if they can tame it. However the keep is located in the Forest of Hope. And located near the forest of hope is the legendary dungeon, Rappan Athuk. Domain building combined with the world's deadliest dungeon crawl.
The Stoneheart Valley
Systems: 3.x
Setting: The Lost Lands
A series of adventures in the Stoneheart Valley that culminates in an initial foray against the forces of Orcus. Can easily lead to a foray into Rappan Athuk.
The Lost City of Barakus
Systems: 3.x
Setting: The Lost Lands
A sandbox adventure where the characters plumb the depths of a cursed city. Open ended with freeform goals. Can easily lead to a foray into Rappan Athuk.
The Hawkmoon Vale
Systems: 3.x
Setting: The Lost Lands
The Hawkmoon Vale was established and ruled by criminals and pirates in the past. While those scoundrels are now gone their influence remains no matter how righteous the local nobles pretend to be. A series of adventures plumbing the dirty history of the region.
Other Settings
The Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde
Systems: 3.x
Setting: Unique/Elsir Vale
The Valley of Obelisks is a land full of danger and mysteries. Aside from the obelisks themselves and the adventures relating to them the valley is also littered with many of the best WoTC modules from the 3.x era such as the Sunless Citadel and Tomb of the Forgotten King. An open sandbox campaign.
Red Hand of Doom
Systems: 3.x
Setting: Elsir Vale
The classic war campaign, considered by many to be the best ever. Can be led up to with any number of classic modules or cab be a follow up to The Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde.
Scales of War
Systems: 4e
Setting: Elsir Vale
Taking place long after Red Hand of Doom, the Elsir Vale faces a new threat from Tiamatt. A full level 1-30 adventure path.
Stonehell Dungeon
Systems: OSR
Setting: Unique
Stonehell Dungeon was a cruel experiment by the previous rulers of the land, locking the prisoners in and letting them run loose in the dungeons. Years have passed and the dungeons have grown into something much more malevolent... and much more enriching for those looking to plumb its depths.
Thunder Rift
Systems: BECMI/3.x/4e/5e
Setting: Thunder Rift
Adventures in the Thunder Rift mini-setting. This can simply be the "adventure path" that sort of exists and ends with escaping the region or can be more in depth with a more sandbox style game. A very basic D&D setting.
Vague Ideas
Collaborative World
Systems: Dawn of Worlds and then OSR/3.x/4e/5e
Setting: See below
The players initially take on the roles of gods who are creating a world. Using the Dawn of Worlds game system the players then create that world. Once the world is created we play a campaign in that world. Optionally allow the control of the original god characters from earlier, especially if using BECMI rules.
Skyland
Systems: BECMI/3.x/5e
Setting: Skybourne/Ketra mashup
A shattered world of floating islands and airships. Be traders, pirates, explorers or just adventurers.
Arcforge
Systems: Pathfinder
Setting: Arcforge
Battlesuits, laser guns, psionics, orcs and magic. Beholder invasion fleets, starwyrms and starships. I have absolutely no plans for this but I've got rules to pull it off and it sounds cool.
Gearshift
Systems: 3.x/5e
Setting: Mythic Earth
Steam-mechs, airships, junk shamans and gaslight. The cold war between the Northern Alliance and the Empire of Thyatis is coming to a boil again and the characters find themselves in the middle of the action.
Fantasy Fucking Vietnam
Systems: OSR/Five Torches Deep/Knave
Setting: Unique/Any
The life of an adventurer is dangerous and not very rewarding. If you're an adventurer you've fucked up in life somehow. You get XP for spending your money, more so if you're indulging your vices. Battle monsters, traps and your inner demons and try not to die before banking enough to retire. This can be a hex crawl, mega dungeon or a mix of both.
The Cube Eternal
Systems: OSR/3.x/5e
Setting: Unique
Six sides to the Cube. Thirty-two layers in the Cube. Plumb the depths of madness in this massive, maze-like dungeon where physics are non-Euclidian on the outside and all three dimensions are in use inside.
Random Crawl
Systems: OSR/3.x/5e
Setting: NONE
A dungeon that is randomly generated as you go. Full of random things. Perfect for simple beer-and-pretzels gaming.
Hexcrawl
Systems: OSR/3.x/5e
Setting: Various
A sandbox campaign with a hexploration focus using one of several locations from the Points of Light supplements or even the Judges' Guild classic setting of Wilderlands of High Fantasy.
Megadungeon World
Systems: Any
Setting: MEGADUNGEON WORLD
A setting that consists of massive maps, many utilizing the amazing work of Dyson Logos. Includes:
· Fedor's Pass – An abandoned keep on a mountain pass. Numerous sublevels are dug into the mountain along with additional structures and hidden secrets.
· The Heart of Darkling – A massive river that runs underground through dangers and whole subterranean cities.
· Jakalla – Not just a sewer system, but a series of basements, abandoned temples and tombs under the main settlement.
· The Mega Delve – A giant interconnected dungeon full of diverse "regions" like dwarven ruins, fungus caverns, giant strongholds and an abandoned necropolis.
· Teos Door – The "crypt" of a lost cult that worshipped some advanced entity.
· The Winter Tombs – A massive system of tombs and temples long forgotten or repurposed.
Some Random-ass Megadungeon
I've got a bunch. I can fill 'em with something.
New Setting Experiment
These are settings that I'm not familiar with but have the books for and have kind of always wanted to try running something in. No hard plans for any of them.
Brithright (2e)
Planescape (2e)
Kalamar (3e)
Ravenloft (2e/3.x/5e)
Scarred Lands (3.x/5e)
Golarion (Pathfinder)
Midgard (Pathfinder/5e)
The City of 7 Seraphs (Pathfinder)
The Sandbox
Choose a system, choose and setting and just go.
Systems
OSR
B/X
Labyrinth Lord/Swords & Wizardry/Basic Fantasy Adventures/Beyond the Wall/ICRPG/LotFP
BECMI
ACKS/Dark Dungeons/Darker Dungeons
The Goblin Laws of Gaming – Gonzo low powered system
Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG – Old school feel with new school systems
Worlds Without Number – Old school feel with new school systems
1st Edition D&D (1e)
2nd Edition D&D (2e)
Chad Edition D&D (Heavily modified 2e)
3.x Edition D&D
Includes original 3.0 edition, 3.5 edition and Pathfinder (3.75)
True20 (more streamlined d20 system)
D20r (MASSIVE redo of the class system)
Heroes Against Darkness (Between 3rd & 4th edition)
4th Edition D&D
5th Edition D&D
Five Torches Deep (old school feel with 5e style rules)
Giffyglyphs stuff – Darker Dungeon and/or Class Compendium
Modern Adventures
Spaceships and Starwyrms
Settings
Forgotten Realms
Greyhawk
Mystara
Nentir Vale
Thunder Rift
Valley of the Obelisks
Custom – Prepared as much as I can
Custom – Make it up as we go along
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