Two More Freebie Adventures & How To Create A Mini Sword & Sorcery Swamp OSR Campaign To Go!

"The Frog Idol has stood in the Black Mire for ages untold – an idol of an ancient and forgotten god who now only manifests through this ancient rock in a forgotten place. However, with the conquest of the dwarven citadel of Kuln by the giants, adventurers have been seen again in the city of Coruvon. And from Coruvon, the Black Mire is always in sight. This adventure is designed as a site-based adventure setting for a party of characters of levels 3-6 set in the Black Mire west of the city of Coruvon."




So I'm just catching up with the cancellation of GaryCon because of the pandemic & the fall out from the table top convention season. Sorry for all my friends who have had their plans changed & I hope that you stay healthy. Last night after I got home at five A.M. from gaming & what not I was poking around Dyson Logos site. I came across one of his older adventures done for the Fat Frog Challenge called “Challenge of the Frog Idol”, 'it is a 21-page digest-format PDF which is bit of a hex crawl with some railroad options built in (it comes equipped with a quest, but feel free to ignore it)'. We're gonna do a bit more then that today & that's because I was looking at Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea last night. 
“Challenge of the Frog Idol” makes an excellent addition to 'The Black Moss Hag of Lug' starting adventure in the AS&SH rule book especially as the town of Swampgate makes a beautiful adventure addendum to city of Coruvon. The Black Mire  featured in the “Challenge of the Frog Idol” fits the AS&SH narrative of  the 'Green Death'.  Because this is a Labyrinth Lord adventure it slots easily into the AS&SH system. The source of the Ironflow river could in fact be the source of swamps of Swampgate. Further dungeons could be placed within this area with little issue.



With a bit of campaign juggling on the dungeon master's part this whole adventure pattern could be used to tie the Iron Flow river into the villages of the NPC's that appear in Ben Ball's AS&SH adventure Beneath the Comet! 
Beneath the comet is on sale right on Drivethrurpg.



I always loved the Peter Mullen cover on Beneath the Comet.

Now if the events of Beneath the Comet conclude & the adventurers want to get sucked into the area around 'Swamp Gate' Dyson's The Tomb of Durahn Oakenshield. This adventure has all of the hallmarks to keep this swamp filled Viking style adventure Hellromp going. 

If the dungeon master wanted to keep up the theme of fetid swamp filled old school adventure then  Merle M. Rasmussen's X6 Quagmire fills the bill nicely for the areas around Swampgate to be filled in with lots of adventure locations. This even includes a race of lost men ala another group of Hyperboreans deep in the peat filled hellscape of  AS&SH.



So to recap for this adventure path it would be: 

1. 'The Black Moss Hag of Lug' from the AS&SH rule book 
2.  Dyson's The Tomb of Durahn Oakenshield
3. “Challenge of the Frog Idol”
4. Ben Ball's AS&SH adventure Beneath the Comet! 
5.  Merle M. Rasmussen's X6 Quagmire 

This adventure path should with little issue take the PCs from level one through ten. Anything beyond that is up to the DM. But this fetid mini campaign should last a couple of months at least or longer! 

Free Adventure OSR Adventure Resource - The Burial Mound of Esur the Red For Your Old School Campaigns

So way back in 2009 Dyson Logos did a nice little red herring style dungeon with a bit of a burial mound dungeon themed map which is perfect for an Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea Keltic burial point.

"In order to defeat a great evil that haunts the land, or to fend off invading armies, or a similar task of heroes, the characters have to find the Ring of Esur the Red." All of the ingredients are there for a good solid little evening's adventure crawl, nice dungeon crawl, plenty of DIY Dungeons & Dragons style customization for the dungeon master and its easily placed within your hex crawl or point crawl style Sword & Sorcery setting. The whole premise of this adventure, including all the specific details, fit perfectly with the established background of the adventure location. Because of how its set up & its keyed for Labyrinth Lord its an easy fit into Hyperborea especially within the Keltic homelands. This dungeon delve location can be used to fill in some lost king from before the Green Death. A king whose existence was obliterated all reference in the oral tradition making this location something only whispered about in certain forgotten tomes. One of the things that makes this one page adventure so deadly are the traps & tricks of the dungeon itself. This is one of those dungeons that's easy to port over to your favorite retroclone and still have a return with players. PC's are in a lot of trouble if they don't think their way out of this dungeon, its not all force & violence. There's a good deal of thought that has to be exercised in certain areas. Dyson Logos did a really nice job with this dungeon, its easy to use, quick to place, and nicely set up for an evening's entertainment. You Can Download The Burial Mound of Esur the Red Here

Two Free OSR Downloads Including The Molds & Slimes of Vilnid By Dyson Logos & Gregorius21778: 20 bookplate spirits From Kai Pütz a.k.a Gregorius21778 For Your Old School Campaigns

I've been working a heck of a lot of hours so I didn't get a chance to see this piece of OSR material that I inspired.  Kai Pütz a.k.a Gregorius21778 is someone whose work and random table work I've been keeping up with along with a number of other OSR authors. The man does very good work and I very thankful for the mention and so glad I had a hand in inspiring and getting this into the wild. Its very nicely done.

GRAB IT RIGHT HERE


"I have been following the Sword & Stitchery Blog of Eric F. for more than a year now. Every now and then Eric will post a list with random finds, encounters or other stuff for use with OSR roleplaying games (Fantasy, SciFi, Post-Apocalyptic and others). A while ago, his blog featured an article about spirits bound into bookplates, including 20 inspirational examples. Immediately, my own creativity was ignited and I started to put down my own 20 bookplate spirits and now want to share them with all of you. And I take my hat off to Eric, this was a wonderful idea of him" 
The original blog post can be found right here. But use these guardians carefully and they'll continue to cause mayhem for your parties of adventurers.


The second thing that I ran across was another perfectly dangerous and deranged adventure;"The Molds and Slimes of Vilnid" which appeared in the wonderful Narcosa book compiled by +Rafael Chandler."




 GRAB IT HERE 

There's a great copy of this adventure right over on Dyson Logos 

blog. The adventure works on a number of levels for parties and could serve as a bridge gap into Narcosa's dangerous and drug filled environs.