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'''Lowdown in Highport''' is a ''[[Dungeon]]'' Magazine | '''Lowdown in Highport''' is a ''[[Dungeon]]'' Magazine adventure written for first edition as a throwback, published in 2013. It does have converted fourth edition stats (current at the time) for the creatures in the adventure. Twelve of the twenty-six pages in the adventure are creature stat blocks for fourth edition. It is designed for a group of six to eight players of levels 3-5. | ||
{{quoted text|Lowdown in Highport ... works best as a follow-up to | {{quoted text|Lowdown in Highport ... works best as a follow-up to adventure A0: [[Danger at Darkshelf Quarry]] (published in ''[[Against the Slave Lords]]'') and/or as precursor to adventure A1: ''[[Slave Pits of the Undercity]]''.|{{cite dungeon|221|4}} }} | ||
It contains a brief description of [[Highport]] and its coasts and cave systems, as well as a cursed family crypt. It has a table for the tides. | It contains a brief description of [[Highport]] and its coasts and cave systems, as well as a cursed family crypt. It has a table for the tides. | ||
The plot revolves around helping clear an escape route for slaves to flee Highport, and is intended to take place between A0: [[Danger at Darkshelf Quarry (adventure)|Danger at Darkshelf Quarry]] and A1: [[Slave Pits of the Undercity]], but is noted that it can stand alone. The | The plot revolves around helping clear an escape route for slaves to flee Highport, and is intended to take place between A0: [[Danger at Darkshelf Quarry (adventure)|Danger at Darkshelf Quarry]] and A1: [[Slave Pits of the Undercity]], but is noted that it can stand alone. The adventure requires players to consider how to blend in and offers diplomatic solutions to encounters. | ||
==Blurb== | ==Blurb== | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{External link disclaimer}} | {{External link disclaimer}} | ||
* The | * The adventure was reviewed and discussed on [http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=6338 Canonfire]. | ||
* [https://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?articleid=36625 Indexed on RPG.Net] | * [https://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?articleid=36625 Indexed on RPG.Net] | ||
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| Illustration by Christopher Burdett Dungeon #221[1] | |
| Type: | Adventure |
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| Author(s): | Thomas M. Reid |
| Interior Artist(s): | Ben Wootten, Christopher Burdett Cartography by Jared Blando |
| Series: | A0-A4 Aerie of the Slave Lords |
| Publisher: | Wizards of the Coast |
| Pages: | 26 |
Lowdown in Highport is a Dungeon Magazine adventure written for first edition as a throwback, published in 2013. It does have converted fourth edition stats (current at the time) for the creatures in the adventure. Twelve of the twenty-six pages in the adventure are creature stat blocks for fourth edition. It is designed for a group of six to eight players of levels 3-5.
"Lowdown in Highport ... works best as a follow-up to adventure A0: Danger at Darkshelf Quarry (published in Against the Slave Lords) and/or as precursor to adventure A1: Slave Pits of the Undercity."[2]
It contains a brief description of Highport and its coasts and cave systems, as well as a cursed family crypt. It has a table for the tides.
The plot revolves around helping clear an escape route for slaves to flee Highport, and is intended to take place between A0: Danger at Darkshelf Quarry and A1: Slave Pits of the Undercity, but is noted that it can stand alone. The adventure requires players to consider how to blend in and offers diplomatic solutions to encounters.
Blurb
"Evil slavers have taken Highport, and getting in and out of town undetected will be no simple matter. This first edition AD&D adventure for characters of levels 3-5 includes a fourth edition D&D conversion appendix."
Index
Art
- Ben Wootten: Giant Eel(p.2)
- Christopher Burdett: Shrieker Patch (p.11)
Characters
- Mikaro Valasteen- Cleric of Trithereon. Freedom fighter who aims to free the slaves of Highport.He acts as quest giver, requiring the Player Characters to help him continue liberating slaves.(p.2-3,15)
Creatures
- Ant, Giant (p.11)
- Beetle, Giant(p.11)
- Centipede, Giant (p.11)
- Crab, Giant (p.6)
- Eel, Giant (p.9)
- Floating Eye (p.8)
- Goblin (p.2,5)
- Gnoll (p.2,4-5)
- Half-orc(p.5)
- Hippogriff (p.6,8)
- Human(p.2-5)
- Kobold(p.2,5)
- Lizard, Subterranean(p.12)
- Ochre Jelly(p.14)
- Ogre(p.2,5)
- Orc(p.2,5)
- Piercer(p.11)
- Shrieker (subsonic)(p.11)
- Skeleton(p.15)
- Sting Ray (p.9)
- Stirges (p.10)
- Strangle Weed(p.8)
- Troglodyte(p.10-13)
- Water Weird (p.12)
- Wraith(p.15)
- Yellow Mold (p.14)
Locations
External links
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- The adventure was reviewed and discussed on Canonfire.
- Indexed on RPG.Net
References
Notes
Citations
- ↑ Christopher Burdett's Blog
- ↑ Dungeon #221 (Dec 2013), p.4
Bibliography
- Reid, Thomas M.. "Lowdown in Highport". Dungeon #221. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, Dec 2013.
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| Lowdown in Highport | Adventure | Located in: Wild coast, | Dungeon magazine #221 |