Lowdown in Highport

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Lowdown in Highport
Illustration by Christopher Burdett Dungeon #221
Type:	Adventure
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 module. 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."

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

• Pomarj
  • Highport
    • High City
• Wooly Bay

External links

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• The adventure was reviewed and discussed on Canonfire.
• Indexed on RPG.Net

References

Bibliography

• Reid, Thomas M.. "Lowdown in Highport". Dungeon #221. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, Dec 2013.

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Topic	Type	Description	Product	Page/Card/Image
Lowdown in Highport	Adventure	Located in: Wild coast,	Dungeon magazine #221