Secret of the Slavers Stockade

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Secret of the Slavers Stockade
Code A2
Rules Required 1st Ed AD&D
Character Levels 4-7
Campaign Setting Generic AD&D
Authors Harold Johnson & Tom Moldvay
First Published 1981
Linked Modules
A1 A2 A3 A4

Secret of the Slavers Stockade (A2) is an adventure module for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. It was designed to be suitable for tournament use.

Harold Johnson and Tom Moldvay wrote Secret of the Slavers Stockade (A2) as the second in a series of four modules presented at Gencon XIII at the University of Wisconsin, Parkside in August of 1980. The series of four modules, later released as Scourge of the Slave Lords, played sequentially at the event as a tournament. The module’s difficulty level is set for a group of six to eight characters of fourth to seventh level in experience. It is 42 pages long not including the front and back cover.

The others modules in the series include Slave Pits of the Undercity, Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords, and In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords all by different authors.

Contents

[edit] Secret of the Slavers Stockade

[edit] Introduction

The battle against the slavers continues! You and your fellow adventurers have defeated the slavers of Highport, but you have learned of the existence of another slaver stronghold, and you have decided to continue the attack. But beware! Only the most fearless of adventurers could challenge the slavers on their own ground, and live to tell of it!

Thus begins the description of the second module in the series.

[edit] Pre-generated Characters

If the party is continuing from Slave Pits of the Undercity as a sequential series they use the set of pre-generated characters from that module. Otherwise, players use existing characters from their own campaigns.

[edit] Scoring

As a tournament module Secret of the Slavers Stockade includes a scoring scheme. It essentially takes the number of surviving characters and gives them points for visiting the largest number of rooms. Each room contains additional points available for gain or loss based on specific actions of the players. The highest score comes from visiting the most rooms and having the largest number of survivors.

[edit] Plot

Slave Pits of the Undercity ends with the capture of a map to a fortress citadel used by the slavers. This module gives the Gamemaster the option to run an overland adventure of 110 miles (177 kilometers) through the Drachensgrab Hills or simply start them overlooking the hill fort. The object of the module is to enter the fort through stealthy means and slowly eliminate the slavers before a general alarm goes off.

Eventually the group makes their way through the fort, avoiding hobgoblin patrols, and to a trap door leading a dungeon area. Finally the group learns that the real stronghold is located somewhere in the Drachensgrab Hills. The group must track down the slavers in the next installment of the series.

[edit] Enemies

The adventurers will encounter a fairly large number of foes as they make their way through the hill fort. Hobgoblins control the fort and make up the majority of the foes in the module.

  • Ankheg
  • Boar
  • Boggle (new monster introduced in module)
  • Bugbear
  • Carnivorous Ape
  • Caveling (hunter, thinker, warrior, worker, and leader)
  • Cloaker (new monster introduced in module)
  • Giant Spider
  • Gnoll
  • Goblins
  • Haunt (new monster introduced in module)
  • Hobgoblin (and Hobgoblin Shaman)
  • Kobold
  • Minotaur
  • Ogre (and Ogre Mage)
  • Orc and Half-orc
  • Owlbear
  • Phantom (new monster introduced in module)
  • Rat
  • Slithering Tracker
  • Viper
  • War Dog
  • Wereboar
  • Werewolf
  • Wolves
  • Worg

[edit] Conclusion

This fairly hefty tournament module is action packed and quite suitable for a heavy combat game. A Gamemaster can easily insert the scenario into any current campaign simply by changes the names of locations to match those of their own creation.

Thanks to scanning it is possible to purchase most of these older modules for a small fee as an electronic document.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • Johnson, Harold, and Tom Moldvay. Secret of the Slavers Stockade (TSR, 1981)

[edit] External links


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