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By: Joseph Browning
Expeditious Retreat Press has been creating OSRIC-compatible material since 2006. We've released 43-and-counting modules in the Advanced Adventures line, 2 monster books in the Malevolent and Benign series, and plan to continue releasing OSRIC-compatible material until the wheels fall off.
In 2020 we'll release The Halls of Arden Vul. The largest OSRIC-compatible megadungeon! With 10 levels, 15 sub-levels, and nearly a million words in length, it's going to be a right beast!
In 2020 we'll release The Halls of Arden Vul. The largest OSRIC-compatible megadungeon! With 10 levels, 15 sub-levels, and nearly a million words in length, it's going to be a right beast!
Malevolent & Benign II
Evoking the early days of roleplaying, Expeditious Retreat Press is pleased to release Malevolent and Benign II, a new 1e monster book with 150+ new creatures and more than 75 illustrations in this 110-paged tome, compatible with the first edition of the world...
A Magical Society Aggressive Ecology: The Undead Leviathan
What is an aggressive ecology? It's a new type of challenge for your players, a monster with many faces, a web of interrelated challenges that can together form a complex encounter-in-depth. It is a world-building device based upon a magical interrelationship ...
A Magical Society Aggressive Ecology: The Slaver Fungus
What is an aggressive ecology? It's a new type of challenge for your players, a monster with many faces, a web of interrelated challenges that can together form a complex encounter-in-depth. It is a world-building device based upon a magical interrelationship ...
100 Intelligent Swords
Intelligent swords have a long history in literature and gaming, but the process of creating an intelligent sword can be time consuming. To ease this, 100 Intelligent Swords provides 100 ready-to-use intelligent swords. Intelligent swords should be viewed by t...
Old School Gazette #11
The Old-School Gazette is a periodically released short PDF supplement line. Each issue of the Gazette will be approximately 5 pages long and contains information suitable for OSRIC compatible gaming. Monsters, magic items, spells, and unique campaign details ...
Old-School Gazette #10
The Old-School Gazette is a periodically released short PDF supplement line. Each issue of the Gazette will be approximately 5 pages long and contains information suitable for OSRIC compatible gaming. Monsters, magic items, spells, and unique campaign details ...
Old-School Gazette #9
The Old-School Gazette is a periodically released short PDF supplement line. Each issue of the Gazette will be approximately 5 pages long and contains information suitable for OSRIC compatible gaming. Monsters, magic items, spells, and unique campaign details ...
Old-School Gazette #8
The Old-School Gazette is a periodically released short PDF supplement line. Each issue of the Gazette will be approximately 5 pages long and contains information suitable for OSRIC compatible gaming. Monsters, magic items, spells, and unique campaign details ...
Old-School Gazette #7
The Old-School Gazette is a periodically released short PDF supplement line. Each issue of the Gazette will be approximately 5 pages long and contains information suitable for OSRIC compatible gaming. Monsters, magic items, spells, and unique campaign details ...
Old-School Gazette #6
The Old-School Gazette is a periodically released short PDF supplement line. Each issue of the Gazette will be approximately 5 pages long and contains information suitable for OSRIC compatible gaming. Monsters, magic items, spells, and unique campaign details ...
Old-School Gazette #5
The Old-School Gazette is a periodically released short PDF supplement line. Each issue of the Gazette will be approximately 5 pages long and contains information suitable for OSRIC compatible gaming. Monsters, magic items, spells, and unique campaign details ...
Old-School Gazette #4
The Old-School Gazette is a periodically released short PDF supplement line. Each issue of the Gazette will be approximately 5 pages long and contains information suitable for OSRIC compatible gaming. Monsters, magic items, spells, and unique campaign details ...
Old-School Gazette #3
The Old-School Gazette is a periodically released short PDF supplement line. Each issue of the Gazette will be approximately 5 pages long and contains information suitable for OSRIC compatible gaming. Monsters, magic items, spells, and unique campaign details ...
Old-School Gazette #1
The Old-School Gazette is a periodically released short PDF supplement line. Each issue of the Gazette will be approximately 5 pages long and contains information suitable for OSRIC compatible gaming. Monsters, magic items, spells, and unique campaign details ...
Old-School Gazette #2
The Old-School Gazette is a periodically released short PDF supplement line. Each issue of the Gazette will be approximately 5 pages long and contains information suitable for OSRIC compatible gaming. Monsters, magic items, spells, and unique campaign details ...
The Warrens of Zagash
The Warrens of Zagash is an OSRIC(tm) module designed for 6-10 adventurers of Levels 6-8.
The dwarves of these mountains are a good and trustworthy folk, friends to both men and elves dwelling in the region. But their ancient homeland hides many secrets tha...
Dead In The Water
Dead In The Water is an OSRIC(tm) module designed for 6-8 adventurers of levels 3-5
You crack your eyes open, surprised to be alive after the sudden storm. What was it that woke you? The hot sun? The stillness ringing in your ears? Bruised, you disentangle ...
The Forgotten Grottoes of the Sea Lords
The Forgotten Grottoes of the Sea Lords is an OSRIC(tm) module designed for 6-10 adventurers of Levels 6-8.
More than a century ago, the evil Sea Lords ruled this region. They were cruel men, devil-worshippers who practiced vile rites and were the terror of...
The Horror of Merehurst
The Horror of Merehurst is an OSRIC(tm) module designed for 6-10 adventurers of First Level
The island of Merehurst was once a bustling center for trade. But this was not to last, for in one single deadly night sixty years ago all the people and the animals...
The Dark Tower of Arcma
The Dark Tower of Arcma is an OSRIC(tm) module designed for 6-10 adventurers of levels 6-10.
For many years now the locals around the village of Dunmoth have spoken only in whispers about the strange goings on in the Wild Woods around the village. Tales of ...
White Dragon Run II
White Dragon Run II is an OSRIC(tm) module designed for 6-10 adventurers of levels 2-5.
Return to the little village of White Dragon Run! At the edge of civilization- the place where monsters are a constant threat and adventurers thrive-reputations are made...
Under Ruined Onm
Under Ruined Onm is an OSRIC(tm) module designed for 6-10 adventurers of levels 5-7.
Nearly seventy five years ago the greatest bard ever known in the dry land of Zanzia disappeared. Anton Deangelo was a hero famous for some of the greatest songs in Zanzian...
Aerie of the Cloud Giant Strategos
Aerie of the Cloud Giant Strategos is an OSRIC(tm) module designed for 6-10 adventurers of levels 9-14.
The hot and smoky badlands of the King of the Fire Giants lies behind the party: his great hall, once a symbol of his power and authority, now only a mem...
The Desert Shrine of the Sightless Sisters
Advanced Adventures #35: The Desert Shrine of the Sightless Sisters is an OSRIC(tm) module designed for 6-10 adventurers of levels 5-8.
Several days to the east of the desert trading city Isfala, far from any oasis or caravan route, lies the remnants of an ...
The Crocodiles Tear
Advanced Adventures #34: The Crocodiles Tear is an OSRIC(tm) module designed for 4-6 adventurers of levels 3-6.
A wealthy patron is outfitting an expedition to sail to the mysterious southern continent. The goal of the expedition is none other than the lege...
The Halls of Lidless Shabbath
The Halls of Lidless Shabbath is an OSRIC(tm) module designed for 6-10 adventurers of levels 12-15.
Rolled into a yard-tall, ivory scroll tube, the worn charcoal rubbing of a giant map etched into an ancient monolith hints that travel between worlds was onc...
The Palace Beyond
The Palace Beyond is an OSRIC(tm) module designed for 4-6 adventurers of levels 6-9.
The Palace Beyond is ancient, and the race that built it is long gone. The palace exists on many levels of reality, and it is said it is everywhere and nowhere at once. It ...
The Lost Lair of Drecallis
The Lost Lair of Drecallis is an OSRIC(tm) module designed for 4-8 adventures of levels 4-7.
For a second year in a row, Drecallis has not appeared on the appointed day to collect her tribute from the people of Longridge. Is the terrible beast dead? Or has ...
To End the Rising
To End The Risingis an OSRIC(tm) module designed for 6-10 adventures of levels 1-3.
The shores of Lake Selmar, and the village of Prallis, are normally tranquil - except during the Rising. Every five years, a host of fearsome monsters emerges from the lake ...
The Doom of Red Rauthim
The Doom of Red Rauthim is an OSRIC(tm) module designed for 4-8 adventurers of levels 7-9.
Red Rauthim, adventurer and ruler of the city Erastavim, decided to right a wrong from his past. Nearly twenty years ago, Red and his adventuring party learned of the...
Redtooth Ridge
Redtooth Ridge is an OSRIC(tm) module designed for 6-10 adventurers of levels 1-3.
The plain wooden cup the dryad Aralina needs for her great oak's rebirth has been stolen by creeping foul things! Small, man-like, creatures with great heads assaulted her an...
Bitteroot Briar
Bitteroot Briar is an OSRIC(tm) module designed for 4-8 adventures of levels 2-4.
The small village of Ipwich has been plagued by mystery for years. Why do some people, last seen decades ago, come stumbling out of the woods looking as young as the day they ...
The Witch Mounds
The Witch Mounds is an OSRIC(tm) module designed for 6-10 adventurers of levels 3-6.
Near the southern verge of the Yoros Forest, rests a series of grass-covered barrows arranged in a horseshoe shape. Ten smaller barrows and one known as the Great Mound sit...
Beneath the Heart of Empire
Beneath the Heart of Empire is an OSRIC(tm) module designed for 6-10 adventurers of levels 3-5.
The capital of the Venirian Empire has been re-located back to Venir, and a thriving city has been built above the swallowed ruins of the old city. Various conne...
The Mouth of the Shadowvein
The Mouth of the Shadowvein is an OSRIC(tm) module designed for 6-10 adventurers of levels 3-5.
The depths of the underearth weigh heavily upon the party as they delve deeper into the cold, hard stone. Every river has an end, even those that never see the l...
Down the Shadowvein
Down the Shadowvein is an OSRIC(tm) module designed for 6-10 adventurers of levels 3-5.
You carefully load your canoes and launch into the fast-moving waters of the underground river named Shadowvein. The Pod-Caverns of the Sinister Shroom behind you, the v...
Stonepick Crossing
Stonepick crossing is an OSRIC(tm) module designed for 6-10 adventurers of levels 1-3.
The tiny town of Stonepick Crossing sits on top of an old dwarven dam holding built some 500 years ago to end a long war. Recognizing the futility of direct assault, the ...
The Obsidian Sands of Syncrates
The Obsidian Sands of Syncrates is an OSRIC(tm) module designed for 6-10 adventures of levels 4-7. It was the tournament adventure at GenCon Indy 2011.
Returning from a successful trading voyage to far-away lands, the party's ship is stranded in the doldrum...
The Riddle of Anadi
The Riddle of Anadi is an OSRIC(tm) module designed for 5-7 adventures of levels 6-10.
The ancient name of Anadi is legendary among sages, mystics, and wizards throughout the land. It was the Great Sage herself who researched countless magical rituals and s...
The Secret of the Callair Hills
The Secret of the Callair Hillsis An OSRIC(tm) module designed for 4-6 adventures of levels 3-5.
The Callair Hills are a true frontier region. Bounded to the east by impassable mountains, to the southeast by dark forests, and to the north by goblin lands, t...
The Forsaken Sepulcher
The Forsaken Sepulcher is An OSRIC(tm) module designed for 4-6 adventures of levels 10-14.
The ancient and fragile map found in the party's latest treasure tells of a pocket dimension, of the blasted and barren planetoid within, and of the spectacular mauso...
The Frozen Wave Satsuma
The Frozen Wave Satsuma is An OSRIC(tm) module designed for 6-8 adventures of levels 3-5.
A bank of frigid fog rolls down the northern coasts, bringing seaborne raiders sacking villages and temples along the way. Survivors wail of strange-speaking men in st...
Under Shattered Mountain
Under Shattered Mountain is An OSRIC(tm) module designed for 5-8 adventures of levels 9-12.
Shattered Mountain... an evil landmark looming over the countryside. In ages past, the mountain roared as a volcano and rendered the surrounding area uninhabitable, ...
Stonesky Delve
Stonesky Delve is An OSRIC(tm) module designed for 6-10 adventures of levels 4-7.
Giant Stonesky Mountain has been a spiritual home for the Dwarves since the first clan received the 4 Pillars of the Underearth from Motsognir. The voice of the dwarven deity ...
The Verdant Vault of Malakum
The Verdant Vault of Malakum is An OSRIC(tm) module designed for 4-6 adventures of levels 8-10
Well over 2,000 years ago, there existed a vast jungle kingdom ruled by a man called Malakum, who was descended from a long line of mage-kings. Like his regal for...
White Dragon Run
White Dragon Run is An OSRIC(tm) module designed for 4-6 adventures of levels 2-4
The little village of White Dragon Run is at the edge of civilization - the place where monsters are a constant threat and adventurers thrive. It is here that reputations are ...
The Barrow Mound of Gravemoor
The Barrow Mound of Gravemoor is An OSRIC(tm) module designed 4-6 adventures of levels 5-7.
The Highlands are aflame with the fires of rebellion! Barely submissive at the best of times, the restless clans have risen up in arms against the rule of good king ...
The Conqueror Worm
The Conqueror Worm is An OSRIC(tm) module designed for 6-8 adventurers of levels 10-14.
Over five centuries ago, there came unto the arctic lands of the North from a far removed dimension an elder being of unfathomable menace. The White Worm, as it was call...
The Lost Keys of Solitude
Advanced Adventures #10: The Lost Keys of Solitude is an OSRIC(TM) module designed for 6-8 adventurers of levels 6-10.
While traveling through the foothills of the Garvain Mountains, your party found refuge for the night in a hermit's cave. In the morning, ...
The Lost Pyramid of Imhoptep
The Lost Pyramid of Imhoptep is An OSRIC(tm) module designed for 4-6 adventurers of levels 4-7.
Several months back, a small boy from the village of Ab-Amon happened upon a buried column while playing out in the surrounding desert. He reported to the villag...
The Seven Shrines of Nav'k-Qar
The Seven Shrines of Nav'k-Qar is An OSRIC(tm) module designed for 6-8 adventurers of levels 8-12.
Nav'k-Qar! A name lost to antiquities and feared only by scholars who know of the dread toad god's former power... once surrounded by a cult which performed t...
The Sarcophagus Legion
The Sarcophagus Legion is An OSRIC(tm) module designed for 4-6 adventurers of levels 2-4.
Sultan Mehmet rules his desert kingdom with absolute power, save for the trackless wastes of the interior where the authority of his army and bureaucrats holds no swa...
The Chasm of the Damned
Every inn hearth is ringing with chatter and every guildhall is silently watching and preparing. Nobles are equipping adventuring parties, and religious orders are hiring sword arms to be at the ready. All of this activity centers around one fact: this is the ...
The Flaming Footprints of Jilanth
Advanced Adventures #5: The Flaming Footprints of Jilanth is an OSRIC(TM) module designed for 6-8 adventurers of levels 3-5.
A short time ago, the Lord Admiral of Ranste suddenly disappeared. Now the streets of this thriving trade port are filled with bare ...
Prison of Meneptah
Advanced Adventures #4: The Prison of Meneptah is a 32-page OSRIC(TM) module designed for 4-7 adventurers of levels 8-10.
When news came that an army led by a secretive cabal of war wizards failed in their attempt to unseat one of the rulers of Hell, the le...
The Curse of the Witch Head
Advanced Adventures #3: The Curse of the Witch Head is a 12-page OSRIC(TM) module designed for 4-6 adventurers of levels 6-10.
Over two cenuries ago, the Duke Ithinge ordered an underground complex to be built to house the Witch Head and keep it from those ...
The Red Mausoleum
The populated regions north of the Sistermoors have enjoyed over a century of respite from the wars that once plagued the area. However, within the past year, baronial patrols have reported clashes with undead and other dark creatures brave enough to strike ou...
Malevolent and Benign
Malevolent and Benign is a brand new 128 page, 1e monster book featuring 150 creatures (and more than 85 illustrations) compatible with the first edition of the world's most popular fantasy roleplaying game.
Confront the most experienced player with unfamil...
The Pod-Caverns of the Sinister Shroom
Strange doings are underfoot in the wild hills bordering the realm of decent and civilized folks. Villagers and cattle have gone missing; woodcutters have disappeared; misshapen beings have been seen shuffling through the forests. Some brave villagers have tra...
