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Prison of the Hated Pretender

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A sculpted tower's blank eyes stare down from the lonely in dry hills beyond the last withered turnip fields, the doorway in its eternally screaming mouth beckoning daredevils and foolish fortune hunters.  Haunted, shunned and anathema -- spending a night in The Prison of the Hated Pretender will certainly give you bragging rights in the coast's dusty hamlets, and if the rumors of ancient gold within are true enough to buy passage to a less wretched land.

Prison of the Hated Pretender is an introductory adventure for 4-6 characters levels 0-1. This new 2020 edition updates and streamlines the 2012 adventure (originally published on the Dungeon of Signs blog) and adds suggested guidance and playstyle notes to assist new Game Masters unfamiliar with the principles of classic play. It also includes conversion notes and statlines necessary for playing the adventure in both the classic (Basic) and most recent (Fifth) editions of the game.

A review of the original Prison of the Hated Pretender:

"As an introductory adventure this is great. The setting is a classic one. The monsters are wonderfully different. And there are hooks and mysteries. WONDERFUL hooks and mysteries. [...]  The mind races to find excuses to use this adventure. That’s a good supplement." -- Bryce Lynch, Ten Foot Pole"
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Giuseppe R May 18, 2022 9:48 am UTC
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I've reviewed this adventure on my blog!
https://axianspice.blogspot.com/2022/05/about-prison-of-hated-pretender.html
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Gus L June 03, 2022 2:06 am UTC
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Thanks Giuseppe, I'm glad you enjoyed the adventure and always thankful when someone takes the time to play, let alone review, my adventures.
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Scotland N October 07, 2021 2:46 pm UTC
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This awesome module has a minor blemish that hit me straight away. It looks like the title for the PDF (that appears in the 'title bar' on a PDF reader) is off. Rather than "Prison of the Hated Pretender", I see "C:UsersTrogdorAppDataLocalTempmso7474.tmp".
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Gus L October 09, 2021 7:10 pm UTC
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Thanks for letting me know, that's an odd one. If I get to an updated version I will see what I can do about the file names.
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John M March 27, 2021 3:33 am UTC
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Very cool! There's a 'C' in area 5 and an 'F' in area 9. A couple of questions:

1. Do those just mean 'Ceiling' and 'Floor', respectively, to mark the trap door location?
2. The Gnarled Tree description says it can be used to gain access to areas 5 and 9. Should that be areas 5 and 7 (or 8)?

Again, great work, thanks!
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Gus L March 27, 2021 4:25 am UTC
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1. Yes "C"eiling and "F"loor are the notation for trapdoors found on page b58 of the Moldvay Basic Book, also potentially the notation for "chest", but hopefully the text make it clear.

2. Thanks, that's a typo, I will update to fix it in the next version. The tree can be used to climb to both the second level and the roof.
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DA SAEM L March 17, 2021 3:21 pm UTC
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Hello, from korea! I tried to call you but google blog comment system was bugged. so I leave message here.

I want to translated your dungeon modules(http://dungeonofsigns.blogspot.com/p/pdfs-to-download.html) in korean. I don't want any commercial profit.

I'm working with White Dragon Publishing, so maybe translated work will be uploaded WDP official homepage or my blog for 0$.

If you have any question, please send me. My E-mail is leedasaem@naver.com
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Gus L March 19, 2021 7:29 pm UTC
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The best way to get hold of me is to send an email to oldmanlaru@gmail.com
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Francisco P December 12, 2020 7:51 pm UTC
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Very cool indeed. I was waiting for this!
But is it possible to have a low res and/or web-optimized version? 105mb for a 20 pages module is a little too much! :)
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Gus L December 14, 2020 4:40 am UTC
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I'll see what I can do!
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Gus L December 22, 2020 7:17 pm UTC
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There's now a 4MB version available as well, which should be more manageable.
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Francisco P January 10, 2021 10:43 pm UTC
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That's great, thanks a lot!
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This title was added to our catalog on October 26, 2020.