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WotC has released two new PDFs as pay-for-downloads over on DriveThruRPG. One is the Planescape Conspectus ("A digital PDF of this poster of setting information for the AD&D 2nd edition campaign setting Planescape") for $4.99.
The second is Palace of the Vampire Queen for $3.99.
Students of D&D history will find this rather odd, since while Palace of the Vampire Queen may have been distributed by TSR Hobbies, to my knowledge it was never owned by them, being instead released by Wee Warriors in 1976. Even odder is that this adventure is still being sold by other companies, such as the "classic reprint" Palace of the Vampire Queen by Precis Intermedia, and the AD&D 1E/OSRIC adaptation V5 Palace of the Vampire Queen: Castle Blood from Pacesetter Games & Simulations.
This also apparently marks the end of the free PDFs that WotC has been releasing lately. Up until now, products such as World of Krynn and the Eastern Countries trail maps, Three Dragon Ante and Rob Kuntz's To the City of Brass (the latter also not originally a WotC product), and Wrath of the Immortals and The Book of Regency were all released for free download. However, while the 3.5 Deluxe Character Sheets and the AD&D 2E Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game starter set were originally released for free, WotC later went back and increased their prices to $12.99 and $9.99, respectively.
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The second is Palace of the Vampire Queen for $3.99.
Before Curse of Strahd and Ravenloft came Palace of the Vampire Queen, a dungeon written by California gamers Pete and Judy Kerestan and distributed by TSR Hobbies. A piece of gaming history, this is the first known commercially-published adventure for Dungeons & Dragons.
For three centuries, the peasants of the Dwarvish island of Baylor have feared the raids of the Vampire Queen and her minions. Sweeping down at night from the palace in the shrouded peaks of the island, they range ever farther in their search for blood. The most recent victim was the Princess of Baylor, daughter of King Arman, who was taken in a midnight raid. King Arman has offered fabulous riches and land holdings with titles to the person or persons who can brave the stronghold of the Vampire Queen and return his daughter to him alive and well.
This PDF "kit" includes maps, referee (GM) maps, sheets of pre-factored creatures and treasure for solo as well as group play, and a ready-to-use adventure.
Students of D&D history will find this rather odd, since while Palace of the Vampire Queen may have been distributed by TSR Hobbies, to my knowledge it was never owned by them, being instead released by Wee Warriors in 1976. Even odder is that this adventure is still being sold by other companies, such as the "classic reprint" Palace of the Vampire Queen by Precis Intermedia, and the AD&D 1E/OSRIC adaptation V5 Palace of the Vampire Queen: Castle Blood from Pacesetter Games & Simulations.
This also apparently marks the end of the free PDFs that WotC has been releasing lately. Up until now, products such as World of Krynn and the Eastern Countries trail maps, Three Dragon Ante and Rob Kuntz's To the City of Brass (the latter also not originally a WotC product), and Wrath of the Immortals and The Book of Regency were all released for free download. However, while the 3.5 Deluxe Character Sheets and the AD&D 2E Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game starter set were originally released for free, WotC later went back and increased their prices to $12.99 and $9.99, respectively.
Please note my use of affiliate links in this post.
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