PM-Knight wrote in Six Difficult D&D Adventures:I've got one for you that I'm surprised no one has mentioned yet ...

M8 - Marriage  PDT_Armataz_01_05

There are no modules tougher than that one my friend.

MichaelC wrote in Six Difficult D&D Adventures:

Skullhammer wrote in Six Difficult D&D Adventures:That's a fantastic list !  Personally, I would add The Temple of Elemental Evil; that adventure really kicked me in the behind.

"Temple" got mentioned earlier in the thread, but I actually agree with Chainsaw: while it's a fine adventure to read, playing through it becomes a snore-fest very quickly for both players and DMs (assuming the players have a modicum of intelligence). Stupid parties barrel into the Temple expecting to mow down all resistance and quickly learn you can't do that. Fun for the DM, not so much fun for the people who get to spend the next 30-40 minutes rolling up new characters.

Smart parties, on the other hand, take out the moat house, fall back to the town to rest and restock supplies, breach the Temple and clear a few rooms, fall back to town to rest and restock, etc... This strategy pretty much works up until they have to enter the elemental fanes, and even then at that point somebody in the party should have access to cure potions and enough magical items and spells that hitting them one at a time doesn't pose a problem. ToEE's a slogfest with some potentially deadly encounters, but even as a DM I've lost surprisingly few players to it, while other entries on the list ("Tomb of the Lizard King" especially) have resulted in truly obscene body counts. Does this mesh with anyone else's experiences?

MichaelC wrote in Six Difficult D&D Adventures:

Skullhammer wrote in Six Difficult D&D Adventures:That's a fantastic list !  Personally, I would add The Temple of Elemental Evil; that adventure really kicked me in the behind.

"Temple" got mentioned earlier in the thread, but I actually agree with Chainsaw: while it's a fine adventure to read, playing through it becomes a snore-fest very quickly for both players and DMs (assuming the players have a modicum of intelligence). Stupid parties barrel into the Temple expecting to mow down all resistance and quickly learn you can't do that. Fun for the DM, not so much fun for the people who get to spend the next 30-40 minutes rolling up new characters.

Smart parties, on the other hand, take out the moat house, fall back to the town to rest and restock supplies, breach the Temple and clear a few rooms, fall back to town to rest and restock, etc... This strategy pretty much works up until they have to enter the elemental fanes, and even then at that point somebody in the party should have access to cure potions and enough magical items and spells that hitting them one at a time doesn't pose a problem. ToEE's a slogfest with some potentially deadly encounters, but even as a DM I've lost surprisingly few players to it, while other entries on the list ("Tomb of the Lizard King" especially) have resulted in truly obscene body counts. Does this mesh with anyone else's experiences?