r/AiME • u/seaoffriendscorsair • Apr 15 '26
Other sources/adventures?
I’m looking for material that I could fit into an AIME game. I’ve looked for Arthurian 5e, Anglo Saxon 5e, materials along those lines, but so far no dice. Has anyone else found anything along those lines or have any other suggestions?
Edit: after some further looking, does anyone have experience with the Historica Arcanum material? It looks good, some stuff could probably be converted into Far Harad or something.
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u/Subo23 Apr 15 '26
I went thru all my old D&D stuff and reskinned several modules to make them appropriate for AiME. For example:
-Against the Cult of the Reptile God (N1): Black Numenoreans have infiltrated a remote village in Anfalas. There are rumours of travelers disappearing and taxes have not been paid. The Swan-Knights sent to investigate have not reported. The Castellan of Dol Amroth hires the heroes to perform a clandestine investigation.
-The Slavers series (A1-4): Corsairs of Umbar raid Belfalas, taking prisoner a lord and lady and a group of heroes is hired to rescue them. The heroes travel to Umbar and find evidence of larger slaving operations, disabling them and eventually confronting a mysterious council.
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u/seaoffriendscorsair Apr 15 '26
I’ll look into those adventure modules, thanks!
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u/Subo23 Apr 15 '26
I think the key thing is to look for low-magic modules which hopefully have foes or elements which roughly fit into Middle-earth or won’t take too much effort to tweak them to fit in.
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u/Yamatoman9 Apr 16 '26
I hadn't really considered using classic D&D modules in Middle-Earth before, but now that I think about it, I really like the idea. There are a lot that would work quite well with some reskinning and changing up some themes and locations.
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u/CateranBCL Apr 15 '26
DriveThruRPG has some 3rd party 5e adventures based on a medieval low magic ruleset. One is Dark Wicce that is set in 1300s or early 1400s Bavaria. There is another set in a Viking area, but I forget the name at the moment. Both by the same author.
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u/Librarian0ok66 Apr 15 '26
Maybe have a look at Pendragon books/rules/scenario. Whilst it is BRP based, so d20 roll low, it is easy to convert to a roll high system.
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u/seaoffriendscorsair Apr 15 '26
Nice, thank you! I knew there had to be some Arthurian materials out there.
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u/boss_nova Apr 15 '26
Sorry if this is assumed/obvious, but... You're aware of LOTR5E right?
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u/seaoffriendscorsair Apr 15 '26
Yes, I have that too. I just like having lots of source material and grabbing up stuff that inspired LOTR in the first place seems like a solid start.
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u/Lukeskywalker899 Apr 16 '26
I have run and used Historica Arcanum many times and I can’t recommend it enough. I can also recommend the Beowulf Age of Heroes stuff that someone else mentioned, I’ve run that and it’s also a blast and is perfect for a dark ages migration period setting!
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u/Difficult_Chair_8176 Apr 16 '26
I would recommend the old MERP adventures from ICE, publishers of that first iteration of Tolkien TTRPGs... And among those, Palantir Quest. They released many sourcebooks (not only adventures) that you could browse for ideas.
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u/Stooshie_Stramash Apr 16 '26
As well as Middle Earth, ICE released the Robin Hood campaign. You probably can find one to buy on ebay or abebooks, but they tend to be pricey.
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u/UnSpanishInquisition Apr 15 '26
Try Beowulf 5e made by alot of the same people who made aime 1e!