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Gunderholfen… Ancient, abandoned dwarf hold, battleground of arch-liches, cultist base, wizards’ playground, heroes’ bane and treasure-seekers’ tomb. Gunderholfen is a classic, old school exploratory sandbox-style mega-dungeon consisting of ten levels, a mini-campaign setting and one demi-plane.

This mega-dungeon and mini-campaign setting is designed for character levels 1-10+. It is compatible with any OSR system. Play it as an integrated, complete mega-dungeon campaign or just pick out individual levels to run as separate dungeons. Gunderholfen includes the following:

  • 10 main dungeon levels consisting of 22 sub-levels and numerous sub-areas, with approximately 930 keyed locations, all detailed in 40 maps.
  • 1 demi-plane level.
  • A mini-campaign setting insertable into any existing campaign that includes a detailed overview of Longfelt, a nearby city complete with NPCs, including possible patrons for PCs, places of interest, encounter tables and rival factions.
  • 32 encounter tables with full monster stats for each level of the dungeon and the surrounding lands.
  • Extensive ready to play lists of NPCs including 10 pre-generated NPC parties that can be used as foes or allies.
  • 1 mini-side adventure.
  • A brief overview of the history and background to Gunderholfen.
  • Rules for a new class of priest including 18 new spells.
  • Lots of new monsters and magic items.

Note: For ease of use during play, separate booklets for maps and encounter tables can also be purchased in both PDF and softcover formats.

JPEG maps for VTT play, with GM only information removed are included with the PDF file. 

After more Gunderholfen?

Expansion modules for the Gunderholfen setting, Darkness at Nekemte, the Bottomless Pit of Zorth and Tomb of the Twice-Crownd King have also been released:

Previews:

Brookmere Chronicles has kindly posted a flip-through review in the video link below. A selection from the print version can also be viewed at:

https://imgur.com/a/a1lomow

Other FES Publishers:

First Edition Society  - publishers of OSRIC

Storm Fetish Productions - publishers of the Heroic Legendarium

First Hungarian D20 Society - publishers of Echoes of Fomalhaut, Castle Xyntillan

Axe Mental Presents - publishers of Hoard of Delusion

Saving Throw Fanzine - publishers of Saving Throw Fanzine



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Ciaran B February 19, 2024 6:25 am UTC
Hello I was curious about one thing what Exp system did you use for this? How much exp for each level? Asking since everyone has something different and plan on getting this soon to run with shadowdark and want to use the same exp system you used in this to make running the game easier :-) thanks again for any info
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G. H February 20, 2024 11:59 am UTC
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It uses the 1e XP tables (almost identical to the OSRIC tables, which is free as a pdf if you need it). I hope that answers the question, let me know if it doesn't.
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Ciaran B February 23, 2024 4:00 am UTC
Thank you again for your help :-) I will be getting this soon so :-) just finishing up some current stuff and looking for something new, different for me and this is hitting everything for me. So thank you so much for your help.
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David J February 11, 2024 10:14 pm UTC
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Hi, I'm extremely familiar with OSR and d20-based rules, but your listing of AC0 in the monster entries has me a bit confused.

Is that intended as the monsters' to-hit needed? e.g. kobolds (AC0 = 21) need 21 to hit AC zero. Thus, they get -1 to hit? And hobgoblins with AC0 = 18 have +2 to hit.

Do I have the essence of that?
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G. H February 20, 2024 11:53 am UTC
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I'm using the 1e tables with the repeating 20s in mind, so a kobold needs a 20 to hit AC1 and would also need a 'natural' 20 to hit AC 0. I've just noted this 'natural 20' as 21 instead, so you can do the THAC0 calculation on the fly. Hence a kobold vs AC 3 would be 21 - 3 = 18 target number, rather than listing the THAC0 as also a 20 where the target number to hit AC 3 could be mistaken for 20 - 3 = 17, which is incorrect in 1e. Hope that clarifies it. With regards to hobgoblins, 18 is their THAC0. It wouldn't be correct to say they're +2 to hit unless you're comparing them against another creature with a THAC0 of 20, but if you're using a target 20 system they are indeed +2 to hit.
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Jeff V January 22, 2024 3:45 pm UTC
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It's a great product, but if you ever do get around to an updated version of it please can you amend the Ointment of Skin Change so that result number 2 in the table is a different colour to the one at present (maybe go with purple?)
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Matthew S January 10, 2024 4:32 am UTC
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Bought this based on the Questing Beast review of the book; Glad the PDF is only $10. Won't be running it as the maps in the PDF only display in Acrobat Reader and it's a 400+ page PDF with no hyperlinks in 2023. How DriveThruRPG doesn't offer help/info/training/tools for the authors publishing through their site is a big let down on their part. It looks like a wonderful product, and it looks like you spent alot of time on it, but there's no way I can run it.
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G. H January 10, 2024 5:25 am UTC
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Hi Mathew, thanks for your interest. I would like to put hyperlinks in an updated version, but I've got other projects I'm prioritising at present. At the time in 2019 I never thought anyone would actually run something from a pdf, I always (and I mean ALWAYS) print things out to run; hyperlinks or not, a pdf is too slow and cumbersome for me to handle deftly enough at the table. I assumed at the time of publishing that everyone else was also of the same mind set, I guess times have changed. Other modules of similar size from the same time are also not hyperlinked, so I'm not unique in this failing. My other modules are hyperlinked, and I'll get around to this one too. I'm not sure about the image display issue, I can view the maps in other pdf apps without any problems.

Happy gaming.
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Anthony T October 26, 2023 5:15 pm UTC
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So this PDF still has not been bookmarked, correct?
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Ashley P March 28, 2023 8:23 pm UTC
Hello, so I've been dming gunderholfen weekly for almost 6 months now. They don't always go in, sometimes spend sessions in Longfelt or doing something else. But a few months ago they encountered the face on level 2 that can change copper into silver. Since then they go in with carts and hirelings to get as much silver as possible (though they still face casualties from random encounters). I was just wondering if this is how it is intended?
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G. H March 29, 2023 7:09 am UTC
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Ha ha, they sound like smart players! They will of course still have to locate copper pieces to change into silver, and in some cases, that's in more short supply than gold is in old-school campaigns. My players used the mouth to give their wealth a small bump, but seeing that silver is worth very little at all, it was never really worth devoting too much attention to. If you think it's being abused of course, make its magic 'run out' or something similar. Thanks for playing the adventure, i hope your players can get down to level 10!
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Simon N March 07, 2023 8:54 am UTC
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I bought this yesterday. I'm trying to print a copy via Lulu, but when I upload, it says "Encrypted: Please upload an un-encrypted PDF". Is there encryption on the file?
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Simon N March 07, 2023 4:04 pm UTC
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I noticed Abobe asks me for a password. Can I eg get a password that would allow me to get it printed by Lulu?
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Simon N March 08, 2023 9:10 am UTC
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Decided to give up and print at home. Worth looking at, though!
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Scott N October 21, 2022 1:09 pm UTC
I put the Gunderholfen Print + PDF [BUNDLE] into my cart and the price comes up $23,333.31 what the crap, it says $57.00, the book isn't that good.
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G. H October 24, 2022 3:17 am UTC
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No certainly not worth the price of a car! I've seen that there are other products having the same issue, so I think there are technical issues with Drivethru at the moment.
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Glen H July 12, 2022 5:11 pm UTC
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Hey, here's another review. Enjoy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhpkQlbA9sg
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jeremiah H May 17, 2022 7:10 pm UTC
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I see no movement speed for the Deathgazer. Does it jus float or does it have a movement speed? Thanks in advance.
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G. H May 19, 2022 11:30 am UTC
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Hi Jeremiah, move is 30', floats around. Referenced on p. 236 in the Deathgazer encounter (I missed it in the NM section). Thanks!
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jeremiah H May 21, 2022 11:15 am UTC
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Ok thanks bro! I been running it and I love it. It has already been said but please bookmark the PDF when u get some time. I am using the print version and its Awesome. Great job.
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John D May 17, 2022 7:50 am UTC
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A review I stumbled across (didn't know anything about this product before watching); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO6jV8qODqM .
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Lukasz L July 05, 2021 8:51 pm UTC
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Is the print version still the old, v3 version of the product, or was it updated and is now the same as the v5 PDF (or whatever the current version is)?
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G. H July 09, 2021 9:38 am UTC
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Yes, the print option is the latest version.
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John H April 21, 2021 11:13 am UTC
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I like what I'm reading, but I run my games from PDF exclusively and the pdf does not have bookmarks and is locked down so that I can't make my own. Navigating a pdf this big without bookmarks is a lot slower while I'm at the table trying to run things.
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G. H April 27, 2021 10:05 am UTC
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Hi John,

Thanks for the feedback, I understand your pain. Unfortunately, when I put this together I had no idea that so many people ran VTT games, or would choose to use a PDF while playing, as this was something I never (and would never) do myself. My pre-bat-plague experience was always at the table top and I always printed out PDFs (even big ones) that I wanted to use. Once I became aware that so many people bought and used PDFs, I chose to put bookmarks in my follow-up work Darkness at Nekemte. I will consider putting bookmarks in Gunderholfen sometime in the future, but that will take time.

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Kelly D September 29, 2020 12:52 am UTC
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Anything big change in V5 update?
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G. H September 30, 2020 7:10 am UTC
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Hi Kelly,

If you purchased the pdf previously, you can download the updated file; V4 should have been replaced in your library with V5. Some maps have been cleaned up and a few elements added, the written content is unchanged.
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Kelly D August 30, 2020 1:29 pm UTC
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Why does Evadne want info on the location she is willing to pay for in the patron's section?
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G. H August 31, 2020 8:10 am UTC
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Hi Kelly,

If you are referring to Level 4D areas 16-22, there is no necessary reason as to why she wants to discover the location. That she is willing to pay money for the information indicates that she at least knows that the secret complex exists and wants to know how to get there. As to the why, that’s up to the GM. Maybe she believes there is a magic item or something else of interest there; maybe she’s looking for somewhere to set up a base in the dungeon and has heard rumours of the secret complex. Whatever best fits in with the individual campaign.
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Keith H August 15, 2020 11:35 pm UTC
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What version of the pdf does the print copy link up with? V4, or something earlier?
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G. H August 17, 2020 6:25 am UTC
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V3, some minor typographical errors were fixed and updated in V4. The content is the same.
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