Base of Operations

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Base of Operations is a 7-page short adventure module for Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition released on October 1, 2000. It is suitable for player characters of 5th level.

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A group of vile humanoids has taken over an old, ruined keep within a day's walk of the nearest town. Local leaders greet this news with alarm, for they don't wish to see a stronghold for evil humanoids so close to their settlement. So they offer a deal to your group of adventurers: Root out the humanoids and you can have the keep as your own base of operations.
Base of Operations, a short adventure intended for four 5th-level characters, is a site-based scenario designed to be either very brief (one or two sessions) or part of an ongoing campaign.
Player characters have the opportunity to save a town from a horrible fate, rid the world of a vile necromancer, and find a little wealth in the meantime. Or, if the DM wishes, the adventure allows for player characters to set themselves up in their own "base of operations" and become permanent members of a community.

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Development[]

The book was written by Ed Stark. Art was provided by Cynthia Fliege, Sean Glenn and Ian Malcomson.

Release[]

Base of Operations was originally released for free on the Wizards of the Coast website on October 01, 2000, as part of its Original Adventures series. It remained online until around 2014.

On February 23, 2016, it was re-released on digital sale. It is currently available on DriveThruRPG and Dungeon Masters Guild for $0.99.

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As of 2023, Base of Operations reached the rank of Electrum seller on DriveThruRPG.

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Original Adventures 3e web series

The Alchemist's Eyrie • Bad Light • Bad Moon Waning • Base of Operations • Black Rain • The Burning Plague • Cave of the Spiders • The Crumbling Hall of the Frost Giant Jarl • A Dark and Stormy Knight • Desert Sands • Dry Spell • Environmental Impact • The Ettin's Riddle • An Eye for an Eye • The Eye of the Sun • Fait Accompli • Fallen Angel • Fang, Beak, and Claw • Force of Nature • A Frigid Demise • Frozen Whispers • The Ghosts of Aniel • A Harvest of Evil • Hasken's Manor • Haunting Lodge • House of Harpies • An Icy Heart • Ill Wind in Friezford • Into the Frozen Waste • Jungle Secrets • The Kopru Ruins • Legend of the Silver Skeleton • Lest Darkness Rise • Lochfell's Secret • Luck of the Draw • Manifesting: A Tale • Matters of Vengeance • The Ministry of Winds • One Last Riddle • A Question of Ethics • Road to Oblivion • The Sea Witch • The Secret of the Windswept Wall • Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? • Sheep's Clothing • Shoals of Intrigue • Shrine of the Feathered Serpent • Something's Cooking • Start at the End • Stone Dead • Tarus's Banquet • The Temple of Redcliff • Test of the Demonweb • Thicker Than Water • The Thunder Below • Tiger's Palace • To Quell the Rising Storm • Tomb of Horrors • Tower in the Ice • The Tower of Deception • The Treasure of the Black Veils • The Unwavering Path • The Vessel of Stars • War of Dragons • White Plume Mountain • Wreck Ashore

Dungeons & Dragons 3.0
Core rules
Player's Handbook • Dungeon Master's Guide • Monster Manual • Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game
Supplements
Arms and Equipment Guide • Book of Challenges • Book of Vile Darkness • Defenders of the Faith • Deities and Demigods • Enemies and Allies • Epic Level Handbook • Fiend Folio • Ghostwalk • Hero Builder's Guidebook • Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (Gazetteer) • Manual of the Planes • Masters of the Wild • Monster Manual II • Oriental Adventures • Psionics Handbook • Savage Species • Song and Silence • Stronghold Builder's Guidebook • Sword and Fist • Tome and Blood
Adventures
The Sunless Citadel • The Forge of Fury • The Fright at Tristor • The Speaker in Dreams • The Standing Stone • Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil • Heart of Nightfang Spire • Deep Horizon • Lord of the Iron Fortress • Bastion of Broken Souls • City of the Spider Queen