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Swords Of The Iron Legion
''Swords of the Iron Legion'' is an adventure module published in 1988 for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Plot summary ''Swords of the Iron Legion'' is a collection of 11 short Forgotten Realms adventure scenarios, including some designed for Battlesystem. Publication history I14 ''Swords of the Iron Legion'' was edited by Skip Williams, with a cover by Larry Elmore Larry Elmore (born August 5, 1948) is an American fantasy artist whose work includes creating illustrations for video games, comics, magazines, and fantasy books. His list of work includes illustrations for ''Dungeons & Dragons'', ''Dragonlance'', ..., and was published by TSR in 1988 as a 64-page book. Reception Reviews References Dungeons & Dragons modules Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1988 {{D&D-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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I14 or I-14 may refer to: * Interstate 14, a highway in the U.S. state of Texas * I14 engine, a type of fourteen-cylinder internal combustion engine * International 14, a high-performance sailing dinghy * Hälsinge Regiment, a Swedish Army infantry regiment * , a submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy * Tupolev I-14 The Tupolev I-14 (also designated ANT-31) was a Soviet fighter aircraft of the 1930s. It was a single-engined, single-seat monoplane with retractable undercarriage, designed to carry heavy armament, and as such was one of the most advanced fighter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Day Of Al'Akbar
''Day of Al'Akbar'' is an ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' adventure module written by Allen Hammack and published by TSR inc. in 1986. The module consists of a forty-page booklet with a large color map and an outer folder. It bears the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' code ''I9'', ''I'' meaning ''intermediate'' and ''9'' for ''module 9'' in that series. Plot summary The ''Day of Al'Akbar'' is an adventure scenario set in a once peaceful desert land reminiscent of the '' Arabian Nights''. The module contains two distinct settings, ''Khaibar City'' and the ''Sultan's palace''. Khaibar city is ruled by the bandit leader Al'Farzikh, and was once ruled by the sultan Al'Akbar. The people are at risk from a red plague, and the player characters are set on a quest to retrieve the magical artifacts that will save them. The scenario involves player characters searching the sewers underneath Khaibar to find the entrance that leads to the tomb of Al'Akbar, which contains the Cup and Talisman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Elmore
Larry Elmore (born August 5, 1948) is an American fantasy artist whose work includes creating illustrations for video games, comics, magazines, and fantasy books. His list of work includes illustrations for ''Dungeons & Dragons'', ''Dragonlance'', and his own comic strip series ''SnarfQuest''. He is author of the book ''Reflections of Myth''. Early life and education Elmore was born August 5, 1948, in Louisville, Kentucky, and grew up in Grayson County in midwestern Kentucky. Elmore described his school days by saying, "The rural school I attended didn't have any art program, so I spent my time drawing - and daydreaming. I was a pretty bad student ... I was always getting into trouble for drawing in class. I wish I had a quarter for every drawing of mine a teacher destroyed." He majored in art at Western Kentucky University. Career A month after graduating from college, Elmore was drafted into the U.S. Army and stationed in Germany. After leaving the service, Elmore worked as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Role-playing Game
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making regarding character development. Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal role-playing game system, system of rules and guidelines. There are several forms of role-playing games. The original form, sometimes called the tabletop role-playing game (TRPG), is conducted through discussion, whereas in live action role-playing game, live action role-playing (LARP), players physically perform their characters' actions.(Tychsen et al. 2006:255) "LARPs can be viewed as forming a distinct category of RPG because of two unique features: (a) The players physically embody their characters, and (b) the game takes place in a physica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century, it has expanded further into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animations and video games. Fantasy is distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror fiction, horror by the respective absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these genres overlap. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that emulate Earth, but with a sense of otherness. In its broadest sense, however, fantasy consists of works by many writers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians from ancient mythology, myths and legends to many recent and popular works. Traits Most fantasy uses magic (paranormal), magic or other supernatural elements as a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dungeons & Dragons
''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical Studies Rules, Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TSR). It has been published by Wizards of the Coast (now a subsidiary of Hasbro) since 1997. The game was derived from miniature wargaming, miniature wargames, with a variation of the 1971 game Chainmail (game), ''Chainmail'' serving as the initial rule system. ''D&D'' publication is commonly recognized as the beginning of modern role-playing games and the role-playing game industry, and also deeply influenced video games, especially the role-playing video game genre. ''D&D'' departs from traditional wargame, wargaming by allowing each player to create their own Player character, character to play instead of a military formation. These characters embark upon adventures within a fantasy setting. A Dungeon Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventure (Dungeons & Dragons)
In the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game, an adventure or module is a guide for managing player knowledge and activities within a specific scenario. Commercially, a published adventure comes as a pre-packaged book or box set that is used exclusively by the Dungeon Master. It typically contains background information for the plot or story, maps, vignettes of interesting locations, site inventories, creature descriptions and statistics, player visual aids, and suggested rules for evaluating events and likely player actions. The term ''adventure'' is currently used by the game's publisher Wizards of the Coast. In early editions of the game these publications were commonly referred to as ''modules'', which stems from the term ''dungeon module'', used to refer to the earliest adventures published by TSR, with other variations on the module name appearing on latter adventures. The term ''module'' continued to be popular among players of the original ''Dungeons & Dragons'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventure Pack I
''Adventure Pack I'' is an adventure module published in 1987 for the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. It contains a variety of adventure scenarios written by different authors, and received mostly positive reviews. Plot summary ''Adventure Pack I'' is a collection including eight adventure scenarios and three short scenarios, such as investigating a mystery involving a magical circus (written by Warren Spector), a conflict occurring between warring assassins (written by Steve Perrin), and travelling to a spinning castle in the sky belonging to a dying storm giant (written by Jennell Jaquays). The adventures average 8-10 pages in length, and are intended for character levels 4–10. The individual scenarios are titled "Blood and Laurels", "The Circus of Gandolfo", "The House of Long Knives", "The Lauros Road Bandits", "Reign of Triumph", "Scavenger Hunt", "Sharla's Zoo", "Steaks", "Terror in Skytumble Tor", "To Kill A Kraken" and "The Weird Woods of Baro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egg Of The Phoenix
''Egg of the Phoenix'' is an adventure module published in 1987 for the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Plot summary ''Egg of the Phoenix'' is an adventure in which the player characters (PCs) investigate a slaver ring, and must ultimately work to save the land of New Empyrea from the lords of Elemental Evil. The module includes dungeons, wilderness adventures, time travel, and extraplanar journeys. Publication history I12 ''Egg of the Phoenix'' was designed by Frank Mentzer, with additional design, development, and editing by Jennell Jaquays. The module's cover is by Keith Parkinson, and was published by TSR in 1987 as an eighty-page book, a twenty-page booklet, and an unattached outer folder. The booklet contains a map and pre-generated PCs. This module was a linkage of three formerly unlinked scenarios originally published in the RPGA modules R1 through R4. Reception Ken Rolston Ken Rolston is an American computer game and role-playing game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Needle (module)
''Needle'' (I11) is a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' module. Author: Frank Mentzer (1987). Plot summary ''Needle'' is an adventure in which the player characters recover a magical obelisk from a distant jungle, and which turns out to be a door to another world. In this adventure, the player characters volunteer for a king to explore a dense jungle that was once home to a great civilization, with a magic obelisk at its center. In Part 1, ''Ruins of Empire'', the party travels to the jungle and explores the ruins. In Part 2, ''Retrieval'', the party leads a team hampered by disease and jungle animals to transport the obelisk to the king. In Part 3, ''The Powers That Be'', assuming the party is successful, the obelisk is placed in its new position, where it reveals a gate to another world. Table of contents Notable nonplayer characters * Montana: 8th level fighter * Digger: 5th level fighter/8th level thief * Torgel: 13th level magic-user Publication history I11 ''Needle'' was written by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House On Gryphon Hill
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravager Of Time
''Ravager of Time'' is an ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' game module published in 1986. In the game, player characters, stricken by a rapid aging process, engage in a campaign against the sorceress Nuala that culminates in an assault on Nuala's keep. The adventure takes place in a swampland setting. The adventure is a TSR UK branch production and features non-player character types, expository style, atmosphere, and situations that are notably different from many of the game modules created in the US. Plot summary ''Ravager of Time'' is set in the Ffenarch. The Ffenarch is a dismal, boggy environment with only some small areas of firm ground. The player characters are hired to search the fens for a lord's son who killed his father, but while searching, they discover an evil plot that is tainting the Theocracy of Ffenarch in their temple-palace of Eylea. Long before the adventurers were hired, Lord Temporal Rughlor returned from the wider world to settle at Ffenargh Manor, Lor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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