''Black Courser'' is an

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published in 1990 for the second edition of ''

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Plot summary

''Black Courser'' is an adventure in which the

player character A player character (also known as a playable character or PC) is a fictional character in a video game or tabletop role-playing game whose actions are controlled by a player rather than the rules of the game. The characters that are not control ...

s search for a lost city to obtain an artifact to free the Purple Dragon so that the characters can overcome an evil raja.

Publication history

FRA2 ''Black Courser'' was written by

Troy Denning Troy Denning is an American fantasy and science fiction author and game designer who has written more than two dozen novels. Background Denning grew up in the mountain town of Idaho Springs, Colorado. An avid reader of science fiction and fant ...

, with a cover by Brom, and was published by TSR in 1990 as a 32-page book, an 8-page booklet, and an outer folder.

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Forgotten Realms adventures Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1990 {{ForgottenRealms-stub