''The City of Skulls'' is an

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for the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy roleplaying game, set in the game's World of Greyhawk campaign setting.

Plot summary

The adventure takes place in the Kingdom of Furyondy and the

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following the Greyhawk Wars. The city referenced in the book's title is Dorakaa, the capital of

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's empire.

Publication history

The module bears the code WGR6 and was published by TSR, Inc. in 1993 for the second edition ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' rules. The module was written by Carl Sargent with cover art by

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and interior art by

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. The publication was designed for use with the '' From the Ashes'' updated setting information for Greyhawk and Sargent's sourcebooks ''

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'' and ''

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''. None of these are strictly necessary for use of the module, however.

Reception

''City of Skulls'' was ranked the 26th greatest Dungeons & Dragons adventure of all time by '' Dungeon'' magazine in 2004, on the 30th anniversary of the Dungeons & Dragons game.

References

Sargent, Carl Carl Lynwood Sargent (11 December 1952 – 12 September 2018) was a British parapsychologist and author of several roleplaying game-based products and novels, who used the pen name Keith Martin to write ''Fighting Fantasy'' gamebooks. Early life ...

. ''The City of Skulls'' ( TSR, 1993).

External links

*
The City of Skulls
' at the TSR Archive Greyhawk modules Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1993 {{Greyhawk-stub