''Dimensions of Flight'' is a

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Plot summary

''Dimensions of Flight'' is a scenario for character levels 8-12, second in the "Maze of Zayene" series after ''

Prisoners of the Maze ''Prisoners of the Maze'' is a fantasy role-playing game adventure module. Plot summary ''Prisoners of the Maze'' is a scenario for character levels 8-12, set in the World of Kalibruhn. The heroes must assassinate a mad tyrannical king. This it ...

''. The heroes flee the minions of King Orr, who pursue them across their world and into others. '' Tower Chaos'' is the sequel.

Publication history

''Dimensions of Flight'' was written by Robert Kuntz, and was published by

Creations Unlimited Creations Unlimited was a game publisher founded by Robert J. Kuntz, which published role-playing games in the 1980s. History Robert J. Kuntz left TSR when Gary Gygax was forced out of the company, and retained the rights to his intellectual prop ...

, Inc., in 1987 as a 32-page book. This adventure was part of the Maze of Zayene series, a set of four linked adventures set in the World of Kalibruhn; Kuntz began to work on them in 1986, and they were all published in 1987. ''Prisoners of the Maze'' and ''Dimensions of Flight'' were based on adventures that Kuntz had created while he was in college and that had been run in 1983 at EastCon. When Kuntz partnered with

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years later, he was considering his unpublished ''City of Brass'' but decided it would be easier to begin the Maze of Zayene. However, there was a publication delay of several month between the first two Zayene adventures. While the first three Maze of Zayene adventures were published by Necromancer in 2001, the final fourth adventure was ultimately published by Different Worlds in 2004.

Reception

According to Shannon Appelcline, although the adventures of the Maze of Zayene series "were unforgiving 'gauntlets' of the type that Kuntz enjoyed, they were somewhat unusual for the time because they had a political veneer laid out upon them – centring on a plot to assassinate a king. They also feature the evil wizard Zayene, who Kuntz intended to be a recurring villain, constantly returning to bedevil players."

References

{{reflist Fantasy role-playing game adventures Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1987