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Graeme Morris is a British RPG designer.


Career

Graeme Morris worked for TSR UK Ltd between 1981 and 1988. He designed adventures for ''
Greyhawk Greyhawk, also known as the World of Greyhawk, is a fictional world designed as a campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy roleplaying game. Although not the first campaign world developed for ''Dungeons & Dragons''—Dave Arneson ...
'', ''
Dragonlance ''Dragonlance'' is a shared universe created by Laura and Tracy Hickman, and expanded by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis under the direction of TSR, Inc. into a series of fantasy novels. The Hickmans conceived ''Dragonlance'' while driving in t ...
'', ''
Mystara Mystara is a campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role playing game. It was the default setting for the "Basic" version of the game throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Most adventures published for the "Basic" edition of ''D&D'' ...
'', generic ''AD&D'', "D&D" and ''
Star Frontiers ''Star Frontiers'' is a science fiction role-playing game produced by TSR, Inc., TSR from 1982 to 1985. The game offered a space opera action-adventure setting. Fictional setting ''Star Frontiers'' takes place near the center of a spiral galax ...
''. He also contributed to the design of the original ''
Fiend Folio ''Fiend Folio'' is the name of three separate products published for successive editions of the fantasy role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D''). All three are collections of monsters. The bulk of the material in the first edition ca ...
'' tome as the creator of the hoar fox. Morris contributed to the cartography, editing, and production for the U1-3 module series, ''
The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh ''The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh'' is a module for the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' (''AD&D'') roleplaying game, written by Dave J. Browne with Don Turnbull. The module details a mysterious abandoned mansion at the edge of a town called Sa ...
'', ''
Danger at Dunwater ''Danger at Dunwater'' is an adventure module for the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' (AD&D) fantasy roleplaying game, written by Dave J. Browne with Don Turnbull The module was first published by TSR, Inc. in 1982 and contains a 32-page advent ...
'', and ''
The Final Enemy ''The Final Enemy'' is an adventure module for the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' (AD&D) fantasy roleplaying game written by Dave Browne with Don Turnbull set in the ''World of Greyhawk'' campaign setting. Plot summary ''The Final Enemy'' is ...
''. He also contributed to the UK1-7 modules with cartography, design, and development for UK1 ''
Beyond the Crystal Cave ''Beyond the Crystal Cave'' is a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' adventure module, module set in the ''World of Greyhawk'' campaign setting. It is unusual among ''Dungeons & Dragons'' modules in that it encourages a non-violent approach (mainly parleying a ...
''; concept, design and writing for UK2 '' The Sentinel'' and UK3 '' The Gauntlet''; author and story-line for UK4 ''
When a Star Falls ''When a Star Falls'' is an adventure module for the first edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game published by TSR, Inc. in 1984. It was written by Graeme Morris and is intended for 6–10 player characters between levels ...
''; author and production for UK5 ''
Eye of the Serpent ''Eye of the Serpent'' is an adventure module published in 1984 by TSR for the first edition of the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy roleplaying game. It is a first level scenario for one player and one gamemaster, but can also be used wi ...
''; as well as story-line for UK6 ''
All That Glitters All That Glitters or All That Glisters may refer to: * '' All that glitters is not gold'', a well-known saying Literature * ''All That Glitters'' (novel), by V. C. Andrews * ''All That Glitters'', a novel by Michael Anthony * ''All That Glitte ...
'' and UK7 ''
Dark Clouds Gather ''Dark Clouds Gather'' is an adventure module published in 1985 for the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Plot summary ''Dark Clouds Gather'' is an adventure which involves combat between creatures in the air, and an at ...
''. The ''
Creature Catalogue ''Creature Catalogue'' is a supplement for Basic ''Dungeons & Dragons'' first released in 1986, and updated in 1993. Contents The ''Creature Catalogue'' is a supplement which describes over 200 monsters, most of which had been collected from '' ...
'' was compiled by Morris and he was the author for ''
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 ...
''. With Mike Brunton, he wrote the UK module ST1 for the 1986
Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival The Stoke-on-Trent National Garden Festival was the second of Britain's national garden festivals. It was held in the city from 1 May to 26 October 1986, and was opened by the Queen. Preparation of the site involved the reclamation of l ...
; ''Up the Garden Path'' which since has become one of the most sought-after ''AD&D'' modules of all time, for the reason that it had a very limited print run and the unsold items (after the Festival) were mostly pulped. One copy is reputed to have been sold at an online auction for nearly $1500.


External links


Graeme Morris at RPGnet
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