''Howl from the North'' is an adventure module for the ''

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, set in the game's ''

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. The module bears the code WGS2 and was published by

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in 1991 for the second edition ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' rules.

Plot summary

The events in this module take place in the

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immediately preceding the onset of the

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themselves. As with WGS1, the plot of the module focuses on the

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. These are ancient magical swords which, according to the legends of ''Greyhawk's'' Suloise

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, can be brought together to be made even more powerful.

Publication history

The adventure was written by

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with cover art by

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and interior art by

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. It was originally intended as the second of three modules in the "World of Greyhawk Swords" (WGS) trilogy. It is therefore the sequel to the first "Swords" module, WGS1 - ''

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''. The third module in the series (which would have been coded WGS3) was never produced. Instead, the material originally intended for WGS3 was reworked and incorporated into the board game ''

''.

Reception

References

External links

Howl from the North
' at the TSR Archive Greyhawk modules Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1991 {{Greyhawk-stub