''In Search of New Gods'' is an adventure for

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s published by

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in 1986.

Plot summary

''In Search of New Gods'' is an adventure scenario intended for

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 of levels 4-7, in which they must find out a priest went as a missionary to a foreign land, only to return home to convert his own people to the gods of the foreigners. The book includes another short scenario, and both adventures can be used for ''AD&D''.

Publication history

''In Search of New Gods'' was written by

Paul Cockburn Paul Cockburn is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. Career Paul Cockburn worked for TSR, Inc., TSR's ''Imagine (AD&D magazine), Imagine'' magazine. Cockburn later led the new editorial team of ''White Dwarf (magazin ...

with

Graeme Davis Graeme or Graham Davi(e)s may refer to: *Graeme Davis (game designer) (born 1958), role-playing games author, and novelist *Graeme Davis (mediaevalist) (born 1965), academic medievalist *Graeme Davies (1937–2022), New Zealand engineer and academi ...

and Bryan James, with a cover by Peter Jones, and was published by

in 1986 as a 60-page book.

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Fantasy role-playing game adventures Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1986 {{rpg-stub