''The Shattered Statue'' is an adventure module published in 1987 for the ''

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Plot summary

''The Shattered Statue'' is a

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adventure scenario in which the player characters have been hired to find the pieces of a broken ancient statue so that it can be reassembled and reanimated. This adventure was designed for ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' but is also compatible with ''

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'' and includes new magic rules for that game.

Publication history

DQ1 ''The Shattered Statue'' was written by

Jennell Jaquays Jennell Jaquays (born Paul Jaquays, October 14, 1956) is an American game designer, video game artist, and illustrator of tabletop role-playing games (RPGs). Her notable works include the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' modules '' Dark Tower'' and '' Ca ...

with David J. Ritchie and

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, with a cover by

Daniel Horne Daniel Horne is an artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games. Early life Daniel R. Horne was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1960. Works Daniel Horne has produced interior and cover illustrations for role-playing game books since ...

and interior illustrations by Jaquays, and was published by TSR in 1988 as a 48-page booklet with an outer folder.

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DragonQuest Dungeons & Dragons modules Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1988 {{D&D-stub