''Sabre River'' is a 1984
adventure module for the ''
Dungeons & Dragons
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roleplaying game
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. Its associated product code is CM3.
Plot summary
''Sabre River'' is an adventure in which the
player characters must go to the Tower of Terror where they explore a dungeon setting located inside an active volcano, and take a journey on an underground river.
A mysterious curse has hit a barony in the realm of
Norwold: The waters of the Sabre River have been tainted, bringing death or evilness to all who drink from them. The player characters are charged to seek out the source of this curse, in the company of Cutter, a young boy who is strangely immune to the effects of the curse. In fact, Cutter plays a more vital role in the restoring of Sabre River than one would expect.
Publication history
CM3 ''Sabre River'' was written by
Douglas Niles
Douglas Niles (born December 1, 1954, in Brookfield, Wisconsin) is a fantasy author and game designer. Niles was one of the creators of the Dragonlance world and the author of the first three Forgotten Realms novels, the ''Star Frontiers'' space ...
and
Bruce Nesmith
Bruce Nesmith is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. He was Creative Director at TSR, working on a variety of games including ''Dungeons & Dragons'', and is a senior game designer at Bethesda Game Studios, where he ha ...
, with a cover by
Keith Parkinson
Keith A. Parkinson (October 22, 1958 – October 26, 2005) was an American fantasy artist and illustrator known for book covers and artwork for games such as ''EverQuest'', '' Guardians'', '' Magic: The Gathering'', and '' Vanguard: Saga of Hero ...
, and was published by TSR in 1984 as a 32-page booklet with an outer folder.
Reception
See also
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List of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' modules
References
External links
''Sabre River'' entryfrom Pen-paper.net
from The Acaeum
Dungeons & Dragons modules
Mystara
Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1984
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