''To Find a King'' is an adventure module for the first edition of the ''

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role-playing game. It was written by Bob Blake and published in 1985 by TSR. As part of the Competition, or C-series of modules, it contains material that was first used as a tournament adventure at

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XVI. The module is designed for a party of ten characters at levels 4–7 and can be run as either a competition module or as part of a campaign.

Plot summary

The High Council is floundering, the population is restless, and the monks are excited by an ancient prophecy they have discovered. The player characters are assembled to restore the Celtic kingdom of Pellham to its former glory. ''To Find a King'' is the first adventure in the two-part "Prophecy of Brie" series, and the plot of the scenario includes a section set in the wilderness, wilderness section, as well as a bugbear lair, and a mirror maze.

Publication history

C4 ''To Find a King'' was written by Bob Blake, with a cover designed by

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. It was published by TSR in 1985 as a 32-page booklet with two outer folders. ''To Find a King'' was used as the ''AD&D'' tournament module at

XVI, as a four-round competition module. The ''C'' in the module code represents the first letter in the word ''competition'', the name of C1–C6 module series. ''To Find a King'' contains the first four adventures in the ''Prophecy of Brie'' story arc: ''The Wheel of Time'', ''Locksmith'', ''The Perils of Symbolism'', and ''Divine Wine''. The sequence concludes in module C5 '' The Bane of Llywelyn''. This series of adventures was originally published as limited edition modules RPGA3 ''

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Reception

In 1985, Jez Keen reviewed the module in ''

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'' magazine, giving it a favorable critique. Keen noted that "play becomes unnecessarily bogged down in combat", but pointed out that the competitive character of tournaments is intended to "separate the good players from the rest", making these harder to complete than the average scenario. The adventures also test intellect, according to Keen, with "a right way and a wrong way to do everything in this module". Pointing out that they contain nothing "overwhelmingly silly" that could destroy the atmosphere of play, Keen called the scenarios "a pleasure to play and run". Commenting on the "Prophecy of Brie" series,

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Notes

References

*Blake, Bob. ''To Find a King'', TSR, Inc., 1985.
"Competition Series"
''The Acaenum'', retrieved July 12, 2006.

External links

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' at the TSR Archive {{DEFAULTSORT:To Find A King Dungeons & Dragons modules Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1985