''Lathan's Gold'' is an

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published in 1984 for the ''

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Plot summary

''Lathan's Gold'' is a solo adventure scenario in which the single

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searches islands on the Sea of Dread for money to pay ransom to a kidnapper.

Publication history

XSOLO ''Lathan's Gold'' was written by Merle M. Rassmussen, with illustrations by

Jeff Easley Jeff Easley (born 1954) is an oil painter who creates fantasy artwork for role-playing games, comics, and magazines, as well as non-fantasy commercial art. Early life Easley was born in Nicholasville, Kentucky in 1954. He spent time drawing as ...

, and was published by TSR in 1984 as a 32-page booklet with an outer folder.

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Dungeons & Dragons modules Mystara Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1984 {{D&D-stub