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''Dwellers of the Forbidden City'' was written by [[David "Zeb" Cook|David Cook]] with cover art by [[Erol Otus]] and interior art by James Holloway, [[Jim Roslof]], Harry Quinn and Stephen D. Sullivan. The adventure was first used as a tournament module at the [[Origins Game Fair]] in 1980.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dd/20060106a| title=Monsters with Traction, Part 2| last=Decker| first=Jesse| coauthors=David Noonan|publisher=Wizards of the Coast| accessdate=2007-12-18}}</ref> |
''Dwellers of the Forbidden City'' was written by [[David "Zeb" Cook|David Cook]] with cover art by [[Erol Otus]] and interior art by James Holloway, [[Jim Roslof]], Harry Quinn and Stephen D. Sullivan. The adventure was first used as a tournament module at the [[Origins Game Fair]] in 1980.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dd/20060106a| title=Monsters with Traction, Part 2| last=Decker| first=Jesse| coauthors=David Noonan|publisher=Wizards of the Coast| accessdate=2007-12-18}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 12:27, 19 December 2007
Template:Module Dwellers of the Forbidden City is an adventure module for Dungeons & Dragons set in the game's World of Greyhawk campaign setting. The module was published in 1981 by TSR, Inc. for the first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rules.
Dwellers of the Forbidden City was written by David Cook with cover art by Erol Otus and interior art by James Holloway, Jim Roslof, Harry Quinn and Stephen D. Sullivan. The adventure was first used as a tournament module at the Origins Game Fair in 1980.[1]
The module was originally intended to bear code S4, but this code was re-assigned to Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth before Dwellers was published. As published, the adventure bears the code I1 and is the first in the I (Intermediate) series of modules, a group of mostly unrelated adventures.
Reception
Dwellers of the Forbidden City received an average reception on its initial release. While Different Worlds described it as "a good buy",[2] White Dwarf gave it a rating of only 5/10.[3]. However, Dwellers of the Forbidden City was ranked the 13th greatest Dungeons & Dragons adventure of all time by Dungeon magazine for the 30th anniversary of the Dungeons & Dragons game in 2004.[4]
Table of Contents
- note there was no actual table of contents printed in the module.
| Chapter | Page |
|---|---|
| Background | 2 |
| Notes for the DM | 2 |
| Notes for tournament play | 3 |
| Start | 4 |
| The Forbidden City | 11 |
| Lair of the Treemen | 13 |
| Court of the Master | 14 |
| Bugbear Brigands | 17 |
| Ruins of the Mongrelmen | 18 |
| The Bullywug Stockade | 20 |
| The God of the Bullywugs | 21 |
| The Swamp Horrors | 22 |
| New Monsters | 24 |
Credits
Design: David Cook
Development: Harold Johnson, Lawrence Schick
Able Assistance: Jon Pickens, Mike Price, Jean Wells
Editing: Harold Johnson, Allen Hammack, Roberta ReilLey, Edward G. Sollers, Steve Winter
Cover Art: Erol Otus
Interior Art: James Holloway, Jim Roslos off, Erol Otus, Harry Quinn, Stephen D. Sullivan
Playtesters: Helen Cook, Allen Hammack, Harold Johnson, Jeff Klinzman, Tom Moldvay, Lawrence Schick, Jean Wells, Skip Williams
Typesetting: Dianne J. Burke
Key line: Joyce A. Kress, Laura Roslos , Mary Hendryx
photography: Joyce A. Kress
Distributed to the book trade in the United States by Random House, Inc., and in Canada by Random House of Canada, Ltd.
Cover reads
Somewhere in the heart of the steaming jungle lies the answer to the whispered tales - rumors of a magnificent city and foul, horrid rituals! Here a brave party might find riches and wonders - or death! Is your party brave enough to face the terrors of the unknown and find - the Forbidden City!
Parts of this module were used in 1980 for a major East Coast convention tournament. Information is presented here to reconstruct this exciting tournament and even more has been given to expand play. Here characters may adventure several times in a unique and interesting mini-campaign. Included in this module are background and tournament notes, referee's keys, new monsters, pre- generated characters, and eight different maps.
Notable nonplayer characters
New monsters
- Aboleth
- Mongrelman
- Pan Lung
- Tasloi
- Yellow Musk Creeper
- Yuan-ti
Notes
- ↑ Decker, Jesse; David Noonan. Monsters with Traction, Part 2. Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved on 2007-12-18.
- ↑ "Dwellers of the Forbidden City". Different Worlds 16. November 1981.
- ↑ "Dwellers of the Forbidden City". White Dwarf 60. April 1983.
- ↑ Erik Mona; James Jacobs, and the Dungeon Design Panel (November 2004). "The 30 Greatest D&D Adventures of All Time". Dungeon (Paizo Publishing) 116.
External links
- Intermediate Series (I1 - I14) at The Acaeum
- Dwellers of the Forbidden City at the TSR Archive
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