Anauroch: The Empire of Shade (also known as Anauroch: The Sundering of the World in advertising but the title was changed before publication) is an adventure module set in the Forgotten Realms using the 3.5th-edition ruleset of Dungeons & Dragons.
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Anauroch: The Empire of Shade is the final part of a three-part series of 160-page hardcover super-adventures set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. It can also be easily played as a stand-alone high-level adventure. In addition to encounters, this book contains detailed source material on the land of Anauroch, home of ancient Netherese ruins and the Empire of Shade.
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Description[]
Anauroch: The Empire of Shade offers PCs the opportunity to at last confront the ambitious machinations of the Princes of Shade, who have the power of Karsus himself within their grasp. The PCs must sift through history to determine what threat looms over the land, and then overcome the challenge of trekking through a hostile environment without the comfort of the Weave and its magic to aid them. To stop the shades from advancing their ambitions against the rest of the world, the characters must penetrate the very heart of the Empire of Shadow. Only by scattering the pages of the Nether Scrolls can they put a halt to the Shadovar scheme and prevent Shar from shattering magic forever.
Index[]
Characters[]
- Augathra the Mad • Culcathrax • Cushtal • Darcassan • Drullister • Dular • Faceless Incanter • Hadrhune • Keevosen Nihili • Kelloren Bluestar • Kharantes • Lerin • Marliss • Medar • Miirym • Princes of Shade • Saharel • Shar Cormrael • Sysalok • Terraseer • Tyvollus Aluviirsan • Ulraunt • Xeris
- Referenced only
- Alaundo • Alokkair • Amaunator • Belin u'Hamar • Corellon Larethian • Eregul • Esvele Greycastle • Ilsevele Miritar • Irphiina • Karsus • Lurgana Thromfolp • Manshoon • Mourngrym Amcathra • Mystra • Mystryl • Raanaghaun Cormrael • Scyllua Darkhope • Shackled Scribe of Larloch • Shar • Steeleye • Telamont Tanthul • Telbran Nelarn • Tyche • Yder Tanthul
Creatures[]
- asabi • bear • bard • battle horror • behir • beholder • bloodfire ooze • blue dragon • bralani • camel • chimera • crawling apocalypse • crypt cat • cultist • deathshrieker • death tyrant • desert devil • diamond golem • dragonflesh golem • dread wraith • dream vestige • dustform creature • dust wight • earth genasi • eladrin • flying snake • gelatinous cube • ghaele • ghost • ghost dragon • gravecrawler • great fihyr • gynosphinx • half-elf • kir-lanan • krinth • living holocaust • medusa • moon elf • mummy • nighthaunt • orb wraith • phaerimm • phaerlin giant • purple worm • raven • saguaro sentinel • sand dragon • shadow dragon • shadow sea serpent • sharn • silver dragon • stinger • stone giant • stone golem • sun elf • tiger • tomb tapper • varrangoin • veserab • werewolf • wheep • wolf • yuan-ti
- Referenced only
- antelope • bat • displacer beast • djinni • druid • dwarf • halfling • eagle • elf • fox • gazelle • giant owl • goat • hawk • hill giant • hobgoblin • krenshar • lamia • lion • locust • manticore • ogre • raccoon • remorhaz • scramble-squirrel • treant • verbeeg • vulture • white dragon • wild crag sheep • wyvern
Locations[]
- Bodies of Water
- Shadow Sea
- Buildings & Sites
- Blackthorn Lodge • Candlekeep • Crypt of Augathra the Mad • Crypt of Dreaming Lizards • Fane of Shadows • Mount Talath • Spellgard • Windsong Tower
- Realms
- Anauria • Ascore • Asram • Hlaungadath • Hlondath • Lost Kingdoms • Netheril • Shadowdale
- Regions
- Plain of Standing Stones • Quarters of Emptiness • The Sword • Underdark
- Roads
- Black Road • Moonsea Ride
- Settlements
- Amazandar • Biradoon • Lundeth • Mhaelos • Myth Drannor • Oreme • Orofin • Phelajarama • Rasilith • Rulvadar • Tel Badir • Shadowdale • Synod • Thultanthar
- Wilderness
- Aerithae's Rest • Anauroch • Chult • Cormanthor • Desertsedge • Fallen Giant Rift • Frozen Sea • Hidden Valley of Srindin • High Ice • North Wall • Saiyaddar • Stonelands • The Swordpoint • Weathercote Wood
- Referenced only
- Ashabenford • Border Forest • Citadel of the Raven • Cloakwood Bay • College of Wizards (Cormyr) • Cormyr • Delzoun • Evereska • Fallen Lands • Halruaa • Host Tower of the Arcane • Karse • Lake of Steam • Library of Raumark • Low Netheril • Moonsea North • Narrow Sea • Nimbral • Old Owl Well • Sea of Fallen Stars • Sea of Swords • Silverymoon • Sword Coast • Tilverton • Tethyamar Mountains • Vast Swamp • Waterdeep • Westgate
Organizations[]
- Bedine • Church of Shar • Cult of the Shattered Peak • D'tarig • Dark Diviners • People of the Black Blood • Shadovar • Zhentarim
- Referenced only
- Army of Darkhope • Church of Lathander • Clan Auzkovyn • Harpers • House Dhuurniv • House Jaelre • Knights of the Chalice • Masked Brigades • Purple Dragons
Magic[]
- Items
- Book of the Black • Chalice of Amaunator • decanter of endless water • Keoghtom's ointment • Myrjala's Eyes • Myrjala's Shards • Nether Scrolls • potion of cure light wounds • Shadow Engine • staff of night • Tablet of Pharyssolnyth • wand of magic missiles • Windsong Towerkin Ring
- Spells
- analyze portal • antimagic field • arcane lock • arrow mind • backblast • battering ram • caltrops • clairaudience • clairvoyance • crushing sphere • dismissal • dream • dweomer vortex • electric jolt • expeditious retreat, swift • lesser spell matrix • greater mage armor • insanity • limited wish • mage hand • Mordenkainen's private sanctum • mystic shield • project image • Rary's mnemonic enhancer • reciprocal gyre • reverse arrows • sandblast • seal portal • shadow well • simulacrum • Sinsabur's baleful bolt • sonic blast • spell fangs • steeldance • telekinesis • thunderlance • unseen servant
- Other
- dead-magic zone • faerzress • mythal • mythallar • portal • Quess'Ar'Teranthvar • Shadow Weave • Shadowsong Tree • Sharn Wall • Weave
- Referenced only
- banishment • Warblade
Miscellaneous[]
- Armor & Clothing
- burnoose • filter mask • hydration suit • sun lenses • turban
- Art & Literature
- Black Chronology • Leaves of One Night • Of the Fall of Netheril • Roll of Years • Song of Loss
- Gemstones
- emerald • star sapphire
- Hazards
- devil dune • wailing waste
- Languages
- Loross
- Tools
- distillation kit
- Substances
- blackeye • armor insulation • armorbright
- Vegetation
- beech tree • blueleaf • oak • shadowtop • weirwood
- Referenced only
- Karsus's Folly • mica • resin • volcanic glass
Gallery[]
Back Cover
Credits[]
- Designers: Thomas M. Reid, Greg Vaughan, Skip Williams
- Editors: John Thompson, Kim Mohan
- Editing Manager: Kim Mohan
- Design Manager: Christopher Perkins
- Development Manager: Jesse Decker
- Senior Art Director RPG R&D: Stacy Longstreet
- Director of RPG R&D: Bill Slavicsek
- Production Managers: Randall Crews, Shari Overbay
- Forgotten Realms Art Director: Kate Irwin
- Cover Artist: William O'Connor
- Interior Artists: Eric Deschamps, Randy Gallegos, Fred Hooper, Monte Michael Moore, William O'Connor, Francis Tsai
- Graphic Designer: Nick Isaac, Soe Murayama
- Cartographer: Christopher West
- Graphic Production Specialist: Angelika Lokotz, Christopher Tardiff
- Image Technician: Sven Bolen
Appendix[]
External Links[]
- Anauroch: The Sundering of the World Art Gallery. Wizards of the Coast. (2007-11-15). Archived from the original on 2008-09-24. Retrieved on 2020-04-01.
- Anauroch: The Sundering of the World Map Gallery. Wizards of the Coast. (2007-11-21). Archived from the original on 2008-09-24. Retrieved on 2021-10-21.
- Dungeon Masters Guild product page
Connections[]
3rd edition and v.3.5
Champions of Ruin • Champions of Valor • City of Splendors: Waterdeep • Dragons of Faerûn • Faiths and Pantheons • Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting • The Grand History of the Realms • Lords of Darkness • Lost Empires of Faerûn • Magic of Faerûn • Monsters of Faerûn • Mysteries of the Moonsea • Player's Guide to Faerûn • Power of Faerûn • Races of Faerûn • Serpent Kingdoms • Shining South • Silver Marches • Unapproachable East • Underdark
Adventures
Anauroch: The Empire of Shade • City of the Spider Queen • Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave • Into the Dragon's Lair • Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor • Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land • Sons of Gruumsh • The Twilight Tomb
Adventures
Anauroch: The Empire of Shade • City of the Spider Queen • Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave • Into the Dragon's Lair • Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor • Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land • Sons of Gruumsh • The Twilight Tomb