"Visitors from Above" is an adventure in the Sword Coast North for Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition, published in Dungeon #28, designed to introduce players and dungeon masters to several elements of the Spelljammer setting. It was designed for a group of 4 to 9 adventurers of 4th–8th level.[1]
Synopsis[]
This adventure took characters up the Neverwinter River, into the Neverwinter Woods, and eventually to Mount Hotenow before they may eventually ascend to the stars. Along the way they found a dwarf searching for the crew of his ship, a crashed nautiloid, and a cave in a volcano.
Index[]
Characters[]
Alaginzeron • Baldur (dwarf) • Faldor • Fallgon • Golem (stone golem) • Gundulph Whitebeard VII • Gurgar • Homonculous Medio • Horgrum • Hlodar • Osorm • Redwald • Rorlox • Sorne • Storhm • Tholgrim • Thrumm • Valdheim
Referenced only
Burbul Hairfoot • Nasher Alagondar
Referenced only
Burbul Hairfoot • Nasher Alagondar
Creatures[]
bat • brown mold • cave bear • cave fisher • gas spore • giant bat • giant lynx • goldbug • gray ooze • grimlock • green slime • half-orc • homonculous • human • manticore • mimic • mobat • mountain dwarf • ochre jelly • orog • otyugh • piercer • stone golem • trapper • winter wolf • wolf • wolfwere • yeti
Referenced only
beholder • butterfly • fire elemental • giant • griffon • halfling • hornet • horse • kender • mindflayer • nautilus • ogre • orc • squid
Referenced only
beholder • butterfly • fire elemental • giant • griffon • halfling • hornet • horse • kender • mindflayer • nautilus • ogre • orc • squid
Items[]
Armor & Clothing
bronze plate mail • chain mail • field plate • helmet • leather armor • plate mail • ring mail • robe • scale mail • splint mail
Currency
Food & Drinks
Materials & Substances
Vehicles
dwarven citadel • galleon • mining ship (spelljammer) • nautiloid • raft
Referenced only
barge • flitter (unnamed)
Referenced only
barge • flitter (unnamed)
Weapons
ballista • battle axe • broad sword • catapult • crossbow • cutlass • dagger • dirk • halberd • hand axe • hammer • long sword • mace • net • short sword • throwing axe • two-handed sword • war hammer
Miscellaneous
barrel • bolt (fastener) • book • bottle • cask • chandelier • dice • flint box • hammock • Jolly Roger • jar • jug • keg • key • ladder • map • mattress • nail • needle • oil lamp • pot • quill • rope • scroll case • shield • spike • star chart • torch • trap • vial
Referenced only
elevator • lamp • water clock
Referenced only
elevator • lamp • water clock
Locations[]
Celestial Bodies
Regions
Roads
Settlements
Ships
Wilderness
Magic[]
Items
bag of holding • beads of force • cloak of protection • crystal ball • dagger of throwing • dagger of venom • dwarven thrower • giant slayer • pearl of wisdom • planetary locator • pouch of accessibility • ring of Burbul • ring of protection • ring of shooting stars • robe of stars • wand of steam and vapor
Referenced only
ring of contrariness • ring of feather falling • ring of fire resistance
Referenced only
ring of contrariness • ring of feather falling • ring of fire resistance
Potions
potion of clairvoyance • potion of ESP • potion of gaseous form • philter of love • potion of speed • potion of water walking
Spells
aid • alarm • bless • blink • chant • chaos • color spray • command • cure disease • cure light wounds • detect evil • dimension door • explosive runes • faerie fire • flaming sphere • fly • globe of invulnerability • hold person • invisibility • improved invisibility • improved phantasmal force • levitation • lightning bolt • minor globe of invulnerability • monster summoning I • monster summoning IV • monster summoning V • monster summoning VI • passwall • phantasmal force • produce flame • shield • shocking grasp • slow poison • spectral force • spell turning • stinking cloud • stone shape • strength • teleport • web • wind walk • wizard lock
Referenced only
detect lie • detect traps • disintegrate • dispel magic • fireball • limited wish • remove curse • remove poison • wish
Referenced only
detect lie • detect traps • disintegrate • dispel magic • fireball • limited wish • remove curse • remove poison • wish
Others
Organizations[]
Religions[]
Miscellaneous[]
Classes
Languages
Vegetation
Miscellaneous
Appendix[]
Background[]
- The adventure notably suggests that those desiring further information on the Spelljammer setting check out the adventure Jammin' by Jim Ward from Dungeon #21.[2]
- In the section of the adventure dedicated to a cavern complex on the side of Mount Hotenow, the author suggests that the Dungeoneer's Survival Guide could be a useful reference.[3]
References[]
- ↑ Shonn Everett (March/April 1991). “Visitors from Above”. In Barbara G. Young ed. Dungeon #28 (TSR, Inc.) (28)., p. 50.
- ↑ Shonn Everett (March/April 1991). “Visitors from Above”. In Barbara G. Young ed. Dungeon #28 (TSR, Inc.) (28)., p. 51.
- ↑ Shonn Everett (March/April 1991). “Visitors from Above”. In Barbara G. Young ed. Dungeon #28 (TSR, Inc.) (28)., p. 64.
Connections[]
| Spelljammer | |
| Boxed sets | The Astromundi Cluster • Spelljammer: AD&D Adventures in Space • Spelljammer: Adventures in Space • War Captain's Companion |
|---|---|
| Accessories | Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix 1 • Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix 2 • The Complete Spacefarer's Handbook • Practical Planetology • Realmspace • Rock of Bral • Space Lairs |
| Adventures | An Artist's Errand • Jammin' • Light of Xaryxis • Skull & Crossbows • The Sea of Sorrow • Spelljammer Academy • Under the Dark Fist • Visitors from Above |
| Gamebooks | A Wild Ride |
| Novels | The Cloakmaster Cycle (Into the Void • The Maelstrom's Eye • The Radiant Dragon • The Broken Sphere) |
| Organized Play | Adrift in Wildspace • Down and Out in Drydock • The Scroll of Heaven |
| Video Games | Neverwinter (Adventures in Wildspace • Spelljammer) • Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace |