"Under Mount Dread" is an adventure module for beginner players set in the Dalelands, where they must slay monsters.
Synopsis[]
The players must attack or drive off the monsters at a dungeon once held by the evil mage Azazabus.[1]
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Background[]
"Under Mount Dread" originally featured in First Quest, where an identical one is set in Karameikos. It is copied almost verbatim from that product, going so far as to reuse the map for the first level. The monsters, however, are changed for the Realms. Among those changes, Tinker the gnome is accosted by bugbears instead of kobolds, there is a ju-ju zombie among the skeletons, carrion crawlers instead of fire beetles, a giant trapdoor spider replaces four giant rats, five orcs rather than three, giant snakes instead of regular. There are ten friendly gnomes instead of five who offer an enchanted sword instead of money, giant bats instead of an ooze, gnolls instead of goblins with a flame tongue instead of a sword of wounding, and Kordak is two levels higher, boasting two zombies instead of one. Furthermore, the second level featured a "wet room" with lizard men instead of a "paper room" with wasps, and a gelatinous cube instead of ghouls for its burnt room.
References[]
- ↑ Richard Baker III, David Cook, Kevin Melka, Bruce Nesmith (1995). Introduction to Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Introduction to the Dungeon Master Guide. (TSR, Inc.), p. 53. ISBN 0-7869-0332-5.