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The Wyrmskull Throne

Steven E. Schend and Thomas M. Reid

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Table of Contents

Introduction . . . . . ... . . .... . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Bridge Between Two Worlds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

The Big Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Credits

Design: Steven E. Schend and Thomas M. Reid

Quelzarn Design: Ed Greenwood

Design Brainstorming: Eric Boyd, Dale Donovan, Ed

Greenwood, Julia Martin, and Bill Slavicsek

Editing and Development: Dale Donovan

Creative Director: Kij Johnson

Cover Art: Todd Lockwood

Interior Art: David Roach

Cartography: Lazz

Graphic Design and Production: Dee Barnett

Typography: Eric Haddock

Art Direction: Paul Hanchette

A Night in Toralth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Already in the Swim? ............................................ 11

Dramatis Personae ................................................. 12

Fall of the Hammer ............................................... 15

A Call to Arms ...................................................... 16

Campaign Links .................................................... 17

Welcome to Serôs .............................................. 19

The Rising Chaos .................................................. 19

Dont PanicIts Only Water! .............................. 20

So Near yet So Far ............................................... .21

Out of the Clear Blue.. ......................................... .24

Throne to the Fishes ............................................. 25

Special Thanks

To Ed Greenwood and Eric Boyd, for friendship

and all things dwarven

Into the Twisted Tunnels ................................... 26

Tunnel Basics ........................................................ 26

Exploring the Tunnels ........................................... 28

The Throne Revealed ........................................... 35

Unlikely Allies ...................................................... 37

Campaign setting based on the original campaign world of Ed Greenwood.

Based on the original D UNGEONS & DRAGONS® rules created by E. Gary Gygax

and Dave Arneson.

A DVANCED D UNGEONS & D RAGONS , AD&D, B IRTHRIGHT , C REATURE C RUCIBLE ,

D RAGON , D UNGEON , D UNGEONS & D RAGONS , F ORGOTTEN R EALMS , and

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M ONSTROUS M ANUAL is a trademark owned by TSR, Inc. All TSR characters,

character names, and the distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks owned by

TSR, Inc. TSR, Inc. is a subsidiary of Wizards of the Coast, Inc.

To Claim the Throne ......................................... 39

Into Kraoks Lair.. .................................................. 39

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regional distributors.

Epilogue ............................................................ 44

Gantar Retains the Throne ................................... 44

Gantar Loses the Throne ...................................... 44

Appendix I: Rules for Underwater Adventuring ...45

Appendix II: The Shipwreck Plains .................. 46

Random Encounters .............................................. 47

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Appendix III: Monsters ..................................... 4 8

Feeblestar.. ............................................................. 48

Quelzarn ................................................................ 49

Shalarin ................................................................ .50

Slithering Hoard ................................................... 51

Appendix IV: Magic ........................................... 52

The Mythal at Myth Nantar .................................. 52

The Wyrmskull Throne

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The Ruling Scepters of Shanatar

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The Librarian

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The Staff of the Deep

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The Tome of Tujar the Dark Adherent

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Other Magical Items

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Introduction

ost for centuries, the Wyrmskull Throne has many legends and wild

tales attached to it, but one thing remained certain: He who

claimed the Wyrmskull Throne claimed the legacies and lost treas-

ures of the lost dwarven kingdom of Shanatar. That alone made the

obsidian seat worth seeking. Now, its location is rumored, but re-

mains hidden, and many hands reach out of the shadows seeking to touch its power,

its wealth, and its influence.

Welcome to The Wyrmskull Throne, the latest adventure within the F ORGOTTEN

R EALMS ® campaign setting. This module is designed for mid-level adventurers (levels

4-7), though it can be adjusted for higher-level play with simple adjustments to the

monster ratios and additional encounters. All that the DM and players need to use

this module in a Realms campaign is this module, the Players Handbook, D UNGEON

M ASTER ® Guide, and the M ONSTROUS M ANUAL tome. The Wyrmskull Throne pro-

vides all the information the Dungeon Master needs for one major adventure and

numerous smaller side adventures; in addition, it also provides material to expand

the details and plots into a full-blown campaign. While not essential for this adven-

ture, we strongly recommend using the Sea of Fallen Stars campaign supplement

(TSR #11393) to both easily understand many of the details in this adventure and to

expand the scope of the adventure into an undersea campaign in the aquatic world of

Serôs (the name used by its inhabitants to refer to their home) in Faerûns Inner Sea.

he Wyrmskull Throne adventure bridges numerous gaps in F ORGOTTEN R EALMS

(FR) campaign continuity and attempts to bring a number of broad factors into

any FR campaign. Its purpose as a bridge is two-fold, bringing the past alive and re-

minding folks of the glories of by-gone eras, and creating an exciting series of events

that reveal the newest area to be explored within the F ORGOTTEN R EALMS campaign.

This adventure uses the history of southern Faerûn and the evocative name of the

Wyrmskull Throne to provide a connection to Faerûn's past, and some hope for the fu-

ture, by having PCs locate this artifact and possibly help use it to restore Shanatar, the

greatest empire of the dwarves! While there are few immediate historical lessons in

this module for those PCs unfamiliar with Shanatars lore, merely finding and claim-

ing the Throne can lead to an exciting campaign of discovering the pasts secrets.

With its villains and the major setting of this adventure, this module also serves

as an introduction to Serôs, the underwater world of the Inner Sea. For those who

have not yet examined the Sea of Fallen Stars, do not worry; this module is con-

structed to avoid the pitfalls of rules difficulties and to give brief explanations for

things examined more fully therein. Simply put, The Wyrmskull Throne provides

both DMs and players with a small, focused area in which to explore Serôs, and

placing the entire adventure within the confines of an elven mythal greatly eases the

transition between a land-bound and an aquatic campaign. If this adventure leads

your gaming group into an extended stay in Serôs, the above-mentioned campaign

supplement provides all of the Realms-related source material and a brief overview

of rules. For in-depth rules on underwater adventuring, look to Of Ships and the Sea

(TSR #02170) by Keith Strohm.

Bridge Between Two Worlds

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