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Bestiary of Dragons and Giants

Table of Contents

Editor: Deborah Christian

Cover Artist: Larry Elmore

Interior Artist: Wanda Lybarger

Cartographers: Dennis Kauth and Ron Kauth

Typographer: Betty Elmore

How to Use This Book .................................................. 2

The HauntedHelm .................................................... 6

The Questing Barbarian ................................................ 9

Ravellia and the Dragon Eggs ........................................... 13

Trouble in Tall Stone Pass .............................................. 18

Thewizardinthe Woods .............................................. 21

TheTipoftheIceberg ................................................. 24

Krasniythe Red ...................................................... 27

The Feud of the Fire Giants ............................................ 3 1

TheDeludedDragon .................................................. 34

Prince Reynard and the Silver Staircase .................................. 39

Thyralax and the Ruby Amulet ......................................... 45

Isle of the Storm Giant ................................................. 5 1

Fangs Alot ........................................................... 56

The Pestiferous Castle of Bodor Sordstone ................................ 60

Dragon Statistics for Encounters ......................................... 60

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How to Use This Boo

This book is designed to provide the DM

with an interesting series of dragon and

giant encounters using the D&D@game

format. Adventures are stand-alone

encounters ranging from beginner’s to

master’s level.

Each mini-module is generic enough

to fit into any on-going campaign. Each

one is also long enough to occupy one or

two evenings of play. If the DM modifies

the adventure, he should be aware that it

is currently balanced for a particular

level of play, and changes must take this

factor into consideration.

How this Book

is Arranged

The adventures in this booklet are

arranged in order of difficulty based on

average player character party experi-

ence level, assuming five to six players

per party. If the DM has a low-levelcam-

paign, only the first few encounters

should be used until the players reach a

level where they can compete with the

difficult opposition presented in later

adventures.

If the campaign has higher-level play-

er characters and the DM wishes to use

the beginning quests, there are several

things that can be done to make the

adventure a challenging one for the play-

ers.

Module Format

Each adventure has an introduction and

a set of encounters that lead the party to a

final, climactic encounter. To get the

maximum enjoyment out of each giant

or dragon encounter, the DM must be

thoroughly familiar with the material

before playing the adventure. The best

DMs take the time to highlight impor-

tant parts of each section so that none of

the exciting action is forgotten during the

give and take of the role-playing experi-

ence.

‘Ine rmporxance or

Morale

The morale score is presented for every

creature in this book. It should be a con-

stant consideration for the Dm in the

course of gaming, and is briefly reviewed

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war

ture

ster

mol

and

b determine if an NPC or monster

its to run away, the DM uses the crea-

:)s Morale Score given with the mon-

’s description. Good morale indicates

rillingness to keep fighting; bad

-ale means the creature may panic

try to get away.

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Abbreviations

Abbreviations used in this book are as

follows.

when u A,LV.-

U UIIUU..

I“ necessary

the DM rolls 2d6. If the result is greater

than the creature’s Morale Score, the

creature tries to stop the fight or attempts

to get away. If the result is less than or

eaual to the Moral Score. the creature

PC: Player Character

NPC: Non-Player Character (run by

the Dungeon Master)

DM: Dungeon Master

ST Strength

IN: Intelligence

WS: Wisdom

DX: Dexterity

CN: Constitution

CH: Charisma

AC: Armor Class

HD: Hit Dice

hp: hit points

d: type of dice

D: Damage

MV: Movement Rate

#AT: Number of Attacks

Save: Saving Throw Cla

C: Cleric

M: Magic-User

T: Thief

D: Dwarf

E: Elf

H: Halfling

ML: Morale

AL: Alignment

XP: Experience Points

cp: copper pieces

sp: silver pieces

ep: electrum pieces

gp: gold pieces

pp: platinum pieces

lntinues to fight.

Checks are not made for

creatures

with scores of 2 or 1 Z. P or creatures with

scores from 3 to 11, a Morale Check is

made twice after combat begins.

1. When the creature is first hit, taking

more hit points of damage.

he creature is reduced to one-

of its starting hit points.

there are groups of creatures,

: is also chec

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ices:

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fol-

circumstan

Len the firs her

: occurs (eimer monster or

racter party),

Len half of tk

Raise all the hit points of the mon-

sters to their maximum. The num-

ber of creatures encountered might

also be doubled or tripled to increase

the danger of combat.

Add some traps or encounters that

are appropriate to the DM’s cam-

paign world. These experiences

should be more than just hack-and-

slash meetings. Each one should

present the party with some useful

information about the “grand

finale” of the adventure.

It is possible to combine a giant and

a dragon encounter of low level in

one gaming session.

magically

:ep or controlled, etc.

1 may decide to adjust a

-..ick by a penalty of + 2 or + 1,

no adjustment nr i) bonus nf - 1 nr - 2

on the roll.

If a creat 2ke

the Morale UIICLK, IL UL Lllcy will LIY to

get away from battle. If an intelligent

creature surrenders, it will usually offer

treasure as payment for its life.

free to act, LLU,

le monsters ar

r;ll,d magically

ure or creatures fail to m;

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