Publication:Slave Pits of the Undercity

[  Slave Pits of the Undercity]

System: Dungeons and Dragons 1e Levels: 4 – 7  Author: David Cook  Publisher: TSR  Item Code: 9039  Publication Date: 1980  Format: Paperback  Page Count: 24  ISBN-10: 935696-25-3

Product Blurb It is Time to Put a Stop to the Marauders! For years the coastal towns have been burned and looted by the forces of evil. You and your fellow adventurers have been recruited to root out and destroy the source of these raids. But beware, hundreds of good men and woman have been taken have been taken by the slavers and have never been seen or heard from again! This text is quoted from promotion material. Text and images are copyrighted by the original publisher.

Plot Summary

The events of the adventure are set in 580 CY, following four years of raids by slavers on the coastal population along the Sea of Gearnat from Onnwal to the Wild Coast. Local lords, finally tired of the situation, hire a band of adventurers to attack the slavers in their home. The adventure begins in the Pomarj city of Highport at a ruined temple which serves as a headquarters for the slavers. The module takes the group through the temple and into the sewers below where giant insect-like creatures make their lair along with the slave lords. As the adventurers progress on their mission to break up the band of slavers, they battle orcs and the insects in the sewers of the slavers' conquered city. Eventually the group reaches the prisoners and their captors, and finds a map showing the route of the caravans. Following this map leads the group to the second module, Secret of the Slavers Stockade.

Publication History

Slave Pits of the Undercity was published by TSR in 1980 as a twenty four page booklet, and was written by David Cook. The cover artwork by Jeff Dee features an illustration of two aspis fighting a party of adventurers (including a bearded female dwarf). The interior art was done by Dee, David S. LaForce, Jim Roslof, and Bill Willingham.

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