Publication:The Veiled Society

[  The Veiled Society]

System: Dungeons and Dragons 1e Levels: 1 – 3  Author: David "zeb" Cook  Publisher: TSR  Publication Date: 1984  Format: paperback  Page Count: 24  ISBN-10: 0-88038-085-3  Price:

Product Blurb The widow insists there are demons in her house. She hears them at night in her root cellar, and now they call out to her. But she is old and nervous and her mind often plays tricks on her. Two men, their heads fully sheathed in large, black hoods, dig quickly in the darkness of the cellar. The hole grows deeper as their shovels bite into the earth. "This will teach those meddlers their place," the shorter, slim figure says haltingly. "But don't you see the advantage?" snaps the tall man. "They will fear us now. They will fear for their lives." Grunting, they heave a sailcloth bundle into the hole. As it falls, a woman's hand dangles lifelessly form the folds. Who is the woman? Why will her death trigger riots and unrest in the city of Specularum? And the assassins: Are they Torenescu, Radu, or Vorloi? Or, curse of curses, the Veiled Society? This text is quoted from promotion material. Text and images are copyrighted by the original publisher.

Plot Summary

The Veiled Society is set in the city of Specularum, where the players must determine which of three rival factions is responsible for a murder. In the violent city of Specularum, the Veiled Society has spies everywhere. Specularum is the capital of the Grand Duchy of Karameikos, and the adventure involves the party in a struggle between the city's three major families (the Vorloi, Radu, and Torenescu).

Publication History

The sixteen page booklet with an outer folder was published by TSR in 1984 and designed by David "Zeb" Cook. It features cover artwork by Steve Chappell with interior illustrations by Jim Roslof. The module includes cardstock miniatures and sixteen pages of fold-together pieces[1] which form nine cutout houses and a cutout gate.

The module was featured in the compilation B1-B9 In Search of Adventure in 1987.

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