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| Code | H4 |
|---|---|
| TSR product code | 9228 |
| Rules required | AD&D (1st Ed.) Battlesystem (optional) |
| Character levels | 18 - 100 |
| Campaign setting | Forgotten Realms |
| Authors | Michael Dobson Douglas Niles |
| First published | 1988 |
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H4 - The Throne of Bloodstone is an Official GameAdventure or "module" for theAdvanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasyrole-playing game.[1]
InThe Throne of Bloodstone, theplayer characters go to theAbyss to steal the powerfulWand fromOrcus.[1]
This module is recommended for characters between levels 18 and 100. They play the rulers of Bloodstone Pass. A war against the Witch-King of Vaasa has come to a standstill. The players venture into the Abyss, destroy a mighty demon, steal theWand of Orcus and take it to the Seven Heavens to be destroyed.
The battle between the mighty undead army of the Witch-King ofVaasa and the forces of Bloodstone has come to a standstill. As long as the source of the Witch-King's power is at work, his evil forces will never be defeated! This module requires the player characters, as the rulers ofBloodstone Pass if following the series, to find the true power behind the Witch-King and defeat it.
The module requires the players to journey to theAbyss, confrontOrcus, one of its greatest demons, steal theWand of Orcus, and destroy it.
The wide range of levels the module is for is dealt with in several ways as well as the general principles described above for dealing with 100th level characters. For some encounters either the number and/or type of opponents vary or the NPC's reaction to the characters vary depending on the total level of the party. Some areas in the module like the city ofliches or the city of 100,000demons, are really too difficult for any party to overcome directly and require approaches other than brute force.
H4The Throne of Bloodstone was written byDouglas Niles andMichael Dobson, with a cover byKeith Parkinson, and was published by TSR in 1988 as a 96-page book.[1] Interior art was byGraham Nolan.
This module is part four of four, though it is not required to have played the previous three modules. While this is the fourth adventure in the Bloodstone pass saga, and the second that sets the saga in theForgotten Realms, it is the first publication that bears the official Forgotten Realms logo.
At 96 pages the module is larger than was common at the time of publication and is the longest in the Bloodstone Saga. It comes in a loose cardboard cover; the maps are not printed on the inside but in the book itself, and on a foldout poster.
This module is listed as being intended for character levels 18 - 100. The upper end of this range is by far the highest level specified for anyD&D module. The module includes a substantial section on running games with 100th level characters. The guidance rests on three principles:
The module includes two sets of pre-generated characters. The first set is the same seven characters that have run through the Bloodstone Saga, most of which are now 19th level. The second set are based on great characters of mythology and all have at least one class at 100th level. These characters, who are much more powerful than the versions appearing in theLegends & Lore manual arePerseus,Circe,Hermes andArtemis.
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Lawrence Schick, in his 1991 bookHeroic Worlds, found it strange that the module purports to be usable for character levels 18-100, "considering there are no rules for character levels above about 25 inAD&D".[1]
| Chapter | Page |
|---|---|
| Prologue | 9 |
| Citadel of the Witch-King | 12 |
| Into the Abyss | 30 |
| Realm of the Undead | 46 |
| The Abyssian Fortress | 57 |
| Into the Seven Heavens | 78 |
| Epilogue | 82 |
Design:Michael Dobson andDouglas Niles
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Distributed to the book trade in the United States by Random House, Inc., and in Canada by Random House of Canada, Ltd. Distributed to the toy and hobby trade by regional distributors. Distributed in the United Kingdom by TSR UK Ltd.
product number 9228
ISBN 0-88038-560-X
To complete the adventure players will need to defeat many opponents. Those difficult or impossible to avoid include:
Other major opponents characters may face include: