Publication:When a Star Falls

[  When a Star Falls]

System: Dungeons and Dragons 1e Levels: 3 – 5  Author: Graeme Morris  Publisher: TSR  Publication Date: 1984  Format: Paperback  Page Count: 32

Product Blurb The power of prophecy is given to few. Wise are they who guard this gift well, for those who thirst after such knowledge are not always men of principle. Bastion of destiny, the Tower of the Heavens stands silhouetted against the star-studded night sky. From within his darkened observatory, perched like an eyrie on the highest turret, a figure in white charts the course of a shooting-star as it disappears behind the snow-capped peaks of the Tegefed mountains. The old man smiles grimly to himself; the event foretold has come to pass! Power, glory, riches - it takes years to acquire them. The uncanny accuracy of their predictions has brought all these and more to the sages of the Tower of the Heavens. But what is hard to win is often easier to lose, and the future of the tower now hangs in the balance. This text is quoted from promotion material. Text and images are copyrighted by the original publisher.

Plot Summary

The story begins with the characters searching for a fallen star. Challenges are presented along the way. This requires player characters (PCs) to deal with greedy derro, deceptive Sverfneblin and treacherous clerics.

The adventurers must return the fallen star to its rightful owner. The journey takes many twists and turns as the star's secrets are gradually revealed. The PCs have an encounter with a monster called a memory web on the moors south-east of the Tegefed mountains, and learn of a falling star that reached the earth. They are encouraged to find it and bring it to Shalfey, an Elder Sage of the Tower of the Heavens.

Publication History

UK4: When a Star Falls was written by Graeme Morris, and published by TSR in 1984 as a 32-page booklet with two outer folders. This module, like all those of the U and UK series, was developed by the TSR UK division.

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