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Ignoring the commonly held belief of the time that all or most spiders were poisonous, as a token of faith, Conrad nevertheless drank the wine with the spider in it. [44] For King Robert the Bruce of Scotland, the spider is depicted as an inspirational symbol, according to an early 14th-century legend.
The third module, Hall of the Fire Giant King, is set in a volcanic region where King Snurre has assembled a horde of fire giants, trolls and hell hounds. A secret passage from this module leads deep into the earth, where the adventurers discover the true nature of the force behind the raids – the drow in the service of Lolth, the demoness.
Arachne – Weaver cursed into a spider; Carbuncle – one of its many descriptions is a greenish-red fiery light reminiscent of fireflies; Gold-digging ant – Reported by Herodotus to live in either Ethiopia or Indian subcontinent; Iktomi - (Lakota) Name for a very narrowly believed in trickster spider. Also known in parts of the Rockies.
City of the Spider Queen begins with an introduction on pages 3–9. Following the introduction is the four-chapter adventure scenario: Part 1: Spinning the Web , is on pages 10–44, Part 2: The Deep Wastes , is on pages 45–63, Part 3: Maerimydra , is on pages 64–101, and Part 4: The Undying Temple , is on pages 102-114.
The War of the Spider Queen series is written by six authors with two editors, Philip Athans and R. A. Salvatore. [13] Authors like Richard Lee Byers and Athans had already adventured into the world of Forgotten Realms with their writing [ 14 ] [ 15 ] while for others like Lisa Smedman and Thomas M. Reid, War of the Spider Queen was their first ...
In the Years of the Trees, Arda was lit by the Two Trees of Valinor. Melkor damaged the trees, and Ungoliant drained them of their sap [T 2]. Tolkien's original writings say that Ungoliant was a primeval spirit of night, named Móru, [T 3] who aided Melkor in his attack upon the Two Trees of Valinor, draining them of their sap after Melkor had injured them.
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space is a boxed set for the 5th edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.The boxed set includes three sourcebooks: the Astral Adventurer's Guide (a Spelljammer campaign setting guide), the Light of Xaryxis (an adventure module), and Boo's Astral Menagerie (a bestiary of Wildspace and Astral Sea creatures).
The 1987 Forgotten Realms Campaign Set was sold as a box set containing two 96-page books, four maps, and two clear plastic overlays marked with hex grids. [1] The maps were four full-color, 34" x 22" maps, two of which combine to form a large-scale (1" = 90 miles) map of the western half of the vast Realms continent, while the other two provide a more detailed (1" = 30 miles) map of the ...