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Dungeons & Dragons used six attributes (there were brief attempts to add a seventh, Comeliness, in Unearthed Arcana and Dragon magazine, but this was short-lived [4]). The six attributes used in D&D are: "Physical" statistics. Strength - measuring intimidation, physical power and carrying capacity; Constitution - measuring endurance, stamina ...
In the Io9 series revisiting older Dungeons & Dragons novels, Rob Bricken commented that "it feels like a real novel by a real novelist instead of a book by someone trying to be a novelist. Thus, even though I might be grading on a curve after the abysmal Greyhawk: Saga of Old City, Shadowdale rolls a 14 on the ol' 1d20." [1]
The Avatar Series, originally The Avatar Trilogy, is a series of Dungeons & Dragons fantasy novels in the Forgotten Realms setting, covering the event known as the Time of Troubles. The books were: Shadowdale by Scott Ciencin —originally under the pen-name 'Richard Awlinson' (April 1989)
Faiths & Avatars is a supplement which lists and details information about the gods of the Faerûnian pantheon, even those who have died. [1] The book provides 45 deity descriptions, and four new priest sub-classes.
Shadowdale is an adventure module published by TSR in 1989 for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. It is the first of the three-part Avatar series, the second being Tantras and the third Waterdeep. The trilogy of adventures were written and released at the same time as an identically titled trilogy of novels.
For example, in some editions of Dungeons & Dragons the player rolls 4d6 and adds the highest three numbers to generate an ability score (attribute value) from 3 to 18. In the first editions of the Stormbringer role playing game, the character's race and class both are determined by rolling 1d100 and looking up the result in the appropriate table.
Tharizdun was #4 on CBR's 2020 "Dungeons & Dragons: 10 Endgame Bosses You Need To Use In Your Next Campaign" list — the article states that "What's interesting is that all of Tharizdun's followers and subjects are insane. DMs can easily make a horror insane asylum-type of adventure where deep within the institution's underbelly is a cult ...
Vecna was #4 on CBR's 2020 "10 Unique (& Powerful) Villains To Spice Up A High Level Dungeons & Dragons Campaign" list — the article states that "Once a humble necromancer, he rose all the way to becoming a lich and finally a god through an act of ascension. Resplendent with evil this figure is a god whose domain encompasses the undead and ...