The high mage of Tower City has discovered a crack in the fabric of time and space. A rapidly expanding fissure from a dark, evil plane is opening unto the Realms of Arkonus. Summoning the fractured remnants of a once heroic adventuring party, he instructs them to embark on a quest to recover a pair of legendary magical artifacts that can reverse the opening of the dimensional rift. But time is short and all may not be as it appears.
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First Edition Supplements
Tome of Races
A First Edition compatible supplement for the Realms of Arkonus Campaign Setting containing 7 new character race options with variations. This resource contains guidelines for using in any fantasy game setting if you don’t wish to use Realms of Arkonus.
OSRIC Adventure Modules
An OSRIC™ compatible adventure module for 6 characters Levels 1 – 6 set in the Realms of Arkonus Fantasy Campaign Setting and is easily adaptable to any fantasy campaign setting.
Pirates of the Pearl Sea is a full campaign that ties together Dark Raiders of Misty Ridge with The Forgotten Isle, including a brand new intro adventure for 1st level characters and a 3rd level adventure set between RAM2 and RAM1-2. In addition to two new adventures, both RAM2 and RAM1-2 include improvements and new material.
Format: Full-Color Hardcover
Misty Ridge has been threatened by mysterious raiders that come at night and loot homes and businesses. Most who have crossed paths with the raiders have been slain without mercy. Those rare few who have survived an encounter with the raiders describe them as ferocious, gray-skinned creatures that blend with the mists and move with deadly silence. The Regent of nearby Geldhart has been notified of the problem and he has sent the PCs to investigate and deal with the matter. Can the player characters solve the mystery of the Dark Raiders and restore peace to the once quiet retirement village of Misty Ridge? Includes 1 new monster and 1 new character race.
This product uses the OSRIC™ System (Oldschool System Reference and Index Compilation™). The OSRIC™ system text may be found at http://www.knights-n-knaves.com/osric.
There are many tales told of the legend of the forgotten isle. To some, Maladar was an island in the Pearl Sea inhabited by an eccentric wizard who managed to transform the entire island into a mobile base for exploring the various planes of existence. To others, all the islands in the Pearl Sea are fragments of a continent called Maladar, which was destroyed in a civil war in which both sides used artifacts as weapons. Still others believe that the wizards of Maladar, experimenting with forbidden sorceries, opened a gate to an evil plane, which swallowed the entire island. When it is discovered that Captain “Shark” Thompson has recovered a map to the Maladar realm from a ship wreck in the Pearl Sea, the opportunity to investigate the fabled legends is simply too irresistible to ignore. Yet what other nefarious parties have also learned of the map…
The Forgotten Isle was an official tournament module used at U-Con ’91. This version has revisions and expansions that were not part of the original module.
This product uses the OSRIC System (Oldschool System Reference and Index Compilation). The OSRIC system text may be found at http://www.knights-n-knaves.com/osric.
The inhabitants of Arkonus believed their greatest nightmare was over when they accomplished the impossible in driving the forces of darkness back to the unspeakable fragments of an evil plane. It was a dark time for Arkonus, a time the people didn’t care to remember and so knowledge of the terrible war was carefully suppressed through the generations.
Now over a thousand years later, the high mage of Tower City has revealed the discovery of a portal opening from an unknown plane of evil to the Realms of Arkonus. The player characters are summoned by the high mage and told they must follow his instructions to recover a pair of magical artifacts that can reverse the opening of the portal.
Advent of Darkness was an official tournament module used at Gen Con/Origins 25 and Origins ’96 under the title of Darkness Rising.
This product uses the OSRIC System (Oldschool System Reference and Index Compilation). The OSRIC system text may be found at http://www.knights-n-knaves.com/osric.
It has often been said that magic is the life-blood of Arkonus. It is a source of great power; wisdom, healing, defense, and offense. Without it, many fear that life would hardly resemble what you know it to be. Once only a theory, now that theory is being put to the test. Seven days ago, suddenly and without warning, magic began to fail. Its use has become unpredictable and unstable. The elder mage of Palmeeron fears that the planar experiments of an eccentric mage has upset a critical balance in the Realms of Arkonus. Can you find the cause and restore the balance?
The Magic Balance was an official tournament module used at Michicon ’92. This version has been adapted to the Realms of Arkonus fantasy campaign setting and contains revisions that were not part of the original module.
This product uses the OSRIC System (Oldschool System Reference and Index Compilation). The OSRIC system text may be found at http://www.knights-n-knaves.com/osric.