Dwellers of the Forbidden City (AD&D Fantasy Roleplaying, Module I1) [Paperback]

David Cook (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: TSR Inc. (September 1, 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394514246
• ISBN-13: 978-0394514246
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,364,773 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic adventure in the lost jungles of Greyhawk, May 1, 2000

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Kent David Kelly "Author & Anthologist" (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dwellers of the Forbidden City (AD&D Fantasy Roleplaying, Module I1) (Paperback)

David Cook's classic is a masterpiece in evocative design - you get a wonderful "pulp" jungle adventure against the dreaded Yuan-Ti; but most of all, this open-ended module is designed to encourage you to develop the Forbidden City for many months of adventure. This adventure includes some of the nastiest encounters ever devised for D&D - my players still cringe, a decade later, when I remind them about crossing that rickety suspension bridge over the 200' ravine, while being pelted by boulders... a wonderful, highly playable piece of nostalgia, not to be missed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A module I actually used, May 22, 2008

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Shane Tiernan (St. Petersburg, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dwellers of the Forbidden City (AD&D Fantasy Roleplaying, Module I1) (Paperback)

I was always drawn to this module, mostly because of the city map. I finally got a chance to use it in a 3.5 Jungle-based campaign and it rocked. Of course I completely changed some things around but kept some of the really cool parts. One of the reviewers mentioned the rope bridge. I kept it in and killed one of the characters with it. The friendly/greedy singing xorn was fun too. Then of course there was the naked gnome... oh wait that wasn't part of the original adventure (long story).

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars ?? I didn't like this one at all, December 2, 2001

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Dan "dan_dan_the_garbage_man" (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dwellers of the Forbidden City (AD&D Fantasy Roleplaying, Module I1) (Paperback)

I bought this module way back when i'd been DMing all the 'B' and 'X' modules for my group. I think it was probably the worst AD&D module i'd bought (from TSR that is, there are some shockers out there in the 'open gaming licence' world). Basically it's a jungle adventure, with a dungeon. Not too different from X1 the isle of dread. I just thought the module was sloppy. With a lot of effort and thinking the DM could make something out of it, but definitely not for straight up playing. It just consists of numbered encounters and a mediocre map. One of the few that I would not recommend. Sorry.