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Bad Light

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Bad Light is a 8-page short adventure module for Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 released on July 31, 2004. It is suitable for player characters of 4th level.

Spoiler alert: The following article contains spoilers for an adventure module.

Official synopsis[]

What's happened to the Pearl Tower -- an ancient lighthouse built to warn ships away from a treacherous reef?

Ships are disappearing, and the busy part of the trading season is just about to start. Could someone have taken over the lighthouse and wrecked the ships?

Drop the latest miniadventure for D&D v.3.5 by Owen K. C. Stephens into any coastal region of your campaign world that has a reef and a cliff wall and is near shipping lanes.

Suitable for four 4th-level characters.

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Development[]

The book was written by Owen K.C. Stephens. Art was provided by Cynthia Fliege, Sean Glenn, Dennis Kauth and Robert Lazzaretti.

Release[]

Bad Light was originally released for free on the Wizards of the Coast website on July 31, 2004, as part of its Original Adventures series. It remained online until around 2014.

On February 09, 2016, it was re-released on digital sale. It is currently available on DriveThruRPG and Dungeon Masters Guild for $0.99.

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Critical reception[]

As of 2023, Bad Light reached the rank of Silver seller on DriveThruRPG.

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Original Adventures 3e web series
The Alchemist's Eyrie • Bad Light • Bad Moon Waning • Base of Operations • Black Rain • The Burning Plague • Cave of the Spiders • The Crumbling Hall of the Frost Giant Jarl • A Dark and Stormy Knight • Desert Sands • Dry Spell • Environmental Impact • The Ettin's Riddle • An Eye for an Eye • The Eye of the Sun • Fait Accompli • Fallen Angel • Fang, Beak, and Claw • Force of Nature • A Frigid Demise • Frozen Whispers • The Ghosts of Aniel • A Harvest of Evil • Hasken's Manor • Haunting Lodge • House of Harpies • An Icy Heart • Ill Wind in Friezford • Into the Frozen Waste • Jungle Secrets • The Kopru Ruins • Legend of the Silver Skeleton • Lest Darkness Rise • Lochfell's Secret • Luck of the Draw • Manifesting: A Tale • Matters of Vengeance • The Ministry of Winds • One Last Riddle • A Question of Ethics • Road to Oblivion • The Sea Witch • The Secret of the Windswept Wall • Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? • Sheep's Clothing • Shoals of Intrigue • Shrine of the Feathered Serpent • Something's Cooking • Start at the End • Stone Dead • Tarus's Banquet • The Temple of Redcliff • Test of the Demonweb • Thicker Than Water • The Thunder Below • Tiger's Palace • To Quell the Rising Storm • Tomb of Horrors • Tower in the Ice • The Tower of Deception • The Treasure of the Black Veils • The Unwavering Path • The Vessel of Stars • War of Dragons • White Plume Mountain • Wreck Ashore
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