City of Splendors

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City of Splendors is a boxed set for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition released in 1994. It consists of four books (The 128-page Campaign Guide, the 96-page Who's Who, the 64-page Adventurer's Guide, and the 16-page Secrets), six poster maps, and sixteen Monstrous Compendium Appendix pages.

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Waterdeep As You've Never Seen It Before!
Think you know everything there is to know about the City of Splendors? Think again! Based on material originally presented in FR1 Waterdeep and the North and City System, this box expands all that information and adds over 200 pages of new characters, magic, and excitement! Here's what is inside:

A 128-page Campaign Guide with expanded city map keys and new information on every part of the city.

A 96-page Who's Who, giving you details on the nobles and other NPCs of Waterdeep (over 100 new characters in this book alone!).

A 64-page Adventurer's Guide for players, with the Adventurers' Quarter, a new area of Waterdeep complete with over 50 new NPCs.

A 16-page Secrets book, hiding the secrets of the NPCs and adventures of the Adventurer's Quarter.

6 maps, including new maps of the city and two photo maps of the Adventurers' Quarter.

16 MONSTROUS COMPENDIUM® Appendix pages, with 13 never-before-seen monsters to haunt the shadows of the city.
Come explore the greatest city of the Realms in this compilation of everything about the City of Splendors. From the spires of Piergeiron's Palace to the depths of Undermountain, this city's sure to thrill players and Dungeon masters alike for years.

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City of Splendors was released by TSR in 1994 for $25.00 US, $35.00 Canadian, or £15.99 GBP including VAT.

On March 24, 2022, it was re-released in digital format. It is currently available on DriveThruRPG and Dungeon Masters Guild for $6.95.

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As of 2023, City of Splendors reached the rank of Electrum seller on DriveThruRPG.

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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition
Core rules
Player's Handbook • Dungeon Master Guide Monstrous Compendium Volume One • Monstrous Compendium Volume Two • Monstrous Manual First Quest • Introduction to Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Game • The Complete Starter Set • Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game
Optional core rules
Player's Option: Combat & Tactics • Player's Option: Skills & Powers • Player's Option: Spells & Magic Dungeon Master Option: High-Level Campaigns • Campaign Option: Council of Wyrms
Supplement lines
Player's Handbook Rules Supplement • Dungeon Master's Guide Rules Supplement Monstrous Compendium Appendix • Monstrous Compendium Annual Encyclopedia Magica • Historical Reference • The Magic Encyclopedia • Monstrous Arcana • Priest's Spell Compendium • Wizard's Spell Compendium
Other supplements
Bastion of Faith • Book of Artifacts • Castle Sites • Chronomancer • City Sites • College of Wizardry • Country Sites • Den of Thieves • Dungeon Builder's Guidebook • Guide to Hell • Legends & Lore • Rogues' Gallery • Shaman • Tome of Magic • The Vortex of Madness and Other Planar Perils • Warriors of Heaven • World Builder's Guidebook
Adventures
The Apocalypse Stone • Axe of the Dwarvish Lords • Cleric's Challenge (II) • The Dancing Hut of Baba Yaga • Destiny of Kings • Die Vecna Die! • Dragon Mountain • Dungeons of Despair • Fighter's Challenge (II) • The Gates of Firestorm Peak • A Hero's Tale • Labyrinth of Madness • The Lost Shrine of Bundushatur • Moonlight Madness • The Murky Deep • Night Below: An Underdark Campaign • A Paladin in Hell • Return to the Tomb of Horrors • Reverse Dungeon • Road to Danger • The Rod of Seven Parts • The Shattered Circle • The Silver Key • Swamplight • Tale of the Comet • Tales of Enchantment • Temple, Tower, & Tomb • Thief's Challenge (II) • TSR Jam 1999 • Wizard's Challenge (II)