Dragons of Despair is a 36-page sourcebook for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition released in March 1984.
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You stand on the road east of Solace, tired from five years of adventuring, from a fruitless search for lost clerical magic. You know the old proverb that claims "You must return to find what you left to seek," but the saying never really made sense. Soon, however, it will.
For the world of Krynn is not the same: refugees stream out of the northernmost human lands, telling horrible tales. An invading army has burned their villages and put their families and friends to the sword. Among these stories you hear even darker rumors-that older evils, the dragons themselves, have returned to the world, for new and more terrible purposes.
"Dragon of Despair" is the first in TSR's series of Dragonlance adventures for use with the AD&D game system. Your players will adventure in the world of Krynn, visit strange places such as Haven or ruined Xak Tsaroth, and encounter the bizarre draconians and spectral minions. They can play the modules as a set of separate adventures or as a great quest that spans the entire Dragonlance story.
An adventure for characters Level 4-6.
Written by Tracy Hickman.
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Development[]
The book was written by Tracy Hickman, Harold Johnson, Douglas Niles, Carl Smith and Michael Williams. Art was provided by Clyde Caldwell, Jeff Easley and Dave LaForce.
Release[]
Dragons of Despair was released by TSR in March 1984 for $[missing data] US or $[missing data] Canadian.
On January 07, 2014, it was re-released in digital format. It is currently available on DriveThruRPG and Dungeon Masters Guild for $4.99.
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As of 2023, Dragons of Despair reached the rank of Platinum seller on DriveThruRPG.
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