The Duchy of Ten is a 48-page sourcebook for Basic Dungeons & Dragons released in June 1987.
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The Well of Souls. . .
That's what Zugzul babe the Afridhi call the evil artifact that he had taught them to make. They must call it the Well of Souls, and they must carry it before them into every battle? and they would be mighty. Thus said the god of the Afridhi, Zugzul the One.
So the Afridhi did as they were bade. Seeking the volcano called the Hill of the Hammer in the far Barrens of Karsh, they built in its heart a great forge. There, as Zugzul had promised, efreet came to help them make the mighty artifact. There, amid vile, unholy rites, they bound the souls of men into its very substance, and, for the red-handed work that must surely follow hard upon its completion.
Many were the men who guarded the Hill of the Hammer during the days of making? for their foes in hated Blackmoor would try to unmake that which they had wrought. Yet, it was not men that would keep the Well of Souls from destruction, but a prophecy? that the artifact would be unmade only by the hand of one as yet unborn!
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Development[]
The book was written by David J. Ritchie. Art was provided by Clyde Caldwell and Dave Doorman.
Release[]
The Duchy of Ten was released by TSR in June 1987 for $[missing data] US or $[missing data] Canadian.
On August 16, 2016, 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, The Duchy of Ten reached the rank of Gold seller on DriveThruRPG.
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