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The Secret of the Windswept Wall

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The Secret of the Windswept Wall is a 9-page short adventure module for Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition released on October 21, 2001. It is suitable for player characters of 2nd-4th level.

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

Official synopsis[]

A new mini-module by Abashima Press publisher Eric Haddock takes PCs to the Hidden Coast, where they discover the truth behind a mysterious excavation and what it has revealed. Drop this free online adventure, The Secret in the Windswept Wall, into any setting you like.

Sionaas, a powerful wizard, started construction of a tower and dungeon in the nearby mountain range, the Windswept Wall. He recruited a large number of villagers for labor from Poisson, the nearest point of civilization in the area. He pays well and treats them kindly. Two days ago, something terrible happened at the site and a messenger was sent to Poisson:

Workers trapped in cave-in -- send help.

A surprise is waiting for the PCs once they arrive on site...

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Development[]

The book was written by Eric W. Haddock. Art was provided by Cynthia Fliege, Sean Glenn and Robert Lazzaretti.

Release[]

The Secret of the Windswept Wall was originally released for free on the Wizards of the Coast website on October 21, 2001, as part of its Original Adventures series. It remained online until around 2014.

On January 19, 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, The Secret of the Windswept Wall 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
Dungeons & Dragons 3.0
Core rules
Player's Handbook • Dungeon Master's Guide • Monster Manual • Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game
Supplements
Arms and Equipment Guide • Book of Challenges • Book of Vile Darkness • Defenders of the Faith • Deities and Demigods • Enemies and Allies • Epic Level Handbook • Fiend Folio • Ghostwalk • Hero Builder's Guidebook • Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (Gazetteer) • Manual of the Planes • Masters of the Wild • Monster Manual II • Oriental Adventures • Psionics Handbook • Savage Species • Song and Silence • Stronghold Builder's Guidebook • Sword and Fist • Tome and Blood
Adventures
The Sunless Citadel • The Forge of Fury • The Fright at Tristor • The Speaker in Dreams • The Standing Stone • Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil • Heart of Nightfang Spire • Deep Horizon • Lord of the Iron Fortress • Bastion of Broken Souls • City of the Spider Queen
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