The Sentinel (module)

] is an adventure module for the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy roleplaying game, set in the game's "World of Greyhawk" campaign setting. The 32-page book bears the code UK2 and was published by TSR, Inc. in 1983 for the first edition "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" rules. The adventure is the first of two modules in the "Adlerweg" series and was followed by UK3 - "The Gauntlet".

Receiving 8 out of 10, the module received a fairly positive review in Issue 60 of White Dwarf magazine. Though criticised for its cover art, it was commended on its attention to detail and interesting gameplay. [cite journal
last =Staplehurst
first =Graham
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title =Open Box: Dungeon Modules
format = review
journal =White Dwarf
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issue =Issue 60
pages =13
publisher =Games Workshop
year = 1984
month = December
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issn =0265-8712
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Cover text

"Not even memories of past glory live on in the gentle hills around the village of Kusnir. Today its people have more concern for commonplace things, like the harvest, trade, and the threat of death in the night!

"Kusnir is beset by a skulk.

"The attentions of such a creature are a curse on any community. Streets and alleys which ring to the voices of children by day become fearful, shadowy places by night. Men go abroad armed and in groups, while women and children stay behind locked doors and even there are not safe. But life goes on. The lot of the peasant is always hard, what cannot be prevented must be endured and, of course, things could be worse.

"Much worse. The skulk has begun to visit the village more and more often. Sometimes it kills, yet just as often it spares a victim, leaving clear signs of what it might have done had it wished. Its visits are now marked by strange and illegible symbols scrawled in blood on the walls of the buildings. The people are worried, helpless, and desperate. Desperate enough to welcome adventurers. . . ."

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