The Mines of Bloodstone

DnDmodule| module_title = The Mines of Bloodstone
module_

module_code = H2
module_rules = AD&D
module_character_levels = 16 - 18
module_campaign = Generic or Forgotten Realms
module_authors = Michael Dobson & Douglas Niles
module_first_published = 1986 [cite book
first=Lawrence | last=Schick | year=1991
title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games
publisher=Prometheus Books
location=Buffalo, New York | id=ISBN 0-87975-653-5 ]
series = H1 H2 H3 H4

"H2 The Mines of Bloodstone" is an Official Game Adventure or "module" for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (1st edition).

It is a sequel to H1 Bloodstone Pass which although originally a stand alone adventure, was now to be the first in the four part Bloodstone Pass Saga. This module continued the generic campaign setting of H1, later modules in the series retconned Bloodstone into the Forgotten Realms.

The modules contains options for use of the (new at the time) Dungeoneer's Survival Guide and Wilderness Survival Guide Game Manuals. It also includes two battles where players command an army using the Battlesystem rules. For players without Battlesytem these battles can occur "off stage" while the players make a raid that otherwise occurs after the battles.

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Plot

Following directly on from the defeat of the bandit army in a desperate war, a cold and bitter winter drive the villagers of Bloodstone to the edge of starvation, and numerous horrors strike the valley of Bloodstone Pass. The source is clear, The Mines of Bloodstone, but deep within the mines all is not what it seems...

While the module had some great ideas. Critics agree that having Lawful Evil Druegar worship Chaotic Evil Orcus was not among them. It should have been one of the Devil Lords. Also the maps were great but did not follow the descriptions of Druegar homelands in the Dungeoneer's Survival guide. Having too many structures built in the caves like Drow.

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Credits

Design: Michael Dobson & Douglas Niles
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Cover Art: Keith Parkinson
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Back cover reads

The most deadly dungeon ever devised! High-level characters brave the unexplored corridors of Deepearth to confront perhaps the most feared adversary in the AD&D game.
The second chapter of the Bloodstone Pass saga follows the conclusion of the desperate war against the bandit army. A cold and bitter winter drives the villagers to the edge of starvation, and numerous horrors strike the town of Bloodstone Pass.
Join the adventure as the heroes explore the depths of the ancient bloostone mines, now inhabited by fearsome demons. There they hope to uncover the fantastic treasures rumored to exist in the unknown darkness. But deep within the mines, all is not what it seems....
This module uses the new rules from the Dungeoneer's Survival Guide and Wilderness Survival Guide. The adventure also includes optional BATTLESYSTEM scenarios fought entirely underground. These supplementary products are not required to play the adventure, however.

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ee also

* List of Dungeons & Dragons modules

References and Footnotes

*cite journal
last =Saunders
first =John
authorlink =
coauthors =
title =H2 The Mines of Bloodstone
journal =White Dwarf
volume =
issue =Issue 88
pages =pages 2–3
publisher =Games Workshop
date =April 1987
issn =0265-8712