The Lost City (module)

DnDmodule
module_title = The Lost City
module_

module_code = B4
module_rules = Dungeons & Dragons
module_character_levels = 1 - 3
module_campaign = Mystara
module_authors = Tom Moldvay
module_first_published = 1982
series =

"The Lost City" (B4) is a "Dungeons & Dragons" adventure module by Tom Moldvay [Lawrence Schick. "Heroic Worlds" (Prometheus Books, 1991).] . It was first published by TSR Inc. in 1982 and was designed as a stand-alone adventure for use with the "Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set". The working title for the module was "The Lost City of Cynidecia". The module was designed to give novice DMs experience fleshing out adventures and is only partially complete. The adventure is set inside a huge step pyramid, with the lower pyramid only sketched out and the city itself described with a list of the major areas and a map. The adventure’s main villain is Zargon, a giant one-eyed monster and his minions. All together the entire double pyramid, not including the city, is over 100 rooms. [http://www.acaeum.com/ddindexes/modpages/b.html]

The cover text reads:

Lost in the desert! The only hope for survival is a ruined city rising out of the sands. Food, water, and wealth await heroic adventurers inside an ancient pyramid ruled by a strange race of masked beings.

This module includes a cover folder with maps and a descriptive booklet with a ready-made adventure for the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Basic game. It also includes enough information to continue the adventure beyond level 3, using the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Expert game rules. This adventure was partially reprinted in the supermodule compilation B1-9 In Search of Adventure (1985), which included only the upper pyramid and was set in the Mystara campaign setting.

The module was the inspiration for a 3rd edition D&D adventure called "Masque of Dreams," which was printed in Dungeon (magazine) # 142. The adventure was written by B. Matthew Conklin and illustrated by Michael William Kaluta [cite journal
last =Conklin III
first =B. Matthew
authorlink =
coauthors =
title =Masque of Dreams
format =
journal =Dungeon (magazine)
volume =
issue =Issue 142
pages =14–30
publisher =Wizards of the Coast
year = 2007
month = January
url =
issn =0890-7102
accessdate = ] .

References

External links

* [http://www.acaeum.com/ddindexes/modpages/b.html Basic Series] at Acaeum.com
* [http://home.flash.net/~brenfrow/dd/dd-b4.htm The Lost City] at the TSR Archive

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