City System
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City System is an accessory for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
fantasy
role-playing game
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in detail on 10 large color maps, with another map showing the city as a whole, and one more map that plots the interior of Castle Waterdeep. There is also a booklet which includes keys to the maps, city encounter tables, information on typical non-player character
s, and data on the city's legal code.
with Ed Greenwood
, with a cover by Larry Elmore
and maps by Dennis Kauth and Frey Graphics, and was published by TSR in 1988 as a boxed set
with a 32-page booklet and 12 large color maps.
This product is intended as a companion product to Waterdeep and the North
.
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Fantasy
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role-playing game
Role-playing game
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Contents
The City System set maps the city of WaterdeepWaterdeep (city)
Waterdeep is a fictional city-state that forms part of a popular Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game campaign setting called the Forgotten Realms. It is a port city that is located along the western coast of the Faerûn sub-continent...
in detail on 10 large color maps, with another map showing the city as a whole, and one more map that plots the interior of Castle Waterdeep. There is also a booklet which includes keys to the maps, city encounter tables, information on typical non-player character
Non-player character
A non-player character , sometimes known as a non-person character or non-playable character, in a game is any fictional character not controlled by a player. In electronic games, this usually means a character controlled by the computer through artificial intelligence...
s, and data on the city's legal code.
Publication history
City System was written by Jeff GrubbJeff Grubb
Jeff Grubb is an author and game designer. He has worked on a number of computer and role-playing games and has written a number of successful novels, short stories and comics...
with Ed Greenwood
Ed Greenwood
Ed Greenwood is a Canadian writer and editor who created the Forgotten Realms. He invented the Forgotten Realms as a child, as a fantasy world in which to set the stories he imagined, and later used this world as a campaign setting for his own personal Dungeons & Dragons playing group...
, with a cover by Larry Elmore
Larry Elmore
Larry Elmore is an American fantasy artist whose work includes creating illustrations for video games, comics, magazines and fantasy books. His list of work includes illustrations for Dungeons & Dragons, Dragonlance, and the comic strip series SnarfQuest...
and maps by Dennis Kauth and Frey Graphics, and was published by TSR in 1988 as a boxed set
Boxed set
A box set is a compilation of various musical recordings, films, television programs, or other collection of related items that are contained in a box.-Music box sets:...
with a 32-page booklet and 12 large color maps.
This product is intended as a companion product to Waterdeep and the North
Waterdeep and the North
Waterdeep and the North is an accessory for the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting Forgotten Realms.-Contents:...
.