Day of Al'Akbar

Al'Akbar

In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, Al'Akbar is the Baklunish demigod of dignity, duty, faithfulness, and guardianship...

(I9) is a Dungeons & Dragons

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 module

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Author: Allen Hammack (1986)

Plot summary

Day of Al'Akbar is a scenario set in an Arabian Nights-style desert land, where the player character

Player character

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s search the sewers under the city of Khaibar for an entrance to the tomb of Al'Akbar to find the holy Cup and Talisman

Cup and Talisman of Al'Akbar

The Cup and Talisman of Al'Akbar are powerful artifacts, in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. They were gifted shortly after the Invoked Devastation by the Baklunish gods to their most exalted high priest, Al'Akbar, in what are now known as the Plains of the Paynims...

, which can save their home from a plague. The module describes Khaibar City and the sultan's palace.

In this adventure, the player character

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s must save Arabic lands from a red plague by retrieving a magical artifact

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. The adventure involves wilderness encounters, dungeon crawling in a sewer, tomb-robbing, some detective work in a desert town, and a final confrontation in the Sultan's palace.

The land of Arir, a once peaceful desert country, has fallen into the hand of infidels. The ruler, Sultan Amhara, was killed in the battle for the capital city of Khaibar. He left behind one of the greatest treasure stores ever amassed, including the Cup and Talisman of Al'Akbar. A deadly plague sweeps your land. The holy men could cure the deadly plague which sweeps the land, if they had the Talismanm which the player character

Player character

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s must find.

Table of contents

Chapter	Page
Introduction	2
Journey to Khaibar	3
The sewers of Khaibar	5
Beyond the Walls	14
The Sultan's Palace	35
Artifacts	pullout section
Glossary of Useful Terms	pullout section
Prerolled Characters	pullout section
Players' Riddle Illustration	39

Notable nonplayer characters

• Al'Farzikh: 7th level assassin
• Vahtak: 6th level thief
• The Mad Dog of the Desert: 14th level Magic user/16th level assassin
• The Crescent Witch: 8th level Magic user

Publication history

I9 Day of Al'Akbar was written by Allen Hammack, with a cover by Jeff Easley

Jeff Easley

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, and was published by TSR in 1986 as a 40-page booklet with a large color map and an outer folder.

Design: Allen Hammack

Developer: Bruce A. Heard

Bruce Heard

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Editing: Kerry as Martin

Cover Art: Jeff Easley

Jeff Easley

Jeff Easley is an oil painter who creates fantasy artwork in the tradition of Frank Frazetta.-Early life:...

Illustrations: Mark Nelson

Cartography: Diane and Dave Sutherland

David C. Sutherland III

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Typesetting: Betty Elmore

Dedication: to my parents with love, for extraordinary tolerance and encouragement, and to Jeff, Chris, and Marie, for their support and love. Special thanks to Susan Hammack, and Sandy Brachman, and Katrina.

Distributed to the book trade in the United States by Random House, Inc., and in Canada by Random House of Canada, Ltd. Distributed to the toy and hobby trade by regional distributors. Distributed in the United Kingdom by TSR UK Ltd.

product number 9178

ISBN 0-88038-320-8

Reception

Carl Sargent

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 reviewed the module for White Dwarf

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#87. Sargent noted that although the town map is moderately useful and the adventure's Arabic environment is detailed enough, the module is overall an "uninspired effort". He called the wilderness encounters pointless and silly, noted the existence of errors in the game statistics, and other flaws. Sargent felt that the only noteworthy thing about the module is Jeff Easley

Jeff Easley

Jeff Easley is an oil painter who creates fantasy artwork in the tradition of Frank Frazetta.-Early life:...

's "sexploitation cover".