Dragon Keep is an adventure module

Adventure (Dungeons & Dragons)

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 published in 1989 for the Dungeons & Dragons

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fantasy

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 role-playing game

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Plot summary

Dragon Keep is a Dragonlance

Dragonlance

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 adventure scenario which is the climax of the trilogy started with In Search of Dragons

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and Dragon Magic

Dragon Magic (module)

Dragon Magic is an adventure module published in 1989 for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.-Plot summary:Dragon Magic is a Dragonlance scenario where the player characters take a journey to a cloud city, get ssent through a portal to Krynn's moon of Lunitari, and stop the forces of...

. The player character

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s quest from Lunitari to Krynn

Krynn

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's ocean depths to confront the wicked daughter of Takhisis

Takhisis

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. The module includes a map of Lunitari.

Publication history

DLE3 Dragon Keep was written by Rick Swan, with a cover by Jack Pennington, and was published by TSR in 1990 as a 64-page booklet with a large color map and an outer folder.