Gargoyle is an adventure module

Adventure (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, an adventure or module is a pre-packaged book or box set that helps the Dungeon Master manage the plot or story of a game...

 for the fantasy

Fantasy

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 role-playing

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 game Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...

, set in the game's World of Greyhawk campaign setting

Campaign setting

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. The module has the code WG9 and was published by TSR, Inc.

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 in 1989 for the second edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rules.

Plot summary

In Gargoyle, which is set in the City of Greyhawk, the player character

Player character

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s are hired by a pair of gargoyles

Gargoyle (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, a gargoyle is a grotesque winged monstrous humanoid creature, with a horned head and a stony hide.-Dungeons & Dragons :...

 to find their stolen wings.

The adventure is set in The Tors, between the Yeomanry and the Crystalmists, and was one of the first 2nd edition modules published.

Publication history

WG9 Gargoyle was written by David Collins with Skip Williams

Skip Williams

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, with cover art by David Dorman

Dave Dorman

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, and was published by TSR in 1989 as a 32-page booklet with an outer folder. The module features interior art by David Dorman and Karl Story.

Reception

The light-hearted tone and content of the adventure attracted a mixed response from fans, although reaction was less critical than it was towards the also light-hearted Castle Greyhawk

Castle Greyhawk (module)

Castle Greyhawk is an adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, set in the game's World of Greyhawk campaign setting. The module bears the code WG7 and was published by TSR, Inc...

released the previous year, and some have questioned its canonicity.