The Forge of Fury is an adventure module

Adventure (Dungeons & Dragons)

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 for the 3rd edition of the Dungeons & Dragons

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fantasy

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 role-playing game

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Plot summary

The Forge of Fury is a dungeon crawl

Dungeon crawl

A dungeon crawl is a type of scenario in fantasy role-playing games in which heroes navigate a labyrinthine environment, battling various monsters, and looting any treasure they may find...

, a site-based adventure describing the stronghold of Khundrukar. The great dwarven

Dwarf (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, dwarves are a humanoid race, one of the primary races available for play as player characters...

 smith Durgeddin the Black founded the secret stronghold within a great underground cavern system two hundred years ago when he and his clan were driven from his home by a horde of orcs

Orc (Dungeons & Dragons)

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 and trolls

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. The orcs discovered the location of Khundrukar a century ago when they captured one of Durgeddin's clansmen, and raised a great army that stormed the stronghold and slew the dwarves, allowing its five levels to fall into ruins as goblins

Goblin (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, goblins are a very common and fairly weak race of evil humanoid monsters. Goblins and Kobolds are commonly non-human monsters that low-level player characters will face in combat. In D&D, goblins aren't smaller cousins of orcs, but are a part of...

, orcs, and other monsters used the place as a base. Legends tell of the extraordinary blades Durgeddin forged in anger, enticing the player characters to come to the ruins of Khundrukar in search of these weapons.

Publication history

The book was published in 2000, and was written by Richard Baker

Richard Baker (game designer)

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, with cover art by Todd Lockwood

Todd Lockwood

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 and interior art by Dennis Cramer

Dennis Cramer

-Works:Dennis Cramer has produced interior illustrations for many Dungeons & Dragons books and Dragon magazine since 1995, such as Player's Option: Spells & Magic , The Sunless Citadel , and the Fiend Folio ....

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Reception

The Forge of Fury was ranked the 12th greatest Dungeons & Dragons adventure of all time by Dungeon

Dungeon (magazine)

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magazine in 2004, on the 30th anniversary of the Dungeons & Dragons game.

Dungeon Master for Dummies lists The Forge of Fury as one of the ten best 3rd edition adventures.

External links

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