King's Festival is an adventure module

Adventure (Dungeons & Dragons)

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 for the Dungeons & Dragons

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fantasy

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 role-playing game

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Plot synopsis

King's Festival is an introductory scenario set in the Grand Duchy of Karameikos

Karameikos

The Kingdom of Karameikos is a fictional nation located within the Mystara campaign setting, in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game....

, and includes advice for beginning players and DM

Dungeon Master

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s. The player character

Player character

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s must rescue a kidnapped cleric

Cleric (Dungeons & Dragons)

The cleric is one of the standard playable character class in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. In the game, clerics are versatile figures, both capable in combat and skilled in the use of divine magic. Clerics are powerful healers due to the large number of healing and curative...

 from the orcs

Orc (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, orcs are a primitive race of savage, bestial, barbaric humanoid.-Publication history:The orc was one of the earliest creatures introduced in the D&D game. The D&D orc is largely based upon the orcs appearing in the works of J.R.R...

 or there will be no King's Festival.

Intended as a 'learning module' for newcomers to the game, the goal is to rescue a cleric kidnapped by orcs. This individual is needed for the important King's Festival.

Notable nonplayer characters

Aralic of Stallanford: A good priest from the town of Stallanford, the players must rescue him from a band of orcs

Petrides: An evil priest who is found in a set of caverns connected to the orc's lair.

Publication history

B11 King's Festival was written by Carl Sargent

Carl Sargent

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, with a cover by Clyde Caldwell

Clyde Caldwell

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 and interior illustration by Valerie Valusek

Valerie Valusek

-Works:Valerie Valusek has produced interior illustrations for many Dungeons & Dragons books and Dragon magazine since 1985, as well as interior art for several Dragonlance novels, and cover art for the 1992 module Rary the Traitor...

, and was published by TSR in 1989 as a 32-page booklet with an outer folder.

B12 Queen's Harvest

Queen's Harvest

Queen's Harvest is a 1987 adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Queen's Harvest picks up its story where B11, King's Festival left off; it can be played as a sequel to that adventure or as a complete adventure in itself. It is tailored for beginning Dungeon Masters and...

is a sequel to this adventure.

Credits

Design: Carl Sargent

Carl Sargent

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Cover Art: Clyde Caldwell

Clyde Caldwell

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product number 9260

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