The Shattered Statue is an adventure module

Adventure (Dungeons & Dragons)

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 published in 1987 for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons

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fantasy

Fantasy

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 role-playing game

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Plot summary

The Shattered Statue is an adventure scenario set in the Forgotten Realms

Forgotten Realms

The Forgotten Realms is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as a setting for his childhood stories...

. The player character

Player character

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s are hired to collect the pieces of an ancient statue so it can be reanimated.

This adventure is also compatible with DragonQuest

DragonQuest

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, and the module includes expanded magic rules for use with that game.

Publication history

DQ1 The Shattered Statue was written by Paul Jaquays

Paul Jaquays

Paul Jaquays is a game designer and artist of table-top role-playing games and video games.Some of his notable works include the Dungeons & Dragons modules "Dark Tower" and "Caverns of Thracia" for Judges Guild; development and design of conversions on games such as Pac-Man and Donkey Kong for...

 with David J. Ritchie and Gerry Klug, with a cover by Daniel Horne

Daniel Horne

-Works:Daniel Horne has produced interior and cover illustrations for role-playing game books since 1986. In addition to several covers for Dragon and Dungeon magazine, Horne illustrated the covers of several Dungeons & Dragons books including Talons of Night , The Shattered Statue , Fate of Istus...

and interior illustrations by Jaquays, and was published by TSR in 1988 as a 48-page booklet with an outer folder.