Thunderdelve Mountain is an adventure module

Adventure (Dungeons & Dragons)

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 published in 1985 for the Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons

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fantasy

Fantasy

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 role-playing game

Role-playing game

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Plot summary

Thunderdelve Mountain is a solo scenario for a midlevel dwarf

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...

 player character

Player character

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, and involves a mission to defeat a red dragon

Dragon (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game , dragons are an iconic type of monstrous creature used as adversaries or, less commonly, allies of player characters...

 in its own lair. The module includes new monsters, and instructions for running the scenario as an adventure for a group.

Publication history

XS2 Thunderdelve Mountain was written by William Carlson, with a cover by Larry Elmore

Larry Elmore

Larry Elmore is an American fantasy artist whose work includes creating illustrations for video games, comics, magazines and fantasy books. His list of work includes illustrations for Dungeons & Dragons, Dragonlance, and the comic strip series SnarfQuest...

, and was published by TSR in 1985 as a 40-page booklet with an outer folder.