Fate of Istus is a multipart adventure for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, taking place in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting. The module is designed for characters of any class or level, and was published as an in-game vehicle to explain the transition from the game's first to second edition. This is accomplished by goddess Istus's re-evaluation of the inhabitants of Oerth and making changes to the abilities of each character class.
Plot synopsis Fate of Istus is a collection containing a series of 10 adventure scenarios, each of them designed for player characters of a different character class, and all of them dealing with a plague created by the goddess Istus affecting a different city in the world of Greyhawk.
A deadly plague has stricken civilization; the players suspect this is a sinister test of some sort and venture out to stop it.
Table of Contents Chapter Page Author Introduction 2 Ye Olde City's Scroll #1: Rockroost 3 Adventure #1: The Sage's Tower 6 by Nigel Findley Ye Olde City's Scroll #2: Rel Mord 14 Adventure #2: Swords for Hire 17 by Dan Salas Ye Olde City's Scroll #3: Jurnre 25 Adventure #3: Countdown in Jurnre 28 by Stephen Inniss Ye Olde City's Scroll #4: Elredd 37 Adventure #4: Diambeth's Delving 40 by Nigel Findley Ye Olde City's Scroll #5: Wintershiven 47 Adventure #5: Service for the Dead 50 by Nigel Findley Ye Olde City's Scroll #6: Leukish 58 Adventure #6: The Garden of Evil 62 by Dan Salas Ye Olde City's Scroll #7: Rauxes 26 Adventure #7: Down with the Wizard 72 by Robert J. Kuntz Ye Olde City's Scroll #8: Chendl 83 Adventure #8: At the King's Right Hand 85 by Nigel Findley Ye Olde City's Scroll #9: Verbobonc 93 Adventure #9: Iuz's Gambit 95 by Robert J. Kuntz Ye Olde City's Scroll #10: Hesuel IlShar 105 Adventure #10: The Scarlet Masque 108 by Stephen Inniss NPC #1: Cymbelline 120 by Nigel Findley NPC #2: Alaric 122 by Dan Salas NPC #3: Beastman Avatar 124 by Stephen Inniss NPC #4: Arlina 126 by Nigel Findley NPC #5: Narlond and the Prophet 127 by Robert J. Kuntz
Notable nonplayer characters Cymbelline: Half-elf 9th Level thief / 10th level bard Alaric: Human 7th level fighter Morgorath's Beastman Avatar: deity can appear as anything Arlina: 12th level cleric Narlond the white alchemist and the Prophet of Boccob: 18th level magic user
Publication history WG8 Fate of Istus was written by Nigel Findley, Dan Salas, Stephen Inniss, and Robert J. Kuntz, with a cover by Daniel Horne and interior illustrations by Karl Waller, and was published by TSR in 1989 as a 128-page book. The book's title appears as The Fate of Istus on both the title page/table of contents and in the Introduction.
Credits Authors: Nigel Findley, Dan Salas, Stephen Inniss, Robert J. Kuntz Coordinators: Bruce Heard, Karen S. Broomgarden Editing: Kim Mohan Typography: Betty Elmore Cartography: Diesel Cover Art: Daniel Horne Interior Art: Karl Waller
Distributed to the book trade in the United States by Random House, Inc., and in Canada by Random House of Canada, Ltd. Distributed to the toy and hobby trade by regional distributors. Distributed in the United Kingdom by TSR UK Ltd.
Reception
See also List of Dungeons & Dragons modules
References and footnotes
External links Fate of Istus at the TSR Archive