Descent into the Depths of the Earth
Descent Into the Depths of the Earth is an adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game written by Gary Gygax. It is a compilation of two earlier adventures, module D1 - Descent Into the Depths of the Earth and D2 - Shrine of the Kuo-Toa. The original modules were both published by TSR, Inc. in 1978, and the compilation was published in 1981.
The adventures contained in the module are the first two of three adventures in the "Drow" series, which concludes in module D3 - Vault of the Drow. The "D" series itself is part of a larger overall campaign of adventures set in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting. The overall campaign begins with the three modules in the Against the Giants series (G1, G2, and G3), continues through the "D" series, and concludes with module Q1 - Queen of the Demonweb Pits. The latter segments of the campaign, including the "D" series and module Q1, are set in a vast network of caverns and tunnels called the Underdark. The entire campaign was eventually combined into a supermodule GDQ1-7 - Queen of the Spiders.
Module artwork
The original versions of the D1 & D2 modules both featured monocrhome cover artwork by David C. Sutherland III, but the 1982 compilation was released with a color cover illustrated by Jim Roslof. Sutherland's interior artwork from the original two publications was included in the compilation, as was that of David A. Trampier. Other artists whose work appears inside the compilation include Jeff Dee, Erol Otus, David S. LaForce, Bill Willingham and Roslof.
Novelization
Descent into the Depths of the Earth was the basis for a 2000 novel of the same title by Paul Kidd. Published by Wizards of the Coast as part of the Greyhawk Classics series, the novel was the second installment of the "Justicar and Escalla" trilogy.
External links
- Drow Series at Acaeum.com
- D1-2 Descent into the Depths of the Earth at the TSR Archive
- Descent into the Depths of the Earth (1981) at the Pen & Paper RPG Database
- D1 Descent into the Depths of the Earth at the TSR Archive
- Descent into the Depths of the Earth (1978) at the Pen & Paper RPG Database
- D2 Shrine of the Kuo-Toa at the TSR Archive
- Shrine of the Kuo-Toa (1978) at the Pen & Paper RPG Database