Patriots of Ulek

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Patriots of Ulek
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Type: Official Game Adventure
Code/Abbreviation: WGQ1
Edition: Second edition
Author(s): Anthony Pryor
Editor(s): Terry Phillips
Cover Artist(s): John & Laura Lakey
Interior Artist(s): Ken Frank
Publisher: TSR
First Published: 1992
Pages: 33
ISBN: 1-56076-4494
Class: Officially published content

Patriots of Ulek is a second edition adventure set in the World of Greyhawk™, written by Anthony Pryor. The adventure details the hiring of the adventurers by Prince Olinstaad Corond of the Principality of Ulek, to find out why his provincial chief from Prinzfeld has refused his call to provide troops to resist an invasion from the Pomarj.

It was released in 1992, [1] and was the first of a series of adventures to follow the release of the Greyhawk Adventures Wars boxed wargame.

Cover text

The back cover contains the following description:

"The Great War may be over, but the battles continue. Rumors and facts are often confused in the aftermath. Depending on who you listen to, Prinzfeld is either under attack or perfectly safe. Turrosh Mak is on his way, with hordes of orcs at his command—ridiculous, he would never attept invasion at this time. Graf Twembly is being held hostage, and near death—no, he's just under the weather and hasn't felt like coming out of the castle lately. A dwarven prince has requested your party's aid in quelling the coming invasion (if there is one, of course). Do you take him at his honorable word, and gird yourselves for battle? Or do you listen to the street talk, and take the side of thse who would disbelieve the warmongering? Most importantly of all: what if you make the wrong choice?"

Plot Summary

Patriots of Ulek is an adventure for a party of six to eight characters of first to 3rd levels. The adventure is set in the world of Greyhawk, and the characters are summoned by the Prince of Ulek, who asks that the party investigate why his best troops, from the province of Prinzfeld, have not arrived to help resist the invasion of orcs from the Pomarj.

The adventure is divided into five chapters, The Prince, The Journey North, Prinzfeld, The Graf's Mansion, and The Defense of Prinzfeld. The chapters start from the first summons and request from Prince Olinstaad Corond to investigate the mystery of his missing troops, the trip north through a land beset by rumors and fear, the arrival in the apparently calm and peaceful province of Prinzfeld, investigating the mansion of the province's Graf, and finally a defense of Prinzfeld from an advance force of the invading Orcish army.

The adventurers are given clues and rumors to investigate and finally decide for themselves what is actually happening, and what actions should be taken, if any.

Content

This adventure used the AD&D Battlesystem rules for the final chapter. Contained 4 building interior maps and one area map of the Province of Prinzfeld.

Publication History

Patriots of Ulek was announced in Dragon [2] Magazine TSR Previews in 1992, as an adventure in the GREYHAWK Wars [3] game setting.

Index

Artwork

Exterior art by John & Laura Lakey and interior art by Ken Frank

Characters

Creatures

Reception and influence

See also

Description at Drivethrough RPG.

References

Notes

Citations

  1. WGQ1 Patriots of Ulek (1992), p.34.
  2. "TSR Preview".  Dragon #179 (Mar 1992), p.64.
  3. GREYHAWK Wars, p.32, TSR. (1991).

Bibliography

Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index

The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.

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