Nightmare Keep

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Nightmare Keep
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CodeFA2
Rules requiredAdvanced D&D
Character levels18-20
Campaign setting Forgotten Realms
Authors Rick Swan
First published1991 [1]
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Nightmare Keep ( ISBN   1-56076-147-4) is an adventure module for the fictional Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. [2]

Contents

Contents

The 64-page booklet is wrapped in a removable gatefold cover. The adventure takes place in the Veilstone Peaks northwest of Cormyr, 50 miles west of the Farsea Marshes. It takes place after the Time of Troubles and the death of the god Bane.

This module includes a fold-out color poster map of the labyrinth.

Publication history

The book, with product code TSR 9341, [3] was published in 1991, and was written by Rick Swan, with cover art by Brom and interior art by Valerie Valusek and Terry Dykstra. [1]

Reception

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References

  1. 1 2 Nightmare Keep from CandleKeep.com
  2. Swan, Rick. Nightmare Keep (TSR, 1991)
  3. FA2 Nightmare Keep from TSR Archive