![]() ![]() It includes descriptions of the town of Mordentshire, as well as some haunted moors, and a manor house, all mapped in perspective like the original module. ![]() This module is playable alone, or as a sequel to the original Ravenloft. The module also introduces Azalin the lich, who later became a major character in the Ravenloft campaign setting. The module's plot features an artifact known as The Apparatus that switches a monster's personality with that of an ordinary townsperson player characters, therefore, are uncertain about the true identity of the people they meet. It shared structural elements with the original, including variable NPC goals and variable locations for key objects, so that Gryphon Hill plays differently each time. The adventure was 48 pages, and included a large color map and an outer folder. The adventure is designed for first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons characters of levels 8–10. Clyde Caldwell, who had done all of the art for the original Ravenloft module, provided the cover, but interior art was done by Jeff Easley. Each writer pursued a different section of the module in order to meet the deadline. The writing was done by David 'Zeb' Cook, Jeff Grubb, Harold Johnson, and Douglas Niles, following the Hickmans' outline. Although Tracy Hickman was credited in Ravenloft II, he had left TSR before the module was completed. Ravenloft's success led to a sequel in 1986 titled Ravenloft II: The House on Gryphon Hill. ![]()
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