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Quick Start Rules

These quick-start rules provide an overview of the game so that you can play the Keep on the Shadowfell adventure. For the complete experience, including character creation and the full rules of the game, pick up the D&D Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual.

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Keep on the Shadowfell

This is the first published adventure using the 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons rules. In your role as Dungeon Master (DM) you get to send your friends on an adventure in which they'll explore dungeons, banter with villains, and defeat vicious monsters with sword, spell, and prayer. Together, the player characters (PCs) can work to thwart the insidious plot of an unholy cult, winning great treasure and a heroic reputation.

(4.2 mb PDF)

Khyber's Harvest

This D&D adventure, created for Free RPG Day 2009, is set in the Eberron campaign setting, but it can be adapted for any D&D campaign. Khyber's Harvest is an adventure for 2nd-level characters who travel to a peaceful village only to discover that it's threatened by an evil which has crawled up ... from below.

(3.6 mb PDF)

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