Fate of Istus[1] is a multipart adventure for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, taking place in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting. The module is designed for characters of any class or level, and was published as an in-game vehicle to explain the transition from the game's first to second edition. This is accomplished by goddess Istus's re-evaluation of the inhabitants of Oerth and making changes to the abilities of each character class.[2]
Fate of Istus is a collection containing a series of 10 adventure scenarios, each of them designed for player characters of a different character class, and all of them dealing with a plague created by the goddess Istus affecting a different city in the world of Greyhawk.
A deadly plague has stricken civilization; the players suspect this is a sinister test of some sort and venture out to stop it.
| Chapter | Page | Author | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction | 2 | ||
| Ye Olde City's Sroll #1: Rockroost | 3 | ||
| Adventure #1: The Sage's Tower | 6 | by Nigel Findley | |
| Ye Olde City's Sroll #2: Rel Mord | 14 | ||
| Adventure #2: Swords for Hire | 17 | by Dan Salas | |
| Ye Olde City's Sroll #3: Jurnre | 25 | ||
| Adventure #3: Countdown in Jurnre | 28 | by Stephen Inniss | |
| Ye Olde City's Sroll #4: Elredd | 37 | ||
| Adventure #4: Diambeth's Delving | 40 | by Nigel Findley | |
| Ye Olde City's Sroll #5: Wintershiven | 47 | ||
| Adventure #5: Service for the Dead | 50 | by Nigel Findley | |
| Ye Olde City's Sroll #6: Leukish | 58 | ||
| Adventure #6: The Garden of Evil | 62 | by Dan Salas | |
| Ye Olde City's Sroll #7: Rauxes | 26 | ||
| Adventure #7: Down with the Wizard | 72 | by Robert J. Kuntz | |
| Ye Olde City's Sroll #8: Chendl | 83 | ||
| Adventure #8: At the King's Right Hand | 85 | by Nigel Findley | |
| Ye Olde City's Sroll #9: Verbobonc | 93 | ||
| Adventure #9: Iuz's Gambit | 95 | by Robert J. Kuntz | |
| Ye Olde City's Sroll #10: Hesuel IlShar | 105 | ||
| Adventure #10: The Scarlet Masque | 108 | by Stephen Inniss | |
| NPC #1: Cymbelline | 120 | by Nigel Findley | |
| NPC #2: Alaric | 122 | by Dan Salas | |
| NPC #3: Beastman Avatar | 124 | by Stephen Inniss | |
| NPC #4: Arlina | 126 | by Nigel Findley | |
| NPC #5: Narlond and the Prophet | 127 | by Robert J. Kuntz |
WG8 Fate of Istus was written by Nigel Findley, Dan Salas, Stephen Inniss, and Robert J. Kuntz, with a cover by Daniel Horne and interior illustrations by Karl Waller, and was published by TSR in 1989 as a 128-page book.[3] The book's title appears as The Fate of Istus on both the title page/table of contents and in the Introduction.[4]
Authors: Nigel Findley, Dan Salas, Stephen Inniss, Robert J. Kuntz
Coordinators: Bruce Heard, Karen S. BroomgardenEditing: Kim Mohan
Typography: Betty Elmore
Cartography: Diesel
Cover Art: Daniel Horne
Interior Art: Karl Waller
Distributed to the book trade in the United States by Random House, Inc., and in Canada by Random House of Canada, Ltd. Distributed to the toy and hobby trade by regional distributors. Distributed in the United Kingdom by TSR UK Ltd.