Test of the Warlords is a 1984 adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Its associated code is CM1 and is TSR's product number 9117. The adventure takes place in Norwold, which is located in the north east corner of the Known World on Mystara. This campaign contains elements of hack-and-slash adventure, political intrigue and full-scale war.
Test of the Warlords is a campaign setting with an adventure scenario in which dominions are being set up in the land of Norwold.
The fame of the player characters have earned them the right and title to run a realm of their own, under the supervision of the king of Norwold, a newly colonized region to the north of Mystara. But even from the start, with all the troubles of establishing your own pockets of civilization in as yet untamed wilderness, Norworld has become the center of attention in the struggle between two old enemies: The sorcerous empire of Alphatia and the war-mongering realm of Thyatis.
CM1 Test of the Warlords was written by Douglas Niles, with a cover by Clyde Caldwell, and interior illustrations by Jeff Easley, and was published by TSR in 1984 as a 32-page booklet with an outer folder.[1]
| Chapter | Page | |
|---|---|---|
| Prologue: how to run this adventure | 2 | |
| The setting: outlining Norworld and the Empires | 4 | |
| Nonplayer Characters: Introducing Kings and Lords | 9 | |
| Landgrab: Beginning the Adventure | 12 | |
| Major Events: Bringing Dominions Together | 14 | |
| Norworld Encounters: Expanding the Campaign | 18 | |
| War of the Crowns: Running Campaign battles | 28 | |
| Epilogue: Continuing the Campaign | 30 |