The Howling Tower
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The Howling Tower: Arduin Dungeon Number Two was a standalone dungeon module written in 1979 by David A. Hargrave and published by Grimoire Games. It was based upon Hargrave's widely published gaming system known as Arduin.
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[edit] Basic description
The Howling Tower contained room descriptions and trap matrices, numerous new traps, two ground level dungeons and six tower levels with maps and details, 8 pocket sized magic artifact cards and 8 illustrated monster cards with statistics.
While designed for use with the Arduin gaming system, The Howling Tower was usable with any d20 or other RPG system. The module was recommended for characters level 1 thru 4 (in the Arduin universe).
[edit] Packaging
"The Howling Tower" was 27 pages long, with maps, descriptions and overviews. The package also contained a set of 16 unique creature and treasure cards, which could be detached and used in-game. There were also 25 unique new traps in a matrix at the rear of the module.
Cover illustrations were by Greg Espinoza, back cover illustrations were by the renowned artist Erol Otus.
[edit] Story
"Let none pursue where I now dwell." - Sorven of the Seven Lights
In times passed, Sorven of the Seven Lights tricked a small party of adventurers into a phony expedition to explore a dungeon set into the mountains. When outside the dungeon he offered them all wine which they drank. The wine was poisoned and they all collapsed but were not dead.
Sorven slit the throat of one adventurer and used his blood in a dark ritual. Then he cut the hearts from the chests of the remaining men and began to summon his patron demon.
By order of the demon, he climbed up the mountainside to finish the ritual. Something went wrong at that time because where Sorven climbed to be with his demon there now stands a tower which howls from dusk til dawn. It is said the howling tower brings insanity to those who hear it.
[edit] Other Arduin modules
Listed in order of appearance:
Caliban: Arduin Dungeon Number One
The Citadel of Thunder: Arduin Dungeon Number Three
Death Heart: Arduin Dungeon Number Four
[edit] Miscellaneous
The Howling Tower was originally published by Grimoire Games. It went out of print in 1984 and until 2002 was extremely rare, with copies fetching as much as US $55 as late as 2001. Since 2002, reprints of the module were made available from Emperor's Choice Games and Miniatures, but appear to have also been discontinued (as of August 2006).
