Test_of_the_Warlords Knowpia

*Test of the Warlords*
Code	CM1
TSR product code	9117
Rules required	Dungeons & Dragons
Character levels	15+
Campaign setting	Dungeons & Dragons
Authors	Douglas Niles
First published	1984
Linked modules
	CM1, CM2, CM3, CM4, CM5, CM6, CM7, CM8, CM9

Test of the Warlords (ISBN 0-88038-116-7) 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.

Plot summary edit

Test of the Warlords is a campaign setting with an adventure scenario in which dominions are being set up in the land of Norwold.^[1]

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.

Publication history edit

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]

Reception edit

Table of Contents edit

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