The Haunted Ruins
A Complete Troll Tribe For RuneQuest
Uz Only! Youz Keep Out, Hoomanz!
THE HAUNTED RUINS: once an ancient dwarfen mansion, now inhabited by the sinister Sazdorf troll clan.
For years the Sazdorf trolls have lived in the heart of Battle Valley, an isolated area lying on the border of Dragon Pass. All your life you have heard the rumors about the Sazdorf trolls. Your mother used to tell you that if you didn’t eat your vegetables or wash behind your ears, the Sazdorf would take you into their lair, smother you with honey and then feed you to their insects – if they didn’t eat you themselves!
Who knows for sure what untold secrets these mysterious beings hold in their crumbling palace? It is up to your adventurers to plumb the depths of THE HAUNTED RUINS and find out!
- Statistics and unique personalities for fourteen of the major trolls.
- Extensive maps of the lair
- Complete history
- Family tree
- A multi-color map of Battle Valley
THE HAUNTED RUINS is a sourcebook for the RuneQuest fantasy roleplaying game. It contains a guide to the Sazdorf clan of trolls, complete with descriptions of troll personalities, and extensive guide to their underground palace, and information on the history of the tribe. This book also includes a guide to Battle Valley, an area of strategic importance in Dragon Pass, detailing the areas where adventures are likely to occur In the valley, as well as a guide to the inhabitants of the valley.
Details
- Authors: Greg Stafford, Sandy Petersen
- Additional Material: John B. Monroe, Frederic Blayo, Lynn Willis
- Editing: John B. Monroe, Lynn Willis Design and Production: John B. Monroe, William Dunn
- Cover Painting: Tom Sullivan
- Interior Illustrations: Daniel Brereton
- Maps: Charlie Krank, Usa Kasle
- Copyreading: Anne Merritt
- ISBN 1-56038-014-4
- 64 pages
Editions
| SKU | Name | Year | Publisher | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AH85716 | The Haunted Ruins | 1989 | Avalon Hill |
Contents
- Introduction
- Battle Valley
- Approaching the Trolls
- The Past
- Getting Started
- Approaching the Area
- Patrol Zones
- Standard Defense Plans
- Friendly Strangers
- The Haunted Ruins
- The Front Section
- Main Section
- Lower Level
- South and East Sections
- North Section
- Hidden Section
- The Sazdorf Clan
- Average Dark Troll Warrior
- Good Dark Troll Warrior
- Dark Troll Hunters
- Average Great Troll Warriors
- Good Great Troll Warriors
- Belorg’s Cave Trolls
- Trained Militia Trollkin
- Worker Trollkin
- Assault Beetles
- The Nilmerg Horde
- Sazdorf Genealogy
- Analysis Of The Clan
- GM Log
- Male Troll Character Sheet
- Female Troll Character Sheet
- Battle Valley Map
Related Pages
- AH857 RuneQuest Deluxe Edition (1984)
- AH8570 RuneQuest Deluxe Edition (Softback) (1993)
- AH8571 Runequest Player’s Edition (1985)
- AH85711 Gloranthan Bestiary (1988)
- AH85712 Apple Lane (1987)
- AH85713 Snake Pipe Hollow (1987)
- AH85714 RuneQuest Cities (4th edition) (1988)
- AH85715 Into the Troll Realms (1988)
- AH85717 Daughters of Darkness and the Chronicles of Santon (1990)
- AH8572 Runequest Gamemaster’s Box (1985)
- AH8573 Monster Coliseum (Box 1 – 1985)
- AH8574 Human Adventurer Sheets (Box 2 – 1985)
- AH8575 Non-human Adventurer Sheets (Box 3 – 1985)
- AH8576 Vikings (Box 4 – 1985)
- AH8577 Gods of Glorantha (Box 05 – 1985)
- AH8578 Griffin Island (Box 06 – 1986)
- AH8579 Runequest Standard Edition (1986)
- AH8584 Land of Ninja (Box 07 – 1986)
- AH8585 Glorantha – Genertela, Crucible of the Hero Wars (Box 08 – 1988)
- AH8586 Trollpak (Box 09 – 1988)
- AH8587 Troll Gods: The Deities of Darkness (Box 10 – 1989)
- AH8588 Elder Secrets of Glorantha (Box 11 – 1989)
- AH8589 Eldarad – The Lost City (1990)
- AH85906 Sun County (1992)
- AH8591 River of Cradles (1992)
- AH8592 Dorastor: Land of Doom (1993)
- AH8593 Strangers in Prax (1994)
- AH8594 Shadows on the Borderland (1993)
- AH8595 Lords of Terror (1994)
- Dragon Pass (1983)
- Heroes Magazine (1984-1986)
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