Rary the Traitor is a Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...

sourcebook and module for the World of Greyhawk campaign setting

Campaign setting

A campaign setting is usually a fictional world which serves as a setting for a role-playing game or wargame campaign. A campaign is a series of individual adventures, and a campaign setting is the world in which such adventures and campaigns take place...

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Plot summary

The work details the empire of the renegade archmage Rary

Rary

In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, Rary of Ket is a powerful archmage and ruler of the Bright Lands, also known as Rary the Traitor....

, known as the Empire of the Bright Lands. Historical background of the Bright Desert

Bright Desert

In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, the Bright Desert is a fictional desert located in the central Flanaess...

 is also covered, and introduced the ancient Flan

Flan (Greyhawk)

In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, the Flan are a race of humans living in the Flanaess. The Flan peoples were the first humans known to have settled the eastern portion of the continent of Oerik, the Flanaess, which is named for them...

 nations of Sulm and Itar to the setting. Information on Robilar

Robilar

In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Robilar is a powerful warrior who serves as commander of Rary's forces in the Empire of the Bright Lands...

, Rary's co-conspirator, is also provided.

The information in the sourcebook section of the publication can be used in campaigns involving characters of all levels, however the adventures contained in the module are designed for characters of levels eight or higher.

Publication history

Rary the Traitor was written by Anthony Pryor and released by TSR in 1992.

External links

• World of Greyhawk Reference Series at the Acaeum.com
• Rary the Traitor at the TSR Archive
• D&D Downloads with link to download of maps missing from the printed version of the module.