Something Wild
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THB GR0U $g?5tarkad'5 deri Sample file © 1996 TSR, Inc. All hqhte reserved. 2619XXX1401 jJU-~-~a^ Sample file Sample file ©1996 TSR, Inc. All rights reserved. 2619XXX0701 CeN+£N+S AN INTRODUCTION 2 Including the Tale ofGarond the Claw, the Background of our story, a Summary of the Adventure, notes on Preparing for Play, and a look at the Forces of Contention. CHAPTER I: RATTLING THE CAGE 10 In which our Heroes see a man become a Tiger, hear whispers of Villains who've given the Law the Laugh, and watch the gentle Citizens and beasts of Sigilfall prey to dark Forces of Nature. CHAPTER II: THE HILLS ARE ALIVE 24 In which our Heroes struggle to keep their Skins in a canyon of Enemies, and learn that the best Part of an Animal may be what's inside. CHAPTER III: THE BELLY OF THE BEAST 40 In which our Heroes unleash the Animal within, witness the corruption of a Plane, forge an alliance with a Cat, and discover that Dreams can be more than just airy Pictures. AN APPENDIX 61 Including a new Magical Item, a particular Weapon used by hunters on Carceri, the statistics for Friends and Foes in this adventure, and reference tables for Magic and random Encounters. Sample file CREDI+S Designer: Ray Vallese • Editor: Allen Varney Cover Artist: Robh Ruppel • Interior Two-Color Artist: DiTerlizzi Color Plates: Jeff Miracola, Alan Pollack, Adam Rex • Conceptual Artist: Dana Knutson Cartographer: Roy Boholst Project Coordinator: Andria Hayday • Art Director: Bruce Zamjahn Electronic Prepress Coordinator: Dave Conant • Typography: Angelika Lokotz Border Art: Robert Repp • Graphic Design: Greg Kerkman, Dawn Murin Proofreaders: Michele Carter, Bill Slavicsek Playtesters: John Cummings, Keith Cummings, Todd Cushman, Dave Lubash, Bob Newell, Ted Zuvich TSR, Inc. TSR Ltd. ADVANCED DUNGEONS ft DRAGONS, ADfrD, RAVENLOFT, FORGOTTEN REALMS, MONSTROUS COMPENDIUM, and the Lady of Pain logo are registered trademarks owned by TSR, Inc. 201 Sheridan Springs Rd. 120 Church End PLANESCAPE and the TSR logo are trademarks owned by TSR, Inc. All TSR characters, Lake Geneva Cherry Hinton character names, and the distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks owned by TSR, Inc. £ Wl53147 Cambridge CBl 3LB 1996 TSR, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Random House and its affiliate companies have worldwide distribution rights in the book trade for English-language products of TSR, Inc. United Kingdom U.S.A. Distributed to the toy and hobby trade by regional distributors. Distributed to the book and hobby trade in the United Kingdom by TSR Ltd. This material is protected under the 2619 copyright laws of the United States of America. Any reproduction or unauthorized use of the material contained herein is prohibited without the express written consent of TSR, Inc. "t i I dream of the hunt. Bursting recklessly through ripping thorn bushes, slinking through silent clearings, losing myself in forests black enough to swallow me whole. Hot wind on my skin, sharp roots cutting my legs. The AN air thick with the pun- gent scent of blood. The prey is near, crouching, INTRODUCTION cowering, quivering as it imagines the points of my teeth pressing into its throat. A heartbeat pounds in my head like a war drum, punctuating my belly's screams for meat. Suddenly, brittle ferns crash to the ground before me. A monstrous shadow rises from nowhere to make the forest darker than black. My den is not near but I turn and run and jump and run, sweating and grunting and panting as the war drum pounds double time but the shadow dwarfs me still, becoming the starless night. As I am caught and crushed in its jaws, as the breath and life are squeezed from my body, as my blood stings my eyes and stains its teeth, I scream for release for daybreak for waking, but there is only pain and cries and death. Powers help me, this is not a dream! + HINK TALC • GAR0ND CLAW • +ime +eeic seme HUN + ERS More of us died in the raid than I'd expected. The leth tunnels were so ripe eN A LI++LE FIELD + RIP with the scent ~ GAR0ND on my.