Scourge of the Slave Lords

Scourge of the Slavelords

The cover of the Scourge of the Slave Lords compilation module, with art by Jeff Easley. The artwork depicts a slave master battling a group of slaves.
Code	A1–4
TSR Product Code	9167
Rules required	1st Ed AD&D
Character levels	4-7
Campaign setting	Greyhawk
Authors	David Cook, Allen Hammack, Harold Johnson, Tom Moldvay, Lawrence Schick, Edward Carmien
First published	1980 / 1981 1986 compilation
Linked modules
T1–4 A1–4 GDQ1–7 Slavers

Scourge of the Slave Lords (A1–4) is an adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, published by TSR, Inc. in 1986. It combines the contents of four earlier modules, all set in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting and intended for use with Advanced Dungeons & Dragons first edition rules.

Scourge of the Slave Lords was ranked the 20th greatest Dungeons & Dragons adventure of all time by Dungeon magazine in 2004.

The original series consisted of four modules:

Each module is a self-contained adventure that leads into the next in the series. The series is intended for use in the World of Greyhawk, but can be imported to any campaign setting. The modules are set in the Pomarj. According to From the Ashes, this adventure took place in Highport and Drachensgrabs.

Slave Pits of the Undercity was published by TSR in 1980 as a twenty four page booklet, and was written by David Cook. The cover artwork by Jeff Dee features an illustration of two aspis fighting a party of adventurers (including a bearded female dwarf). The interior art was done by Dee, David S. LaForce, Jim Roslof, and Bill Willingham.

As the first module in the series, Slave Pits of the Undercity was the first TSR publication to introduce players in the Greyhawk setting to the Slave Lords and their operations in the central and southwestern Flanaess. The module has been described as the first in a series of medium-level scenarios that provide the player characters with a mission to track down marauding coastal raiders.