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the Dragon

by Dale Donovan

And naught will be left save shuttered thrones with no rulers.

But the dead dragons shall rule the world entire, and . . .

Sammaster First-Speaker

Founder of the Cult of the Dragon

Cult of

Dedication

To my mother and my father, who always encouraged me, no matter how seemingly strange my interests may have

appeared. Thanks to you both I had the chance to pursueand obtainmy dream. While it may seem curious to dedicate a

book about a bunch of psycho cultists to ones parents, I figured that, of all people, you two would understand.

Credits

Design: Dale Donovan

Additional and Original Design: L. Richard Baker III, Eric L. Boyd, Timothy B. Brown, Monte Cook, Nigel Findley,

Ed Greenwood, Lenard Lakofka, David Kelman, Bill Muhlhausen, Robert S. Mullin, Bruce Nesmith, Jeffrey Pettengill,

Jon Pickens, and James M. Ward

Development & Editing: Julia Martin

Cover Illustration: Clyde Caldwell

Interior Illustrations: Glen Michael Angus

Art Direction: Dana Knutson and Dawn Murin

Typesetting: Angelika Lokotz

Research, Inspiration, & Additional Contributions: Robert L. Nichols & Craig Sefton

Special Acknowledgment: Gregory Detwiler, Ed Greenwood, Jamie Nossal, Cindy Rick, Carl Sargent, Steven Schend, and

the stories of Clark Ashton Smith & Edgar Allan Poe

Campaign setting based on the original game world of Ed Greenwood.

Based on the original D UNGEONS & D RAGONS ® rules created by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.

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2 Credits

Introduction ..............................4

...............................................................55

The Harpers................................................................56

The Red Wizards of Thay............................................57

The Sorority of Silver Fire...........................................58

The Zhentarim............................................................60

The Church of Tiamat.................................................61

History ..........................................7

The Story of Sammaster...............................................7

Sammaster the Apprentice......................................9

Journeyman and Mastery........................................8

Sammaster the Chosen............................................8

Sammaster and Elminster.......................................9

..............................63

Sammasters Spells.....................................................64

Common Spells.....................................................64

Uncommon and Rare Spells...................................65

Magical Items.............................................................80

Dragon Spells.............................................................85

Dragon Magical Items................................................96

Monsters Used by the Cult..........................................98

Dracimera................................................99

Dracohydra................................................100

Dracolich..................................................102

Dragon, Ghost......................................................104

Dragon, Lesser Undead.......................................105

Dragon-kin.................................107

Mantidrake........................................108

Ur-Histachii.................................................109

Wyvern

Fanatical Leanings.................................................10

Sammaster the Mad...............................................11

Down the Dark Path...............................................12

Sammaster and Alustriel.......................................13

Algashon the Manipulator....................................13

A Poison Tongue and an Unsound Mind................14

Vile Plottings and Viler Acts..................................14

The Battle of the Chosen.........................................14

Sammaster the Fallen.............................................15

Mad Prophecies.....................................................16

Sammasters First Dracolich and

the Founding of the Cult...................................16

The Cult Grows......................................................17

The Harpers Attack...............................................18

The Death of Sammaster........................................19

To Sleep, Perchance to Dream................................19

Awake to Unlife.....................................................20

Final

Drake......................................................110

Disposition...................................................20

...................................111

Incorporating the Cult Into Your Campaign..............112

The Cult as a Covert Organization............................112

Creating a Cult Cell..............................................113

Creating Mystery.................................................114

Adventure Nuggets..................................................115

The Ultimate Spy.................................................115

St. Sammaster......................................................115

The Harp and the Claw........................................115

Between Two Evils...............................................116

A Mysterious Patron............................................116

Work for Hire.......................................................116

A Dragon in the Nursery......................................117

A Lost Potion........................................................117

The Oasis of Handless Men..................................118

War Within the Cult.............................................118

Save the Dragon...................................................118

Chronicles of the Cult............................................21

Reformationalists vs. Pragmatists.........................21

The Whispering of Gargauth.................................21

The Rage of Dragons..............................................21

Branch Cell Activities............................................22

The Battle of the River Rising.................................23

A Flight of Dragons................................................23

Recent Activities....................................................23

Cult of the Dragon Timeline........................................24

The Cult Today ............................................................27

Basic Information.......................................................28

Cult Members........................................................28

Other Religions......................................................29

The Structure of a Cult Cell....................................29

Cult

plots....................................................................31

Legal

Enterprises...................................................31

Illegal

Operations..................................................31

Epilogue

....................................................119

Active Cults Cells, or Who, what, why, How?......... 32

Sembia..........................................................32

........................................120

Dragon Deities..........................................................120

Null................................................................121

Elversult.....................................................34

Hlondeth.......................................................35

Yartar.............................................................36

Dracoliches of Note..................................................38

..............................125

List of Spells From the School of Incantation.............125

The Incantatrix..........................................................126

Spells.........................................................127

Aurgloroasa, The Sibilant Shade........................38

Daurgothoth, The Creeping Doom.....................43

Dretchroyaster, The Monarch Reborn................47

Known Cult Dragons and Dracoliches.............53-54

Contents 3

Foes of the Cult

The Magic and Monsters of the Cult

Cult Campaigns & Adventures

Appendix 1: Dragon Deities

Appendix 2: School of Incantation

scented the mammal even before its petty magic

delivered it outside my high, mountainous home.

This invasion of my domain, this violation of my

privacy, would not go unpunished. As I contemplated

the most efficacious means of destroying this intruder, it

used another bit of minor mammalian magic. I was of

course prepared for for eventuality, but unlike most of

these self-proclaimed civilized races, this one did not

attack, blindly rushing to its doom.

Instead, the magic carried its feeble voice to me. It

spokein Auld Wyrmish, no less begging entrance to

my lair, promising the mightiest of treasures should I

deign to listen. Intrigued only by the insects knowledge

of the one true tongue, I allowed it to attend my per-

sonal glory. I noted that it even followed the old forms

for begging an audience.

It entered on its knees, its head bowed, offering

before it a portable dimensional anomaly, the boundary

of which was formed by a simple tanned hide and draw-

string. As the mammalian insect crawled toward me, it

praised my kin for our power, our Art, and our graceful

Strength I thought the last appropriate as the buffoon

disrupted two of my smaller caches during his awkward

approach. (Note: Be certain to thoroughly recount, stack,

and tabulate those again.)

Noting my displeasure, the human (I care not about

mammalian genders) apologized profusely, again using

the correct forms, and opened the anomaly, from which

poured a not insignificant number of gems. Of the lot,

most were pitifully small and without merit, but a few sap-

phires caught my eye. I therefore determined to listen, as

the human was obviously working up its courage for

some sort of oration it assumed I would find captivating.

I do not recall most of the mammals babbling, but it

spoke reasonably well of my power, glory, and reputa-

tion, and tendered the few hundred pounds of gems as

an offering to my patience.

Then, however, it made reference to and praised my

superiorits words, certainly not minethe so-called

suzerain of Anauroch, Sussethilasis. My righteous

anger flared then, and I pinned the fool to the floor

beneath a single claw of my left forepaw. As I consid-

ered making a brief meal of this mammalian, I asked it,

Give me a reason not to kill you where you lie, you

warm-blooded flea.

The mammal recanted its error and again begged to

be allowed to speak. (Even for a mammal, this one did

beg well.)

It had seemingly been sent by a group of fellow

mammals calling themselves by the presumptuous title

of the Cult of the Dragon. The insect told of this groups

founder and how this human had foreseen that the

bipedal races will one day (sooner than even it knows)

fall before our draconic might. Such tremendous powers

of insight this founder possessed! As if any hatchling

does not know this undeniable truth!

The human then continued, with some difficulty, likely

due to the weight of my formidable claw upon its frail

chest, and told of this cult and how it was preparing for

that day and

I understood before the insect even finished, of

course. This cult seeks to worship me, somehow perceiv-

ing as well as I the true power and cunning I possess

and will someday (soon, very soon) wield across the face

of this land. There will be a reckoning when I tear down

the braggart and fool, Sussethilasis. Then I shall rule

the forbidding blight of Anauroch, and from there stretch

my wings over but I am getting ahead of myself. Other

times remain for such plans. Now, perhaps, I will allow

the mammalian insect to speak again to me (with proper

offerings for my patience) and prattle on, telling me more

of this cult and what it may well do for me.

From the magical libram of recording

of Malygris, very old blue dragon

of southern Anauroch, circa 1351 DR

This book contains information on the Cult of the Dragon

for the F ORGOTTEN R EALMS ® campaign setting. This prod-

uct details the history of the Cult and its founder, Sammas-

ter First-Speaker, recent happenings within the Cult, the

status of the Cults operations and its individual cells, its

magic and magical items, its goals and the plans for achiev-

ing them, its foes and enemies, and of course, its draco-

liches, perhaps the most terrifying form of all draconic life

(or unlife in this case).

This book is for the eyes of Dungeon Masters. Players

who read the secrets contained within not only risk spoil-

ing many surprises for themselves, but also risk the wrath

of their DMs. They have been warned.

The secret society known as the Cult of the Dragon has

existed in the Realms for over 400 years. The primarily

human membership seeks to elevate evil dragonkind to

rule all of Toril as its dominion. When possible, the Cults

transforms powerful, willing evil dragons into dracoliches.

The Cults main activities include serving as an intelli-

gence-gathering and communications network for the evil

dragons of Faerûn and the Cults dracoliches. Cult mem-

bers regularly visit the lairs of evil dragons, praising them

effusively and telling them of the destiny Sammaster First-

Speaker proclaimed for them: rulership over all. Cult mem-

bers contribute large amounts of treasure to these dragons

hoards, offer any assistance at their disposal (healing

potions and spells or an exchange of spells and other magi-

cal knowledge), enlarge or otherwise expand the dragons

lairs, add mechanical or magical traps to the lairs, and gen-

erally work to persuade these dragons to actively cooper-

ate with the Cult. Cult members also make all necessary

4 Introduction

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