UK Living Greyhawk Scenarios

Listed on this page are the vast majority of the Regional, Adaptable, Adapted, Metaregional, Core and Introductory scenarios which are (or have been) available to play at home games in the UK. There are also numerous Special Events and Interactives that have been run in the UK, those available for home play have been listed as well as all those for which we've got information that were only playable at Conventions.
Most scenarios can be played for between one and two years after their release. Year One scenarios, Year Two scenarios, Year Three scenarios, Year Four scenarios and Year Five scenarios are now retired, as are Regional and Metaregional Year Six scenarios, and are no longer available to play. Year Seven scenarios, Year Eight scenarios and all Core and Adapted Year Six scenarios retired on 31st December 2008, which is when the Living Greyhawk campaign as a whole comes to an end.
Some scenarios have an optional extra section which allows the party to play an extra encounter or two, possibly gaining additional experience, treasure and item access, which usually requires 1 additional Time Unit. These are noted in the tables below.
Some scenarios have two or more rounds. These scenarios have only one AR for the whole scenario, and you must play all rounds of a multiple round scenario consecutively without playing any other scenarios with the same character in between the rounds. A multiple round scenario will have the usual Time Unit cost for a scenario of its type for each round (for example, a two round Core scenario will cost 4 Time Units). Multiple round scenarios are noted in the tables below.

Regional Scenarios are set in Onnwal and cost 1 Time Unit per round to play. Some of them count towards the TU requirements of various Regional Military Metaorganisations. Details of Regional Scenarios can be found here on the Living Greyhawk website, here on the Onnwal Regional website and here on the Splintered Suns Metaregional website.

Adaptable Scenarios were only available in Year One and Year Two, and were modified to fit the Region in which they were played.

Metaregional Scenarios were introduced in Year Three and replaced Adaptable Scenarios. The Metaregional Scenarios available to play in the UK are those for Metaregion 5, the Splintered Suns Metaregion, of which Onnwal is a part. They cost 1 Time Unit per round to play. Details of Metaregional Scenarios can be found here on the Living Greyhawk website, here on the Onnwal Regional website and here on the Splintered Suns Metaregional website.
The Splintered Suns Metaregionals originally (at the start of Year 3) had codes beginning ESA (Europe & South Africa), but due to reorganisation the remaining Year 3 Metaregionals and all of the Year 4 and Year 5 Metaregionals were given codes beginning TSS (The Splintered Suns). At RPGA request Metaregionals from Year 6 onwards once again have codes beginning ESA (Environs of Southern Aerdy).

Core Scenarios are usually (but not always) set in the parts of the Flanaess not covered by any of the individual Regions, and cost 2 Time Units per round to play. Details of Core Scenarios can be found here on the Living Greyhawk website, here on the Onnwal Regional website and here on the Splintered Suns Metaregional website.

Adapted Scenarios are adaptations of commercially published adventure packs for Living Greyhawk play. They count as multiple round Core Scenarios in most respects.

Regional Introductory Scenarios are set in Onnwal. They are aimed at new players, in order to give them a feel for the Region and its current plots in an adventure tailored for 1st level characters. They have no set retirement date, but a Region may only have a maximum of four Introductory Scenarios available at any one time. Details of Onnwal Regional Introductory Scenarios can be found here on the Onnwal Regional website and here on the Splintered Sun Metaregional website.

Minimodules, Specials & Interactives are short Scenarios that act as preludes or epilogues to other Scenarios. They cost 1 or 2 Time Units and, where applicable, must be played immediately before or after (as appropriate) the Scenario which they accompany. Many Minimodules and Interactives can only be played at the Convention(s) where the Scenario they relate to premieres, but some are available for home play. Under Living Greyhawk rules they offer only half the amount of experience and treasure per TU that normal Regionals do.

Full details of retired scenarios from Year One onwards can be found here, while full details of currently available scenarios from Year Six to Year Eight can be found here.

A number of scenarios mention being prequels or sequels of other scenarios without being part of a named series, where this is the case I have invented an appropriate series name for the purpose of reference within this website. Also, a number of the early Regional Introductory scenarios and Regional Special scenarios had ambiguous, conflicting or entirely absent scenario codes, where this is the case I have given them an invented scenario code for ease of reference within this website.

Introductory Scenarios

Year Six Scenarios

Year Seven Scenarios

Year Eight Scenarios

Year Five Scenarios

Year Four Scenarios

Year Three Scenarios

Year Two Scenarios

Year One Scenarios

High Level Scenarios

Plot Arcs

A summary of the plot arcs and scenario series that have been run, and are currently being run, in Living Greyhawk. Each one has the series title followed by the scenarios involved, series being arranged in chronological order with the most recent at the top.

• Core & Adaptable Series
• Ascension - "To Serve The Greater Good" series, Whispers of the Obsidian Citadel (CORS8-01), Dedications (COR8-06), Lost Souls Eternal (COR8-08), Chains of Darkness (COR8-10), Wheels Within Wheels (CORS8-02)
• Honour Among Thieves - Machinations (COR8-01), Aspirations (COR8-03), Celebrations (COR8-07), Foundations (COR8-12)
• Rise of the Ancients - "Blight on Bright Sands" series & "Sins of Ages Past" series, Pyre of the Righteous (COR8-05), Ruins of Slumber (COR8-09), Restoration & Empire (COR8-11)
• Forgotten King - Barrow of the Forgotten King (ADP7-05), The Sinister Spire (ADP8-01), Fortress of the Yuan-ti (ADP8-02)
• Greyhawk Ruins - Ruins of Discovery (CGR7-01), Into The Silent Halls (CGR7-02), Crypts of the Forgotten (CGR8-01), Shatterstone (CGR8-02), Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk (ADP8-03)
• Gloom & Disunion - Birthday Bash (COR2-04), Beneath The Veil (COR2-05), Assault on the Vault (CORS3-01), Bridge Over Svartjet (COR3-07), Bridge Over Svartjet (COR5-10), Bridge Over Svartjet (COR8-04)
• Murder - Murder in Elmshire (COR6-10), Murder in the River Quarter (COR7-20)
• Slaver - A Marked Man (COR5-05), Return to the Undercity (COR5-12), The Calm Before The Storm (COR6-12), City of Malice (COR7-05), Wrath of the Slavelords (COR7-19)
• Legacy of Life - "Ether Threat" series, "Children Of The Dust" series, From The Dust (COR6-07), The Shrouded Shores of Abanfyl (COR6-15), Divided We Stand (COR7-16)
• Windows To The Serpent's Soul - Shedding Scales (COR4-01), Dragon Lore Prophecies (CORSP4-2), Here There Be Dragons (CORS4-02), Clipping Wings (COR5-08), Catching Breath (COR6-08), Taking Flight (COR7-15)
• When The Wind Blows - Harvest Time (SND3-01), Wind Reaping (TSS4-06), Seeds (TSS5-02), Storm Harvest (COR7-07)
• Second Chances - Desecrators of the Lords' Tomb (COR5-04), Second Chances (COR7-03)
• Consequences - Atonement (COR5-03), Bitter Fruit (COR7-02)
• Blight on Bright Sands - Blood on Bright Sands (COR5-06), Gateway to Bright Sands (COR5-09), Mines of the Eye (CORS5-02), Dark Deceit on Bright Sands (COR5-11), Time's Tide on Bright Sands (COR5-17), Phantoms on Bright Sands (COR5-20), Rallying Point for the Bright Sands (COR6-02), Pits of Azak-Zil (CORS6-02), Beneath the Bright Sands (COR6-09), Tears for the Bright Sands (COR6-13), Dominion Over Bright Sands (COR6-16) - see also the "Sins Of Ages Past" Core series
• Sins of Ages Past - The Future's Bright (COR1-08), The Hidden Fortress (COR3-01), The Frozen Spire (COR4-16), Cloud of Darkness (COR6-14) - see also the "Traitor" & "Prophecies & Portents" Onnwal Regional series and the "Blight On Bright Sands" Core series.
• Real Hero Blues - Witch Hunt (COR3-06), Real Hero Blues (COR4-17), A Story For Another Day (COR6-01)
• Nature to Eternity - A Small-Knowing Soul (GEO3-01), Through Nature to Eternity (COR3-18), A Wretched Soul (COR4-13), Immortal Longings (COR5-15)
• Running With The Baatezu - When Orcs Attack (COR3-17), A Tiger? In Ahlissa? (COR4-09), Sympathy for the Baatezu (COR4-14), It Never Rains in Nyrond (COR4-18), All Roads Lead to Rauxes (COR5-14)
• Tome Of Clarity & Mists - Face Value (COR3-09), The Letter (COR4-08), The Price of Power (COR5-13)
• Blemu Hills - Hunt for the Rogue (COR3-14), Rings Within Rings (COR5-07)
• Stone Man - Dog Days of the Stone Boys (NYR1-09), The Stone Man's Puzzle (COR4-02), The Stone Man's Missive (COR5-01)
• Children Of The Dust - "Ether Threat" series, Duke of the Dust (COR4-06), Riddle of the Dust (COR4-10), War of the Dust (COR4-15) - continues in the "Legacy of Life" series.
• Key to Greyhawk - Mad God's Key (CORS4-04), Key to the Grave (COR4-12)
• To Serve The Greater Good - Ashes of Innocence (COR2-07), Fury of a Cold Man's Heart (COR3-03), A Man With Nothing (COR3-08), Full Circle to Oblivion (COR4-07)
• Sea Of Dust - Lerara (COR3-16), And All Things Come to Dust (CORS4-01)
• Ether Threat - Isle of Woe (CORS2-02), Echo (COR2-08), Escape From Tenh (COR2-11), Into The Dying Lands (COR2-13), Return to the Isles (COR2-03), Sepulchre of the Wizard-King (COR3-10), Dust of the Dead World (CORS3-02), Endgame (COR3-12), "Children Of The Dust" series
• Forbidden Choice - The Forbidden Choice (COR1-06), Forgotten Echoes (COR2-10), Forlorn Memories (COR3-11)
• Absolute Power - River of Blood (COR1-03), As He Lay Dying (COR2-01), Return to the Ghost Tower of Inverness (CORS3-03)
• Your Worst Nightmare - A Plea From Beyond The Grave (ADP1-08), Scent of a Demon (ADP2-02), Plague of the Third Season (COR2-12)
• Brendingund Saga - The Reckoning (COR1-02), Brendingund's Bride (COR1-05), Brendingund's Blood (COR1-07), Brendingund's Brood (COR2-02), The Final Reckoning (COR2-09)
• Dark Stranger - What Lies Beneath (ADP1-04), Descent Into Darkness (ADP2-01)

• Splintered Suns Metaregional Series
• Broken Chains - The Prisoner (TSS3-06), Prisoners of the Calling Mines (TSS3-08), Crossfire (TSS4-04), Midsummer Nightmare (TSS5-05), Knife's Edge (ESA6-01), Head or Tails (ESA7-04), Calling of the Mines (ESA8-01)
• Terrors of the Deep - Gift of the Tempest (ESA6-04), The Wake of the Tempest (ESA7-03), Eye of the Tempest (ESA7-06)
• When The Wind Blows - Harvest Time (SND3-01), Wind Reaping (TSS4-06), Seeds (TSS5-02), Storm Harvest (COR7-07)
• Trust or Treason - Stonecunning (TSS3-01), United We Stand (SND2-01), The Verdant Trail (TSS4-01), Ten Minutes (TSS5-01), Shattered (ESA6-02)
• Re-Enactment - The Glory of Times Past (TSS3-04), Cat's Grace (TSS4-07)

• Onnwal Regional Series
• Remember the Farmers - Remember the Farmers (ONW1-06), Rest In Peace (ONW2-04), To Hell & Back (ONW3-05), The Beautiful Death (ONW8-01)
• Prophecies & Portents - Escape From Scant (ONW1-01), "Traitor" series, The Prophet (ONW3-01), Pyrtura (ONW3-02), The Traitor's Road (COR3-13), To Kill a Kesh (ONW3-07), The Hills Are Alive (ONW4-02), possibly A Strange Sacrifice (ONW4-06), The Tal Marith (ONWS5-06J), Screams of the Damned (ONW6-01) - see also the "Sins Of Ages Past" and "Blight on Bright Sands" Core series.
• Liberation Of Scant - March on Gullhaven (ONW4-05), Return to Gullhaven (ONWS5-01), The Message (ONWS5-02), The Subservient Serpent (ONWS5-04A), To Obelstone by Shore & Sword (ONWS5-04B), The Unplumbed Depths (ONW5-03), Beacon in the Night (ONWS5-05A), Beheading Halmarn (ONWS5-05B), Seas Alive (ONWS5-05C), Into the Breach (ONWS5-06A), Walls of Scant (ONWS5-06B), Through the Stench of Darkness (ONWS5-06C), The Final Countdown (ONWS5-06E), The Low City of Scant (ONWS5-06F), Safe as Houses (ONWS5-06G), The Lady of Veils (ONWS5-06H), Storming the Bastion (ONWS5-06I), The Tal Marith (ONWS5-06J)
• Knights of the Splintered Sun - Glaive's Gambit (ONW1-03), Pilgrims in an Unholy Land (ONW2-06Pre), Blazing Banner (ONW2-06), Glaives Gathering (ONW3-03)
• Legacy of Chert - Memento (ONW2-07), Marooned (ONW2-08)
• Traitor - To Catch A Traitor (ONW1-02), To Hunt A Traitor (ONW2-05), "Prophecies & Portents" series

APL (Average Player Level) Calculation

Each Living Greyhawk Scenario can be run at a number of different difficulty settings, as appropriate to the group of PCs playing it. A scenario's difficulty setting is referred to as its "Average Player Level" or APL. A scenario's APL is always an even number - if the party's APL comes out as an odd number then they may choose to play at the next lower APL or the next higher APL (for example, a party with an APL of 3 may choose to play a scenario at either APL 2 or APL 4).
If your character's level is three or more levels lower or higher than the scenario's APL (for example a 1st or 7th level character playing an APL 4 scenario) then your character receives half experience and half treasure for that scenario.
Generally an APL 4 scenario is still suitable for a 1st level character provided there are some harder characters around to look out for them and they exercise some caution and restraint about getting into the thick of things.
To calculate a group's APL add together the levels of the characters and divide by the number of players. Fractions less then half are rounded down, fractions of more than half are rounded up, fractions of exactly half may be rounded up or down at the GM's discretion. Then add one if there are six characters in the group, since large parties tend to cope better with scenarios than small ones.
The entries in the table below show the range of total character levels a group may contain at each scenario APL from 2 to 14.

Familiars, Paladin mounts and Druid or Ranger animal companions don't affect the APL. A character with the Mounted Combat Feat may bring along a standard mount from the list on page 129 of the Player's Handbook without affecting the APL. Other animals will affect the APL - a single character can be accompanied by up to four domesticated animals, and these animals add to that character's effective level for the purpose of calculating APL according to their number and their Challenge Ratings (CRs), which are listed in the Monster Manual. The entries in the table below (from the Living Greyhawk Campaign Supplement) show the effective extra levels a character gains from being accompanied by domesticated animals. Animals with different CRs are taken into account separately, for example two CR2 animals and two CR1 animals will add four effective levels (three for the CR2 animals plus one for the CR1 animals).

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