UK Living Greyhawk Scenarios

Listed on this page are almost all of the Regional, Adaptable, Metaregional, Core, Introductory and Adapted scenarios which were available to play at home games in the UK. There are also numerous Special Event and Interactive scenario 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. Full details of all the scenarios listed on this page can be found here. Most scenarios were playable for between ten months and two years between their release and their retirement, and had a staggered release schedule (generally being available for home play two months after they were available for convention play and one month after they were available for retail and gameday play). The last Living Greyhawk scenarios were released in June 2008, and all scenarios still in play retire at the end of 31st December 2008.

Regional Scenarios are set in Onnwal and cost 1 Time Unit per round to play (doubled for characters with a foreign Home Region). Some of them counted towards the TU requirements of various Regional Military Metaorganisations. Details of some Regional Scenarios can be found here on the Living Greyhawk website.

Adaptable Scenarios were only released in Year One and Year Two, and were modified to fit the Region in which they were played. They were otherwise similar to Core scenarios.

Metaregional Scenarios were introduced in Year Three and replaced Adaptable Scenarios. The Metaregional Scenarios available to play in the UK were 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 some Metaregional Scenarios can be found here on the Living Greyhawk website.
The Splintered Suns Metaregionals originally (at the start of Year 3) had codes beginning ESA (Europe & South Africa), but due to structural 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 had codes beginning ESA (Environs of Southern Aerdy).

Core Scenarios were 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 some Core Scenarios can be found here on the Living Greyhawk website.

Adapted Scenarios were adaptations of commercially published adventure packs for Living Greyhawk play, released from Year 6 onwards. They count as multiple round Core Scenarios in most respects.

Regional Introductory Scenarios were set in Onnwal. They were 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.

Specials & Interactives were either epic and dangerous scenarios primarily designed for convention play, or short scenarios that acted as preludes or epilogues to other scenarios (also often intended for convention play. Core Specials often offered more experience and treasure than normal Core scenarios, with increased access and favours, while Regional Specials and Interactives offered only half the experience and treasure of normal Regionals, with little or no access or favours.

A number of scenarios mention being prequels or sequels of other scenarios without being part of an officially 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 One Scenarios

Year Two Scenarios

Year Three Scenarios

Year Four Scenarios

Year Five Scenarios

Year Six Scenarios

Year Seven Scenarios

Year Eight Scenarios

Plot Arcs

A summary of the plot arcs and scenario series 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), Entrapment (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 (ONW2-06P), 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 could 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.

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