Saturday, October 7, 2023

DA2: Temple of the Frog

DA2 "Temple of the Frog" (1986) by Dave Arneson and David Ritchie is a 48 page D&D adventure for character levels 10-14.


Module DA2 "Temple of the Frog" (1986) by Dave L. Arneson and David J. Ritchie.  Cover illustration by Denis Beauvais.

Creative Team:

Dave Arneson was the co-creator of D&D.  He returned a decade after leaving TSR to work on the DA series, based on his original Blackmoor campaign.

Arneson's co-author, David Ritchie, worked on several projects at TSR from 1982-83 (see this thread from Dragonsfoot in 2008).  He coauthored DA1-3 with Arneson, although garnered sole credit for DA4 "The Duchy of Ten" (1987).

Ritchie's wife, Deborah C. Ritchie, worked at TSR around the same time, serving as editor for B3 "Palace of the Silver Princess" (1981) and X3 "Curse of Xanathon" (1982).  She is credited as editor for the entire DA series, DA1-4.

Interior illustrations are by Mark Nelson.


Design Origins:

The Temple of the Frog was first published in The Underworld & Wilderness Adventures section of Supplement II: Blackmoor (1975).


The Adventure:

The PCs are tasked with rescuing the kidnapped Rissa Aleford, Baroness of the Lakes, from the dungeons beneath the Temple of the Frog, secret headquarters of the Order of the Frog, somewhere deep within the Great Dismal Swamp.


Return to the Temple of the Frog:


"Return to the Temple of the Frog" (2006) by Ted Albert


"Return to the Temple of the Frog" (2006) was released by WotC in the 3.5 era.  It is designed for four to six 10th level-characters and takes place 20 years after the events of DA2.

2 comments:

  1. DA2 has favourite TSR cover. A magic user with two laser rifles? 😀

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