''Five Shall Be One'' is an

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for the

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'', set in the game's

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. The module bears the code WGS1 and was published by TSR in 1991 for the second edition ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' rules.

Plot summary

The title of the module refers to the five Blades of Corusk, ancient magical swords which, according to the legends of Greyhawk's

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, can be brought together to be made even more powerful. The module also contains information regarding Garel Enkdal, an underground city of orcs in the Griff Mountains of the northeastern Flanaess.

Publication history

The adventure was written by

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with cover art by Jeff Starlind and interior art by

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. It was originally intended as the first of three modules in the "World of Greyhawk Swords" (WGS) trilogy. It therefore precedes the second "Swords" module, WGS2 - ''

Howl from the North ''Howl from the North'' is an adventure module for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game, set in the game's ''World of Greyhawk'' campaign setting. The module bears the code WGS2 and was published by TSR, Inc. in 1991 for the sec ...

''. The third module in the series (which would have been coded WGS3) was never produced. Instead, the material originally intended for WGS3 was reworked and incorporated into the board game ''

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''.

Reception

References

External links

Five Shall Be One
'' at the TSR Archive Greyhawk modules Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1991 {{Greyhawk-stub