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|module_title = Dwellers of the Forbidden City
|module_image =[[File:Dwellers of the Forbidden City.jpeg]]
|image_caption = The cover of ''Dwellers of the Forbidden City'', with art by [[Erol Otus]]. The artwork depicts a battle between [[bullywug]]s (left) and [[player character]]s.
|module_code = I1
|tsr_product_code = 9046
|module_rules = ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' 1st edition
|module_character_levels = 4-7
|module_campaign = [[Greyhawk]]
|module_authors = [[David "Zeb" Cook|David Cook]]
|module_first_published = 1981
|pages=28 <ref>((cite web |url=http://www.tsrinfo.net/archive/dd1/i1.htm |title=Dwellers of the Forbidden City |work=Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Archive |publisher=TSR Archive |access-date=April 24, 2011))</ref>
|isbn = 0-935696-33-4
|series ='''I1''', [[Tomb of the Lizard King|I2]], [[Pharaoh (module)|I3]], [[Oasis of the White Palm|I4]], [[Lost Tomb of Martek|I5]], [[Ravenloft (D&D module)|I6]], [[Baltron's Beacon|I7]], [[Ravager of Time|I8]], [[Day of Al'Akbar|I9]], [[Ravenloft (D&D module)#Ravenloft II: The House on Gryphon Hill|I10]], [[Needle (module)|I11]], [[Egg of the Phoenix|I12]], [[Adventure Pack I|I13]], [[Swords of the Iron Legion|I14]]
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'''''Dwellers of the Forbidden City''''' is an [[Adventure (Dungeons & Dragons)|adventure module]], or pre-packaged adventure booklet, ready for use by [[Dungeon Master]]s in the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' (''D&D'') [[fantasy]] [[role-playing game]]. The adventure was first used as a module for tournament play at the 1980 [[Origins Game Fair]], and was later published by [[TSR, Inc.|TSR]] in 1981 for use with the [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Advanced Dungeons & Dragons|first edition]] ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' rules. The module was written by game designer [[David Cook (game designer)|David "Zeb" Cook]], who partly ascribes his hiring by TSR to his work on this module. In the adventure, the characters are hired to recover a stolen object from a hidden oriental-style city ruled by a snake-worshipping cult of yuan-ti and their [[Mongrelfolk|mongrelmen]] and [[tasloi]] servants.<ref name="HW"/>

The module was ranked as the 13th greatest ''Dungeons & Dragons'' adventure of all time by ''[[Dungeon (magazine)|Dungeon]]'' magazine for the 30th anniversary of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' game in 2004.

==Plot summary==
The adventure begins when the [[player character]]s hear reports of bandits waylaying and attacking caravans in a jungle region. Most of the ambushed merchants and guards have been killed, but the few who have returned alive tell fantastic stories about deformed plants and deadly beasts in the jungle. The stolen goods taken from the caravans provide an impetus for the characters to enter the jungles in search of this lost treasure.

After a long and perilous journey, the player characters encounter some friendly native people and are invited to stay in their village. The characters learn from the village's chief about the dangers of creatures called the yuan-ti and their servants, the [[tasloi]], and that these creatures recently kidnapped the chief's son, taking him into the jungle. The chief and village [[Shamanism|shaman]] tell the player characters about a "forbidden city" in the jungle which they believe houses the ghosts of their dead enemies, and they supply the characters with guides to show the party the way to this forbidden city.

The adventuring environment in this module allows for both action and intrigue. The player characters can recruit allies from the various power groups and factions within the city, namely the bugbears, [[Mongrelfolk|mongrelmen]], and [[bullywug]]s, or else help pit these factions against each other for their own benefit.

==Publication history==
[[File:David "Zeb" Cook - Lucca Comics & Games 2016.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|left|The adventure was designed by [[David Cook (game designer)|David Cook]] (pictured in 2016).]]
''Dwellers of the Forbidden City'' was first used in ''Dungeons & Dragons'' tournament play at the [[Origins Game Fair]] in 1980.<ref name="HW"/><ref name="mwt2">((cite web |url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dd/20060106a |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060127011126/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dd/20060106a |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 27, 2006 |title=Monsters with Traction, Part 2 |last1=Decker |first1=Jesse |author-link1=Jesse Decker |first2=David |last2=Noonan |author-link2=David Noonan (game designer) |publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]] |access-date=2007-12-18))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=http://www.acaeum.com/ddindexes/modpages/i.html |title=Intermediate Series (I1 - I14) |access-date=2007-12-21 |publisher=Acaeum D&D Index))</ref> The module was published in 1981 by [[TSR, Inc.|TSR]] for the [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Advanced Dungeons & Dragons|first edition]] of the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' rules, and consisted of a 32-page booklet with an outer folder.<ref name="HW"/> The module was written by [[David Cook (game designer)|David "Zeb" Cook]], with cover art by [[Erol Otus]] and interior art by [[Jim Holloway (artist)|James Holloway]], [[Jim Roslof]], Harry Quinn, and [[Stephen D. Sullivan]].

''Dwellers of the Forbidden City'' is the first of the mostly unrelated and unconnected Intermediate series (I-series) of modules designed for characters at between 4th and 8th levels.  The module was originally intended to bear the code S4,<ref>((cite journal |title=D&D Clones |journal=[[White Dwarf (magazine)|White Dwarf]] |volume=24 |date=April–May 1981))</ref> but the code was reassigned to ''[[Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth]]'' before ''Dwellers'' was published. As published, the adventure bears the code I1. It was one of the first adventures written by Cook, and he attributed an early version of the module to his being hired at TSR.<ref name="HW">((cite book |first=Lawrence |last=Schick |author-link=Lawrence Schick |year=1991 |title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games |publisher=Prometheus Books |location=[[Buffalo, New York]] |isbn=0-87975-653-5 |page=101))</ref> Cook would become the lead designer for the [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition|second edition]] of the ''AD&D'' rules, which debuted in 1989, and years later, he became the lead designer on the ''[[City of Villains]]'' [[MMORPG]].

The adventure was instrumental in introducing the yuan-ti as a new species of antagonists.<ref name="mwt2"/>  Much like the [[Drow (Dungeons & Dragons)|drow]] from the ''[[Queen of the Spiders]]'' Series, the yuan-ti have been featured in a number of 1st, 2nd and 3rd Edition books for the ''D&D'' game, and are one of the few species that Wizards of the Coast did not keep open for the [[Open Game License]].<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.d20srd.org/faq.htm |title=Frequently Asked Questions |access-date=2007-02-23 |publisher=D20srd.org))</ref> The yuan-ti have also been expanded from their introduction in this module to other game worlds, in particular the ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' [[campaign setting]].<ref>((cite book |last1=Wyatt |first1=James |author-link1=James Wyatt (game designer) |last2=Heinsoo |first2=Rob |author-link2=Rob Heinsoo |title=Monstrous Compendium: [[Monsters of Faerûn]] |publisher=Wizards of the Coast |year=2001 |isbn=0-7869-1832-2))</ref><ref>((cite book |last1=Greenwood |first1=Ed |author-link1=Ed Greenwood |first2=Eric L. |last2=Boyd |author-link2=Eric L. Boyd |first3=Darrin |last3=Drader |author-link3=Darrin Drader |title=[[Serpent Kingdoms]] |publisher=Wizards of the Coast |year=2004 |isbn=0-7869-3277-5))</ref> Other new monsters introduced to the game through this module include the aboleth, [[bullywug]], [[mongrelman]], [[tasloi]], and [[yellow musk creeper]].<ref name=Wyatt08/>

The module was set in the ''[[World of Greyhawk]]'' campaign setting, and was later used to add detail to the continent of [[Hepmonaland]] in Greyhawk supplements.<ref>((cite book |author-link1=Gary Holian|last1=Holian|first1=Gary |author-link2=Erik Mona|last2=Mona|first2=Erik |author-link3=Sean K Reynolds|last3=Reynolds|first3=Sean K |author-link4=Frederick Weining|last4=Weining|first4=Frederick |title=[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]] |publisher=Wizards of the Coast |year=2000 |isbn=0-7869-1743-1))</ref> In the Greyhawk accessory ''[[The Scarlet Brotherhood]]'', by [[Sean K. Reynolds]], the Forbidden City was named Xuxulieto, and the mountains wherein it lies are called the Xaro Mountains.

==Reception==
While ''[[Different Worlds]]'' described it as "a good buy",<ref>((cite journal |title=Dwellers of the Forbidden City |journal=[[Different Worlds]] |volume=16 |date=November 1981))</ref> [[RPGnet]] gave it a slightly more favorable rating of nearly 6.8 ("Good").<ref>((cite web |title=I1: Dwellers of the Forbidden City |publisher=[[RPGnet]] |url=http://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?mainid=2476 |access-date=2007-12-21))</ref>  Latter day ''D&D'' writer James Wyatt described it as the first "Super adventure", and lamented that with another hundred pages of fleshing out, it could have been as memorable as the landmark ''[[Temple of Elemental Evil]]''.<ref name=Wyatt08>((cite book |last=Wyatt |first=James |author-link=James Wyatt (game designer) |title=Dungeon Masters Guide |publisher=Wizards of the Coast |year=2008 |edition=4th |pages=138))</ref>

[[Gerry Klug]] reviewed ''The Dwellers of the Forbidden City'' in ''[[Ares (magazine)|Ares Magazine]]'' #12 and commented that "TSR has set a standard in the FRP-ing community which the rest try to keep up with. If ''Dwellers of the Forbidden City'' is any indication of what is coming, they may not live up to their own standards. E. Gary Gygax, where are you? "<ref name="Ares">((cite journal | last=Klug | first=Gerry | author-link=Gerry Klug | title=RP Gaming | journal=[[Ares (magazine)|Ares Magazine]] | publisher=[[Simulations Publications, Inc.]] | date=January 1982| issue=12 | pages=31–32))</ref>

[[Jim Bambra]] of ''[[White Dwarf (magazine)|White Dwarf]]'' reviewed the adventure in the magazine's "Open Box" feature and gave it an overall rating of 5 out of 10, commenting that while presentation of the module was quite good (8/10), it seemed to be "hastily thrown together".<ref name="WD40"/>  Bambra gave the adventure playability and enjoyment ratings of 5/10, and skill and complexity ratings of 6/10.  He felt the adventure was "very mundane" and "lacks any real cohesion".  Bambra noted that parts of the adventure were created for tournament play.  The tournament section deals with getting into the city, and he felt the rest of the module seemed to be tacked on to that.  He did like the mini-campaign included in the adventure, and the ideas included on how to expand on it.  However, he felt that any [[Dungeon Master]] who used ''Dwellers of the Forbidden City'' would have to expend so much effort to make it more than "just a series of encounters," that they were better off "starting from scratch".<ref name="WD40"/> Bambra concluded that this adventure was "just not worth considering" with all the other better quality modules available from TSR.<ref name="WD40">((cite journal |first=Jim |last=Bambra |author-link=Jim Bambra |title=Open Box - Dwellers of the Forbidden City Review |journal=[[White Dwarf (magazine)|White Dwarf]] |volume=40 |date=April 1983))</ref>

''Dwellers of the Forbidden City'' was ranked the 13th greatest ''Dungeons & Dragons'' adventure of all time by ''[[Dungeon (magazine)|Dungeon]]'' magazine for the 30th anniversary of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' game in 2004.  Judge Eric L. Boyd described it as a "classic adventure" in which Cook created a "lost city jungle in the great tradition of [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]".  The players "battle their way into the city through a labyrinth of traps and monsters or find their own way into the sprawling, jungle-cloaked ruins...  Cook provides a host of backgrounds to motivate exploration of the city, but the map itself is motivation enough."  Judge [[Wolfgang Baur]], editor of ''Dungeon'' magazine, described the adventures thus: "This adventure may be best remembered for its monsters&mdash;it was from ''Forbidden City'' that D&D gained the Aboleth, the mongrel-man, the tasloi, and the yuan-ti.  The aboleth that guarded one of the entrances to the city was worshipped by the local mongrelmen as a god."<ref>((cite journal |last1=Mona |first1=Erik |author-link1=Erik Mona |last2=Jacobs |first2=James |author-link2=James Jacobs (game designer) |author3=Dungeon Design Panel |title=The 30 Greatest D&D Adventures of All Time |journal=[[Dungeon (magazine)|Dungeon]] |volume=116 |publisher=[[Paizo Publishing]] |date=November 2004))</ref>

Commenting on ''Dwellers of the Forbidden City'' in ''[[Black Gate (magazine)|Black Gate]]'', James Maliszewski said "It's a module that really can be used to good effect in multiple ways, a lesson I took to heart in my own adventures, even if I often failed to succeed as well as Cook did here."<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.blackgate.com/2014/05/13/four-modules/ | title=Four Modules – Black Gate | date=13 May 2014 ))</ref>

==See also==
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