Hellpits of Nightfang
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 Cover by Jennell Jaquays[a] | |
| Designers | Jennell Jaquays [a] |
|---|---|
| Publishers | Judges Guild |
| Publication | 1979 |
| Genres | Fantasy |
| Systems | Basic Role-Playing |
Hellpits of Nightfang is an adventure published by Judges Guild in 1979 for the fantasy role-playing game RuneQuest.
Hellpits of Nightfang is a low-level "gateway" adventure for beginning players. The 32-page book leads the characters to limestone caves located beneath a series of sinkholes.[1] The tomb of a powerful RuneLord is there, but a vampire with a love of gold has made a lair nearby, and vermin have surrounded his home.[2]
Publication history
Chaosium published the fantasy role-playing game RuneQuest in 1978. The following year, Judges Guild released a RuneQuest adventure, Hellpits of Nightfang, written by Jennell Jaquays[a], who also created the cover art for the 32-page book.[1]
In April 1984, Minnesota Baptist minister Larry Forsberg introduced a motion at a local Republican county convention to ban fantasy role-playing games in public schools, using Hellpits of Nightfang as an example of the "satanic" games he was trying to ban.[3]