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''The Lost City'' (B4) is a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' adventure module by Tom Moldvay. It was first published by TSR in 1982 and was designed as a stand-alone adventure for use with the ''Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set''. The working title for the module was "The Lost City of Cynidecia".〔(Basic Series ). Acaeum. Retrieved 14 December 2008.〕 Moldvay designed the module to give novice Dungeon Masters experience fleshing out adventures and is only partially complete. The module is described as a low-level scenario, in which the only hope of the player characters' survival can be found in a ruined city slowly rising out of the sands.〔 ((preview ))〕 The adventure is set inside a huge step pyramid, with the lower pyramid only sketched out and the city itself described with a list of the major areas and a map. The adventure’s main villain is Zargon, a giant one-eyed monster and his minions. The entire double pyramid, not including the city, contains over 100 rooms. This module includes a cover folder with maps and a descriptive booklet with ready-made adventurers for the ''Dungeons & Dragons Basic Game''. It also includes enough information to continue the adventure beyond level 3, using the ''Dungeons & Dragons Expert Game'' rules. This adventure was partially reprinted in the supermodule compilation B1-9 ''In Search of Adventure'' (1985), which included only the upper pyramid and was set in the Mystara campaign setting. ==Plot summary== The adventure follows a city buried in the desert, which is torn between warring factions.〔 Much of the adventure takes place within a huge step pyramid.〔 Other areas of the city are merely outlined, with suggestions provided for the DM to provide detail.〔 At the beginning of the adventure, the characters become lost in a desert sandstorm and stumble upon the entrance to a pyramid. The pyramid and the underground city beneath it are located on the site of the ancient ruined city of Cynidicea and inhabited by the descendants of the city's people. These Cynidiceans, now regressed to a subterranean species, are addicted to narcotics and spend most of their time in drug-induced reveries, wandering around in costumes and masks. As the adventure progresses, the characters discover that a monster known as Zargon was responsible for the downfall of Cynidicea. The monster still lives, and a cult of evil human priests and various other monsters has grown up around it. Besides the priests of Zargon, there also exist three other factions of relatively normal Cynidiceans. They worship the city's ancient Gods and are dedicated to the overthrow of the priests of Zargon and the restoration of Cynidicea's lost glory, but their diverging faiths have disallowed them from working together against their common enemy. Although only the upper half of the pyramid is detailed, enough information on the lower half and the underground city is provided for the DM to expand the adventure. After clearing the upper pyramid the players can become involved in the struggle for Cynidicea and, if they grow powerful enough, confront Zargon in his lair and destroy him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Lost City (Dungeons & Dragons)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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