From the introduction: On the fringes of civilization, beneath a great dark cliff at the end of the Forsaken Gorge, loom the Dread Caves of Doom. For generations, the black rumors and frightful tales surrounding the caves and their bizarre history have enthralled the imaginations of frontier folk. Most sensible people dismiss these outlandish stories as the fabrications of idle minds and empty whiskey bottles. However, considering the recent raids of frontier villages by savage, black-scaled, man-dog creatures—attacks in which villagers witnessed the bloody torture and capture of dozens of their friends and families, including numerous children—even the most sober-minded folk now fear the sinister pall of evil spreading across the frontier lands from the Dread Caves of Doom. User summary: For 1st - 2nd level characters. Product usually is distributed with four files - adventure, full covers, half (graphic) cover, and map.