Editing I3-4-5: Desert of Desolation

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'''Desert of Desolation''' comprises I3: Pharaoh, I4: Oasis of the White Palm, and I5: Lost Tomb of Martek. [[Tracy Hickman]] was the overall mastermind of these modules.

Tracy cowrote ''Pharaoh'' with Mrs Laura Hickman, alongside that Hindustani brilliance which would become [[B7: Rahasia]]. The couple got shafted on a publication deal so sold these titles to TSR, who - in a rare flash of business sense - realised what a goldmine they had so hired them outright. Tracy did I4 instead with Philip Meyers. He did the last one on his own and it kind of shows.

The series revolves around the party accidentally loosing a ''Wishmaster''-esque evil djinn, a truly nasty one. The party has to fix this by robbing graves and collecting soul-gems. The first one is had in the Pharaoh's tomb in the first module. The other two are got in the course of I4, starting with a temple of Set and culminating in the tomb of Badr al-Musak.

The finale I5 is mostly in one final tomb, that of Martek, where Hickman rewards you with a ... Liahona. Well so much for all the Islamic themes, here's that Hickmanite Mormonism you'd been wanting.

It was all compiled into a single book and retconned for the Forgotten Realms series. Hamfistedly. Although not such as to ruin them.

Also the skate-ship in I5 was reused (maybe stolen) for the glass sailship in ''[[Dragonlance]]'''s ''Time of the Dragon''. Since Hickman started the whole ''Dragonlance'' thing why not, we guess.

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