Earthshaker!

Earthshaker!

Code	CM4
Rules required	Dungeons & Dragons Companion Set
Character levels	18-22
Authors	David "Zeb" Cook
First published	1985
Linked modules
CM1, CM2, CM3, CM4, CM5, CM6, CM7, CM8, CM9

Earthshaker! (ISBN 0-88038-196-5) is a 1985 adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Its associated code is CM4 and the TSR product number is TSR 9128.

Plot summary

Earthshaker! is a humorous scenario regarding a giant mechanical war machine and the factions trying to control it, from the inside. The adventure also covers the player characters attempting to run a dukedom.

The player characters are charged with the responsibility of stewardship over the barony of Vyolstagrad while the baron must attend the king's court. The matters are already difficult with internal and external problems, but then a strange carnival appears with a hugely tremendrous exhibition: A colossal humanoid machine of iron, called the Earthshaker. While the machine itself poses no threat, a band of unscrupulous villains seek to attain control over this iron titan, and only the player characters stand in their way...

Publication history

Earthshaker! was written by David "Zeb" Cook, with a cover by Clyde Caldwell, and was published by TSR in 1985 as a 24-page booklet with an outer folder.

Credits

• David "Zeb" Cook: Design
• Steve Winter: Editing
• Clyde Caldwell: Cover art
• Ben Otero: Interior art
• David S. "Diesel" LaForce: Cartography
• Kim N. Lindau: Typesetting
• Ruth Hoyer: Art direction

See also

• List of Dungeons & Dragons modules

Additional reading

Review: The V.I.P. of Gaming Magazine #2 (1986)

External links

• Earthshaker! entry from Pen-paper.net
• The "CM" modules from The Acaeum