Alchemist's Bench: Issue 5

IN THIS ISSUE

WELCOME

NEWS

QUEST and ATTACHMENTS

Necromancer's Lair and Dark Spells

CRAFTS

Making New Furniture and Scenery

GAME PROFILE

TSR's Dragonstrike

NEW MONSTERS

Necromancers, Liches, and Undead Champions

QUEST DESIGN

Creating the Maps

WELCOME!

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NEWS

The Red Dragon's Guild Homepage has been updated with a new look. There's also a new character there. (http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/ernie.polegato/)

The HeroQuest Page at Uncle Owen's Moisture Farm has been updated with new content as well. (http://geocities.datacellar.net/Area51/Dunes/5033/HQ/hq.html)

The HeroQuest Resource Page now has Barbarian Quest Pack icons and overlays (http://www.megsinet.net/~gymnast/games/heroqest/create.htm ). To view the rest of the Resource site, click on the "HeroQuest" logo at the top of each of the site's pages.

eBay has implemented a new function for its registered users. You can save up to three items that you frequently search on (such as heroquest, hero quest, etc.) and they will automatically e-mail you when a new item comes up for auction in these categories.

QUEST and ATTACHMENTS

NECROMANCER'S LAIR QUEST; DARK SPELL CARDS

by Dewayne Agin

This issue came with a ZIP file containing two things: the documents needed to run the "Necromancer's Lair" quest, and a BMP file containing four evil-themed spell cards. To download a copy of the ZIP file (it's about 400k), click here: attfive.zip. To download the spell cards separately, (20k ZIP file) click here.

CRAFTS

TECHNIQUES FOR CREATING
NEW FURNITURE AND PROPS
FOR HEROQUEST
By Mitchel Hansinger

NEW MONSTERS

NECROMANCERS, LICHES, AND UNDEAD CHAMPIONS

by Dewayne Agin

GAME PROFILE

DRAGONSTRIKE

by John Burnham
(some material
by Dewayne Agin)

QUEST DESIGN

CREATING THE MAPS

by Dewayne Agin

End of Issue 5 See you next time!

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