War of Darkness (1986) features a Frank Frazetta painting of Conan. Believe you me, the adventure under the cover does not live up to that bold promise. Interior art is by a bunch of folks with no clear credit. It’s all to the Role Aids standard, which is generally pretty good quality.

So, the plot. War is coming. Characters are part of the army. Some rube demon has usurped Orcus as lord of the undead and is trying to take over the world. Players are charged with seeking out a fortress that contains an altar to the new demon and destroying it in hopes of wounding him, or something. That altar also happens to be where the demon hid Orcus’ soul, so destroying it actually brings Orcus back to power and he quickly deals with the usurper. I might have wanted to find the solution where the war is ended and there are no demonic lords of the undead around, but that’s just me, I guess. The castle is fine, though it has the same problem with every Role Aids dungeon I’ve read in that the monster selection inevitably makes the place feel random and generic.

Not a bad module, really, but not terribly satisfying either.