Pools of Darkness
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Pools of Darkness is the fourth in a four-part series of Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons "gold box" adventure computer games.
The story is a loose continuation of Pool of Radiance and Curse of the Azure Bonds. The party starts their adventures in the city of Phlan, charged with the task to safely escort Council Member Sasha on a diplomatic mission. Upon leaving the city, Lord Bane, along with four of his lieutenants, claims the entire land of Faerun as his own, and magically ports, destroys, and removes many cities off the face of the land. The goal of the task is to systematically restore order to the realms by destroying Bane's minions one by one, and returning light and order to the land plunged in darkness.
Pools of Darkness differed from its predecessors in a number of ways. Unlike the other gold box games where the party always stayed in Faerun, the quests that the party have to endure traversed many dimensions to do battle with Bane's lieutenants. These include Thorne's Cave, Kalistes' Land, a visit to the sleeping god Moander, and finally Bane's Land itself.
The game was by far the most extensive of any of the gold box series, in storyline depth and possibilities of advancement and equipment. The game also featured better graphics as it supported 256 colors.