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The Abyss Equation
5th Edition
Levels 6โ€“8
71 pages
0

๐๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐€๐›๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง Embark on an unforgettable journey with an immersive 71-page adventure tailored for 6-8 Level characters, utilizing only this book and freely available SRD rules. Set foot in the idyllic town of Suncrop Hill, where mystery looms in every shadow and secrets lie buried beneath the surface. ๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ ๐‡๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ Unravel the secrets of Suncrop Hill as you brave its hidden depths, confronting challenges that will test your wit and courage. โ€ข 6 compelling adventure hooks, for your players to be drawn into a web of intrigue โ€ข 6 intricately detailed locations to explore, from quaint taverns to ominous dungeons, each teeming with secrets waiting to be unearthed ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐€๐›๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ€ข 9 unique monsters, each more formidable than the last, as you fight to uncover the truth and emerge victorious โ€ข Each with their own strategic battle tactics, enhancing the thrill of combat for an even more immersive experience โ€ข 1 Multi-phased Boss fight that will force your players to be tactical in order to survive ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž? โ€ข 13 unique magic items to discover โ€ข 4 items with different rarity variants, reaching from uncommon to legendary, each with its own tantalizing power waiting to be wielded ๐ˆ๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐จ ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ž! ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ. To aid in your quest, equip yourself with our meticulously crafted item and monster cards, perfectly sized for convenience and portability. โ€ข 24 magic item cards, the perfect handout to print and hand your players โ€ข 11 monster cards, with which you'll have everything you need at your fingertips

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Rise of the Druid's Curse
5th Edition
Levels 5โ€“7
24 pages
0

Your investigations into weird occurrences in Waterdeep's Field Ward leads you to the source of a disease that suddenly breaks out. You are the only ones who know of the cure, but you won't be able to procure it if you remained quarantined like the rest of the ward. The clock is ticking for you and your allies.

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Storm King's Thunder
5th Edition
Levels 1โ€“5
256 pages
0

Giants have emerged from their strongholds to threaten civilization as never before. Hill giants are stealing all the grain and livestock they can, while stone giants have been scouring settlements that have been around forever. Fire giants are press-ganging the small folk into the desert, while frost giant longships have been pillaging along the Sword Coast. Even the elusive cloud giants have been witnessed, their wondrous floating cities appearing above Waterdeep and Baldurโ€™s Gate. Where is the storm giant King Hekaton, who is tasked with keeping order among the giants? The humans, dwarves, elves, and other small folk of the Sword Coast will be crushed underfoot from the onslaught of these giant foes. The only chance at survival is for the small folk to work together to investigate this invasion and harness the power of rune magic, the giantsโ€™ weapon against their ancient enemy the dragons. The only way the people of Faerun can restore order is to use the giantsโ€™ own power against them.

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CCC-AETHER-01-02 The Heir of Orcus: Verse II
5th Edition
Levels 1โ€“4
29 pages
0

An Adventurers League Con-Created Content Module. Tier 1, 4 Hours. (Compatible with Homebrew games too!) May I have the next 100 words to convince you to purchase this adventure? **PITCH BEGINS!** This module features three ways to play: join the Knights of Holy Judgment, the Cult of Zariel, or the forces of Chaos as you face The Heir of Orcus! Play like it is 1990 and experience the first Adventurerโ€™s League module to use 16-bit art for maps, tokens, NPC portraits, and magic items! Each purchase includes the PDF, Fantasy Grounds module, one map, 18 tokens, comic art for the backstory, and an imaginary high five from the author. Make a DC 92 Wisdom saving throw. On a success, reroll! On a failed save, buy this adventure! **PITCH ENDS!** Authorโ€™s note: This is part two of a two part Tier 1 series. I plan to make future Verses if these do well and people like them. Thanks for looking at my adventure and please leave an honest review! -Anthony Joyce (Twitter: @Thrawn589) All artwork was commissioned and commercially licensed for this module. Pixel Art by: Joaquin Reymundo "Dsurion" (Twitter: @Dsurion) Comic Art by: James Gifford (Twitter: @Mrjamesgifford) Fantasy Grounds Module by: Chris Jernigan

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The Lamenting Lighthouse
5th Edition
Levels 5โ€“10
45 pages
0

The Lamenting Lighthouse is a four-hour adventure for 5th-10th level characters, designed for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, with a nautical theme, heavy undead and horror elements, and mysteries to solve! One lonely lighthouse shines the way through the rocks and shoals that deny entry to the northern Moonshae Isles. But when the partyโ€™s transport approaches, a horrific gale at their backs - no light is in sight... The party must venture ahead of their vessel in a race against the storm to the restore the beacon before their ship is lost. What has befallen the keepers, and what dark secret does the lighthouse hold? Will the heroes prevail, or will they join the lighthouse's lament? This adventure can easily be inserted into a run-through of Ghosts of Saltmarsh. This one-shot can also serve as a nautical interlude in any on-going campaign where the characters have to take to the sea. Included with this adventure are: + 6 original custom creatures, the dread wraith, the dread wight, the swarm of seagulls, the captain, the rating, and the sailor + 12 player hand-outs with notes that shed light on the mystery of the lamenting lighthouse, with a randomization mechanic that ensures a degree of replayability + 9 original fleshed out NPCs, including personality traits and roleplaying tips + 2 original magical artifacts + 7 hand-drawn maps of important locations + a story reward and 2 story hooks for continuing the adventure (depending on how the adventure resolves)

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E1 Death's Reach
4th Edition
Levels 21โ€“23
94 pages
0

Wicked forces conspire to usurp the power of the Raven Queen, god of death, by unraveling the foundations of reality. To prevent this cosmic coup, mighty heroes must survive an epic journey into the Shadowfell's timeless core, where all things find their end. The beginning of the end of the original 4th edition adventure path (although ties are very light to the heroic and elite tier adventures). The PCs must first prove themselves worthy to act as the Raven Queen's agents. They will then be sent to Death's Reach, a graveyard and dumping ground from the Dawn's War. There, they must fight through the Black Star Host- powerful elemental beings, to prevent Orcus was resurrecting a primordial, Timesus the Black Star. One notable encounter is a random encounter with the Worm of Ages. This huge worm has the ability to swallow and rules for moving creatures from its maw to its throat, gullet, and into the stomach.

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Factions of Phandalin - Iniarv's Tower
5th Edition
Level 5
29 pages
0

This book goes over the various rules around the faction of the Harpers in Phandalin and the Forgotten Realms, making it easy for any new or veteran DMs to integrate it more into the core stories being told, and making the faction feel more useful for the players that choose to join. The adventure sees the characters on a mission to Iniarv's Tower, sent to search for the artifact, Bowgentle's Spellbook, and rescue the fellow Harper member, Brodven.

Kingdom of the Blind - Episode One: Noise and Motion
3rd Edition
Level 8
3 pages
0

Kingdom of the Blind is a short adventure for four 8th-level characters. The adventure is set in a minor duchy that is fairly removed from the ruler of the land. As a result, trouble can brew in the land and the king would not know immediately. About three years ago, a medusa, Zhanna Serpentlock, began systematically turning every person in Duke Jellhyn Fedorel's (N male human Ari5) duchy to stone. After losing many peasants to the medusa, Jellhyn attempted to placate her. He offered her his second son, Dephyl, for a husband. Duke Jellhyn and his family had always been rather tense and uncomfortable around Dephyl anyway due to the fact that Dephyl had lost an eye in a freak magical explosion as a boy. Zhanna accepted the marriage, and though Dephyl didn't really care for his family due to how they treated him, he was also less than happy with the arrangement. A year ago, Zhanna appeared at Fedorel's citadel again. She claimed that Dephyl had been untrue and that she had turned him to stone for his adultery. Throwing Dephyl's stone head down in the courtyard of the citadel, she swore vengeance on all Fedorels for his betrayal. Duke Fedorel and his household fled the citadel. Rather than give chase, Zhanna took up residence there and began ruling the duchy as the sole remaining Fedorel family member. Jellhyn and his family have lived in exile for a year. This is what the PCs can learn, but more is going on. As it turns out, Dephyl is alive and quite happy with his marriage. Zhanna is not repulsed by his disfigurement as his family was, and Dephyl's missing eye is something of an asset in the relationship since it lessens his chance of being accidentally petrified by his wife. In the two years of his marriage, he has grown up and gained ambition -- he wants to rule. As a second son (pawned off on a monster), he would never have received the chance. Now, with Zhanna's help, he can rule. However, Dephyl doesn't have the stomach for killing his father and brother. Instead, he and Zhanna plotted to take over the duchy by frightening everyone away. Zhanna carved a stone bust of Dephyl and used it to frighten off the rest of his family. Now Dephyl and Zhanna live happily in the citadel and rule the duchy together, though Dephyl's existence among the living is a secret.

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Prince of Demons
3.5 Edition
Level 20
40 pages
0

Ruling uncontested in his Abyssal layer of the Gaping Maw for eons, Demogorgon's reign as first among demon lords may be coming to an end. The storm clouds gather as his inviolate sanctum is about to be breached by an unlikely alliance from across the planes. Despite its combined strength, this invasion offers no guarantees of success. For the alliance faces no house of straw, but rather the entrenched hordes and reinforced ramparts of the home of the Prince of Demons. "Prince of Demons" is the final chapter in the Savage Tide Adventure Path, a complete campaign consisting of 12 adventures appearing in Dungeon magazine. For additional aid in running this campaign, check out Dragon magazine's monthly "Savage Tidings" articles, a series that helps players and DMs prepare for and expand upon the campaign. The time has come to challenge the Prince of Demons! An army of demons and eladrins stands ready to mount an assault on his Abyssal realm of Gaping Maw, which should give your players the distraction they need to prevent Demogorgon from activating the savage tide and driving a world insane. Pgs. 60-99

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The Plague of Pentapolis
5th Edition
Levels 1โ€“17
341 pages
0

Welcome to Pentapolis, where a wondrous tale of urban adventure is about to unfold. Our story begins with a terrible plague taking hold of the city. The streets are filled with death, the people in confusion, and nothing seems to be helping. Characters are called to aid the city but what starts as a simple mission becomes one that will entangle the characters in a bitter conflict between law, religion, the shady underworld, and ancient powers thought to have been destroyed. The Plague of Pentapolis is a Dungeons & Dragons adventure designed for four to five (though one or two more is ok) characters starting at 1st level. By the end of the story, the characters should be at least 17th level. Additional and earlier levels may be gained by those who are bold enough to seek them.

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The Fall of Cyrog
5th Edition
Levels 9โ€“12
14 pages
0

This adventure is written with the intent that it takes place in the subterranean world called the Underdark in the world of Forgotten Realms, although it may be placed in other settings. Within the Underdark, Cyrog's lair can be placed anywhere though it is stated to be thousands of miles east of Gravenhollow. If you are running Out of the Abyss, you may want to have your players see the vision Cyrog Lives! Hail Orcus! (OOTA, 158). Additionally, it is recommended that this adventure be used for a party of 4 to 6 players, level 9 to 12. While merely hinted at through visions in Out of the Abyss, Orcus is roaming the Underdark unchallenged with an army of mind flayers at his disposal. Cyrog, the elder brain of a mind flayer colony in the Underdark has died. The demon lord Orcus has reanimated and taken control of it. The hive of mind flayers is now bent to Orcus's will through Cyrog as he strives to make all life in the multiverse into a vast undead horde under his control. The adventurers are contacted by a patron who gives them a special item (such as brain worms) to suppress their brain waves and make it possible to infiltrate the Cyrog's Lair without immediate detection. The adventurers must defeat or otherwise subdue mind flayers and a few guards, override the elder brain's mechanical defense system, and slay Cyrog.

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1 on 1 Adventures #6.66: Pleasure Prison of the B'thuvian Demon Whore
Pathfinder
Level 7
32 pages
0

The adventure that is, quite frankly, too strong for the mere hobbyist gamer! A desert caravan ambushed! An incognito Queen elfnapped and taken to some sandy hideaway! A hero of epic proportions! Within these covers is the greatest adventure ever told. Will the dangerous renegade B'thuvian Demon Whore Alayshia have her way with our hero or will he have her to his way? Which way will the having be? Only you, playing the role of Krunk barbarian of the frozen wastes, will ever know...

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DDAL04-03 The Executioner
5th Edition
Levels 1โ€“4
19 pages
0

The locals are spreading rumors of the emergence of an age-old relic in a remote farming village. Surely you wonโ€™t be the only one to seek it, but can you afford to not be successful in this mission? And why havenโ€™t they claimed it for themselves? Part Three of Misty Fortunes and Absent Hearts.

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Ashes of Evensong
5th Edition
Levels 11โ€“13
50 pages
0

They say the legendary Ashes of Evensong have been found! In the year 689 DR, the song dragon Evensong was incinerated by Kallurous, a red dragon. In the wake of her death, Evensongโ€™s ashes were gathered into a hundred urns by members of the Harpers. Originally intended as mere relics, the urns fell out of the Harpersโ€™ possession when the caravan transporting them was ambushed. They were thereafter lost to history. Three months ago, stories began to circulate that at least one of the urns has been found. An artificer from the city of Elskar claims to have acquired some of Evensongโ€™s ashes. According to his story the ashes are more potently magical than even residuum, created as they were from the mortal remains of a powerful magical creature burned to ash in the fires of an even more powerful dragonโ€™s breath. This tale is dismissed by most, but certain factions and private interests arenโ€™t willing to reject the possibility without investigation. If true, the artificer may be in possession of a highly dangerous and unfathomably valuable substance. More importantly, he may be in possession of the knowledge of where it came from, and the secret of what happened to the Ashes of Evensong all those centuries ago. In search of the truth behind a rumour that some of the Ashes of Evensong have been found, the player characters find that the Ashes are ultimately incidental to a far more worrying development. The trail of the Ashes leads them to the discovery of a fiend pact warlock operating among the ruling class of the city, a vault of forbidden magics the secrets of which have been breached, and a diabolic artefact about to be reclaimed in the name of a Duchess of Hell. With a focus on investigation, puzzles, and dangerous traps, Ashes of Evensong rewards players for caution and cleverness. Published by Spilled Ale Studios

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Tears at Bitter Manor
Pathfinder
Level 5
64 pages
0

Bleak days have come to the Taldan city of Cassomir and nearby settlements, with a wave of depression and rage sparking horrific acts of violence. When retired adventurer Taergan Flinn doesnโ€™t show up to meet with his old companions, the PCs are called upon to investigate, leading them into a swirling maelstrom of horror and tragedy.

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The Ruined Tower of Zenopus
5th Edition
Levels 1โ€“2
20 pages
0

๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ฒ ๐‚๐‡๐‘๐ˆ๐’ ๐‡๐Ž๐‹๐Œ๐„๐’ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘-๐…๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐๐ƒ๐‹๐˜ ๐ƒ๐”๐๐†๐„๐Ž๐ ๐Œ๐€๐! ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‘๐”๐ˆ๐๐„๐ƒ ๐“๐Ž๐–๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐™๐„๐๐Ž๐๐”๐’ is a fifth edition (5E) conversion of the ground-breaking introductory adventure for Dungeons & Dragons that served as a DM aid in the first ๐ƒ&๐ƒ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐ž๐ญ, released by TSR in 1977. This set included a 48-page rulebook covering the first three levels of play, and was skillfully edited by ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‰. ๐„๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ from the original 1974 D&D rules written by ๐†๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐†๐ฒ๐ ๐š๐ฑ and ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ง. Holmes advanced the "Sample Dungeon" concept by writing a new thematic dungeon with a strong backstory, creating an adventure that has remained a fan favorite over the decades. Officially, its only title is "Sample Dungeon" but colloquially it goes by various names based on Zenopus, the doomed wizard who built the dungeon under his tower. An adventure for 1st to 2nd level characters; four pregenerated characters are included. Also includes ideas for using it as an adventure site in ๐†๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก. ๐๐Ž๐“๐„: Using this conversion requires a copy of the original dungeon found in the (1977) Basic D&D rulebook. However, Wizards of the Coast has provided a free pdf of this dungeon since 2008 on their website, see the first page of the pdf for the link. ๐‚๐Ž๐๐“๐„๐๐“๐’: Introduction, page 2 The Setting, page 3 About the Dungeon, page 4 Dungeon Master's Map, page 5 Areas of the Dungeon, pages 6-13 Appendix A: Further Reading, page 13 Appendix B: Dungeon Factions, page 14 Appendix C: Portown Rumors, pages 15-17 Appendix D: Use with Ghosts of Saltmarsh, pages 18-19 Appendix E: Pre-generated 1st level characters, page 20 ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐๐‚๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐ˆ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ“๐„: Cleaning Cube, Veteran Smuggler, Thaumaturgist, Monstrous Sand Crab, Lemunda, Monstrous Rat, Brazen Head of Zenopus, Verminslayer Longsword, Lesser Wand of Petrification, Scroll of Stone to Flesh The Ruined Tower of Zenopus was featured as part of the "D&D Classics" column in Issue #32 of Dragon+ magazine! Go to ๐๐ซ๐š๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐š๐ .๐œ๐จ๐ฆ or find the link on the Wikipeda page for Dragon magazine. ๐‚๐‘๐„๐ƒ๐ˆ๐“๐’: Original Dungeon: J. Eric Holmes Conversion, Added Content & Cartography: Zach Howard Content Review & Editing: Scott McKinley Interior Art: Chris Holmes (โ€œOctopus Attackโ€, page 9) Cover Art: โ€œItalian Coast Scene with Ruined Towerโ€ by Thomas Cole, 1838. Open Access Image from the National Gallery of Art at images.nga.gov Format: Derived from the โ€œAdventure Template for Open Office/LibreOfficeโ€ by Dale Robbins on DMs Guild Dungeon Maps drawn using the application Gridmapper by Alex Schroeder

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Abominable Adventures - An Encounter Guidebook In The Frozen Tundra
5th Edition
Levels 1โ€“4
38 pages
0

Abominable Adventures - An Encounter Guidebook In The Frozen Tundra is a collection of 12 unique Tier 1 side stories filled with danger, horror, & mystery for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition. It can be easily integrated into your adventures set in the frozen lands of the North or during any Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden campaign. Featuring โ„12 unique pre-adjusted Tier 1 encounters โ„38 pages filled with amazing artworks by artists from all around the World โ„A handy and image-free print-friendly version โ„Coloured battle maps that can be printed or used in your VTT platforms โ„New frightening creatures!

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DDAL05-15 Reclamation
5th Edition
Levels 11โ€“16
30 pages
0

SEER has been rescued along with Ulcaster, the infamous Archmage that founded a wizard's school that is now in ruins in the foot hills of the Cloud Peaks. However, while leaving to get the two to safety a cloud ship arrived, unloading a shipload of pirates on the ruins. SEER knows what the are after and needs the heroes to stop them and their leader.

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DDAL04-09 The Tempter
5th Edition
Levels 5โ€“10
22 pages
0

The people of Oraศ™nou are desperate. The village is on the brink of starvation and has little chance of surviving the harsh winter. Even if they had enough food and supplies, Lord Strahdโ€™s taxes are due, and the ruler of Barovia does not accept excuses as payment. The Burgomaster and others in the village have recently learned of a wealthy estate that might have enough resources to solve both of Oraศ™nouโ€™s problems. It is a temptation he cannot afford to resistor can he? Part Nine of Misty Fortunes and Absent Hearts

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FQ1 - Ruins of Heliopolis
AD&D
Levels 1โ€“3
21 pages
0

Your group of fledgling adventurers has come together from their respective backgrounds to seek out their fame and fortune in the wilderness. Upon their initial foray they uncover the lost ruins of a forgotten city. Little do these young adventurers realize that they may come into contact with a page and cover of the relic known as the Codex of Gamber Dauch!