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DDAL08-12 The Vampire of Skullport
5th Edition
Levels 11โ€“16
29 pages
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Something is wrong in the endless gloom of Skullport, and the Baron of Blood has tasked you with setting things right. The vampire Masked Lord of Waterdeep, Artor Morlin, has found a temporary home in Skullport. After having his home frequented by treasure hunters, he has employed adventurers to find him a new home. Part One of the Undying Threat trilogy.

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Pearlescent Temple
5th Edition
Levels 6โ€“8
17 pages
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A recent earthquake has brought forth ancient evil from beneath the waves, to terrorize a sleepy coastal town. People are disappearing. The heroes will sail to an ancient, steam-powered temple in the ocean. They'll encounter mad fishmen, deadly traps, and ancient horrors that slumbered until now.

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The Desecrated Church
5th Edition
Level 1
2 pages
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This is a short adventure than can be completed in a single session, for 4-5 players of 1st level. The old church at the edge of town has long been abandoned, but a week ago several robed figures arrived in town and have taken up residence in the old church. Since then, the townsfolk claim to have seen a strange mist around the building, and several folks have gone missing. Little do they know, these cultists have awoken a long dead necromancer, who seeks to bind a dark power to its will.

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The Hag's Hut
5th Edition
Levels 6โ€“8
7 pages
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๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ "After travelling for a week you make it safely." This module adds a small side adventure for a party on the road; ๐š๐๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. This module centres around a deceptive hut that looms besides a lonely forest road. ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ”-๐Ÿ–. If you enjoyed this module please take a look at my other modules. https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Tanner%20Johnston

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The Charred Rose
5th Edition
Level 4
15 pages
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Just in time for All Hallows Eve, The Charred Rose is an adventure of Gothic horror set in the realm of Sithicus in the Ravenloft D&D setting. The adventure is suitable for 3-4 PCs of 4th level and should last 4-6 hours. Lord Daralion of Maldevโ€™s bard is required for the upcoming Rose Festival but he has not returned from his motherโ€™s funeral in the nearby village of Kardan. Lord Daralion looks for the PCs to visit the village and ensure the bardโ€™s safe and quick return. But more than one monster lies hidden and awaiting the searchers in the depths of the woods of Sithicus. Includes the following: โ€ข Three new monsters: Glaistig (including possessed and normal stat block of possessed NPC), Forest Worm, and Kender Vampire โ€ข A new magic item, the Sword of the White Rose โ€ข Player Handout: Permission for Leave

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SJ-DC-DD-09 The Huangfu Heist
5th Edition
Levels 5โ€“10
106 pages
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"A glitzy Wildspace gala on a glamorous pleasure cruise, a dozen priceless relics, and one chance to steal it all. Are you in, or out?" An Audacious Four-Hour Heist for Tier 2 Characters. Optimized for APL 8. Content Warning: Alcohol, Fantasy Violence, Gambling, Tobacco Use Get your disguise kits and thievesโ€™ tools ready, as ENNIE Award winning author Jason Koh and ENNIE nominee Darryl Ho reunite to mastermind a space caper so good itโ€™s criminal! The Huangfu hold the final key to the Monadโ€™s millennium-old mystery, and YOU have ONE chance to steal it. Can you pull it off? Episode 9 of Ad Astra. This lovingly crafted homage to Hong Kong action cinema and Chinese fantasy fiction is designed to be played using Theater of the Mind, and supplemented by tasteful handouts in art deco style. Depending on the characters and their decisions, multiple endings are possible. Ad Astra is a series of loosely connected Spelljammer adventures for D&D Adventurers League. Traverse the stars in an ancient, arcane locomotive, and experience fresh takes on the spacefaring genre written and produced by bestselling Dungeon Masters Guild authors and international talents from the Dungeon Designers Discord community. Uncover the secrets of the Monad, explore unique and unconventional worlds, and unravel a mystery that spans a millennium! This product includes: - a 106-page adventure with multiple endings and ways to play - custom handouts to help get your players prepped for the perfect heist - appendices full of helpful tips and advice to get the most out of this adventure - custom images for selected NPCs - standard and printer-friendly PDFs

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The Puzzling Temple of Flummox Heist
5th Edition
Levels 3โ€“6
28 pages
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The Puzzling Tiemple of Flummox Heist is a linear dungeon crawl utilizing word puzzles and riddles written in the English language. Challenge your players and their characters with a brainteasing mix of puzzles, combat, and roleplay in this one-shot adventure for characters of 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th level which will delight fans of escape rooms and solve-at-home mystery adventures. Characters travel through a mysterious underground temple packed with nine carefully-crafted original puzzles, each one presented as a beautifully illustrated graphic and all woven carefully into the narrative. By doing so they unknowingly prepare themselves for ritual sacrifice by Flummox Heist, a trickster cleric who lurks at the heart of the temple. This unique adventure also features two exciting combat encounters - each with a story-relevant twist to standard monster mechanics - and a set of interesting and original NPCs to create an immersive story for you and your players. The unique puzzles are all designed to be short, self-contained, and satisfying to solve. There's no need for trial-and-error, no grinding through fiddly codebreaking, and no need to pause your game to look up information. Instead, each puzzle is crafted as a complete short challenge with that rewarding ah-ha! moment when the solution clicks. If the characters need a nudge in the right direction, the adventure includes a full Hints Appendix with a series of escalating clues so you can help them without giving away the solution. Of course, full answers are also provided in a Solutions Appendix. Perhaps you're looking for satisfying puzzles to add to your own adventures and campaign? Although this product is a complete one-shot adventure, each of the rooms can also be used independently, allowing you to use this product as a source of puzzles, enigmas, and conundrums which you can easily drop into your own game. Treat your puzzle-loving players and their characters to an amazing crossover of D&D 5E and escape-room-quality conundrums with The Puzzling Temple of Flummox Heist.

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Living Legend
5th Edition
Level 3
19 pages
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The characters, members of the Clifftop Adventurersโ€™ Guild, have been tasked with acquiring the Chains of Murโ€™taal, an artifact tied to Thelanis, by their guild handler, Lhara. This artifact is the latest in a series that Provost Nigel Faurious has commissioned the Clifftop guild to retrieve for him. The adventure starts when the characters arrive in Rhukaan Draal via Orien caravan. Theyโ€™re given a chance to explore a small portion of the city before they head to a local bar to meet their contact provided by Lhara. Accompanied by a local guide, they make their way to the Seawall Mountains, where theyโ€™ll have to follow clues and their intuition to find the Valley of the Hero, which conceals the artifact that theyโ€™ve been hired to obtain. In order to earn the artifact, characters must first pass three tests laid before them by the Story: The Test of Courage, the Challenge of Wisdom, and the Trial of Honor. Once they finish the tests and collect the artifact, the party heads back toward Rhukaan Draal. But there are Marguul forces in the area, and they donโ€™t intend to let the heroes escape with a priceless piece of their folkloreโ€ฆ

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Waterdeep Alchemist
5th Edition
Tier 1 5E 1-4 Level
16 pages
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A short plug in adventure that can be used as part of a larger campaign or run as a one shot for Tier I or II characters. A well known alchemist who is famous for being able to make what ever is needed. Whoever a small mystery begins when his shop is robbed and the proprietor now goes missing can they save him. This adventure is ideal for for tier I and II characters. Playable as a one shot or as part of a larger campaign. The adventure comes with maps, encounters and enemies. The adventure comes complete with the following: - Full 5 page PDF adventure file. - 2 Parchment style DM and Player maps ready for VTT use. - 2 Printer friendly DM and Player maps ready for VTT well as printer friendly DM and Player maps that are VTT ready. - 1โ€ diameter tokens ready to be cut out for use in person as well as files for use in a VTT - Comes with sample alchemy crafting rules

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Escape from Elturel
5th Edition
Levels 1โ€“2
14 pages
0

Escape from Elturel is a 6-8 hour Dungeons & Dragons adventure for characters of levels 1-2, for use as an introduction to Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus. Pilgrims and travelers flock to the holy city of Elturel to bask in the light of its second sun. But when the Companion starts to malfunction, the characters must escape the doomed city before it is pulled down to the Nine Hells. In the aftermath, a caravan of refugees needs their help to find a safe haven in that notorious hive of scum and villainy, Baldur's Gate! The adventure has everything you need to start a new campaign in Elturel, including: - a new adventure hook for Descent into Avernus - short introductory encounters set during and after the fall of Elturel - a skill challenge for escaping Elturel as it is pulled down to Avernus - resources, encounters, travel activities, and NPCs for a caravan to Baldur's Gate - notes for transitioning into Descent into Avernus - two creature and NPC stat blocks - a map pack with two maps by Dyson Logos Escape from Elturel also includes suggestions for combining this adventure with Burial in Baldur's Gate if you want to run a mixed party of characters from Elturel and Baldur's Gate.

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Murder in Velen
5th Edition
Level 10
18 pages
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The duchy of Velen is a bastion of law and order in an otherwise untamed land. Its ruler, Duke Calchais, holds his citizens and visitors to his city to a high standard of conduct. When Velen's harbormaster is murdered, the duke enlists the aid of adventurers to see that justice is served. Was the harbormaster a victim of larceny gone awry, or is something more sinister afoot in Velen? Murder in Velen is a 4-hour standalone adventure set in and around the port city of Velen, which is located in the peninsula nation of the same name in southwestern Faerรปn. Velen is designed for a party of five 10th-level player characters, but it can easily be scaled by adding or removing creatures.

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Blackwater Redux
5th Edition
Levels 1โ€“5
77 pages
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Blackwater Redux is an Eberron adventure designed for a group of five characters starting on 1st level. It brings the group to the backwater of Khorvaire, aptly named the Shadow Marches. By the end of the adventure, the characters should reach 5th level or higher. To run this adventure, you need the fifth edition Playerโ€™s Handbook, Dungeon Masterโ€™s Guide, Monster Manual, and Eberron: Rising from the Last War (RFTLW). Blackwater Redux is a dark, hopeless adventure with strong horror notes. It is inspired by Apocalypse Now by John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola, The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, and The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft. Consuming these before running the adventure is highly recommended. The adventureโ€™s themes loosely touch on current and past real-world conflicts. If one or more of the players are former or active soldiers, make sure to discuss the campaignโ€™s content beforehand.

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Against the Idol of the Sun
5th Edition
Level 13
295 pages
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Do you want to run or play an adventure where characters start at level 13 instead of ending at level 13, and actually get to progress to 20 like the rules say they should? Do your players like to travel far and wide, exploring a huge unknown area? Do your players like to change their plans on a whim, and travel somewhere other than where they told you they planned to go last session? Do your players feel like fighting against an empire at odds of 20,000 to 1? Do your players want to commit occasional acts of sky piracy? Do you want an adventure that is designed to handle players using Scrying, Transport Via Plants, and Teleportation on a daily basis? If you answered yes to some of these questions, this adventure may be for you. Check out the detailed preview packet, which includes a campaign log showing how this adventure has actually played out. WARNING: FULL OF SPOILERS; VERY LONG. Against the Idol of the Sun is an epic hexcrawl campaign designed for high-level play. Adventuring parties should start at about level 13, and will likely end the campaign at level 20 with multiple Epic Boons. As a hexcrawl, there is no set adventure path that the party must follow. There is only one encounter that's even close to plot-mandatory aside from the climactic battle. Anything else can be skipped or handled in any order. The players are free to move about the map in any direction at any time, limited only by the risk of enemy action and encounters. The DM, meanwhile, is encouraged to have foes react to and actively hunt the PCs once they become a threat. Along the way, they may find and explore a number of dungeons, including a millenia-old laboratory in the grips of a time distortion, several mines that were abandoned for good reason yet may hold wealth within, and other challenges appropriate for high-level characters. This module is heavy on Exploration and Combat, but the Social aspect of D&D also is necessary as the player characters meet new peoples, work to convince them that they can make a difference, motivate them to action, and create overall plans for the NPCs and factions to follow off-screen to support the players in their main assaults. The key set piece encounters, which are optional but highly probable, involve attacking well-defended temples in the centers of enemy cities. Planning for these attacks will require paying attention to reconnaissance, timing, the use of allies, how to enter, and how to exit and break contact succesfully when dealing with enemies that fly faster than most player characters can walk. The adventure does not include artwork, and the maps are basic.

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Waterdeep: Tavern Defense
5th Edition
Level 3
14 pages
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One crazy night in Waterdeep. Start as tavern bouncers. End up on the Astral Plane. All in one crazy night in Waterdeep. The party has been hired for a simple mission: make sure the Slumbering Prince tavern doesn't get wrecked during the rowdy Midsummer Festival. And what better motivation than 200gp per person for a single night of work. Sound too good to be true? Well, here's the catch: all damages to the tavern are to be deducted from that amount. And there is no shortage of festival-goers looking to unwind by wrecking other people's stuff. Over the course of the festival, the party must deal with drunken wizards, vain bards, loud goliaths, incompetent parade goers, complaining neighbours, disruptive satyrs, aspiring cultists, and a full-on tavern brawl. As well as an unusual number of strange slugs crawling around. Slowly they become aware there is something off about the Slumbering Prince. And when a reckless noble disturbs the secrets beneath the tavern, our heroes must soon delve into the hidden dungeon themselves. Down below, they discover the terrible threat: a planar rift that can only be opened on Midsummer's Eve, and the slumbering demigod that awaits beyond, the great astral slug Cthumbra!

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The Return of the Crown
5th Edition
Level 3
22 pages
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A mysterious package, a forgotten guild, a lost heir, and an undergoing conspiracy. Unfold Neverwinterโ€™s dark past in this urban-intrigue D&D 5th edition adventure. The characters are called to guard a mysterious package that arrives the city at night. A well-planned robbery and the fact that this package was ordered by Lord Dagult Neverember himself alerts them that, this is not going to be an ordinary task!

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Little Shrine of Horrors
5th Edition
Levels 4โ€“5
24 pages
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Yonder lies the Shrine of Lucien Harpell, greatest mage of this or any other age. In the arts of golemancy, artificery and necromancy, his equal has never been known, nor will be again. Cursed are those who enter this tomb. Cursed are those who look upon this statue. Cursed are those who seek his riches. Know that your demise is certain โ€“ your lives will be short, and your deaths slow. Read this, fools, and despair! The Shrine of Lucien Harpell is the stuff of legends - full of hideous traps and strange monsters, but guarding fabulous treasures. It was lost for generations beneath the grim and lonely Starmetal Hills, but has now been found again. Will any dare enter? Little Shrine of Horrors contains over 20 encounters and is full of puzzles, tricks, traps, roleplaying and combat. Do your players have what it takes to outwit Lucien Harpell?

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Lilishade's Demon Cave
5th Edition
Levels 1โ€“5
32 pages
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For the past 5 years this elven village has been plagued by undead creatures of the nearby swampland. The undead are consisted of unlucky elf villagers or travelers who were foolish enough to walk through the swampland. It is unknown how the undead appeared in the swampland in the first place, but it is rumored that a demonic entity has found shelter in a cave inside the dark forest next to the swampland and it is being worshipped by necromancer cultists. This adventure is for parties no larger than 5 characters and no higher than level 5.

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Neverspring Frost
5th Edition
Level 17
196 pages
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As a new Ice Age spreads across the Forgotten Realms, cities fall to the unstoppable Glacier of the Frostfallen โ€“ all but Stormhaven, holding on against the forces of the Frost King. Neverspring Frost is a 17th-20th level campaign for seasoned players featuring the existential threat of an eternal winter blighting the world of Toril. The city of Stormhaven has managed to survive the Glacier, a wall of magical winter that has enveloped the land. From Stormhaven, a party of adventurers arises as legendary heroes who will strike back against the legions of Frostfallen and reclaim the world.

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Amarune's Adventures: The Nightmare Web of Adhe Wood
5th Edition
Levels 10โ€“15
17 pages
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Located in The Vast north of the Sea of Fallen Stars, Adhe Wood is a small but deadly place. Legends swirl of a mysterious temple in Adhe Wood where statues of snakes hold massive emeralds. But the citizens of Sevenecho, the town nearest to Adhe Wood, seem to know nothing of this legend and refuse to speak of it. Travelers into Adhe Wood rarely return, devoured by the mutated spiders that lurk in the trees.

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A Deadly Pact at Gloomhaze Lamptower
5th Edition
Level 3
37 pages
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The shipping lanes south of Candlekeep have been disrupted. Unknown to anyone, an incredible alliance between a terran and a waterfolk tribe has caused the lamp at Gloomhaze Point lamptower to be extinguished. Merchant ships are being wrecked and plundered. The story unfolds in the nation of Amn. Adventurers will face a formidable kobold tribe that knows how to maximize its tactics, its smaller-than-human size tunnels, and an abundance of unique traps. The bloodthirsty sahaugin wonโ€™t be defeated without the adventurers taking a dive.