Vandy Banderdash Otari’s largest temple stands at the town’s westernmost edge, atop an upraised shelf that’s nevertheless far below the clifftop. The library is constructed in the Qadiran style of Sarenite temples, with two smaller minaret towers flanking a golden dome. The building’s position allows it to catch the rays of the rising sun, which transforms the central dome into a brilliantly…

Tree branch bigger than a longship. Thick, crevassed bark and leaves with golden acorns. A cleft in the bark contains a portal. You see before you a branch of Yggdrasil, gnarled, ancient, and mightier than the gods themselves. Though they provided such welcome handholds on the ascent, the thick bark ridges grab and catch at unwary ankles here. At the branch’s first fork lies a thick mat of…

This magnificent, circular library is filled with thousands of books, including one displayed in a glass case. A balcony even with the upper level circles the gallery, eventually descending to the library floor by way of a handsome staircase. Several goblins pull books off the shelves, throwing them onto a large pile in the middle of the room, where a well-armed goblin holding a tinderbox stands.…

Terrifying in scale and overwhelming power, goristros are giant demons capable of bringing cities to ruin. These demons embody senseless anarchy and nihilistic destruction, and they take special offense at creatures or structures that rival them in size. Castles, towers, giants, and beasts of war are all common victims of these monsters’ wrath. Goristros resemble hunched, primeval minotaurs…

The Otari Mill is known locally as the Giant’s Wheel, as its towering, 30-foot-diameter waterwheel is truly a sight to behold. The wheel’s immense size is needed to generate enough torque to power the mechanized treadmill loading logs into the flume and keep the saws running within the mill. Much of the lumberyard’s income comes from the town’s two larger lumber families, who pay to have their…

*Roll a separate d20 for each part of the tavern’s name.

Weapon (morningstar), uncommon You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Proficiency with a Morningstar allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it. This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it. Sap. If you hit a creature with this weapon, that…

Spells Prepared. You determine what spells you can prepare for each class individually, as if you were a single-classed member of that class. If you are a level 4 Ranger / level 3 Sorcerer, for example, you can prepare five level 1 Ranger spells, and you can prepare six Sorcerer spells of level 1 or 2 (as well as four Sorcerer cantrips). Each spell you prepare is associated with one of your…

Each card’s effect is described below.

Random Tables. You can use tables like this one to randomly determine parts of the adventure. In this case, roll 1d4 to randomly determine what the characters encounter on the trail. Alternatively, you can forgo rolling and simply choose an encounter from the table. Theater of the Mind. While the “ Bandit Ambush ” encounter later in this region uses a map, the “Looted Wagon” encounter happens in…

Magic Items for Starting Characters If you’re starting a campaign for characters above level 1, the Player’s Handbook offers suggestions for how many magic items such characters should start with and the rarity of those items. Consider these approaches to determining the items each character receives: DM Choice: Choose items for each character using your own judgment. Player Choice: Let the…

Narrow, round tunnels through living wood. Gnawed, uneven walls. Cramped, low ceilings. Map: Yggdrasil Interior View Player Version There is no light or air movement in this moist, wooden tunnel. Almost perfectly round, the tunnel rarely rises high enough for you to stand up straight. Gnaw-marks on the walls clearly identify it as wrought not by humanoid hands. A strong smell like that of rotten…

Dingpots are animated objects created to assist in magical and alchemical research—or simply to help in the kitchen. Often cheerful, dingpots delight in serving up delicious meals, soothing tea, and the occasional magical draught.

Malisons exhibit snakelike features that make them deadly in combat. Three general types exist: Type 1. These malisons have human bodies and the heads of giant, venomous snakes. Type 2. These malisons have human bodies, but they’ve replaced their arms with snakes. Type 3. These malisons are human from the waist up, but below that extend the coils of a giant snake. Malisons possesses deadly…

Weapon (morningstar), very rare You have a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Proficiency with a Morningstar allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it. This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it. Sap. If you hit a creature with this weapon, that…

“Clo-bi-oh-don” (Cage tooth) This whole area was filled with lil’ fish-snatching pterosaurs. They kept their distance from us – I guess they’re used to being plucked off of the ground by small predators. Still, beautiful creatures to see flyin’ and fascinatin’ to observe perchin’ on rocks. They fed by flyin’ low over the water and quickly dippin’ their heads in, nabbin’ unaware fish. Nifty stuff.…

The Ruinbound are mutants that can be born to any humanoid species that has contact with the Daelkyr or their minions. A Ruinbound is born with a personal symbiont—an unnatural entity bound to the child. Unlike most symbionts, this entity cannot be separated from its host, and the two are permanently fused. Many Ruinbound have additional disturbing mutations; you can roll on the Ruinbound…

The Wicker Man that looks over Rowan’s Rise ignites, and Adela Druskenvald is sacrificed alongside more innocents. The Crooked Man possesses the blazing titan and tries to put an end to the characters in the name of the Crooked Queen. They must destroy The Wicker Man to annihilate the spirit of The Crooked Man once and for all. Use the Wicker's Vigil map for combat in this area.

You enter what once was a storage room for the post office of Wickermoor Village. Countless letters scatter the ground amidst a jumble of crates and parcels that have been jostled about by the lurching steps of the dovecote. Open windows shed moonlight across the room. The ground floor of the dovecote serves primarily as storage for extraneous supplies from the post office—letters and packages…

The following locations are keyed to map 7.1.

Wondrous Item, Uncommon This bag made from gray, rust, or tan cloth appears empty. Reaching inside the bag, however, reveals the presence of a small, fuzzy object. You can take a Magic action to pull the fuzzy object from the bag and throw it up to 20 feet. When the object lands, it transforms into a creature you determine by rolling on the table that corresponds to the bag’s color. See the…