The largest slaughterhouse in Baldur’s Gate is in the Sow’s Foot neighborhood, where the residents are too poor to protest the odors. Hamhocks Slaughterhouse was recently infiltrated by cultists of the Dead Three, whose ritual murders drew attention to Sow’s Foot that even the patriars couldn’t ignore. Weeks ago, the largest contingent of the Flaming Fist to brave the Outer City in years stormed…

Read or paraphrase the following speech from Thrul when the characters are ready to receive their second mission: “Operatives, you’ve taken three of the Hydra’s pawns off the board. Your next target is bigger. “The Hydra’s intel courier in Eltabbar, the Messenger, owns the Two Plateaus Shipping Company. The Messenger receives reports from the Hydra’s spies at his company’s headquarters and…

Armor (double mail), uncommon Metal armor made of songsteel rings like a bell or chime when it clangs against an object. When wearing the armor, you can call out to Volund as a Bonus Action. Until the end of your next turn, you take 5 less damage from all attacks that hit you. Once you use this feature, you must finish a Long Rest before you can use it again. Also called tvifold brynja, the rings…

When the characters interact with Iskari, a character can take the Influence action to try to convince him that they know about his scam and will inform Szass Tam unless Iskari cooperates. The character then makes a Charisma (Persuasion) check. The DC of that check depends on how many pieces of evidence the characters have when they confront Iskari, as noted in the Blackmailing Iskari table.…

If the characters want to convince Iskari to work against Szass Tam, they must secure one or more pieces of evidence that prove Iskari has stolen from the lich. The characters recognize when something they find is evidence. They can find four pieces of evidence, which are in the following areas:

• Area T5: Stolen Mantle of Spell Resistance
• Area T10: Document listing items that were…

Armor (ring mail), legendary You have a +3 bonus to AC while wearing this armor. This armor is leather armor with heavy rings sewn into it. The rings help reinforce the armor against blows from swords and axes. Ring mail is inferior to chain mail, and it's usually worn only by those who can't afford better armor.

Weapon (greataxe), very rare You have a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Proficiency with a Greataxe 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. Cleave. If you hit a creature with a melee attack roll…

Wondrous Item, legendary (requires attunement) This wood-carved mask has a haunted expression and makes the wearer’s eyes look like empty shadows. Rabbit ears protrude over the head. While you wear the mask, you hear the whispers of an ancient forest archfey deep within your mind. While wearing the mask, you gain a bonus to your damage rolls when you deal Fire damage determined by the mask’s…

Fighting Style Feat (Prerequisite: Fighting Style Feature) When a creature you can see hits another creature within 5 feet of you with an attack roll, you can take a Reaction to reduce the damage dealt to the target by 1d10 plus your Proficiency Bonus. You must be holding a Shield or a Simple or Martial weapon to use this Reaction. Notes: Intercept an attack hit to another creature

Weapon (greataxe), rare You have a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Proficiency with a Greataxe 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. Cleave. If you hit a creature with a melee attack roll using…

Make a Deal with the Lower Planes Your pact draws on the Lower Planes, the realms of perdition. You might forge a bargain with a demon lord such as Demogorgon or Orcus; an archdevil such as Asmodeus; or a pit fiend, balor, yugoloth, or night hag that is especially mighty. That patron’s aims are evil—the corruption or destruction of all things, ultimately including you—and your path is defined by…

Weapon (greataxe), common As a Magic action while touching this weapon, you can transform it into a mundane item or back into its weapon form. It can’t be used to make attacks while transformed into a mundane item. Different Trick Weapons transform into different items. The DM chooses the mundane item or determines it randomly by rolling on the following table. 1d10 Proficiency with a Greataxe…

Weapon (greataxe), uncommon A metal weapon made of songsteel rings like a bell or chime when it clangs against an object. When wielding the weapon, you can call out to Volund as a Bonus Action. Until the end of your next turn, you gain a +5 bonus to damage rolls with this weapon. Once you use this feature, you must finish a Long Rest before you can use it again. Proficiency with a Greataxe allows…

Weapon (greataxe), uncommon You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Proficiency with a Greataxe 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. Cleave. If you hit a creature with a melee attack roll…

Raiders use guerrilla tactics to ambush warehouses and beat down opponents. These skilled fistfighters work in tandem to claim goods and territory for Daask.

Weapon (any simple or martial), varies (requires attunement) Bound into this weapon is a spell of level 8 or lower. The spell is determined when the weapon is created and must belong to the Conjuration, Divination, Evocation, Necromancy, or Transmutation school of magic. The weapon has 6 charges and regains 1d6 expended charges daily at dawn. While holding the weapon, you can expend 1 charge to…

Weapon (any simple or martial), rare You gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. The weapon deals an extra 3d6 damage of the weapon’s type if the target is a Dragon. Weapons Name Simple Melee Weapons Dragon Slayer Club | 1d4 Bludgeoning | Light | Slow Dragon Slayer Dagger | 1d4 Piercing | Finesse, Light, Thrown (Range 20/60) | Nick …

Weapon (any simple or martial), common An alchemical process has bonded silver to this magic weapon. When you score a Critical Hit with it against a creature that is shape-shifted, the weapon deals one additional die of damage. Weapons Name Simple Melee Weapons Silvered Club | 1d4 Bludgeoning | Light | Slow Silvered Dagger | 1d4 Piercing | Finesse, Light, Thrown (Range 20/60) | Nick …

Armor (ring mail), very rare You have a +2 bonus to AC while wearing this armor. This armor is leather armor with heavy rings sewn into it. The rings help reinforce the armor against blows from swords and axes. Ring mail is inferior to chain mail, and it's usually worn only by those who can't afford better armor.

A large sign in front of this building depicts a man riding at breakneck speed on horseback as he balances a stack of packages in one hand. Owned and operated by Oloria Gallentine, a retired ranger from a distant forest called Immenwood, Gallentine Deliveries handles Otari’s post, both within town limits and beyond. Gallentine Deliveries Courier Employer, Garrison Address 120 Roseguard Road Wares…

You radiate a concealing aura in a 30-foot Emanation for the duration. While in the aura, you and each creature you choose have a +10 bonus to Dexterity (Stealth) checks and leave no tracks. Spell Tags: Buff, Exploration Available For: Druid (Legacy), Ranger (Legacy), Druid, Ranger, Cleric - Trickery Domain, Cleric - Hunt Domain, Ranger - Trail Warden, Sorcerer - Shadow Sorcery

Cambions are former mortals corrupted by fiendish power or possessed by insidious forces. While tieflings are free-willed individuals with a hint of fiendish ancestry, cambions are inherently tied to or remade by the wicked magic of the Lower Planes. Many cambions serve the malevolent forces that are the source of their powers. Others seek to claim the might of whatever created them or to seize…

Three prominent members of the Steadfast Company are described below. Birgir Silverhorn. The founder and leader of the Steadfast Company is Birgir Silverhorn (dwarf merchant captain), a dwarf with an immaculately braided grey beard and a jeweled eyepatch, purchased after he lost his eye to a trollkin reaver’s blade on his ill-fated final voyage as a merchant. Wily and persuasive, Birgir is…

Driders combine the features of drow and giant spiders. The wicked god Lolth is fond of transforming her drow worshipers into driders, as either a blessing or a curse. These driders often become fanatical servants of their god, or they are overwhelmed by their transformation and live only to indulge their predatory arachnid instincts. Driders also appear when whole communities are transformed by…