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Returning 35 results for 'about adventure'.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Adventure An adventure is a series of encounters. A story emerges through playing them. See also “Encounter.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Adventure An adventure is a series of encounters. A story emerges through playing them. See also “Encounter.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
Adventure Primer Welcome to Rrakkma, an Introductory Adventure for Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes™. This adventure uses ninth level pregnerated characters. These characters must be used for D&D
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Adventure Maps The maps in this adventure are for the DM’s eyes only. These maps show secret doors and other elements the players aren’t meant to see. Map 1: Stormwreck Isle View Player Version When
omitting secret details. It’s not important that your hand-drawn map perfectly match what’s in the adventure. Try to get the basic shape and dimensions correct and leave the rest to the players’ imaginations.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Adventure Outline In Dragons of Stormwreck Isle, the characters experience the magical scars left behind by the death of dragons. Faced with the evil schemes of one living dragon and the righteous
anger of another, they’ll have the chance to explore whether peace between the feuding dragon families is possible—or if they must resort to violence to resolve the conflict on this isle. This adventure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Adventure Background According to legend, two families of dragons came into being in the very first days of the world’s creation. Bahamut, the noble Platinum Dragon, made the metallic dragons—gold
of hermits and ascetics. But the ageless conflict between chromatic and metallic dragons threatens to disrupt the serenity of Dragon’s Rest—and this is where the adventure begins!
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Adventure Primer The legendary inventor Kwalish disappeared eons ago… as it turns out, finding a crashed planar ship and studying its technology to fuel his own experiments. Only now, Kwalish’s lost
adventure scenario, built around a new expedition to the legendary Barrier Peaks. This adventure is suitable for characters of 5th to 10th level.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Adventure Summary The characters are charged with locating Kwalish’s long-lost laboratory and the magical technology that might be found there. As they start their search, they’re first directed to
to complete their quest — and they might even have the chance to help Kwalish deal with one of a number of problems of his own. PLACING THE ADVENTURE
The original Expedition to the Barrier Peaks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Adventure Hooks In the course of previous adventures, the characters might have come up against a special magical-mechanical dilemma too challenging to overcome. Perhaps a secret door in a dungeon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Adventure Premise One way to start brainstorming an adventure is to imagine a situation that might pique the characters’ interest. For some D&D players, a rumor of a dungeon filled with treasure is
enough of a premise to launch an adventure. A brewing war between two small nations, the death of a leader and the accession of a new one, a migration of dangerous monsters, the appearance of a comet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Adventure Summary A duergar despot forging a dragon out of chardalyn. A lost city of magic entombed in a glacier. A frozen wilderness trapped in Auril’s grip. These three plot elements, woven together, form this adventure.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Adventure Hooks For characters who have not played Hoard of the Dragon Queen, the adventure can also begin by playing out another chapter before the first session of the Council of Waterdeep. The
. Change the names, factions, and locations present in the adventure to suit your own campaign. Recurring Villains
The Rise of Tiamat makes use of certain NPCs from Hoard of the Dragon Queen, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Adventure Hooks Spelljammer Academy: Realmspace Sortie! follows directly after the events of Spelljammer Academy: Trial by Fire. In this adventure, the characters are given their first assignment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
Adventure Synopsis During their trip through the Sunless Citadel, characters deal with monstrous threats and ancient traps, as well as warring tribes of kobolds and goblins. The adventure is designed
for four 1st-level player characters. They should advance through 2nd level to 3rd level before the finale. The adventure has four basic parts: Oakhurst. Although it isn’t part of the adventure per
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
First Adventure If you’re using a published adventure to launch your campaign, use the character hooks in that adventure to bring the characters from their starting location to the adventure’s action
. Many campaigns begin with a published adventure and then develop organically as the characters explore beyond the scope of the adventure. If you’re creating your own adventure for the start of your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Adventure Summary Salvage Operation starts as an investigation adventure, in which the characters board Emperor of the Waves and explore its upper decks. As they venture into the ship’s lower decks
monstrosities. The climax of the adventure is a race against time as the octopus returns for a final onslaught, with decks flooding, the ship sinking, and characters scrambling through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Adventure Hooks This adventure assumes that the characters have recently arrived in the Styes or the city it’s a part of. If the characters aren’t based locally, they might be traveling to the city
day, yet another citizen was found dead from foul play when the sun rose today. The adventure hooks described below represent three different ways of getting the characters involved in the story. All
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Adventure Summary The main antagonists of this story are three hags who collectively form the Hourglass Coven, which is described in appendix B. These hags are the adoptive sisters of Iggwilv, a
reach Prismeer. One of the many novelties of this adventure is that the characters can accomplish their goals without resorting to violence—but only if they’re clever. They can fight their way through the adventure as well, but the odds won’t always be in their favor.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Adventure Hooks If you’re using the Golden Vault as the hook for the adventure, skip ahead to the “Using the Golden Vault” section. Otherwise, choose one of the following adventure hooks.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Adventure Overview The holy city of Elturel has disappeared from the Forgotten Realms and descended into Avernus, the first layer of the Nine Hells. This event came about as the result of an infernal
themselves and Elturel from Avernus. Will they use the Sword of Zariel or strike an infernal bargain to free the planetar trapped in the Companion? Will they coax a demon into breaking Elturel’s chains? Or will they cut a deal with the archdevil Zariel?
Diagram 0.1: Adventure Flowchart
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Adventure Setting Many D&D adventures revolve dungeons—interior spaces such as great halls and tombs, subterranean monster lairs, mazes riddled with traps, natural caverns extending for miles beneath
the surface, and ruined castles. The “Dungeons” section in chapter 3 can help you craft a dungeon environment for an adventure. Of course, not every adventure takes place in a dungeon. A wilderness
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Adventure Hooks You can bring the characters into this adventure in any way that makes sense for your campaign. Make use of any of the following suggestions, or use them as inspiration.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Adventure Overview Recently, Murgaxor found his opportunity to wreak new havoc on Strixhaven University. During an archaeological expedition in the Fortress Badlands, Dean Augusta Tullus of Lorehold
College unearthed a curious orb. Unknown to her, this orb allows Murgaxor to influence her to fulfill his plan to drain the life from Strixhaven’s students. A Standalone Adventure If you’re running
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Adventure Locations Each god’s section includes a map of an iconic location often associated with a specific god. The description of each location includes tables that list possible goals for an adventure based there and villains the characters might face there.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
Adventure Hooks After years of financial hardship due to their stolen fortune, the mountain dwarves of Clan Axebreaker have located the lost treasure but have been unable to access it. A
some possible ways Varrin learned about the characters: By Reputation. Varrin learned of the characters in the aftermath of a previous adventure, especially one that involved retrieving a person or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Adventure Hooks After years of financial hardship due to their stolen fortune, the mountain dwarves of Clan Axebreaker have located the lost treasure but have been unable to access it. A
some possible ways Varrin learned about the characters: By Reputation. Varrin learned of the characters in the aftermath of a previous adventure, especially one that involved retrieving a person or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Adventure Hooks If you’re not using Nafas as a group patron, consider the following ways to involve the characters in this adventure: In Search of Prophecies. The characters seek to have their fates
memory web (see appendix B)—sparks the beginning of their adventure, as the creature’s demise reveals a greater plot.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Adventure Overview The strange happenings on campus in this adventure are caused by a corrupted substance known as eldritch balm. Used at Strixhaven for decades, eldritch balm is an alchemical salve
the resulting chaos would disrupt life at Strixhaven. A Standalone Adventure If you’re running this chapter’s adventure as a standalone, the corruption of Sedgemoor’s waters is not the result of a sinister plot. Rather, a surge of wild magic caused the corruption, but the outcome is the same.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Adventure Hooks All the characters have volunteered, for whatever reason, to join Spelljammer Academy: a shadowy enclave of spellcasters and swords-for-hire situated on the remote and mysterious
island of Nimbral. While the characters are still encouraged to develop backstories, they should be looking for adventure with few long-term bonds to tie them to their homelands. The campaign takes the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
Adventure Summary This story revolves around the characters’ efforts to save their home world from an attack by an empire of astral elves. The attack is underway when the adventure begins. After
taking refuge aboard a spelljamming vessel, the characters head for the stars to discover who is responsible for the attack and how they can save their world. During the adventure, the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Adventure Hooks Either the Golden Vault delivers the shard of Xeluan to the characters at the start of the adventure (see “Using the Golden Vault” below), or the characters come to possess the shard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Adventure Summary The adventure begins when the party stumbles on the corpses of Shalfey’s emissaries. The envoys were killed by a memory web—a living web that feasts on memories. When the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Adventure Background For generations, the blue dragon Anthradusk has wreaked terror on the land. Recently, the vicious wyrm slew his rival, the brass dragon Cozmioko, but not before the brass dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Adventure Structure Waterdeep: Dragon Heist consists of an introductory adventure designed to familiarize player characters with the city of Waterdeep and provide them with a base of operations
or more of these lairs in the course of the adventure. Thwarting the villains doesn’t require the characters to invade their lairs or defeat them in combat, so it’s possible to complete the adventure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Adventure Summary The adventure likely unfolds in the following way. The characters meet with the Saltmarsh Town Council, which hires them to investigate the lizardfolk lair. By sea or by land, the
Othokent’s gratitude. PLACING THE ADVENTURE
In the Greyhawk campaign setting, where the town of Saltmarsh is located, the lizardfolk lair is a coastal promontory adjacent to the Dunwater River.
Here are