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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
characters explore the wilderness during the day and camp or return to the keep at night. Getting Started. This section provides setup instructions for the DM and introduces the region to the characters with
Region Descriptions Each description of a wilderness region has the following sections: Features. Important features about the region, such as its lighting, appear here. The text assumes the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Army plots. In this chapter, the characters and their allies from Kalaman’s military explore the dangerous Northern Wastes and discover the region isn’t as empty as the people of Kalaman say. This part of the adventure is largely free form, and how it progresses is up to you and the players.
Chapter 5: The Northern Wastes The characters’ encounter with Lord Soth revealed the Dragon Army desires more than just conquest in the Kalaman region. In the Northern Wastes, the forces of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
describes the villains and monsters the heroes must overcome and the locations they must explore to bring the adventure to a successful conclusion. This adventure presents Phandalin, the surrounding region
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
the DM’s eyes only. As the characters explore locations on a given map, you can redraw portions of the map on graph paper, a wet-erase mat, or other surface to help your players visualize locations that
map is meant to be shared with the players. One side of the poster map shows the Phandalin region, including prominent locations in the Underdark where the characters will travel. If the players
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
later in this adventure. A player-friendly version of the map is also included with this adventure. It can be shared freely with the players as their characters explore the region.
Geographical
rogue. MAP OF THE SWORD COAST
The DM’s Sword Coast map shows a region of the Forgotten Realms called the Sword Coast.This map is for the DM’s eyes only, as it indicates the locations of places described
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
players as their characters explore the region.
Geographical locations marked on both the DM’s map and the players’ map are described below in alphabetical order. This information is not secret and
retreat or reinforcements arrive as needed. MAP OF THE SWORD COAST
The DM’s Sword Coast map shows a region of the Forgotten Realms called the Sword Coast. This map is for the DM’s eyes only, as it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
, and dangers—be they a dragon’s breath or a lich’s spell—are plentiful. This adventure takes place in a region called the Sword Coast, where daring souls delve into the wreckage of fallen strongholds
and explore ruins of long-lost civilizations. Underground, the history and dangers are just as rich. The Underdark here teems with monsters and the remains of mighty civilizations, as well as unknown
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
explore the region.
Geographical locations marked on both the DM’s map and the players’ map are described below in alphabetical order. This information is not secret and can be shared with players if they request details about a location.
Map 1: The Sword Coast View Player Version
retreat or reinforcements arrive as needed. MAP OF THE SWORD COAST
The DM’s Sword Coast map shows a region of the Forgotten Realms called the Sword Coast.This map is for the DM’s eyes only, as it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the DM’s eyes only. As the characters explore locations on a given map, you can redraw portions of the map on graph paper, a wet-erase mat, or other surface to help your players visualize locations that
Icewind Dale, including Ten-Towns and other sites and features in the region that are common knowledge. The reverse side has player-friendly maps of the ten settlements that comprise Ten-Towns, with prominent locations called out in each town for the players’ benefit.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
affect Phandalin, and it might wash over other small population pockets in the region. The exact parameters of the ritual are up to you. If you decide that the characters are too easily vanquishing
, facing threats along the way. In Illithinoch, the characters learn that the mind flayer fanatics already escaped through a gateway into the Far Realm. To pursue them, the characters must explore three Far Realm rifts scattered around Illithinoch and collect keys to open the gateway.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Curse of the Fire Witch Wiggan Nettlebee, miserly patriarch of the Nettlebee halfling family, amassed a fortune through shrewd trade and inheritance. When earth cultists first started to explore the
region, Wiggan took their money for information and occasional aid. As he got to know the cultists, the earth powers they had intrigued him. Control over the earth could be valuable for a farmer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
have been updated for the current edition of the game, revealing deadly shores for brave crews to explore anew. Along with these adventures returns one of D&D’s most famous seaside settings: the port
explore more of the coast of the Azure Sea. Ghosts of Saltmarsh continues that tradition, presenting a portion of the coastal lands of Keoland, a kingdom in the Greyhawk setting. Each adventure notes where
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Keoland’s current ruler, King Kimbertos Skotti. The region enjoys a warm, mild climate but faces many threats from monstrous foes. Old Keoland Locations Location Ruler Description Bissel, the March of
) Heart of the Old Keoland region, surrounded by friendly neighbors that swear fealty to Keoland’s monarch Lortmil Mountains, the — Natural border between the Old Keoland region and the Central Flanaess
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
called the Sword Coast. This region is a place of adventure, where daring souls delve into ancient strongholds and explore the ruins of long-lost kingdoms. Amid a lawless wilderness of jagged, snow
. Even farms and freeholds a day’s walk from a city can fall prey to monsters, and no place is safe from the wrath of a dragon. This adventure takes place on Stormwreck Isle, a small island in a region
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, remains a danger due to undead guarding the only safe approach: a beach called the Skull Dunes. The mariners’ guild is willing to pay 2,000 gp to the characters if they can land, explore the island
contact in the region is Major Ursa, who keeps a lighthouse on an island nearby. He will provide additional information to any group that takes on the assignment. Anyone who accepts the contract will be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
players that they spend three uneventful days on the road before reaching the next point of interest.
Using a Map A map can help you or your players visualize a location or region that the characters are
location that has interior spaces to explore (such as a castle, tower, mansion, or subterranean complex). A dungeon map shows passages, chambers, doors, and other important features of a location
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
to explore and map an uncharted region, forging alliances where they can and overcoming threats they encounter along the way. Their goal might be to find the ancient capital of a fallen empire, which
overarching goal that can be fulfilled only by first completing a series of related quests. For example, you could create a villain who can’t be defeated until the characters explore nine dungeons in which the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
introductory product called the D&D Starter Set contains an adventure titled Lost Mine of Phandelver, which takes place in the same region as this adventure and is designed for characters of 1st
through 5th level. You can add locations from that adventure to this one, giving your players and their characters even more places to explore. Once you’ve exhausted all the content this adventure has to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
introduce the player characters to the region and its people. Combine the settlements of Womford and nearby Bargewright Inn into the corrupt town of Nulb. The small river known as Imeryds Run serves as
. Instead, the huge underground stronghold the player characters explore in chapter 4 is the subterranean fortress constructed by an older incarnation of the Cult of Elemental Evil, which has now been reoccupied by the current group of elemental prophets and their followers.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
charmingly banters with the characters, trying to learn more about why they’re in the region. He offers little in return but is eager to hear about recent events in Kalaman. Expedition Members The elven
centuries-old legends of Silvanesti magic lost in the region. They hope recovering such magic might help them save their homeland and redeem themselves in the eyes of their people. Zhelsuel Zhelsuel, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
the Aldani Basin and the surrounding region quite well. He’s also led expeditions to Orolunga, though he’s never encountered the elusive oracle rumored to dwell there. One place he’d rather not
revisit is Dangwaru, the Typhoon Palace. When he was young, Kwilgok decided on a lark to explore the ruins and encountered evil shadows there. The shadows nearly spelled his doom, but he managed to flee the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
no place is safe from the sudden wrath of a dragon. The regional map shows just a tiny part of this vast world, in a region called the Sword Coast. This is a region of adventure, where daring souls
delve into the wreckage of ancient strongholds and explore ruins of long-lost cultures. Amid a wilderness of jagged, snow-capped peaks, alpine forests, lawlessness, and monsters, the coast holds the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Map of the Sword Coast The map below shows a region of the Forgotten Realms called the Sword Coast. This is a place of adventure, where daring souls delve into ancient strongholds and explore the
, player-friendly version of the map is included with this adventure. The poster map of the Sword Coast can be shared freely with the players as their characters explore the region. Geographical locations
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
ADVENTURE
Salvage Operation was written to take place in a coastal region of any campaign setting. Aubreck’s history as a once-powerful merchant makes a port city or a large port town the best starting place for the adventure.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
abilities of fledgling adventurers. These characters navigate dangerous terrain and explore haunted crypts, where they might fight ferocious wolves, giant spiders, evil cultists, flesh-eating ghouls
control of the governing council. 3 Bandit activity signals efforts to revive an evil cult long ago driven from the region. 4 A pack of gnolls is rampaging dangerously close to local farmlands. 5 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
.
4 A cult forms around the Philosopher’s Egg, an eight-story citrine egg perched atop a mesa in the region called Seething. The cultists hunt for someone who has never been touched by magic to
the shape-shifter disappears, slipping in among its would-be captors.
6 An apprentice of Hazlik yearns to explore the bottomless pit known as Gluttonkettle. He needs a test crew for a vehicle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, the chief orc of the region, but as time went on, the ranger began to suspect differently.
— R.A. Salvatore, Sojourn
Long have rangers walked the wilds of the Sword Coast and the Savage Frontier
explore these lands, searching for fertile soil in which the seeds of civilization might grow, seeking resources (such as metals) that will benefit settled lands, or rooting out evil before it can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Welcome to the Far North North of the Spine of the World and west of the towering Reghed Glacier is a frigid expanse few dare to explore, let alone inhabit. This icy land of windswept tundra recently
, further isolating the region. Icewind Dale has thus been trapped in a different reality from the rest of the world, for though the sun never rises over the dale, it continues to rise everywhere else
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
character who succeeds on a DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check while searching the collection finds several annotated books about the Caerdoon region, located a few miles from the badlands. The
annotations, sloppily written in Common, deal with locating sites of large battles and how best to explore those locations. Treasure. Characters who spend at least 10 minutes searching this area find a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Lord of Blades’ Strike Squad While the characters explore Landro, they’re pursued by a warforged named Glaive (see the accompanying stat block). Glaive is a high-ranking commander loyal to the Lord
to the Lord of Blades’ bloody conquest of the blighted region. Among the blades, Glaive is best known for her talent at self-modification. “Glaive” is etched onto the back of her neck-plate. It is the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
expect the characters to explore a monster’s lair, you’ll need to find or create an appropriate map for the lair and stock the lair as you would a dungeon. Monuments In places where civilization
an area depends on the dominant society, the population, the strategic importance or vulnerability of the region, and the wealth of the land. Weird Locales Weird locales make the fantastic and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
payment under the door one gold coin at a time. ADVENTURE LOCATIONS AND ENCOUNTERS
This adventure encourages characters to explore locations marked on the DM’s map of the Sword Coast. When the
location.
Running Encounters. This adventure describes what the characters see when they first arrive at a location, and what they’ll discover as they explore it. The adventure also tells you how the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
townsfolk concerned, including reports of bandit attacks on the roads, piracy on the Dessarin River, and monster sightings too close to town. But the mystery that has keen observers of the region most
characters explore first. Even as the characters delve into the elemental temples, their successes provoke retaliation. The elemental prophets dispatch bands of cultists armed with devastation orbs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the region, despite its clear inferiority in size and strength. Amphail’s sovereignty means that, although patrols from the Waterdeep City Guard sometimes ride north to check on matters in Amphail, the
mounts) to nobles and travelers in the region. A new family, not noble but possessing much wealth, has purchased the old Baldasker ranch. We suspect that the Hemzar family, who were unknown in either
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
party gains 1 level. This advancement occurs only once. If the characters are already level 3, they don’t gain a level for achieving this milestone. Region 1: Trail This dirt trail connects the Keep on
the region. Use these to enhance your descriptions or handle situations where rules like lighting or terrain are relevant.
The rules glossary in the D&D Beyond Basic Rules defines any capitalized