Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Save Phandalin from impending doom in this adventure for the world’s greatest roleplaying game.
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Welcome to Phandalin
- Threats from Below
- About This Book
- Adventure Summary
- Lost Mine of Phandelver
- The Obelisk
- Running the Adventure
- Using the Maps
- Nondeadly Resolutions
- The Forgotten Realms
- Character Creation
- Character Backgrounds
- Adventure Hooks
- Far Realm Influence
- Transformation of Phandalin
- Character Transformation
Chapter 1: A Dangerous Journey
- Running This Chapter
- The Road to Phandalin
- Goblin Ambush
- What the Cragmaws Know
- Goblin Trail
- Cragmaw Hideout
- General Features
- Cragmaw Hideout Locations
- What’s Next?
Chapter 2: Trouble in Phandalin
- Running This Chapter
- Welcome to Phandalin
- Encounters in Phandalin
- Redbrand Ruffians Appear
- Finding Cragmaw Castle
- Strange Goblins
- Important NPCs
- Town Description
- Stonehill Inn
- Barthen’s Provisions
- Edermath Orchard
- Lionshield Coster
- Phandalin Miner’s Exchange
- Alderleaf Farm
- Shrine of Luck
- Sleeping Giant
- Townmaster’s Hall
- Tresendar Manor
- Redbrand Ruffians
- Redbrands’ Hideout
- General Features
- Redbrand Hideout Locations
- What’s Next?
Chapter 3: The Spider’s Web
- The Story So Far
- Running This Chapter
- Wilderness Encounters
- Conyberry and Agatha’s Lair
- Dealing with the Banshee
- Old Owl Well
- Ruins of Thundertree
- General Features
- Ruins Locations
- Wyvern Tor
- Raider Camp
- Cragmaw Castle
- General Features
- Cragmaw Castle Locations
- What’s Next?
Chapter 4: Wave Echo Cave
- Running This Chapter
- Wave Echo Cave
- Wandering Monsters
- Wave Echo Cave Features
- Cave Locations
- What’s Next?
Chapter 5: Paths of Peril
- Running This Chapter
- The Goblins’ Story
- Townmaster’s Plight
- Crimes and Chaos
- Scholarly Aid
- Stolen Shards
- Barthen’s Well
- Miner’s Exchange
- Shrine of Luck
- Sleeping Giant
- Zorzula’s Rest
- Features of Zorzula’s Rest
- Zorzula’s Rest Locations
- Indigo Sanctum
- Sanctum Showdown
- What’s Next?
Chapter 6: The Shattered Obelisk
- The Sinister Truth
- The Ritual
- The Map
- Kidnapped Townspeople
- Obelisk Fragments
- Running This Chapter
- Return to Phandalin
- Phandalin Missions
- Talhundereth
- Cult of the Obelisk
- Temple Features
- Talhundereth Locations
- Crypt of the Talhund
- Crypt Features
- Crypt of the Talhund Locations
- Gibbet Crossing
- Gibbet Crossing Features
- Gibbet Crossing Locations
- What’s Next?
Chapter 7: Rifts in Reality
- Running This Chapter
- Shadow over Phandalin
- Infected Townspeople
- Journey through the Deep
- Ironquill’s Trail
- Tunnel Features
- Journey Locations
- Illithinoch
- Mind Flayer Fanatics
- Illithinoch Features
- Illithinoch Locations
- Far Realm Rifts
- Far Realm Exposure
- Far Realm Rifts Features
- Feeder Trenches Locations
- Spawn Hollow Locations
- Labyrinth of Eyes Locations
- What’s Next?
Chapter 8: Beyond a Lightless Star
- Running This Chapter
- In the Far Realm
- Doom Comes to Phandalin
- Creeping Transformations
- The Briny Maze
- Briny Maze Features
- Briny Maze Locations
- The Endless Void
- Endless Void Features
- Traveling the Nodules
- Crystal Dome
- Empty Bridge
- Mire of Doubt
- The Nematode
- Occluding Miasma
- Toppled Statue
- Wailing Battlefield
- Ilvaash’s Anima
- Ilvaash’s Refraction
- Wrapping Up
- Return to Phandalin
- What If They Fail?
- Epilogue
- Netherese Obelisks
Appendix A: Bestiary
- See Creature Stat Blocks Below
Appendix B: Magic Items
Story Tracker
Credits
- Aberrant Zealot
- Ashenwights
- Feral Ashenwight
- Psionic Ashenwight
- Encephalons
- Encephalon Cluster
- Encephalon Gemmule
- Fiendish Auger
- Flesh Meld
- Intellect Snare
- Mind Flayers
- Mind Flayer Clairvoyant
- Mind Flayer Prophet
- Mutates
- Cloaker Mutate
- Humanoid Mutate
- Otyugh Mutate
- Oculorb
- Psionic Goblins
- Goblin Psi Brawler
- Goblin Psi Commander
- Redbrand Ruffian
Disclaimer: The fanatics of Ilvaash can neither confirm nor deny whether they plot to incorporate this book’s owners into a mighty new illithid empire. Any transformations incurred, up to and including face tentacles, are strictly coincidental.