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f i ft ft h e d i t i o n o f D u n g e o n s & D r a g o n s . W i th th W o l f g a n g B a u r a n d S t e v e W i n t e r at at th th e r e i n s , y o u a r e i n g o o d Ja c o b s o n ,
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ON THE COVER In this glacial scene illustrated by R ay ay m o n d Sw a n l a n d , t h e w h i t e d r a g o n Glazhael takes ice sculpture to extremes, t u r n i n g i n t r u d e r s in in t o g r i s l y d e c o r a t i o n s f o r i t s d r a c o n i c l ai ai r .
Ta bl e o f C o n t e n t s Map: The
Sword Coast......................................4
Third Floor ................................................. 57
Introduction...................... ..................... .............. 5
Map: Castle Naerytar Level 3 ...................5 8
Backgroun d.........................................................5
Beneath the Castle.....................................59
Overview..............................................................5
Map: Castle Naerytar Du nge on...............60
Episode 1: Greenest in Flam es...................... 6
Rew ards...................................................... 61
Character H oo ks.......................................... 6
Episode 7: Hunting Lo dg e ........................... 62
The Approach ............................................... 6
General Features........................................62
General Features...........................................7
Castle in the Clouds .................................. 62
Wandering Encounters................................ 7
Important Nonplayer Characters ............. 63
Mi ssion s.........................................................8
Through the G ate.......................................63
M ap : G ree nes t............................................ 10
Outside the Lodge......................................63
Episode 2: Raiders’ Camp.............................13
Lodge Ground Floor .................................. 65
Tracking the Raiders..................................14
Map: Hunting
The Ca m p....................................................16
Lodge Upper Floo r .................................... 68
Map: Raider
Map: Hunting
Camp......................................16
Lodge Ground Floor .......66
Lodge Upper Floor ........... 70
Rew ards.......................................................19
Traveling to Parnast................................... 71
Episode 3: Dragon Hatchery ........................ 20
Episode 8 : Castle in the Cloud s...................72
Map: Dragon
Hatchery..............................23
Rew ards.......................................................27 Episode 4: On the Road.................................28
Map:
Parnast...............................................73
Skyreach Castle..........................................75
Map: Skyreach
Cas tle ............................... 76
Elturel...........................................................28
Concluding the Adventure.........................86
Baldur’s G at e.............................................. 30
A pp en dix A : B ackg ro u n ds........................... 87
Fellow Travelers..........................................31
A pp en dix B: M on st er s................................... 88
Life on the Road ......................................... 33
Appen dix C: M ag ic It e m s............................. 94
Random Road Events.................................33 Planned Road Events ................................. 37 Episode 5: Construction A he ad .................. 39
Waterdee p.................................................... 39 Northbound, A ga in.....................................40 Carnath Road house ....................................40
Map: Carnath
Roadhouse.......................... 41
Tracking the Load.......................................42 Grudge Ma tch............................................. 42 Episode 6: Castle Naerytar........................... 43 Traveling to the Castle................................4 3 Castle Naerytar............................................45 Squaring Off Against the Cult of the D rago n......................................4 8 Approach ing Castle Na ery tar. ... ... ... ... ... ... .4 9 Outside Castle Naerytar ............................ 49
Inside Castle Naer ytar............................... 50 Ground Flo or ...............................................50
Map: Castle
Naerytar Ground Floor...... 51
Second Floo r.............................................. 54
Map: Castle
Naerytar Level 2 ....................55
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w o r t h y o f th e q u e e n o f e v il d r a g o n s . T h e s e e f f o r ts d r a w t h e c h a r a c t e r s ’ a t t e n t io n t o t h e c u l t .
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T h e a d v e n t u r e rs m i g h t b e o n t h e r o a d fr o m o n e t o w n t o a n o t h e r o r r e t u r n i n g t o t h e i r h o m e s a f t e r a t r ip a w a y . A lt e r n a ti v e ly , t h e y c o u l d b e a c c o m p a n y in g a m e r c h a n t
E r l a n t h a r w a s a l s o i n to w n . T h r o u g h d i l ig e n t r e s e a r c h a n d i n t e r v i e w s c o n d u c t e d d u r i n g h i s t r a ve l s b e t w e e n B e r d u s k a n d C a n d l e ke e p , L e o s i n b e c a m e c o n v i n c e d
o r w e a l t h y t r av e le r a s b o d y g u a r d s . M a n y r e s t l e s s y o u n g
t h a t th e c u l t is e n g a g e d i n a b i g o p e r a t i o n , b u t h e d o e s n ’ t
p e o p l e o f F a e r u n h a v e h a d t h e i r f i rs t t a s te o f t r a ve l a n d
y e t k n o w w h a t i t i s. L e o s i n u s e s t h e r a i d a s a n o p p o r t u
adventure as caravan guards.
n i t y to i n f il tr a te t h e c u l t s o t h a t h e c a n l e a r n m o r e a b o u t
Y o u c a n a d a p t
Tyranny ofDragons t o
d i ff e r e n t r e g i o n s
o f t h e R e a l m s o r t o a d i f f e re n t s e t t in g w i t h a b it m o r e p r e p a r a ti o n o n y o u r p a r t. C h a n g e t h e n a m e s a n d l o c a tions to suit your cam paign.
t h e c u l t ’s p l a n s . H e i s d i s c o v e r e d a n d c a p t u r e d , h o w e v e r , a n d n e e d s t h e c h a r a c t e r s ’ h e l p to e s c a p e f r o m c a p ti vi ty . C h a r a c t e rs c a n e n g a g e i n s e v e ra l e n c o u n t e r s w h i le c u lt is t s a n d k o b o l d s r a m p a g e t h r o u g h G r e e n e s t.
Fo r t h e p a s t s e v e r a l d a y s , yo u h a v e b e e n t r a v e l i n g a r o a d
w o u n d s d u r i n g t h e e a r ly s t a g e s o f t h e a t t a c k a n d h a s n ’ t
t h a t w i n d s l a z i l y ac r o s s t h e r o l l i n g g r a s s la n d s o f t h e
s p a r e d t h e t i m e f o r m o r e t h a n c u r s o r y f i rs t a id .
Castellan Escobert the Red. E s c o b e r t
G r e e n f i e l d s . Su n d o w n i s a p p r o a c h i n g w h e n y o u t o p a
is a shield
d w a r f w i t h k n o t t e d , ta n g l e d , b r i g h t re d h a i r . A s m a s t e r r i se a n d s e e t h e t o w n o f G r e e n e s t j u s t a f e w s h o r t m i l es
o f t h e k e e p , E s c o b e r t i s in c h a r g e o f it s d e f e n s e a n d i s
a w a y. B u t i n s t e a d o f t h e p l e a sa n t , w e l c o m i n g t o w n y o u
t h e b e s t s o u r c e o f in f o r m a t i o n o n t h e t u n n e l a nd t h e
e x p e c t e d , yo u s e e c o l u m n s o f b la c k sm o k e r i s i n g f r o m
s a l ly p o r t ( s e e “ T h e O l d T u n n e l ” a n d “ T h e S a l l y P o r t ”
b u r n i n g b u i l d i n g s , r u n n i n g f i g u r e s t h a t a r e li t t l e m o r e t h a n
b e l o w ) . H e c a r r ie s a n e n o r m o u s r in g o f i ro n a n d b r a s s
d o t s a t t h i s d i s t a n c e , an d a d a r k , w i n g e d s h a p e w h e e l i n g
k e y s t o th e m a n y l o c k s i n t h e k e e p .
l o w o v e r t h e k e e p t h a t r i s es a b o v e t h e c e n t e r o f t h e t o w n . Green est is being attacked by a dragon !
Wa n d er in g En c o u n t er s T h e s t r ee t s o f G r e e n e s t a r e o v e r r u n b y f o r c e s c o n s i s t in g
T h e s e q u e n c e o f e v e n t s th a t f o l lo w i s u p to y o u a n d
o f cultists a n d acolytes a c c o m p a n i e d b y m o n s t r ou s
t h e c h a r a c te r s . Y o u c a n p r e s e n t th e m w i t h a s m a n y
a l l i e s : kobolds w i t h ambush drakes ( s e e a p p e n d i x B )
of the encoun ters as you want, in any order. Th e only
a n d giant lizards. T h e s e r a i d er s m o v e t h r o u g h t o w n
e x c e p t io n i s “ S e e k t h e K e e p , ” w h i c h s h o u l d b e t h e f ir st
w ithout fear, pillaging as they go. A s cha racters travel
e n c o u n t e r a f t er ch a r a c t e r s e n t e r G r e e n e s t .
t h r o u g h t h e e m b a t t l e d v il la g e , t h e y c a n r u n i n t o r a id e r s and town sfolk. U se these guidelines to determine if
Gen e r a l Fea t u r es
characters have an encounter.
T h e s u n h a s s e t by t h e ti m e c h a r a c t e r s r e a c h t h e e d g e o f
t e rs , h a v e e a c h c h a r a c t e r a t te m p t a D C 1 0 D e x t e r i ty
t o w n ( t h e a re a s h o w n o n t h e G r e e n e s t m a p ).
( S t e a lt h ) c h e c k . F o r e v e r y t w o i n d i v i d u a l c h e c k s t h a t
Light. B u r n i n g
b u i ld i n g s a n d a h a l f m o o n p r o v i d e
I f c h a r a c t e r s u s e c o v e r a n d s t e a l th t o a v o id e n c o u n
f a il , t h e c h a r a c t e r s h a v e o n e e n c o u n t e r o n t h e w a y t o
dim light through out the town. Th e inside of the keep is
t h e i r d e s t i n a t io n . R o l l a d 8 o n t h e E p i s o d e 1 E n c o u n t e r s
b r i g h t l y il l u m i n a t e d .
t a b le t o d e t e r m i n e e a c h e n c o u n t e r . I f c h a r a c t e r s u s e t h e
Fires. T h e
c u l t is t s t r ie d t o s e t b u i l d i n g s a b l a z e a s t h e y
m o v e d t h r o u g h t o w n , b u t th a t c h i s n ’t a s f la m m a b l e a s it
s t re a m b e d f o r c o v e r f o r m o s t o f t h e tr ip , t h e s e c h a r a c t e r s h a v e a d v a n t a g e o n t h e i r D e x t e r i ty c h e c k s .
l o o k s . W h e n c h a r a c t e rs a r ri ve , m o s t o f th e f la m e s c o m e f r o m h a y s t a c k s a n d b a r n s , n o t fr o m h o m e s o r s h o p s .
The Stream.
T h e s t r e a m t h a t fl o w s p a s t G r e e n e s t is
I f ch a r a c t e r s d o n ’ t u s e c o v e r a n d s t e a l t h t o a v o id encou nters, roll a d8 for every 100 feet they move in t o w n . I f t h e r o l l is 4 o r l o w e r , t h e y d i d n ’ t a t t r a c t a t t e n
s h a l l o w ( s e l d o m m o r e t h a n 3 f e e t d e e p ) w i t h a g ra v e l
tion with that m ove. If the roll is 5 or higher, they run
b o t t o m , s o c h a r a c t e r s c a n m o v e a l o n g it w i t h o u t d i ff i
into someth ing; roll a d8 again and che ck the Episod e 1
c u lt y . W h e r e t h e b a n k s a r e c l e a r , t h e s t r e a m i s e a s y to
E n c o u n t e r s ta b l e to s e e w h a t th e c h a r a c t e r s m e e t .
g e t i n to o r o u t o f . B r u s h b y t h e s t r e a m i s d e n s e , a n d t h e b a n k s a r e s t e e p w h e r e b r u s h g r o w s . C h a r a c te r s c a n m o v e o n l y 5 fe e t p e r tu r n t h r o u g h t h e b r u s h .
Im p o r t a n t
Ch a r a c t e r s
Govern or Nighthill. T h e
m an who runs Greenest
i s T a r b a w N i g h t h i ll , a h u m a n m a l e o f s ix t y y e a r s . I f c h a r a c t e r s a s k w h o ’ s in c h a r g e , t h e y a r e d i r e c t e d t o N i g h t h i ll . H e i s p a c i n g a t o p t h e p a r a p e t o f t h e k e e p w h e n t h e s k y i s c le a r , o r i n s i d e t h e k e e p i f t h e d r a g o n i s a t t a c k in g . I f t h e c h a r a c t e r s d o n ’ t s e e k o u t t h e g o v e r n o r
E p is o d e 1 E n c o u n t e r s d8
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3
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7
1d 6 t o w n sf o l k b ei n g h u n t ed b y r ai d er s (r ol l a d 6 t o d e t e r m i n e t h e ra i d i n g g r o u p )
w h e n t h e y r e a c h t h e k e e p , h e f i n d s t h e m . E i t h e r w a y, N i g h th i ll w e l c o m e s t h e m a n d t a k e s t h e m t o t h e p a ra p e t.
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1d 6 t o w n s f o l k h i d i n g
F r o m t h e re , t h e y h av e t h e b e s t v i e w o f G r e e n e s t .
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command p r e p a r e d
i n s t ea d o f
sanctuary.
T h e r i g h t s i d e o f N i g h t h i ll ’s f a c e a n d h e a d a r e b a n d a g e d , h i s r i gh t a r m h a n g s i n a s l i n g , a n d h i s l ig h t b l u e t u n i c is s t a in e d w i t h h is o w n b l o o d . H e r e c e i v e d t h e s e
M o s t o f th e c u l t is t s , g u a r d s , a n d a c o l y t e s a r e h u m a n . A t y o u r o p t io n , y o u c a n in c lu d e a f e w d w a r v e s , h a lf e l v e s , h a l f -o r c s , o r h a l f li n g s w i t h o u t a l t e r i n g a n y g a m e
St o l e n T r e a s u r e T h e c u l t i s t s a n d t h e i r k o b o l d l a ck e y s ar e i n t h e m i d s t o f looting Green est and collecting the spoils for transpo rt back
statistics.
Se e k t h e K e e p
t o t h e i r c a m p ( se e e p i s o d e 2 ). A n y m a r a u d i n g g r o u p t h a t t h e
C h a r a c t e r s h av e r a n d o m e n c o u n t e r s w i th r a i d er s w h e n
p a r t y e n c o u n t e r s h a s a 50 p e r c e n t c h a n c e o f h a v in g s t o l e n
t h e y e n t e r G r e e n e s t , b u t th i s o n e s h o u l d b e t h e i r fi rs t
treasure in its possession. Roll a d6 and m ultiply the result
m i s s io n o f t h e e p i s o d e . It b e g i n s w h e n a t e r r if ie d h u m a n
b y 10 t o d e t e r m i n e t h e t o t a l v a l u e o f t h e s t o l en i t e m s , i n g o l d
f a m i l y ( fa t h er , m o t h e r , a n d t h r e e y o u n g c h i l d r e n ) d a s h
pieces (gp).
a c r o s s t h e i r p a th , h o u n d e d b y e i g h t kobolds.
