Questions tagged [published-adventures]
For questions primarily about published adventures. They are usually published by the creators of the particular system/setting, and are official pre-made storylines/campaigns that include detailed descriptions of all relevant places, encounters, characters, etc. They can be especially useful for groups that are new to the given system/setting.
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How important is Waterdeep: Dragon Heist to the story of Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage?
I want to run the adventure Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage, but my players usually don't like playing characters below level 5. Since Waterdeep: Dragon Heist is the lead in to the Mad Mage and ...
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How significant is the horror content in Season of Ghosts?
I'm considering running the Pathfinder adventure Season of Ghosts. The adventure describes itself as a "horror-themed" adventure. I want to do my due diligence and make sure the content is ...
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Is the Dungeon of the Unknown based on player characters?
We are playing through the Dungeon of the Unknown that goes by the weird name "Quasqueton" from the original D&D Basic Set introductory adventure In Search of the Unknown (updated and ...
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How can characters cross Crematorium in the Turn of Fortune's Wheel adventure?
I will be DMing this adventure today. And I have to admit, as a non-native English speaker, I have some trouble with the M-5 Crematorium area.
The puzzle, as far as I understand it, goes like that:
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Which maps from Planescape: Turn of Fortune's Wheel would be most beneficial to have printed out in 1" grid scale?
I will be DMing a Planescape: Turn of Fortune's Wheel campaign soon. Maps in the book are small, and it would be hard to use them for tactical fights and puzzles. The party I will be DMing for likes ...
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Do the PCs initially know there is a dragon of Icespire Peak?
I'm planning to run the Dragon of Icespire Peak adventure. The title says outright that there is a dragon of Icespire Peak, a lot of the plot is due to monsters moving around in response to the dragon,...
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What lifestyle expenses are associated with the Yawning Portal?
The party has just begun Dungeon of the Mad Mage. After their first trip down the well, they have sensibly taken Durnan up on his offer of rooms in the Yawning Portal where they can stay in between ...
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What is the highest Perception DC in each WotC-published adventure?
I’m building a character and one of the pillars of his abilities should be a high passive perception. I’ve found enough ways to boost this that I highly doubt I need to take all of them, so I’d like ...
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Why does this 7th-level spellcaster NPC only have slots and prepared spells appropriate to a 3rd-level spellcaster?
In Tyranny of Dragons, on page 184, an NPC stat block makes no sense. I’ve checked the errata and have found no correction.
It says the NPC “is a 7th-level spellcaster that uses Intelligence as his ...
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What adventures are good for use with a square grid map? [closed]
I'm new as a DM, and I'm planning to run Dragon of Icespire Peak for a group of four players. However, I already can tell that it will be time-consuming to map out each of the potential locations the ...
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What is the recommended level for each published adventure?
I thought I would ask a different take on a question that seems to be asked often here (I need an adventure for level x).
What I am looking for is a list of official sources and the recommended level(...
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Does this NPC's curse from the Curse of Strahd published adventure remain active even after the NPC dies?
The NPC Ezmerelda d'Avenir from Curse of Strahd (p. 230) has this action (emphasis mine):
In my game, Ezmerelda was dominated and used this curse on a PC to give them fire vulnerability. Shortly ...
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Is there any official holiday-themed content for D&D 5e?
Obviously, the various fantasy settings may have their own, special holidays, for example in the Forgotten Realms, there are five annual holidays falling between the months, like Midwinter oder ...
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Were there multiple tripartite portals in the Greyhawk Castle?
I'm sorry that I have a kind of esoteric question, but it has been bothering me for some time, and I cannot find a resolution.
There supposedly was a tripartite portal somewhere in the deepest levels ...
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What are the differences between regular and limited version of Planescape - Adventures in the Multiverse set?
The set of books for Planescape - Adventures in the Multiverse will start shipping 20.10.2023, in a bit less than a month from when this question is written.
Limited edition is much more expensive, ...
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