Blood in the Water is the second of the Dreams of the Red Wizards series, written by Ashley Warren as a D&D Adventurers League adventure for level 5-10 characters. The characters attempt to aid the folk of Turmish in their preparations for a war against the nation of Thay. Unfortunately, after a promising start, the path for the characters becomes somewhat confused. The adventure begins … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Blood in the Water
Follow the Lights is a short, one-session adventure for level 3 or 4 characters. In it, the characters must overcome several traps, monsters and tricks as they accompany their patron, a gnome sage, into a dungeon as the sage attempts to recover a magic elixir. I appreciate a good old-school dungeon, and there’s definitely invention here. You’ll likely find a few encounters that you can … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Follow the Lights
Greg Bilsland had a long (nine years!) stint working at Wizards of the Coast on Dungeons & Dragons and other things, so now that he’s no longer there, he’s free to indulge his love of off-beat adventures, which brings me to his new adventure release, The Hangover – A Real Balor Party. Oh, boy! With plenty of suggestions for running this at a real bachelor … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: The Hangover – A Real Balor Party
Breaking Umberlee’s Resolve is the first adventure in the Dreams of the Red Wizards series, a season-independent storyline for the D&D Adventurers League. This first adventure, designed by Ashley Warren, is set in Turmish and the Sea of Fallen Stars, and sees the characters on a quest to save the missing daughter of local merchants, who has run off to sea and likely been kidnapped … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Breaking Umberlee’s Resolve
It’s tremendously important when writing an adventure to have a sense of its audience. When writing a D&D Adventurers League adventure, doubly so. For a CCC adventure, it’s easy to think you know the answer: it’s the audience at the convention. Unfortunately, if you write it only for them, anyone buying it from the DMs Guild is likely to be confused; the intended audience isn’t … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Ill Met in Ylraphon
The warning bells went off when I read the hook for The Secrets of Imaginary Friends, a Tier 1 CCC adventure for the D&D Adventurers League. It stated that the adventurers are hired as labourers. This was the only hook presented. Oh boy. The stuff of exciting adventures this wasn’t. Look, there are plenty of perfectly fine hooks for adventures. They may not be inspired … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: The Secrets of Imaginary Friends
Down Came a Blackbird is an adventure for level 1-4 characters set in Saltmarsh. The children of the village have discovered a strange egg, and crazed birds are attacking villagers. The heroes need to find the source of the unrest before great misfortune comes to the village. Darker things are afoot than just the birds! It could go very poorly, however. The first encounter sees … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Down Came a Blackbird
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist is an adventure published by Wizards of the Coast set in the great city of Waterdeep in the Forgotten Realms. It presents an urban scenario where the characters get to own a tavern, become involved with the various factions in the city, and go on a hunt for dragons – the gold coins of Waterdeep – that are stashed in a hidden … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review – Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Into the Border Kingdoms is a two-hour adventure for level 1-2 characters by Dave Zajac, and the first of the DDAL-adventures produced by GameHole Con in the Border Kingdoms region of the Forgotten Realms. The plot is relatively simple: the adventurers are in a tavern interacting with locals when it’s attacked by undead, then they go to the source of the undead and deal with … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Into the Border Kingdoms
The Skull Square Murders is a level 5-10 adventure by Paige Leitman for the D&D Adventurers League. It is written in the 2+2 format (two hours of main adventures with two 1-hour bonus objectives) and demonstrates all the problems that the format has when it comes to writing investigations. The central concept is that you need to find a key, and you discover that the … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: The Skull Square Murders
