5E Adventure Review: Tipping the Scales

Tipping the Scales is a four hour, DDAL-legal adventure for level 5-10 characters set in Avernus. It is the third in a series of side quests where the characters try to gain allies for their expedition. It works quite well as a stand-alone adventure. The main goal of the scenario is to rescue a silver dragon from an ice devil. The basic plot is as … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Tipping the Scales

5E Adventure Review: The Haunted Watchtower

The Haunted Watchtower is an adventure for level 3 characters, in which the adventurers are asked to travel to a ruined watchtower and reclaim it from the undead that currently inhabit it. This is a relatively straight-forward adventure, with a nice twist that recasts it from an expedition to reclaim the watchtower to instead dealing with a nearby necromancer in his lair. Poor Aramil! Once … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: The Haunted Watchtower

5E Adventure Review: Ruined Prospects

Ruined Prospects is a Tier 2 adventure set in Avernus for the D&D Adventurers League. In it, the characters must rescue a dwarven Hellrider from a ruined fortress crawling with devils. The dwarf has been preserved in crystal by the blessing of Torm, one of the Forgotten Realms gods of good, and the adventure features several aspects of his faith, in both puzzles to solve … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Ruined Prospects

5E Adventure Review: In the Garden of Evil

In the Garden of Evil is a Tier 2 adventure set in Avernus in which the characters are sent to save a Hellrider and her unicorn which are trapped in Bloodroot Grove, a remnant of the beauty that existed in Avernus before the Blood War. This is the fourth of the Tier 2 Avernus adventures for the D&D Adventurers League. In the first three, the … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: In the Garden of Evil

5E Adventure Review: Love’s Fickle Arrow

Love’s Fickle Arrow is an investigative, urban adventure for level 3 characters set during the events of Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, although I see no issue with adapting it for use as a stand-alone adventure. In it, the characters are hired to protect a famous bard from an assassin, as he participates in performances of the play “Love’s Fickle Arrow”. This is an impressive adventure. I … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Love’s Fickle Arrow

5E Adventure Review: The Diabolical Dive

The Diabolical Dive is an adventure for level 5 to 10 characters set in Avernus. It is the third and final part of the Behind Infernal Lines trilogy. The characters must breach the infernal fortress of Plagueshield Point, which is at the bottom of the River Styx, and retrieve the plans that the Hellriders used when they attacked Avernus. I’m not sure why the characters … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: The Diabolical Dive

5E Adventure Review: Face the Music

Face the Music is a short encounter for use with third-level characters that you can use in a variety of situations. It features a set of animated magical instruments, which can form a combat encounter, as well as a few secrets for the party to uncover. I estimate it should take around thirty minutes to one hour to play. I think it’s a charming product, … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Face the Music

5E Adventure Review: The Magician’s House

The Magician’s House is an adventure for level 4 characters in which those characters explore – well, I guess you know what they explore. It’s also a 161-page pdf. Those 161 pages cover approximately 19 locations in around 110 pages (some have more than one encounter in them), and then there are a further 50 pages of appendices. It’s not that the areas are insanely … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: The Magician’s House

5E Adventure Review: Infernal Insurgency

Infernal Insurgency is an adventure for level 5 to 10 characters set in Avernus and part of the official DDAL line of scenarios. It continues the story from Faces of Fortune. The characters, now they have a base in Avernus, must scout a nearby research and weapons facility run by goblins and lesser devils and then cause enough damage there to draw away forces from … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Infernal Insurgency

5E Adventure Review: Faces of Fortune

Faces of Fortune is an adventure for level 5-10 characters set in Avernus, the first layer of Hell. As the first of the DDAL Season 9 adventures at Tier 2, it has the job of introducing you to Hell and the place that will be your home base for the next few adventures: Mahadi’s Travelling Emporium. Along the way, you get chased by Infernal War … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Faces of Fortune