"A goblin grave robber inadvertently rescues a lone adventurer who woke up buried in a coffin. The adventurer, thrust into an encounter with the goblin and his party who have stolen a precious heirloom off the unconscious body, has no recollection of the burial...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): goblin (281), guard (281)

"This lair is a seasonal home for a small group of goblinoid raiders that have been terrorizing the local region. If hunted by the PCs and tracked here, they retreat into the inside of this ancient complex (located 3-5 miles from the nearest trade route and community of any size)...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): hobgoblin (282), bugbear (278)

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Trap Prep (Page #): simple pit (275), poison dart (275), poison needle (275), spiked locking pit (275)

"Many centuries ago, the quasit known as Viletongue was summoned from the Abyss to assist his summoner in attaining magical knowledge beyond his understanding. Deliberately tricked by Viletongue, the magic failed his master at a key moment; he was immolated on the spot. Now free to pursue his own goals outside of the Abyss, Viletongue immediately began corrupting other greedy souls, tempting them into perversion and damnation...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): worg (287), goblin (281), bandit captain (276)

"A lair long known for harboring giant spiders, this ancient dungeon is tolerated and periodically invaded for the valuable silk that is produced within. The local villagers of Spinner's Folly have long since woven this silk into useful items, from light clothing to strong rope, but must retrieve the silk three times per year to maintain their supplies of this precious commodity...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): giant spider (285)

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Trap Prep (Page #): poison dart (275)

"The Soularium sits in a back alley in the Temple District. Ostensibly, it is a house of charity, a place where the downtrodden come and are received with open arms but in truth, it is the lair of Q'xetl who is an unbound quasit collecting souls. When he gathers enough, he plans to use them to bargain himself into a higher position in the Abyss...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): acolyte (276), guard (281), quasit (276)

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Trap Prep (Page #): gas trap (275)

"The Aura of Profit takes place in an underground lair that serves as an alchemical laboratory. Fritz is an alchemist who has an underground laboratory in the poor section of the city. His experiments produce wastes that run into the sewer and enhance the effects of alcohol. Several local innkeepers have seen sales plummet, as their patrons can't hold their liquor anymore. They think that there is something happening underground, where a strange odor has been detected under one of the taverns. They have asked the PCs to investigate...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): alchemist wizard (276), cult sorcerer (278), animated armor (276)

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Trap Prep (Page #): collapsing roof (275), gas trap (275), fire-breathing statue (275)

"The adventurer is hired by Dawson Beam, the sheriff of the City of Verdant Reach, to investigate a gang of thugs that call themselves the 'Rats of the Reach'...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): veteran (287), bandit (276), scout (285)

"Aberrations--a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically an unwelcome one--have bizarre anatomies, strange abilities, alien mindsets, or any combination of the three...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): giant toad (286), grick (281), violet fungus (287), gray ooze (281), giant centipede (277), black dragon wyrmling (278), gibbering mouther (281), xorn (287), zombie (287), goblin (281), poisonous snake swarm (286)

"Everyone knows the collapsed mountainside near Raakayras. It happened when the wyrm Hauskakasvi was driven from its lair, and now is thickly overgrown with oak and elm. The lair? Emptied by 200 years of adventuring, although beginners still dare to enter, hoping to find what everyone else missed...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): darkmantle (278), animated armor (276), black dragon wyrmling (278)

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Trap Prep (Page #): poison dart (275), rolling sphere (275), hidden pit (275)

"This complex is hidden away in a dark corner of the world, underneath a major seat of learning in or near a large city. A former burial chamber, the sanctity of this complex has been ravaged by a fledgling cult and their vile leader, who have been growing in strength over the past six months or so...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): ghost (280), thugs (286), cult fanatic (278), berserker (276)

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Trap Prep (Page #): hidden pit (275), poison dart (275)

"For centuries this dungeon lay beneath the surface of a broad, shallow lake, the headwaters of a meandering river. The river's source was no natural spring, however, but a set of decanters of endless water...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): water elemental (287), giant toad (286), giant bat (281)

"As the PCs enter the crypt, they hear cries and glimpse something being dragged away into the shadows. There's not enough time to see what it was, but calls for help echo off the walls. It's difficult to discern from which direction they came...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): zombie (287), skeleton (285), giant rat (284), giant fire beetle (280), minotaur skeleton (285), bandit captain (276), ghoul (281), cult fanatic (278), knight (282), quasit (276), swarm of bats (286), priest (284), acolyte (276), wraith (287), ghast (280), black pudding (276)

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Trap Prep (Page #): fire-breathing statue (275)

"The adventurers have been captured! Rendered unconscious at the tavern by poisoned drinks by a bounty hunter for the maniac crime-lord known as the Renown Grand High Lord Xu Tannak of Shattered Rock, Bearer of the Sacred Flame and Keeper of the Bull...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): minotaur (283), thug (286)

"Leikata and Ommella Ruumis were front-line military clerics, but they found it pointless. Now they work for the government, releasing zombies into the Haunted Forest to help with destabilizing the region...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): zombie (287), ogre zombie (287)

"This beautiful domed room is lavishly painted, depicting scantily clad and naked humans floating in the clouds as if they are gods. These are actually the lifetime-elected politicians who previously ran the city (now buried underground) who over time came to think of themselves as more than mere citizens of the community...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): ghoul (281), minotaur skeletons (285)

"Following mutated goblin attacks on a small, well-established mining site, the PCs find that only the pit remains. On securing the surrounding area, they must enter the steep-sided crater...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): grick (281), minotaur skeleton (285), gibbering mouther (281)

"Until recently, this hidden underground church sheltered the persecuted religious sect of a nearly forgotten pantheon. This pantheon blinked out of existence the very moment invading bugbears and goblins brutally ended their last living worshippers and took up residence...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): goblin (281), animated armor (276), bugbear (278), specter (285)

"After bitter disagreement, a trading post run by local fey and respectful foresters was set up near rich woodland, but some distance from town, and managed as a logging site, for one and all. But supplies have dwindled, especially rarer wood types, and the PCs are asked to investigate...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): sprite (286), blink dog (276), black dragon wyrmling (278), commoner (277), goblin (281), worg (287), animated armor (276), mage (282), giant fire beetle (280), druid (280), swarm of bats (286), giant poisonous snake (285), gray ooze (281), evil awakened shrub (276)

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Trap Prep (Page #): spiked pit (275)

"The PCs may have used the services of a local half-elven pawnbroker, Latricus, known to be stern but fair in his dealings. Now they find his store open, none of his assistants present, and the door to his basement office (where serious transactions took place) invitingly ajar...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): zombie (287), wolf (287), cult fanatic (278), veteran (287), spy (286), berserker (276), thugs (286), noble (283)

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Trap Prep (Page #): hidden pit (275)

"For nearly a thousand years this mighty oak stood as monarch of the forest, with its dryad as proud steward. When a self-absorbed local druid sought a new home, however, both dryad and tree became ill. This once-comfortable treetop dwelling now lies at the heart of a rotting forest...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): duskthorn dryad (280), sap demon (285), zombie (287), giant owl (284)

"The tiny isle of Sandspit is a favorite place to maroon recalcitrant shipmates, for across the bay, the headland falls are visible to castaways. Wicked currents prevent escape from Sandspit, and the unfortunates discarded there slowly die of thirst in sight of the lifegiving waters...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): wight (287), zombie (287), children of the briar (277), ogre zombie (287), leshy (282)

"The mountain town of Kraga has changed hands many times; strategically important for its location close to rich veins of iron and copper, it was originally a dwarven community who built structures both above and deep below the ground...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): phase spider (284), ettercap (280)

"The forest primeval. Brave settlers seeking better lives gather their families and venture beneath her branches. They walk her leaf-dappled aisles, violate her ancient green stillness. They fell trees, build homes, plow the earth, and vanish...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): gelatinous cube (280), nyad (283), water leaper (287), druid (280), angler worm (276)

"Recently, the homeless of the city have begun to disappear. Few seem to care, and many are actually happy to see them gone. The local magistrate is not, however, and wants these disappearances looked into. Rumors have circulated that, under the cover of night, someone, or something, has been seen descending into the sewers below the market district via a grate in the street...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): swarm of rats (286), ghost (280), wererat (287), gelatinous cube (280), giant rat (284)

"Fitcher Lintu is a necromancer, avant-garde taxidermist, and one of the most intelligent, successful, and evil people in Morsain. Outwardly helpful about undead, he's a serial killer that happily sources raw materials himself...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): skeleton (285), wolf skeleton (285), zombie (287), mage (282)

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Trap Prep (Page #): poison dart (275)

"After delving into the upper tunnels of a recently abandoned mine pursuing mutated goblins, the party follows some buckled minecart rails, finding rough tunnels with unexpected chambers at their end. A palpable sense of fear pervades the area...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): ghost (280), wight (287), insect swarm (286), ankheg (276)

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Trap Prep (Page #): spiked pit (275)

"After losing his ship, his crew, and his leg to a sea monster, the pirate Gnarltooth retired to a much more peaceful profession: fishing. Yet even after two decades spent mostly ashore, Gnarltooth never quite forgot about the creature that scuttled him, nor did it forget him...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): berserker (276)

"Lord and Lady Scarlet are wealthy, well connected and generally well liked--for nobility. Their social talents have lead to them hosting a national embassy on their estate, which now see a constant exchange of visiting nobility of all stripes...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): doppleganger (278), verdant knight (286)

"This dark, stinking complex is located deep in the earth, buried underneath a major city or town and accessed by the sewer system. Once the hideout of a long-forgotten band of thieves that operated in the city long ago, these chambers have since been discovered and taken over by a group known as The Sons of Arratoi...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): wererat (287), poisonous snake swarm (286), half-red dragon veteran (281)

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Trap Prep (Page #): poison dart (275)

"Murder and mystery await the PCs in the underground Nalineum of Jacint Nali. Jacint, a retired adventurer, discovered the spring and used his wealth to build the oasis for the aristocracy...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): veteran (287), noble (283), dream eater (279), city watch captain (277), guards (281)

"Many years ago, the witch priestess Segolia established a temple in the frontier town of Feluxia. In exchange for healing services to the town, Segolia only demanded the weekly sacrifice of orcs and other raiding humanoids...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): berserker (276), gargoyle (280), wight (287), commoner (277), vampire spawn (286)

"While traveling deep in the forest, the adventurers happen upon a violent feud between two tribes of sprites vying to add a sacred grove to their own territory. While such disputes among the fey are not uncommon, it is rare for these hostilities to escalate into warfare...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): sprite (286), dryad (280), mage (282), awakened tree (276), spirit (286)

"Sirens rarely find true love, but the one haunting this watery memorial managed the trick. Unfortunately her father, a powerful spirit called the Sea King, disapproved of the match. He conjured a storm to sink her lover's ship, not realizing the depths of his daughter's attachment...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): shambling mound (285), wraith (287), phantom foundling (284), giant shark (285)

"The Spirit Bottle is about the last place anyone visits for hospitality in Morsain. Dirty, dark, cramped, and with a dubious reputation with regard to its drinks, the PCs nonetheless find themselves tasked with visiting Sielu, the half-orc proprietor...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): night hag (283), mirror hag (283), doppleganger (278), shadow antipaladin (285), quasit (276), vrock (287), fire elemental (280), invisible stalker (282), efreeti (276)

"The lamiak are nereid fey relatives of nymphs, and appear as beautiful women with flowing platinum hair and the lower legs and webbed feet of a duck. The mairuak are akin to stone giants and reside high in the mountains where they quarry the finest stone...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): lamiak (282), stone giant (286)

"In an ancient temple dedicated to an avian goddess, the PCs find a carving of the outline of a unnamed shrine. Under the carving is the phrase: Your changed heart will soar!..."

Encounter Prep (Page #): vrock (287), gibbering mouther (281), dretch (279), barbed devil (276), incubus (282)

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Trap Prep (Page #): collapsing roof (275)

"This dungeon in the center of a swamp is home to a coven of three green hags who call themselves the Daughters of the Morass. Being fervent followers of The Faceless Lord, they have bound a number of slimes and oozes to their service. From their sunken Carrionholme, they attack and raid nearby communities...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): black pudding (276), gray ooze (281), green hag (281), violet fungus (287), shrieker (285)

"The PCs discover an unexpected way out of a mine, a hidden passage leading to caverns glowing dimly with cold, otherworldly light. Tunnel roofs are 10 feet high; the cavern roof is 20 feet high...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): wight (287), giant scorpion (281), gray ooze (281), elder thing (281)

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Trap Prep (Page #): hidden pit trap (275)

"This ancient subterranean chamber is held aloft by eight crumbling pillars--each carved in the likeness of a bearded robed human whose sapphire eyes shine with eldritch power, illuminating the room in an eerie azure radiance...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): stone golem (281), shield guardian (285), giant spider (285), animated armor (276), skeleton (285), cult fanatic (278), imp (282), incubus (282), bone devil (277), fire elemental (280), mummy (283)

"There are many powers in the world understood by mortal minds; magic, science, even the soul. But others are powerful for reasons unknown to any man, their limits as unknown as their dangers...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): ravenfolk scout (284), ravenfolk warrior (284), ravenfolk doom croaker (284), shield guardian (285), ravenfolk veteran (287)

"This complex is set inside a small pyramid or ancient burial site, deep within the desert. It is home to the remains of Nekh-ta-Nebi, a minor nobleman whose lust for power maintains him and his dusty retinue, centuries after their unholy deaths...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): giant scorpion (281), ghouls (281), mummy (283), wight (287), ghoul (281), ghast (280)

"There have always been those who would stop at nothing to gain answers to their questions. Does your party dare to meet such a man whom even history cannot forget?..."

Encounter Prep (Page #): shadow (285), zombie (287), wraith (287), gibbering mouther (281)

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Trap Prep (Page #): simple pit (275)

"The forest is alive with the songs of birds and insects. The weather has warmed to a comfortable balmy temperature. The wind is blowing and the smell of flowers and fresh fauna float in the air...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): water elemental (287), green hag (281), hell hound (281), awakened shrub (276), awakened tree (276)

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Trap Prep (Page #): spiked pit (275)

"In the distant past, the ancestors of the reclusive treants made a bargain with some unknown entity or power to grant their kind special favor in exchange for agreeing to serve as wardens of the hidden places of the world, such as the confluences of ley lines and other sites of mysterious power...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): troll (286), ogre (283)

"Exiled from the port city of Octomere after one too many explosions, the gnomish inventor Ajquam created the giant mechanical crab known as the Apparatus of the Brachemoth and returned for vengeance. To power his creation, Ajquam bound a water elemental named Limus...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): Limus (287), shield guardian (285), poisonous snake swarm (286), water elemental (287)

"Ancient azers built this temple to honor a great elemental fire god. Within its secluded walls, they spent long hours painstakingly crafting new azers to build a kingdom in his honor. The temple soon attracted the attention of a powerful efreeti who deemed the azers a threat...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): azer warrior (unlisted), black pudding (276), poisonus snake swarm (286), ghost (280)

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Trap Prep (Page #): locking pit trap (275)

"While delving the darkened passages of a dungeon, occasions to rest and resupply are precious. Is it then any surprise that fell creatures turn such opportunities into bloody horror? A shelter mimic, disguised as a section of dungeon, lures in wandering monsters, explorers and adventurers with offers of safe rest and resupply. A rare specimen of mimic, the creature disguises itself as a house, cave, or in this case, a collection of dungeon chambers...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): doppleganger (278), gelatinous cube (280)

"A powerful wizard created the maze to ensnare treasure hunters who may be bold enough to seek his prized hoard of magic items. Though the maze's creator long ago died, its magic persists, and the enigmatic complex has yet to be solved...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): will-o'-wisp (287), xorn (287), salamander (285), wraiths (287), red dragon wyrmling (279), young black dragon (278)

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Trap Prep (Page #): poison dart (275), collapsing roof (275)

"Within the dark recesses of the underworld, safe traveling or trade routes are a much sought-after commodity. The river that runs serenely through these lightless chasms represents just one such vital route, but unfortunately, its toll collectors are insane...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): mage (282), folk of leng (280), ghoul (281)

"While seeking work the PCs are contacted by an artificer named Vynthis Targain who offers them a job investigating an ancient tomb complex. He is convinced the site contains information pertaining to the location of three relics known as the dream rods. He also believes that these artifacts are hidden somewhere within, but his own research has proven fruitless...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): wraiths (287), invisible stalker (282), vrock (287), spirit naga (286)

"The adventurers have been hired by local authorities to sneak aboard the merchant ship, The Last Song. The vessel is owned by the Elloise Drake (suspected of also being the nefarious pirate, Lady Wavedancer)...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): mage (282), half-red dragon veteran (281), bandit (276)

"A century ago a splinter group of assassins used these subterranean chambers as a secret lair and shrine to their vile goddess. More than 70 year ago a rival cult wiped them out; today the chambers should be unused and forgotten, hidden behind the collapsed entrance tunnel...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): Hendor the Cursed (283), ogre (283), gang member (unlisted), skeleton (285), minotaur skeleton (285), flesh golem (281)

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Trap Prep (Page #): collapsing roof (275)

"Somervel's autumn rains lasted longer than usual, and the resulting winter floods impacted more than expected. Some distant pale-forts haven't been heard from in months, being cut off by the linking of frozen rice paddies...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): night hag (283), ettin (280), troll (286), green hag (281), ogre (283), shambling mound (285), giant crocodile (277), stirge (286)

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Trap Prep (Page #): collapsing roof (275), poison needle (275)

"An evil cult of sorcerers has taken up residence in the ruins of a temple in a nearby forest; abandoned long ago by its original priests. The new residents have begun kidnapping denizens from nearby villages and the local authorities are desperate for assistance...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): cult sorcerer (278), spirit naga (286), insect swarm (286), mage (282)

"Argyle the Betrayer was a powerful dwarven cave wizard that was corrupted by a derro magister named Angree' and is now quite insane and bent on the destruction of the surface races, most especially dwarves...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): duergar (280), minotaur (283), mage (282), mummy (283), fire elemental (280), salamander (285), assassin (276), earth elemental (278)

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Trap Prep (Page #): fire-breathing statue (275), collapsing roof (275), rolling sphere (275)

"Deep within some hidden caverns, the PCs find a disguised door leading to a secret space that's becoming a hide-out. With 15-foot high ceilings, the entire area is under a permanent magical darkness spell...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): giant ant (276), assassin (276), swarm of poisonous snakes (286), couatl (277)

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Trap Prep (Page #): spiked pit (275), poison needle (275)

"This complex was once home to kind druids but some years ago monsters attacked, decimating the peaceful occupants and seizing possession of their former home. The trolls and their leader have since settled in the region causing periodic problems and wreaking general havoc...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): black pudding (276), troll (286), water elemental (287), young black dragon (278)

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Trap Prep (Page #): poison needle (275), collapsing roof (275)

"The tale of the fiery comet crash and the haunting of the swamp is known. But now the bog waters are mysteriously drying out, the swampland thinning, and rumors surfaced of devils the comet unleashed. Only the bravest or the foolhardy would dare investigate. But will they be prepared to go against the Chrome Devils of the Swamp?..."

Encounter Prep (Page #): repair-bot (284), securitybot (284), guardian-bot (284)

"Ahmad Sahir was a wizard of great renown, known for his devotion to Matan, Nar, and Shem, the three goddesses of divination and oases. After rescuing the goddesses from an unscrupulous sultan who bound them with foul magic, Sahir was gifted with a desert oasis. He commissioned a small palace to be built and devoted his life to the goddesses...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): earth elemental (276), veteran (287), fire elemental (280), hell hound (281), mage (282), barbed devil (276)

"Because of services rendered, the PCs are now the owners of a small castle on the outskirts of the local kingdom. The castle's previous owners, the actual adventuring group that built the castle, disappeared six months ago; the castle's garrison disbanded once they stopped being paid...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): young flame dragon (279), salamander (285), magma mephit (282), fire elemental (280), imp (282), mummy (283), efreeti (281)

"At some point in their travels the PCs will be forced to camp within the cold and fey-infused Haunted Forest.1 This provides a splendid opportunity for GMs to introduce some local flora and fauna and possibly a couple hostile encounters over the course of the evening...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): frostveil (280), corrupting ooze (277), air elemental (276), young white dragon (279), ice maiden (282), mammoth (283), dire wolf (278), polar bear (284), rime worm (284), wolf spirts swarm (286), verdant knight (286), twisted treant (286)

"The Forest Maze twists and turns, writhes and wiggles through this part of the Haunted Forest. When the party begins to explore the maze, their path is suddenly cut off by a couple of forest fey tricksters intent on having some fun with the party...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): beli (276), insect swarm (286), ice maiden (282), frost cricket (275), paralytic flea (275), swarm of minitaurs (286), nocturnal laughing squirrel (283), luck beetle (282)

"The desert settlement of Serena Hortum is located at the heart of an oasis that is surrounded by a vast desert. The only source of water and reprieve from the scorching sun for a hundred miles, the city is a regular stop for those who traverse the surrounding sand-buried wasteland...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): noble (283), mage (282), veteran (287), spy (286), basilisks (276)

"The town of Ghezbaldi has stood for millennia. Recent construction work to build a new inn uncovered the entranceway to a long abandoned underground complex...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): flesh golem (281), shield guardian (285)

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Trap Prep (Page #): collapsing roof (275), spiked locking pit (275), poison dart (275), spiked locking pit (275)

"In the sub-continent, some extreme religious cults have taken to eradicating the essentially neutral local weretigers. One such band, the law-focused Light-from-Darkness, developed a precise ritual that withdrew a weretiger's essence to its exact last drop...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): rakshasa (284), zombie (287), shadow (285)

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Trap Prep (Page #): spiked locking pit (275), poison needle (275), poison dart (275)

"Rising over 85 feet high, the Candelabra Towers appeared out of the mists, near the front gate of the city. The watch, first on the scene, noticed an entrance near the base...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): air elemental (276), earth elemental (278), fire elemental (280), water elemental (287)

"Many years ago, Tibor, a wizard with an overwhelming desire for knowledge of the plane of shadow, locked himself away in a tower to pursue his studies. Shortly thereafter, his tower was consumed in a dark explosion, and the mage was assumed dead...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): phase spider (284), ghast (280), ogre (283), gibbering mouthers (281), mage (282)

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Trap Prep (Page #): collapsing roof (275)

"A teleportation circle brings the party to a crossroads: floors, ceilings and corridor corners glow red; elsewhere pulses a soft white light...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): iron lector (282), flesh golem (281), clay golem (281), stone golem (281), black pudding (276), chain devil (277), spy (286), gladiator (281), mage (282), priest (284)

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Trap Prep (Page #): rolling sphere (275), collapsing roof (275), falling net (275), poison dart (275)

"The Underworld's layers hide many mysteries. Vast, long-abandoned, deep-set cities exist in the dark. One such site houses Urkkia, a gnome spy who was more...but is now less...than he appears...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): shadow antipaladin (285), shadow beast (285), ghostwalk spider (281), elder shadow drake (279), cult leader (278), orobas (284), shadow (285)

"Duergar cultists infiltrated an abandoned section of a local mine, planning to infest it with spores of their ancient fungus god by opening a planar rift. However, their preparations drew the attention of the miners, and a group of deep gnomes interrupted the ritual...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): elder thing (280), deathcap myconid (278), svirfneblin (286), duergar (280)

"After meeting with Viscount Sihteeri,1 the PCs are in the dining courtyard, discussing the best way to approach their task of sweeping the royal party's chambers for danger...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): salt golem (281)

"The Huntsman's Cabin is a simple affair, only one story, with a high, angular roof. The timbers are stained to help protect against the cold. There is also a small outbuilding behind the cabin...."

Trap Prep (Page #): bear trap (special), pitchfork trap (special), skull and antlers trap (special)

"The Hall of the Hellbound Heart is the dangerous domain of Asmaetheon--an aspiring necromancer of some infamy...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): shield guardian (285), mummy (283), mage (282), qwyllion (284)

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Trap Prep (Page #): locking pit (275)

"The PCs may encounter this mini-dungeon as part of a larger underground complex, or they may be employed specifically by a local power in order to clear this den of undeath...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): gibbering mouther (281), wight (287), invisible stalker (282), wraith (287), cloaker (277)

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Trap Prep (Page #): poison dart (275)

"This well-constructed complex is hidden away under, or extremely close to, a large community, ideally one with a strong history of magic...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): flesh golem (281), mage (282)

"Kazzak the Impure, a young spirit naga, has recently been banished from the intrigues and horrors of his mother's nest. Like the rest of his foul reptilian race, Kazzak is paranoid, covetous and domineering...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): spirit naga (286), gargoyle (280), cloaker (277), invisible stalker (282), monolith champion (283)

"No mortal remembers whether Gholaad was a deity, a primordial titan, or something else, but it is said that the being was slain with a dagger made of pure void, which erased Gholaad and disappeared as it struck home...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): venemous mummy (286), darakhul (278), imperial ghoul (282), wraith (287)

"Mahogany wood stairs descend into a candlelit room. Three velvet couches are along the walls and tasseled pillows are scattered throughout the room...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): vampire spawn (286), efreeti (276), invisible stalker (282), spirit naga (286), swarm of poisonous snakes (286), succubus (286), fire elemental (280), medusa (283), guardian naga (281)

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Trap Prep (Page #): spiked locking pit (275)

"A sinkhole, cut with climb-holds, descends a cramped cavern's south wall, slick with more than just water. A 3-foot-wide path encircles a black, light-absorbing lake...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): aboleth (276), water elemental (287), sea hag (285), hatchling octopus (283), coralant (277), wraith (287), hydra (282), merrow (283), merfolk (283)

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Trap Prep (Page #): fire-breathing statue (275)

"In an incredible piece of opportunistic pilfering, an exotic noblewoman rakshasa was 'relieved' of a valuable necklace (actually a ring of djinni summoning) by a young pick-pocket called Dodger commoner...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): rakshasa (284), commoner (277), otyugh (284), assassin (276), spy (286)

"In a lost tomb beneath the capital city, the last resting place of ancient kings and queens is defiled. A wizard with a heart of crystal and iron resolve seeks the secret of the kingdom's might...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): clockwork huntsman (277), zombie (287), vampire spawn (286), fellforged (280)

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Trap Prep (Page #): locking pit (275)

"Three-thousand, five hundred years have passed since the vampire Daenyr and his followers terrorized the countryside from his dark temple. His name now a myth, his temple in ruins save for a few remaining chambers; no one recalls how or why this came to be...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): vampire spawn (286), cultist (278), vampire (286), cult fanatic (278), mummy (283)

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Trap Prep (Page #): poison dart (275), spiked pit (275)

"A gravely wounded Vikmordere warrior stumbles toward the party, collapses, and whispers that he and his brothers were hunting when they were attacked by a glacial bear...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): berserker (276), glacial bear (281)

"In the far frozen lands of the north, word comes south via traders and messengers that a new threat has reared its terrifying head...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): hill giant (281), shrieker (285), oni (283), winter wolf (276)

"For more than eighty years, the foul summoner Vlexigorn the Tainted has travelled the lands of his birth, binding demons to complete foul deeds in his name...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): archmage (276), glabrezu (281)

"Led by a madman named Zarik, a group of cultists, mercenaries, and other foul creatures have invaded the Temple of Treania...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): kraken (282), veteran (287), deep one hybrid (278), wight (287), sahuagin (285)

"This adventure is geared towards a party that includes a divine character such as a priest or paladin of good alignment...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): priest, noble, commoner, night hag (283)

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Trap Prep (Page #): collapsing roof (275)

"The Underworld houses strange and unpleasant communities, and the ruins of two temple complexes are a perfect example of religious hubris coming before a fall...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): doppleganger (278), wight (287), wraith (287), ghast (280), mummy lord (283), vampire spawn (286), vampire (286), erinyes (280), archmage (276)

"Whilst traveling near the mountains and seeking shelter from a relentless blizzard, the adventurers discover a tunnel carved into the mountainside...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): rime worm (284), grub rime worm (284), ice maiden (282)

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Trap Prep (Page #): fiery glyphs of warding (unlisted), frosty glyphs of warding (unlisted)

"The party is sent to retrieve the soul of Prince Remlek, which has been located in a hidden underground complex, accessible from the sewers...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): hezrou (281), flesh golem (281), night hag (283), clay golem (281)

"Over a millennium ago, a powerful aristocratic vampire named Lauron held sway over much of the land. His people both loved and feared him, for he made the country strong and prosperous through forging pacts with neighboring lands whilst declaring war and conquering others, thus ensuring both the acquisition and control of natural resources, and subsequent wealth...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): vampire spawn (286), ghast (280), ghost (280), ghoul (281), wraith (287), ghost knight (280), swarm of poisonous snakes (286), vampire (286)

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Trap Prep (Page #): poison needle (275)

"Visiting a desert-edge city, the PCs hear of a dig taking place at recently revealed ruins a dozen miles away.They've missed most of the excitement but are asked to go and help the wazir's daughter, a keen archaeologist, because of their superior experience...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): anubian (276), efreeti (276), al-aeshma genie (276), veteran (287), night scorpion (283), young brass dragon (279), psoglav (284), knight (282), guardian naga (281), cult leader (278)

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Trap Prep (Page #): fire-breathing statue (275), poison dart (275)

"A warthog-headed rakshasa, Achellios the Glutton, has gained influence over a town's magistrate...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): mimic (283), bone devil (277), deva (278), rakshasa (284)

"Clockwork maestro Dr. Brighton Bonsworth is known throughout the land for his magnificent inventions, but he is most renowned for his remarkably lifelike automatons...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): mammoth (283), guard (281), commoner (277), unicorn (286), satyr (285), minotaur (283), noble (283), steam golem (286)

" The Halls of Hellfire is a former holy site and part of a fortress deep within the rocky deserts of the South. It was seen as hallowed ground and revered by the many nomadic clans that traveled those deep deserts...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): lamia (282), spirit naga (286), cult fanatic (278)

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Trap Prep (Page #): spiked pit (275), spiked locking pit (275)

"Followers of earth deities worship the ground they walk on and have always built belowground shrines...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): stone golem (281), iron golem (281), flesh golem (281), clay golem (281), earth elemental (278)

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Trap Prep (Page #): collapsing roof (275), fire-breathing statue (275)

"Deep in Underworld, near the outlet of a sacrificial well-shaft, the PCs find a colossal cavern full of densely-packed mosses, liverworts, ferns, and bioluminescent fungi including many Armillaria and Mycenoid species...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): corrupting ooze (277), vine lord (287), treant (286), oozasis (284), deathwisp (278), shambling mound (285), mindrot thrall (283), cavelight moss (277), vine troll skeleton (287), duskthorn dryad (280), black pudding (276), insect swarm (286), tendril puppet (286), cactids (277), will-o'-wisp (287), weeping treant (287), vesiculosa (286), mage (282), gladiator (281), cult sorcerer (278), thug (286)

"The party approaches an old abandoned Vikmordere fortress. Though the structure is run down, it appears as if makeshift repairs have been made recently...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): zombies (287), berserker (276), hoyonde guard (282), hoyonde commander (282)

"A powerful planar entity has drafted the PCs to test out alternate versions of cosmology, hoping mortal creativity might accomplish what immortal acumen could not...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): earth elemental (278), air elemental (277), water elemental (287), fire elemental (280), adult copper dragon (279), adult blue dragon (278), adult white dragon (279), adult void dragon (279), adult brass dragon (279)

"Deep in the frozen wastes, a fire giant outcast named Frexxis sold his soul to the ice devil Scerlyndir, plotting to dominate his old tribe and to enslave a nearby clan of frost giants...."

Trap Prep (Page #): special (details in adventure)

"Deep below a mine and the natural chambers it connected to, a cavernous grotto steeped in ancient magic exists, a place where arcane forces attract spectacular beasts and cause constructs to spontaneously appear for short periods...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): purple worm (284), duergar (280), giant lizard (282), stone golem (281), archmage (276), bulette (277)

"In this adventure, the PCs are seeking information about an ancient artifact known as the Sorrow's Snekkja. Vikmordere1 legends suggest that it can be used to quell the evil that dwells within Serpent Lake, but they provide few hints of its form or whereabouts...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): land aptrgangr (282)

"The power of magic can alter the very face of reality: some in minor, mundane ways, others more profound and sublime...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): enchantress (280), androsphinx (276)

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Trap Prep (Page #): poison spiked locking pit (275)

"Recently, there has been a sharp increase in the populations of spiders, insects, worms, and other vermin in the area...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): ghostwalk spider (281), spider of Leng (285), black pudding (276), hezrou (281), chain devil (277), chelicerae (277), cult leader (278), drider (279), planestar (284), veteran (287)

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Trap Prep (Page #): spiked pit (275)

"Uskonto the Unshakeable, still a relatively young man, disappeared after taking responsibility for a child's death when charging in to save a village...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): archmage (276), assassin (276), devilbound gnomish prince (278), bone devil (277), erinyes (280), cult fanatic (278), vampire (286), aboleth (284), grim jester (281), efreeti (276), encephalon gorger (280), knight (282), orobas (284), imp (276)

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Trap Prep (Page #): acidic glyph of warding (unlisted)

"Recently a wave of otherworldly energy flowed down a fault line far into the Underworld, dissipating where a fire giant monastery rested over a lava lake...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): archmage (276), iron golem (281), shoggoth (285), fire giant (280), bandit captain (276), ice devil (282), adult red dragon (279), druid (280), urochar (286), adult copper dragon (279), glabrezu (281)

"This encounter assumes the adventurers have met the Hvituriddare White Riders clan of Vikmordere and witnessed their unusual practice of riding into battle on the backs of gargantuan winter wyrms...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): winter wyrmling (287), winter wyrm (287)

"Lingering In the shadow of Mount Shalefor, Umberstone Manor is the ancestral home of the Valninboom family. The mansion is set high upon Umberstone Hill on the outskirts of the city of White Oak's Shire...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): vampire (286), vampire spawn (286), archmage (276), thug (286)

"Wooed by a cruel warrior and a conceited conjurer, two beautiful and trusting sisters were crushed to learn the truth about their lovers' unfaithfulness...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): skein witch (285), ghast (280), gray thirster (281), mas wight (283), corpse mound (277), zombie (287), sarakhul (278), bone collectives (276), bonepowder ghoul (277)

"Eternity at the beck-and-call of an immortal outsider can become...'mundane'...while existing simply to extinguish other creatures' lives eventually turns out to be equally tedious...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): rakshasa (284), ice devil (282), bone devil (277), bonepowder ghoul (277), iron golem (281), elemental locus (280), urochar (286), erinyes (280), androsphinx (276)

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Trap Prep (Page #): mordant snare (283)

"The PCs find themselves in a city whose ruler, once even-handed and moderate, fell to tyranny a year after marrying...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): archmage (276), fire giant (280), bandit captain (276), druid (280), vampire (286), assassin (276), treant (286), clay golem (281), knight (282), veteran (287), mage (282), priest (284), deva (278), noble (283), cult leaders (278), medusa (283), imperial ghoul (282), scout (285), clay golem (281), guardian naga (281), ghost knight (280), adult void dragon (279)

"You can acquire anything in the world's great cities if you spend enough time and money. This may involve dealing with shady types, but at other times, the sale is entirely above board...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): voidling (287), steam golem (286), glabrezu (281), vrocks (287), water elementals (287), shield guardian (285), air elemental (276), young wind dragon (279), fire elemental (280), clockwork abomination (277), earth elemental (278), young mithral dragon (279)

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Trap Prep (Page #): fire-breathing statue (275)

"The Dark Tide is a small floating isle of coalesced dead coral and barnacle surrounded by a pool of black slime. The temple of Xyn, home to the Maw, is located at its center...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): cult fanatic (278), cult leader (278), giant poisonous snake (285), commoners (277), hydra (282)

"In pursuit of a city's kidnapped ruler, the PCs find themselves investigating a former prison. At the bottom of an oubliette in the deserted rooms, they find a passage forced into the Underworld...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): cult leader (278), huge spider (285), ettercap (280), elemental locus (280), gladiator (281), mage (282), frost giant (280), deep one archimandrite (278), corrupting ooze (277), insect swarm (286), roper (285), noble (283)

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Trap Prep (Page #): poison dart (275), simple pit (275)

"Far below ground, in remote caverns laced with web-like strands of adamantine and mithral, the party finds a colossal cave-in and scores of dead drow, duergar, and dwarves. Searching finds no metallic items; not a scrap remains...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): star drake (279), clockwork watchman (277), iron golem (282), hoard golem (281), adult void dragon (279), young void dragon (279), clockwork myrmidons (277), shield guardians (285)

"Six scribes, each focusing on one of the prime attributes defining a person's abilities, banded together to perfect the chosen ability in her own mind or body...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): shabti (285), vampire (286), vampire spawn (286), swarm of poisonous snakes (286)

"Exploring a cataclysm-ravaged Underworld city, the PCs find a hallway holding two statues. Walking in, the sculptures' eyes follow them...."

Encounter Prep (Page #): ancient mithral dragon (279), smaragdine golem (281), ancient mithral dragon (279), purple worm (284), marilith (283), balor (276), rubezahl (285), chain devil (277), mummy lord (283), venemous mummy (286), herald of blood (281)