He ran into the next room to find a sarcophagus sitting in the middle; on the far wall stood two bear statues holding a large golden disk between them. Grunther, though none too bright, was able to explain what he remembered of the tomb. The heroes returned to the central passage, placed the eight cubes in the eight slots and then the stone barrier started to come down. 40). At this point the party went crazy trying to figure out what was going on, and the DM, dear reader, was ecstatic. Defeating the wights, the characters realize that donning the masks make them invisible to the disks eyes anas well as the wights. Exploring the area further, the adventurers eventually discover another, secret entrance to the west. Vigrid donned the mask, opened the lid, grabbed the ring, and because inhabitet by the spirit of Obolaka, which gave him the ability to wear the +1 Ring of Protection but Vigrid became risk-adverse. Down the western corridor, an arched, crystal window, six feet wide and ten feet high, peers in on a dark chamber. OB01LAKA1S TOMB MAGIC FOUNTAIN This vaulted tomb is overgrown with moss and creepers. Fear the night when the forsaken one seizes death's mantle and the seas dry up and the dead rise and I, Acererak the Eternal, reap the world of the living. You are using an out of date browser. Finn used the immovable rod to keep the jaws from closing, allowing everyone to pass through unharmed. Wikidot.com Terms of Service - what you can, what you should not etc. The record I found ended with, 'And so the two remaining companions of Falon returned with him to Beregost, the town of Falon's birth. Koopa leaned the grate against the green devil face. As the party discovered, the trickster god possessions arent all bad you gain a new power as well as a new personality flaw. A second, smaller tunnel burrows into the base of the cliff to the east. Koopa noticed a small skull floating inside the crystal box, and then a female child's voice spoke to him: "What's happening? Grunther got extremely distressed upon seeing it, stating that this was the hole that had eaten his hand. They saw the Grand Staircase to the east, but opted to go west toward the Crystal Window. Carefully traversing the hallway, the characters manage to avoid several poison dart traps as they approach the devil face. Manufacturer: WizKids/NECA. Would this be too big a change? It was a good idea, as the teams Athletics/STR scores are a glaring weakness. Beyond the pit, three treasure chests sit on stone daises. Each corpse wears a black mask made of papier-mache and feathers. Plus, sign up for the newsletter in order to get the latest info on Dungeons & Dragons products, events, and special offersand help stay informed! Following the passage back to the T-intersection with the green devil face, the companions explored the balcony and stairway. 0000028877 00000 n
One of the failings of ToA is that there's insufficient foreshadowing of the Tomb, the traps within, its magical conditions, its creator, the atropal, and Acererak. Examining the tomb, the adventurers discover it is not sealed and the lid can be lifted. Having said that, I have no idea what that might be other than gender. The group just entered the tomb last session, so this could come up as soon as next week. Dak noted the shards and flakes of rusted metal on the floor around the statue's feet. (Leads to: Sandfall Cell) Sandfall Cell Each player loses 2 life unless they sacrifice a creature, artifact, or land. September 30th, 2014, Release Date: Something innocuous that will pique their curiosity enough to drink again, and maybe encourage multiple players to drink at once. Inside the sarcophagus was a mummy clutching a evil looking mace. Release Date: A groundskeeper directed them to Falon's grave. This strays pretty far from that, what with the dangerous jungles, aztec style motifs, dinosaurs, and trap-heavy death waiting around every choice you make. At the end of underground stream they came to a giant sinkhole where the water plunged into the darkness. Now they could fully investigate the room: Through some trial and error, the heroes learned that someone had to get into each of the three chests to turn the interior key. To the east, the characters discover an alcove running the length of a narrow tunnel, each featuring a bestial statue standing or squatting above a basin of oil. Ahead, a bas-relief carving of a bearded devils face adorns the wall at a T-shaped intersection. 52 49
Discovering a pair of secret doors to the north and south, the characters decide to explore the passage to the north. In a grand staircase that descended into darkness, the heroes stayed on this level and traveled to the opposite side. From Session 71 of our Tomb of Annihilation live play D&D campaign. Below where the grate had been was a sluggish underground river. The issue is that one of my players is trans, and I feel like a gag about changing genders just for player laughs would be highly insensitive and runs the risk of at best making someone uncomfortable or at worst seriously pissing people off. He felt its nervousness gradually seep into his own personality. Xandala. In an adjoining room, a rusting statue of a knight stands at the west end of the hall, gripping a large iron shield. Click to enlarge. It should be something similar, meaning that it should provide a "permanent" change to the player without actually harming them. So option 3 of the possible magical effects of the fountain says that it changes your sex. Examining each of the statues, the adventurers notice that they are images of eight of the nine trickster gods of Omu. Lifting the lid, the adventurers find a staff inside. A Guide to Tomb of Annihilation (pay what you want) Tomb of Annihilation Companion SlyFlourish Guide DMs Workshop Guides Using Adventurer's League Modules Adventurer's League Official Modules World Timeline Through the Events of the Adventure List of Magic Items and their locations in ToA Recommended Materials Preparation Afraid of the fountains other potential powers, the adventurers return to the previous chamber, using a wall of stone spell to prevent the statue from destroying anymore of their equipment. I think the idea behind that entry on the chart is that, like, the player won't like the change and will drink again and again to get it to change back, which is lots more chances to get poisoned. Billie investigated the sarcophagus and grabbed a staff lying on top. And then the dungeon turned into a window shopping adventure, where the heroes just looked around at a bunch of rooms but never went in any of them. Casting detect magic, the adventurers discover that the water radiates transmutation magic. Dak and Nori went down into the pit to push the buttons. The dead abhor sunlight. Noticing that the area of the mouth is obscured by magical darkness, the adventurers dispel it, releasing a shadow demon. Realizing that the entire floor of the corridor is a single pressure plate, the adventurers cast fly to fly over it. Dungeon cards are nontraditional Magic cards that begin outside the game. Doubling back, the party overcame an adamantine propeller trap using their immovable rod. It yelped when it noticed them, turn and ran into a giant skull head in the wall. A stone balcony winds around the walls to connect four archways. Pulling aside the heavy undergrowth, they see a similar entrance to the one they just found with old bones littering its threshold. I did have to house rule a use of Shield spell to prevent an early death by firetrap in Camp RighteousI still agonize over my weakness Two choices. Once again, if the player disagrees, offer the more neutral alternative. They followed the map's directions straight to a low, flat-topped hill; the top of the hill was covered with large black stones that were arranged in such a way that, when Dak and Nori viewed them from atop the hill, resembled the eye sockets, nose holes, and teeth of a human skull. Then they headed down to the 2nd level. Why cant I see?, Realizing the voice is coming from the skull, the adventurers try to calm it. Plus there's a human who would then become a variant human, throwing most his stats out of whack and granting him a feat suddenly. 0000037863 00000 n
Nothing truly game changing, just a fun little side gag! Khaless sneaked closer down the stairs, descending a full floor to find what looked like a half dozen corpse-like dwarves wearing green devil face masks working on traps and other implements of pain and torture. After Koopa and Dak returned to the rest of the party, they explored down the eastern hallway. A stone sarcophagus stands at the center of the chamber, its lid adorned with a coiled serpent carved in relief. Yuan-ti Broodguard. When he approached, a skeletal hand holding an hourglass emerged from the stone skull's mouth and rotated, trickling sand into the lower globe. Speak no truth to the doomed child. Then rolled another 2 for the silence effect again. The companions didn't explore much further that way because they had no desire to go swimming, for indeed this passage led to the underground river. Shards and flakes of rusted metal cover the floor around the statues feet. Andor was telepathically contacted by a little girl who he eventually figured to be the skull int he crystal box. (Leads to: Cradle of the Death God) Uncertain what to make of the chests, the adventurers descend into the pit, recover the skull cap of the skeleton and move on. Finn ran up to the skeleton, punched it three times, destroying it, and retrieved its square-shaped skull. After the wights were defeated, it took a long time for the adventurers to figure out that they had to wear the green masks to open the sarcophagus, which held a pile of dusty bones and a gold ring. How did I get here? Wipe your feet, enjoy your stay, please die horribly, etc. When they finally succumb, they cant be raisedand neither can anyone else, regardless of whether theyve ever received that miracle in the past. The puzzle cubes flashed and then disappeared and the stone door began to open slowly. Again he stopped and searched, rolled a 20+ Perception (this is George, not Mannix mind you), and spotted yet another secret door on the side of the hallway, leading down darkened stairs. Khaless filled her newly found mug, changing its sad face to happy, and aggressively poured the water down poor Orvexs throat. It began to don on them that they had made a mistake. 0000069972 00000 n
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View and manage file attachments for this page. Now I just need to know what to replace it with. Wiz Kids Chief Yorb - Tomb of Annihilation Box Set 1 - Icons of The Realms - D&D - Dungeons and Dragons - Medium 1" Base Painted Plastic Miniature. Investigating further, the adventurers discover a statue of Unkh behind a secret door. Chidi got a better look at the obelisk and found this sign on it: Boldly the heroes investigated the central passageway, and found inserts for 8 of the cubes. Its very Alice in Wonderland. Khaless tried to Sleight of Hand a faux drink, but Mannixs superior Perception saw through it. 0000037503 00000 n
Not to be left behind, Billie drank from the well, but he got a benefit of 11 temporary hit points. Tomb of Annihilation Dare to defy death in this adventure for the world's greatest roleplaying game. Dak and Koopa gave chase, cornering it in the room north of the knight statue room. Placing the cubes in just as before, with Unkh in the center this time, the door opens. Chidia decided to drink again and lost her voice. Billie was the first to get up the nerve to sprint down the corridor and jump through the fan, and he made it! The keys turn on the inside only. 0000009589 00000 n
Magic The Gathering Arena of the Planeswalkers Board Game Complete. JavaScript is currently disabled. Append content without editing the whole page source. Gresh noticed writing on one of the stones. Instead of breaking through the window, George and Therin lifted up the nearby iron grate, and the party began dropping down into the claustrophobic water tunnel below. Mannix called out another of the clues from the obelisk, Don the Mask or Be Seen! Therin swiped the mask from the corpse in front of him before stepping into the room. Emboldened by the result, Gillian lapped up some water while Mannix tried to investigate the effects on Orvex. Magic: The Gathering Overwhelming Swarm Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Premium Figures. Those who dare enter take heed: The enemies oppose. Pulled towards it, one of the characters finds their suit of armor turns to a pile of powdered rust. Don the mask or be seen. Yeah, this isn't really a great adventure for players who want a forgiving environment! The keys turn on the inside only. When they do this, a stone slab to the south slams shut, trapping them inside. See pages that link to and include this page. Speak no truth to the doomed child. Billie wanted to investigate the eastern passage. Spying a chest on cliff ledge above a large chasm, the adventurers create a magical stone walkway to reach it, only to discover that the chest is, in fact, a mimic. Apparently there was a gas pocket in the next room. 0000070485 00000 n
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Are you friends of my father? I have sugested such things as growing hair everyewhere, and if drunk again losing all your hair. Story consulting by the award-winning creator of Adventure Time, Pendleton Ward. The rest of the companions took cover while Koopa hurled his dwarven thrower at the window, shattering it. If the effect occurs, Id talk to the player in question separately, explain their current situation, and ask them if they are ok with it. Therin turned a corner and went deeper down the southern end of the water tunnel to find a large chest suspended above a pool of water via chains embedded in the ceiling. Buy the book from Game Kastle to support the D&D Compendium! They were being watched. When the three keys inside the chests were turned, three buttons magically appeared on the sarcophagus. I need a little help/group brainstorming to assist me with altering one of the effects of the magic fountain found in room 9 of the tomb's Rotten Halls. You should check them out. My players are scared, they are debating trying to teleport out to regroup. Like hill dwarves become mountain dwarves, variant humans become regular humans, etc. While Koopa ripped up the grate, Finn looked through a glass window at the end of the hall into the next room, but it was dark and he couldn't make out much more than a sarcophagus in the center of the room. A large fountain dominated the center of the room, with three marble maidens holding pitchers out of which the water flowed. Temples and scholars of divine magic are at a loss to explain a curse that has affected the entire region, and possibly the entire world. 0000115463 00000 n
Unless otherwise stated, the content of this page is licensed under. Mannixs Detect Magic revealed Transmutation Magic around the fountain, but the party was desperately curious. He received "weal and woe" for an answer. Nori was especially curious about this carving. The first drink of the fountain was our parties Gnoll Bloodhunter, who rolled a 3 and became a woman. Astone sarcophagus rests on a stepped dais in the mid-Any creature that drinks from the fountain experiences dle ofthe floor. He had to get in on this weird action. D&D Compendium is not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored, or specifically approved by Wizards of the Coast LLC. I believe he has possessed me of a sort. Beyond the pit, near the back of the room, sat three large chests one of black onyx, the second of rusted iron, and the third of silver and glistening with frost. 0000001276 00000 n
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They the heroes came to a spinning propeller in the middle of a hallway, that would slowly ramp up to full speed when anyone stepped on the long pressure plate before it. Now that they were done in this room, the heroes headed back through the fan to get back to the others. If you want to discuss contents of this page - this is the easiest way to do it. Once the tunnel is sealed, caustic gas billows out from the mouths of the relief-carved skulls. While this does mean youd spoil dome of the surprise, I think being situationally aware and empathic more than makes up for it. This subreddit serves as a helpful place for any DM's running the Tomb of Annihilation module. This poor, old woman had lost a leg inside the tomb, and she was so traumatized by the experience that she couldn't say much other than the fact that she'd lost her faith and could no longer cast cleric spells, and her leg had been crushed by a stone skull inside the tomb. The creature scrambles down a passage to the north on the other side of the staircase and the adventurers follow. Near the base of the cliffs, the adventurers discover a fifteen-foot obelisk of cracked stone, draped with vines and black moss. Unless otherwise stated, the content of this page is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License It is difficult to explain.. You could shrink them maybe, but I think they might refrain from drinking so as not to be shrunken more. It had this message around the lock: Billie calmly shrugged his shoulders and cast Knock and easily opened the chest, and found some treasure. Tomb of Annihilation. hb``e``e```[ We think you'll have a much more enjoyable experience. Only 8 left in stock - order soon. This is the first official adventure I ran (thus the insane amount of resources on this page). Andor first and then Billie crawled through the skulls mouth, and wisely Chidi stayed back as he saw both lights from the eyes of the skull go out. The heading is now Grabbing the lip of the slab where it meets the floor, Angrod pushes the slab back up, causing the chest to rise from the waters again. While Dak threw a rope down to Koopa and helped the tortle out of the pit, Finn reset the trap, jammed the pit closed, and opened the stone door. In this door, though, there are nine cavities. 0000010861 00000 n
Don't play it. She took a for-real drink, and the same acid-water that George experienced took effect (though she also made the CON save). Extra-planar evil is trapping the souls of the dead with a "Death Curse". A large fountain dominated the center of the room, with three marble maidens holding pitchers out of which the water flowed. Coughing from the noxious gas, the adventurers cover their mouths and wait for the gas to clear. Koopa drank water from the fountain, and felt pretty ill afterward. Koopa went back, grabbed the iron grate, brought it in here, and thew it at the statue, which turned the grate instantly to dust. Behind the sarcophagus, resting atop a marble pedestal, is an ornate crystal box with a small humanoid skull floating inside it. Mannix, level 9 Yuan-ti Inquisitive Rogue/Divination Wizard "You guys watch as the cleric turns to dust." Obolaka is nervous and paranoid, but also lets their host attune to an additional magic item, which immediately allowed Therin to attune to the Ring of Protection (hes also attuned to the Staff of Thorns, Animated Shield, and Necklace of Prayer Beads). As he does so, green smoke billows from the staff, coiling around him like a serpent. George, level 9 Tortle Battle Master Fighter/Rogue General Wikidot.com documentation and help section. 0000026400 00000 n
Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. She said that Desatysso had used the Dreamer's Amulet to get them out of the tomb, that he had broken it into three pieces. Communities, Guides, and Extra Content for the. 0000003695 00000 n
A moss-covered corridor extends beyond the second door. Picture 1 of 11. Failed the save. . A Guide to Tomb of Annihilation (pay what you want), World Timeline Through the Events of the Adventure, List of Magic Items and their locations in ToA, Overview of plots and sub-plots in the adventure, All handouts for the adventure, courtesy of WoTC, All freely available maps from the adventure, Cellar of Death (module designed to begin the adventure), Printable Puzzle Cubes OR Puzzle Cubes v2, 3D-printable Puzzle Cubes from TinkerCad User SteveyB, The Tortle Package - official AL-legal playable race and a side adventure, The Ruins of Mezro - An entire campaign with support up to level 20, Google Spreadsheet For Generating A Lot Of Stuff, Karnivs-Treasures-of-Chult-50-New-Magical-Items, Raiders-of-the-Lost-Tomb-Chult-Adventurers-Guide, 35-Magical-Items-for-Tomb-of-Annihilation, Drax-Deadly-Plants-of-Chult-50-deadly-jungle-plants. 4 The creature drinking the water gains 2dl0 tempo-rary hit points. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. On the wall behind the sarcophagus, two He opened the silver chest and crawled inside, finding a golden key in there. Into darkness descend. Dozens of eyes suddenly opened all over the disk, all of them fixated on him. 0000015956 00000 n
The sage continues in Dungeon of Deception. Here they looked in through a thick window and saw a stone sarcophagus with six corpses sitting in thrones, as well as a skeleton with a triangle-shaped thing on its head. When there's an effect that "If this reduces a character to 0 hp the character instantly dies" I'll instead have it reduce a character to dying with one auto failed death saving throw. Therin and George pushed aside the sarcophagus, finding the bones of a zorbo, and a magical ring. Knowing my group, I am considering just telling them where the 'danger zone' is: * Although I normally roll behind the screen or take the average, I think in these cases i will amp up the drama by doing the insta-kill damage rolls out in front of everyone. Click here to edit contents of this page. 0000062902 00000 n
I run the Discord server and am a mod on the Reddit sub. Victims grow thinner and weaker each day, slowly but steadily sliding toward the death they once denied. To the north, a stone staircase descends to the lower levels. This happened really early into the session. Going through the north door, Dak and Finn found a rusting statue of a knight standing at the west end of a hall, gripping a large iron shield. They all tried to pressure each other into drinking to witness more of these effects. 0000003556 00000 n
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He guess correct. The party correctly surmised this was the In Darkness, It Hides, clue, and left it alone. Join us live on Fridays at 7pm Pacific/10pm Eastern! The Tomb in General First, you need to read the part on pages 126 and 127 about the Skeleton Keys, and make sure that the party gets the idea early on that they need to find one of these malformed skeletons on each level of the tomb. After encountering Mr. Withers, aka the Dungeon Concierge, the party explores most of the first level of the Tomb of the Nine Gods (the Rotten Halls), performing admirably except for one magical fountain they just couldnt resist. Notify administrators if there is objectionable content in this page. Create your D&D Beyond account today, and start using the guided character builder. Dungeons & Dragons and D&D are property of Wizards of the Coast LLC in the U.S.A. and other countries. He found a stone door blocking his way, an iron lever set into the door, and a stone skull leering down from above. Starring: Your email address will not be published. It could just be a fun roleplay opportunity! Manifesting within the realm as a terrible plague, it is a slow, withering rot that takes hold of any soul who has been restored by divine intervention. 0000063446 00000 n
There's no record as to the specifics, but the expedition met with utter disaster. Hover to zoom. Therin, level 9 Hill Dwarf Druid of the Moon.
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