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. He opened the silver chest and crawled inside, finding a golden key in there. All with official Dungeons & Dragons digital content! A second later, swarms of undead spiders poured out from the walls! 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. Groups who really don't like wilderness exploration (hex crawl) and puzzles. Dak and Nori went down into the pit to push the buttons. Welcome to the Jungle! Meanwhile, the sarcophagus magically turned crystaline, revealing a skull lord resting within. November 20th, 2018. Oh god, what do I do. Keep Your Powder Dry: Firearms for 5E Fantasy CampaignsNearly 40 firearms with customization options for 5E games, plus magic items, feats for gunslingers, and the alchemist character class! While this does mean youd spoil dome of the surprise, I think being situationally aware and empathic more than makes up for it. My party isnt there yet, but I plan on changing the players size, should they roll a 3; medium -> small or vice versa. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Lets Play Ori and the Will of the Wisps #3, DMs Guild Review Scourge of the Nightingale Part 1: A Song of Love. Or He is only mostly dead. Ultimately they decided to back away and leave them alone, for now. Also to help players remember Inspiration, I'll award it every short or long rest. Thanks for all the ideas so far. I think it was the spirit of Moa. Koopa leaned the grate against the green devil face. To the north of this room, a large fountain crusted with moss rises from the middle of a circular room. Into darkness descend. 0000001693 00000 n It ran away as soon as it saw them. In the hallway the party had some quiet time and hunkered for a short rest. They saw the Grand Staircase to the east, but opted to go west toward the Crystal Window. 0000000016 00000 n Doubling back, the party overcame an adamantine propeller trap using their immovable rod. How about it switches their subrace? Meanwhile Gillian opened the secret door and saw they had made it around to the other side of the tomb within a tomb, which Orvex identified as one of the former gods of Omu Obolaka, judging by the bear statues gripping the eyeball disk. Koopa went back, grabbed the iron grate, brought it in here, and thew it at the statue, which turned the grate instantly to dust. After much deliberating, the heroes returned to the room with the window and decided this was to be next. Opening the chests, the adventurers hear a click. Story consulting by the award-winning creator of Adventure Time, Pendleton Ward. It began to don on them that they had made a mistake. 0000016128 00000 n Undeterred by this, Chidi drank from it as well. You are using an out of date browser. Tomb of Annihilation is an adventure module for the 5th edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. A stone balcony winds around the walls to connect four archways. Like hill dwarves become mountain dwarves, variant humans become regular humans, etc. See pages that link to and include this page. Las mejores ofertas para - Tomb of Annihilation (Dungeons & Dragons) por Wizards RPG Team estn en eBay Compara precios y caractersticas de productos nuevos y usados Muchos artculos con envo gratis! View and manage file attachments for this page. Most of them needed the Advantage just to make a DC 10 Athletics check to cross the room, avoiding the pull of the magnet, and reaching a circular room with a fountain in the middle. 0000028877 00000 n Carved birds soar across the walls of this corridor. 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. Next they focused their attention on the sarcophagus, which they correctly assumed was the zorbo Obolaka. The heroes grand tour was finally over and a winner was declared, the heroes, slowly, and cautiously, entered Moas Tomb. Got a 4 on the next roll, got the temporary hit poijts which set him at a pretty 41 combined with his normal HP. This is a list of the 13 traps in the Tomb that kill you at 0 HP - unlike virtually every other effect in the game. If the goal is to have an effect that would make them drink twice then it kind of has to affect some sort of binary status of the player so that they see it as a switch that they can flip back by drinking again. 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. In short order, the adventurers dispatch the creature back to the Abyss. 0000014707 00000 n After some initial confusion, everyone opted to stay inside and ended up dealing with the poisonous gas. 0000006917 00000 n Its very Alice in Wonderland. They all tried to pressure each other into drinking to witness more of these effects. To the north, a stone staircase descends to the lower levels. Now that they were done in this room, the heroes headed back through the fan to get back to the others. Experiencing perspectives you otherwise wouldnt, isnt that what D&D is about? A sibilant voice whispers in your ear: Let me help you! 0000211347 00000 n You don't actually have to make changing race also change stats. He took a drink, and the water turned to acid in his mouth, spitting it out (making the CON save) but still taking 26 damage! Click to enlarge. When they do this, a stone slab to the south slams shut, trapping them inside. The town of Nashkel, a few days down the road, was utterly abandoned. Where to Buy Available to buy now at your local game store, bookstores, or online retailers. Adventure for Levels 1-11. 0000003556 00000 n You can help our automatic cover photo selection by reporting an unsuitable photo. D&D Compendium is not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored, or specifically approved by Wizards of the Coast LLC. 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. 0000037234 00000 n Then they headed down to the 2nd level. The heroes returned to the central passage, placed the eight cubes in the eight slots and then the stone barrier started to come down. It should be something similar, meaning that it should provide a "permanent" change to the player without actually harming them. Entering the chamber, the adventurers discover that the statue has a magical field that attracts metal objects. Uncertain what to make of the chests, the adventurers descend into the pit, recover the skull cap of the skeleton and move on. After a minute, the stone barrier rose and the puzzle cubes still in the wall were ejected. Koopa drank water from the fountain, and felt pretty ill afterward. The cleric took a drink and was silenced for 8 hours, and decided to drink more in order to try to undo it. Where am I? a voice of a young child echoes in their minds. 0000001276 00000 n Bottom line, like for most good D&D questions, is: talk to your players about it. 1{NK5m&Tdav p0XRpn ^ A@j5\83&W%G*,:0>z1xb;aVz{z\6( ,-}h 4>#?1 0 q{. Mannix whipped out a hammer and pitons to nail into the side of the wall to help, though near the end the magnet-statue pulled the hammer out of his hand, nearly striking Gillian and Khaless, and disintegrating when it hit the statue. Plus, sign up for the newsletter in order to get the latest info on Dungeons & Dragons products, events, and special offersand help stay informed! . Beyond the pit, three treasure chests sit on stone daises. Disclaimer: This adventure will make your players hate you the kind of simmering hatred that eats away at their souls until all that remains are dark little spheres of annihilation where their hearts . Dungeons & Dragons and D&D are property of Wizards of the Coast LLC in the U.S.A. and other countries. I run the Discord server and am a mod on the Reddit sub. Search for the perfect addition to your deck. 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. After going through the half-orcs pockets and saying a prayer, the heroes went through the magnetic room (taking all metal items off) and from there headed north to the Magic Fountain. As he does so, the other adventurers hear what sounds like a stone slab slamming into place. Since that has no bearing on health, stats, or really anything other than RP, it really just seems to be in there as a gag (I'm aware that a similar feature exists in one of the portals in the Tomb of Horrors). 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. In the meantime, Belethor, Chenin, and Vigrid leveled up. Xandala. Behind the sarcophagus, resting atop a marble pedestal, is an ornate crystal box with a small humanoid skull floating inside it. Mannix produced a 25-ft wooden ladder from his Vest of Useful Items, and George helped prop it up to the other side of the room, creating a side-ways bridge. "Can I cast Tashas Laughter on myself to cheer myself up?". The jaws opened and both eyes were alight once more. 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. The changes appear in recent printings of the book. Chapter 2 [New] Mad Monkey Fever (pg. Finally, he rolled a 1. Andor was telepathically contacted by a little girl who he eventually figured to be the skull int he crystal box. Realizing that the entire floor of the corridor is a single pressure plate, the adventurers cast fly to fly over it. Check out how this page has evolved in the past. Examining each of the statues, the adventurers notice that they are images of eight of the nine trickster gods of Omu. 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. Gresh noticed writing on one of the stones. Tomb of Annihilation Spoilers, Tomb of Annihilation - Valindra's role (spoilers), Advice for running Tomb of Horrors with a twist (+), Tomb of Annihilation Post-Mortem (Spoilers), Ignore/Block Essentials, Paid Registrations by. My players are scared, they are debating trying to teleport out to regroup. They found a chamber with a deep pit that contained another sarcophagus at the bottom. Shards and flakes of rusted metal cover the floor around the statues feet. The heading is now Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for WizKids Dungeons & Dragons Tomb of Annihilation Board Game - Standard AS-IS at the best online prices at eBay! The group just entered the tomb last session, so this could come up as soon as next week. JavaScript is currently disabled. At the end of underground stream they came to a giant sinkhole where the water plunged into the darkness. 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. Click here to edit contents of this page. 0000005477 00000 n Mannix, level 9 Yuan-ti Inquisitive Rogue/Divination Wizard 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. Skulls crusted with dried mud glower from niches cut into the walls of this tomb. His voice got higherhis hips widenhis beard fell outhis breasts grew. 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. Coughing from the noxious gas, the adventurers cover their mouths and wait for the gas to clear. Now the next step - the affected player. Discovering a pair of secret doors to the north and south, the characters decide to explore the passage to the north. Each time they would die, and each time someone would heal or stabilize them, all while the others frantically rearranged the cubes, trying in vain to solve the puzzle, when waiting it out was the only option. 0000115463 00000 n My current thought: The creature's physical ability Speak no truth to the doomed child. 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. Inside the sarcophagus was a mummy clutching a evil looking mace. In darkness, it hides. Watch headings for an "edit" link when available. The party correctly surmised this was the In Darkness, It Hides, clue, and left it alone. So option 3 of the possible magical effects of the fountain says that it changes your sex. Communities, Guides, and Extra Content for the. I believe he has possessed me of a sort. 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. Tomb of Annihilation Dare to defy death in this adventure for the world's greatest roleplaying game. Chasing after the creature, the adventurers eventually defeat it, retrieving its skull cap. In a grand staircase that descended into darkness, the heroes stayed on this level and traveled to the opposite side. The cause is a necromantic artifact called the Soulmonger, which is located somewhere in Chult, a mysterious peninsula far to the south, ringed with mountains and choked with rainforests. It had this message around the lock: Billie calmly shrugged his shoulders and cast Knock and easily opened the chest, and found some treasure. Change the name (also URL address, possibly the category) of the page. 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. How did I get here? After some deliberation, the characters decide that they must place the puzzle cubes they collected from the city in each of the niches, leaving Unkh out. Chidi became Chidia. Breaking throught he window, the adventurers step into the room. You could shrink them maybe, but I think they might refrain from drinking so as not to be shrunken more. 0000015732 00000 n View all posts by roguewatson, Your email address will not be published. Maybe it's just me absolutely loving death trap dungeons, but the puzzles and Traps are incredibly fun to run/watch my players try to figure out. $24.99 Add to Cart With a Master Tier subscription, save your party some gold when you share this book/content with other players in your D&D Beyond campaign! To the right appeared to be a balcony and stairway leading down. 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. On the wall behind the sarcophagus, two $429. Speak no truth to the doomed child. 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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. 0000029231 00000 n After dealing with the skull lord in the sarcophagus, the party considered resting in this room, but worried that they'd be harassed by more tomb guardians. (Leads to: Veils of Fear, Oubliette) Veils of Fear Each player loses 2 life unless they discard a card. 0000062635 00000 n I promise to be good.. And a childs voice filled his head, Whats happening, whos there?. The creature scrambles down a passage to the north on the other side of the staircase and the adventurers follow. Finn explored down the left hallway instead, checking for traps as he went. Three marble maidens stand in the fountain holding pitchers out of which water flows. Volothamp "Volo" Geddarm. When they did, they looked back and on the lower level they spotted a Tomb Dwarf wearing a mask similar to the devil face at the tomb entrance. Defeating the skeleton on the ceiling, the adventurers watch as the strange skull cap falls and clatters to the bottom of the pit atop the stone sarcophagus. Billie investigated the sarcophagus and grabbed a staff lying on top. A bas-relief carving of a green devil's face adorned the wall at the T-shaped intersection; the devil's open mouth was a well of darkness. At this point the party went crazy trying to figure out what was going on, and the DM, dear reader, was ecstatic. A moss-covered corridor extends beyond the second door. Following the passage back to the T-intersection with the green devil face, the companions explored the balcony and stairway. Hover to zoom. Drinking from the fountain, Yareck finds himself magically transformed into a woman. The group just entered the tomb last session, so this could come up as soon as next week. He was already heavily injured from the hallway spike trap in the previous session, and the water appeared to heal him. Therin and George pushed aside the sarcophagus, finding the bones of a zorbo, and a magical ring. Grunther, though none too bright, was able to explain what he remembered of the tomb. The heroes moved on. The companions wisely chose not to mess with this thing. The floor did not give out, plunging everyone down into a pit with spikes covered in poison that would last for 24 hours. They then watch in horror as his body is sucked into the chest and the chest is dropped into the water. The party investigate the stone skull and realized there was an entire room beyond it, with the mouth acting as a short tunnel-door. Finn convinced Grunther to crawl into the rusted iron chest, and Koopa took the black onyx chest, both of which also had golden keys inside their lids. Peering into the darkness, the adventurers spy a hunched figure who glares up at them from the balcony below. Billie had a split second to decide as he ran across, held onto the lever but didnt pull it. 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. 0000070485 00000 n All she could offer to aid the adventurers was a map that showed the location of the tomb in the Snakewood, about a week's travel east of here. Something innocuous that will pique their curiosity enough to drink again, and maybe encourage multiple players to drink at once. The chest on the left is carved of black onxy, the middle of rusty iron, and the one on the right is cast of silver and glistening with frost. There were two secret doors in this room. 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. But, during the fight, Andor was inhabited by the spirit of Wongo. 0000063446 00000 n With a shattering crash, the skull rises from the box, exploding in flame, attacking the adventurers. It briefly grabbed Chidi but the heroes were able to slay the creature.