![]() ![]() In this encounter, the characters must use their wits to find a way through the wilderness and avoid monsters. Success on this skill challenge will result in the characters finding a safe path through the wilderness, while failure will lead them astray. This skill challenge is suitable for characters of 2nd level. Skip the Baldur's Gate content and go straight to Avernus.Įxploration Encounter: Detour Past Dragonspear.Scale up the Baldur's Gate content in Descent into Avernus from 1st to 3rd level, and slow XP gain down significantly by halving or even quartering XP values until they reach Avernus.Treat this series as a prologue, and start Descent into Avernus fresh at 1st level with new characters.You can choose one of the following options, or create your own plan, in order to make this series flow smoothly into Descent into Avernus: Though this encounter series is supposed to lead directly into Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus, that adventure begins its characters at 1st level. This is the fifth encounter along this journey. And note, not every day of travel needs to be represented by an encounter the characters may go for days with only minor encounters with passing merchants or travelers. All in all, this journey takes just over a month to complete for a small party of adventurers-assuming they’re well-prepared and no serious complications arise. A small party on horseback can cover about 24 miles per day at a casual pace, with just under two days off for rest per tenday of travel. The trip from Waterdeep to Baldur’s Gate covers about 750 miles of both road and off-road wilderness. You can keep track of this journey on this massive map of the Sword Coast, originally presented in the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide. You may use this series as an introduction to the upcoming D&D storyline Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus, as an expansion to the caravan sequence in the first D&D storyline adventure, Hoard of the Dragon Queen, or piecemeal as standalone encounters. This encounter is part of the series “The Road to Baldur’s Gate,” in which a group of adventurers will travel down the Sword Coast for nearly two months over road and wilderness, from the gates of Waterdeep to the threshold of Baldur’s Gate. This week’s encounter is titled Detour Past Dragonspear, in which the characters must successfully navigate through the wilderness around Dragonspear Castle. The adventurers must make a choice of which route to take through the wilderness. The road disappears into wilderness here, and it won’t reappear again until they reach the settlement at Boareskyr Bridge, some 100 miles distant. The Road to Baldur’s Gate has led your party to the ancient, blood-soaked fields surrounding Castle Dragonspear. ![]() Julann will give you Rigah's Dragon Blade +3, you also earn 6000 XP and +1 point of reputation.īeware: Companions in SoD will still leave you if the party's reputation becomes too high or low, as per the normal reaction of characters based on their alignment, and ways of lowering reputation in SoD are both limited and miss-able.Monstrous Compendium Vol 3: Minecraft Creatures Minsc and Dynaheir must be in party and have talked to Rigah in a "bolstering" way before you show Julann Hephernaan's Ritual Notes, you may also need high enough reaction and intelligence to successfully convince her.
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