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Lead Designer:

Richard Baker

Designers:

Ed Greenwood, David Noonan, Thomas M. Reid,

Stephen Schubert, Steven Townshend, Jeff Ludwig,

Robert J. Schwalb

Editors:

Michele Carter, Stacy Janssen

Interior Illustrators:

John-Paul Balmet, Mark Behm, Eric Belisle,

Filip Burburan, Christopher Burdett, Anna Christenson,

Conceptopolis, Wayne England, Jason Engle, Jon Hodgson,

Justin Mayhew, Jim Nelson, Klaus Pillon, Claudio Pozas,

Ned Rogers, Lee Smith, Raymond Swanland, Matias Tapia,

Richard Whitters, Kieran Yanner

Cartographers:

Sean MacDonald, Mike Schley

Typesetter:

Nissa McCormack

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nCounters

Welcome to a special introductory edition of the

Princes

of the Apocalypse™

adventure, designed specifically for

D&D Encounters™ (an official in-store play program)

and the D&D Adventurers League™ (the official D&D

organized play system).

This edition of the adventure is designed for

1st-

through 4th-level characters,

and is divided up

into two parts, each of which contains a number of

adventure scenarios. Characters who finish both parts

of the adventure should reach 5th level at the end.

Characters of 5th level and above cannot play in this

D&D Encounters edition of the adventure, though they

can play the full adventure of

Princes of the Apocalypse.

Each part of the adventure should be played over

multiple sessions of play. For D&D Encounters, the

recommended session length is two hours. The full

adventure contains additional play beyond this edition

(see “Additional Play” at the end of the adventure).

Playing this adventure in store as a part of D&D

Encounters is fun and offers additional benefits to

enhance the experience. Folios connecting characters to

different factions in the world of the Forgotten Realms®

are provided for players, containing information and

accessories, along with exclusive rewards. Dungeon

Masters (DMs) receive a folio as well, themed to the

storyline season (for this season,

Elemental Evil™).

Check with your store for more details. If you received

this adventure and aren’t currently associated with a

store, you can find a nearby store by heading to our

Store and Event Locator.

Sasquatch Game Studio

Wizards of the Coast

D&D Encounters Edition:

Scott Fitzgerald Gray,

Chris Tulach

D&D Lead Designers:

Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford

Story Lead:

Christopher Perkins

Managing Editor:

Jeremy Crawford

Producer:

Greg Bilsland

Additional Design:

Rodney Thompson, Peter Lee,

Chris Sims, Matt Sernett

Art Directors:

Kate Irwin, Shauna Narciso

Cover Illustrator:

Raymond Swanland

Graphic Designers:

Emi Tanji, Bree Heiss

Proofreading:

Jennifer Clarke Wilkes

Project Management:

Neil Shinkle, John Hay

Production Services:

Cynda Callaway, Jefferson Dunlap,

David Gershman

Brand and Marketing:

Nathan Stewart, Liz Schuh,

Chris Lindsay, Shelly Mazzanoble, Hilary Ross, John Feil,

Laura Tommervik, Kim Lundstrom, Trevor Kidd

Playtesters:

Teos Abadia, Robert Alaniz, Rory Alexander, Jay

Anderson, Paul Baalham, Stacy Bermes, Joseph Bloch,

carlo bosticco, Ken Breese, Tim Eagon, Pierce Gaithe,

Richard Green, T. E. Hendrix, Sterling Hershey, Paul Hughes

Matthew Jording, Yan Lacharité, Shane Leahy, Ryan Leary,

Jonathan Longstaff, Jon Machnicz, Farrell Madden, Matt

Maranda, Paul Melamed, Shawn MerwinLou Michelli, Rob

Mickunas, Mike Mihalas, John Proudfoot, Rob Quillen II, Karl

Resch, Sam Sherry, Sam E Simpson Jr, Pieter Sleijpen

Disclaimer: Wizards of the Coast urges adventurers to remember that not all rock creatures

are earth elementals. A talking rock that controls boulders is a galeb duhr. A talking rock

wearing jewelry is a dao. A silent rock that’s resistant to non-adamantine weapons is a

stone golem. A rock with wings is a gargoyle. A rock without a K is a giant bird. A rock that

sits there and does nothing could be just a rock or a balor disguised by an illusion. In all

cases, proceed with caution.

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eAgue

This adventure is official for D&D Adventurers League

play. The D&D Adventurers League is the official

organized play system for Dungeons & Dragons.

Players can create characters and participate in any

adventure allowed as a part of the D&D Adventurers

League. As they adventure, players track their

characters’ experience, treasure, and other rewards,

and can take those characters through other adventures

that will continue their story.

D&D Adventurers League play is broken up into

storyline seasons. When players create characters, they

attach those characters to a storyline season, which

determines what rules they’re allowed to use to create

and advance their characters. Players can continue

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ength

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, D&D,

Wizards of the Coast, Forgotten Realms, the dragon

ampersand, Princes of the Apocalypse, Player’s Handbook, Monster Manual, Dungeon

Master’s Guide, all other Wizards of the Coast product names, and their respective

logos are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast in the USA and other countries. All

characters and their distinctive likenesses are property of Wizards of the Coast. This

material is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Any

reproduction or unauthorized use of the material or artwork contained herein is

prohibited without the express written permission of Wizards of the Coast.

Sasquatch Game Studio and the Sasquatch Game Studio logo are trademarks of

Sasquatch Game Studio LLC.

The

Elemental Evil

storyline season for D&D Encounters

runs from Wednesday, March 18, 2015, through Wednesday,

August 12, 2015. This D&D Encounters edition of the

adventure contains enough play for 9 to 13 sessions. If you

start the adventure the first week and play the sessions in

the recommended two-hour weekly increments, you will

finish this edition well before the end of the D&D Encounters

season. To fill out the rest of the season, see “Additional

Play” at the end of this adventure.

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to play their characters after the storyline season has

finished, possibly participating in a second or third

storyline with those same characters. A character’s level

is the only limitation for adventure play. A player cannot

use a character of a level higher or lower than the level

range of a D&D Adventurers League adventure.

For more information on playing, running games as

a Dungeon Master, and organizing games for the D&D

Adventurers League, please visit the

D&D Adventurers

League home.

abLe of

ontentS

D&D Encounters

Introduction

Background

Overview

Red Larch and the Dessarin Valley

Red Larch

Map:

Red Larch

The Dessarin Valley

Random Encounters

Map:

The Dessarin Valley

Valley Sites

Part 1: Alarums and Excursions

Trouble in Red Larch

Into the Wilderness

Bears and Bows

Designing D&D Encounters Sessions

Haunted Tomb

Lance Rock/Necromancer’s Cave

Tomb of Moving Stones

Rewards

Developments

Part 2: Secret of the Sumber Hills

The Missing Delegation

Adventure Start

Beginning the Search

Designing D&D Encounters Sessions

Feathergale Spire

Skyriders

Spire Features

Map:

Feathergale Spire

Knights’ Quest

Manticore Hunt

Sighing Valley

Rewards

Rivergard Keep

Reaver Ambush

Investigating Rivergard

Keep Features

Map:

Rivergard Keep

Rewards

Developments

Additional Play

Appendix: Cultists and Magic

rePAring the

dventure

You don’t need to prepare this entire adventure for the

first session. Simply get to know the different scenarios

in the adventure prior to playing each scenario (but

remember that the first short scenarios in part 1 can

be played in any order). As you do so, spend some time

familiarizing yourself with the adventure’s locations,

events, and characters—including the sites in Red Larch

for part 1 of the adventure, and the select locations in

the Dessarin Valley for part 2 of the adventure. You’ll

also want to review the relevant statistics for any

monsters or nonplayer characters (NPCs).

Each part of the adventure contains a “Designing

D&D Encounters Sessions” sidebar that talks about

how to divide that part of the adventure up into two-

hour sessions for D&D Encounters play. This adventure

features a wide-open play style that means you will most

often be creating sessions based on the characters’

goals and the players’ choices during the game, rather

than forcing the characters to adhere to a fixed roster of

events and locations.

In order to DM the game as a part of the D&D

Adventurers League, you’ll need a

DCI number.

The

DCI number is your official Wizards of the Coast

organized play identifier. If you don’t have a number,

you can obtain one at a store event. Check with your

organizer for details.

This adventure is designed for

three to seven 1st-

to 4th-level characters,

and is optimized for four

characters. Players that have characters outside that

level range cannot participate in the adventure with

those characters. Players with ineligible characters can

make a new 1st-level character or use a

pregenerated

character.

Players can play an adventure they previously

played or ran as a DM, but not with the same character

(if applicable).

Ensure that all players have official

Adventure Log-

sheets

for their characters. Each player will fill out

the adventure name, session number, date, and your

name and DCI number. In addition, the player also fills

in his or her character’s starting values for XP, gold,

downtime, renown, and number of permanent magic

items. Players will fill in the other values and write

notes at the conclusion of the session. Each player is

responsible for maintaining an accurate logsheet.

efore

ACh

LAy

ession

You can do a quick scan of a player’s character

sheet to ensure that nothing appears out of order.

If you see magic items of very high rarity or strange

arrays of ability scores, you can ask a player to provide

documentation for the irregularities. If a player cannot,

feel free to restrict item use or ask the player to use a

standard ability score array. Point the player to the

D&D

Adventurers League Player’s Guide

as a reference.

owntime And

ifestyLe

At the beginning of each play session, players must

declare whether or not they are spending any days of

downtime. The player records the downtime spent

on the adventure logsheet. The following options are

available to players during downtime (see the

D&D

Basic Rules

or the

D&D Adventurers League Player’s

Guide

for more information):

• Crafting (exception: multiple characters cannot

commit to crafting a single item)

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• Practicing a profession

• Recuperating

• Training

Other downtime options might be available during

adventures or unlocked through play, including faction-

specific activities.

In addition, whenever a character spends downtime

days, that character also spends the requisite expense

for his or her lifestyle. Costs are per day, so that a

character who spends ten days of downtime also spends

ten days of expenses maintaining his or her lifestyle.

Some downtime activities help with lifestyle expenses

or add lifestyle expenses.

LementaL

ryStaL

This season provides one special certificate that is valid

throughout the duration of

Elemental Evil.

The

elemental

crystal

is a single-use item found in the D&D Encounters kit.

wArding

ertifiCAtes

The D&D Encounters kit contains certificates for all

permanent magic items and any rare or higher rarity

consumable items found in an adventure. Whenever

a character records such a magic item on his or her

logsheet, ask the organizer for a certificate from the

kit to award to that player. Certificates can be awarded

while supplies last.

Certified magic items are a fun reminder of play,

but they also serve an important purpose: most

unlock the ability to trade a magic item to another

D&D Adventurers League character. Magic items

earned without certificates cannot be traded to other

characters.

Other items in the adventure might also be certified,

including special rewards. If a special item or other

reward has a certificate, it is noted in the adventure.

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dm f

oLios

At your first session, check with your store organizer to

see if faction-specific player and story-specific DM folios

are available. These are complimentary, and contain

great game accessories and rewards for DMs and

players. Whenever a new player shows up, check with

the organizer to see if any more folios are available.

fter

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LAy

ession

As the characters progress through the adventure,

they can earn treasure in the form of valuables such as

gold, jewelry, and art objects, as well as magic items.

In addition, there might be special rewards that are

story focused or intangible. Since a group’s composition

might change from one play session to the next, you’ll

want to have players update their logsheets before

leaving the table.

Players are responsible for maintaining their own

adventure logsheets. At the end of each session, you

should give out rewards earned and each player should

record that information on his or her logsheet.

Experience points (XP)

are given out to each

player. Divide XP by the number of characters, unless

otherwise specified in the adventure.

Coin, nonmagical treasure, and other wealth

rewards are totaled up in value. That total is then

divided by the number of characters, unless otherwise

specified in the adventure.

Consumable magic items

are awarded at the end of

each session. Potions, scrolls, and other consumable

magic items are divided among the characters. A player

notes the item obtained by recording it on his or her

logsheet. Players should attempt to ensure an equitable

distribution of consumable items.

Permanent magic items

are awarded at the end of

each session. Permanent magic items are rare, and do

not appear often. A player notes each item obtained by

recording it on his or her logsheet. See the sidebar for

guidelines on how to distribute permanent magic items.

Other special rewards

are awarded when noted in

the adventure, usually at the end of a session.

hArACter

dvAnCement

A character who earns enough XP to advance a level can

do so at the end of a long rest or at the end of a session.

A character who earns enough renown to advance a

rank in his or her faction can do so at the end of either

part of the adventure.

owntime And

enown

At different points during the adventure, additional

awards might need to be given out.

Downtime days and renown

are awarded twice

during each part of this D&D Encounters edition of

Princes of the Apocalypse.

In part 1, characters are

awarded downtime and renown after the completion

of the initial short scenarios, then after the completion

of the Tomb of Moving stones scenario. In part 2 of

the adventure, characters are awarded downtime and

renown after the completion of the Feathergale Spire

scenario and of the Rivergard Keep scenario.

At each of these award points, each character is

awarded 10 downtime days, which can be spent

immediately or saved for later use.

ungeon

Astering

iPs

As the DM running this adventure, you have the most

important role in facilitating the enjoyment of the game

for the players. You help guide the narrative and bring

the words on these pages to life. The outcome of a fun

game session often creates stories that live well beyond

the play at the table. Always follow this golden rule when

you run an adventure for a group:

Make decisions and adjudications that enhance the

fun of the adventure whenever possible.

To reinforce this rule, keep the following points in mind:

xperienCe and

iLeStoneS

D&D Adventurers League play does not use the milestone

experience rule. Characters track experience individually and

level up when reaching the appropriate amount of XP.

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• You are empowered to make adjustments to the

adventure and make decisions about how the

characters interact with the world of the adventure.

This is especially important and applicable outside of

combat, but feel free to also use the guidelines in the

“Adjusting the Adventure” section (below) for groups

that are having too easy or too hard of a time in an

adventure.

• Don’t make the adventure too easy or too difficult for

a group. Never being challenged makes for a boring

game, and being overwhelmed makes for a frustrating

game. Gauge the experience that the players (not

the characters) have with the game. Try to get a

sense of what each player likes in a game session (or

simply ask the players), and try to give all players the

experience they’re after when they play D&D. Give

everyone a chance to shine.

• Be mindful of pacing, and keep the game session

moving along appropriately. Watch for stalling,

since play loses momentum when this happens. At

the same time, try to provide the players with a full

play experience that doesn’t finish too early. D&D

Encounters sessions are about two hours long, so

try to be aware of when you are running long or

short. Adjust the pacing accordingly. Each part of the

adventure provides guidelines for breaking the action

up into D&D Encounters sessions.

• Give the players appropriate hints so they can make

informed choices about how to proceed. Players

should be given clues when necessary so they can

tackle puzzles, combat, and interactions without

getting frustrated over lack of information. This helps

to encourage immersion in the adventure and gives

players “little victories” for figuring out good choices

from clues.

In short, being the DM isn’t about following the

adventure’s text word for word. It’s about helping

to create a fun, challenging game environment for

the players. The

Dungeon Master’s Guide

has more

information on the art of running a D&D game.

ermanent

agiC

tem

iStribution

D&D Adventurers League has a system in place to determine

who is awarded permanent magic items at the end of a

session. Each character’s logsheet contains a column to

record permanent magic items for ease of reference.

•

If all the players at the table agree on one character taking

possession of a permanent magic item, that character

gets the item.

• In the event that one or more characters indicate an

interest in possessing a permanent magic item, the

character who possesses the fewest permanent magic

items gets the item. If there is a tie in the total number of

permanent magic items owned by contesting characters,

the item’s owner is determined randomly by the DM.

hArACter

iseAse

, d

eAth

And

eCovery

Bad things sometimes happen even to the heroes, and

characters might be poisoned, diseased, or killed during

an adventure. The following rules can help you manage

such events during a D&D Encounters season.

iseAse

, P

oison

And

ther

eBiLitAting

ffeCts

A character affected by disease, poison, and other

similar effects can recuperate during downtime to help

resolve those effects. (See “Downtime Activities” in

the D&D

Basic Rules).

If a character doesn’t resolve an

effect between game sessions, that character begins the

next session still affected by the debilitating effect.

Party Magic.

If a character in the party has access

to a

raise dead

spell, a

revivify

spell, or similar magic,

he or she can choose to raise a dead character. If

raise

dead

is used, the dead character’s soul must be free

and willing to be returned to life. A character subject

to a

raise dead

spell also takes a penalty to attack rolls,

saving throws, and ability checks that is normally

reduced each time the character takes a long rest. In

addition, each downtime day spent after a character is

subject to

raise dead

can reduce this penalty by 1, over

and above any other benefit the downtime provides.

Dead Character Pays for Raise Dead.

If a dead

character’s body is recoverable and his or her soul is

willing to be returned to life, the party can take the body

back to civilization and use the dead character’s funds to

pay for a

raise dead

spell. A

raise dead

spell cast in this

manner costs the character 1,000 gp.

Character’s Party Pays for Raise Dead.

As above,

except that some or all of the 1,000 gp cost of the

raise

dead

spell is paid for by the party at the end of the

session. Other party members are under no obligation to

spend their funds to bring a dead character back to life.

Faction Charity.

If the dead character is 1st to 4th

level and a member of a faction, the character’s body

can be returned to civilization, where a patron from

the faction ensures that the character receives a

raise

dead

spell. However, any character invoking this charity

forfeits all XP and rewards from the session in which he

or she died (even those earned prior to dying during that

session), and cannot replay that portion of the adventure

with that character again. Once a character reaches 5th

level, this option is no longer available.

Create a New Character.

If a character cannot be

brought back from the dead, a player can create a new

character. The new character does not have any items

or rewards possessed by the dead character. A dead

character keeps all his or her items and rewards, in case

the player decides to raise the character later. Other

characters cannot take a dead character’s treasure or

magic items, and can use a dead character’s money only

to pay for a

raise dead

spell for that character.

eAth

A character who dies during the course of an adventure

has a few different options.

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