D&D Tomb of Annihilation

TheBeastsforSaletableliststhecreaturesavailablefor
purchaseinPortNyanzaru.Statisticsforthehadrosaurus,the
deinonychus,andtheflyingmonkeyappearinappendixD.See
theMonsterManualforallothers.

BeastsforSale

Beast ItemPrice
Flyingmonkey,giantlizard,or
hadrosaurus

100 gp

Ankylosaurus,deinonychus,or
flyingsnake

250 gp

Triceratops 500 gp

Jessamine

Dealsinplants,poison,andassassination
Jessamine(NfemaleChultanhumanassassin,herhitpoint
maximumreducedto 58 )doesn’tspeakoften.Whenthe
councilfindsitselfdividedonanissue,however,Jessamine
usuallycaststhe
decidingvote.Most
ofherbodyis
hiddenunder
billowyrobesand
tightlywrapped
blackbandages.
Jessamine
tradesinplants,
herbs,poison,and
sanctioned
assassination.
Murderisillegalin
PortNyanzaru,asit
isalmost
everywhere,but
Jessaminehasa
monopolyon
“sanctions”—writs
thatallowakilling
byordained
methods(usually
poisonorstabbing
withablade).Foranaddedfee,heragentswillcarryoutthe
assassination,withresultsguaranteed.Poisonisherspecialty,
andshehasavastpersonalcollection.Shesellsallthepoisons
listedinthePoisonstableinchapter 8 oftheDungeonMaster’s
Guideatmarketprices.
Twelveyearsago,Jessaminehadabriefbuttorridlove
affairwithanAmnianseacaptain.The“fruit”ofthataffairisa
shydaughternamedYmezra.UnderJessamine’swatchfuleye,
tutorsareteachingYmezratheskillssheneedstotakeover
thefamilybusinessoneday.
Jessamine’sCurse.Beforeshewentintobusinessforherself,
JessamineworkedasanassassinforaCalishitepasha.She
diedonamission,butherbenefactorpaidahandsomepriceto
raiseherfromthedead.Asaresultofhermisfortuneyears
ago,Jessamineisnowsufferingfromtheeffectsofthe
Soulmonger’sdeathcurse.Shecoversherrottingfleshwith
scarvesandbandagewrappings,andsheispredisposedto
helpanyadventurersactivelytryingtoendthedeathcurse.

Jobal

Dealsinguidesandsellswords

Jobal(NEmaleChultanhumanscout)madeafortuneasa

wildernessguidewhenthepartyhewasworkingfor

discoveredastunningcacheofChultangoldandjewels.

Miraculously,onlyJobalsurvivedthegauntletofundeadand

dinosaur

attacks,making

itbacktoPort

Nyanzaruina

canoeladen

withtreasure.

There’sno

doubthe’sleda

lifeofadventure;

hisbodybears

manyscars

fromhis

escapades.His

chiefspy,

confidante,and

consortisAazon

Talieri(NGmale

Tethyrian

humanspy).

Jobaltrustshim

implicitly,and

Aazon’sloyalty

isbeyondreproach.

Becauseofhisdealingswithexplorers,Jobalhasanintense

interestinmapsofChult.Hewouldpaythecharacters

handsomelyforSyndraSilvane’smap,ifhelearnsofits

existence.Iftheyrefusetosell,he’llresorttotheft,and

eventuallytomurder.

HiringaGuide.IfthecharactersvisitJobalinsearchofa

guide,herecommendsthattheyseekoutoneormoreofhis

guidesinPortNyanzaru(see“FindingaGuide”).Jobalassigns

Aazonthetaskofescortingtheadventurerstowhichever

guidesinterestthem.Jobaldoesn’trequirepaymentupfront,

sinceallguidesinPortNyanzaruarerequiredbylawtopay

himafaircutoftheirearnings.

IfthecharactersfollowJobal’sadviceandaccompany

Aazon,givethemcopiesofhandouts 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ,and 8

(seeappendixE)asAazonintroducesthepartytovarious

guidesinthecity.

Kwayothé

Dealsinfruit,wine,

ale,tej,oil,perfume,

andinsectrepellent

Kwayothé(NE

femaleChultan

humanpriestweari

ngaringof

resistance[fire])is

calmand

contemplativeina

waythat’svaguely

menacing.She

worshipsthefire

godKossuth

(pronouncedkaw-

SOOTH)andlikes

torturingothers,