Descent into Avernus

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B A L D U R ' S G A T ·em DESCENT INTO AVERNUS. ...

CREDITS Story Creators: Adam Lee (lead), James lntrocaso, Ari Levitch, Mike Mearls, Lysa Penrose, Christopher Perkins, Ben Petri ...

CONTENTS Elfsong Tavern ........................................... l6 Roaming Encounter: Smiler rzu n ......................... ...

4 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE This guide shows how to pronounce many of the non-English names that appear in this adventure. Name Abisha ...

A BOUT THE ADVENTURE ESIGNED FOR AN ADVENTURING PARTY OF four to six 1st-level characters, Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus i ...

CHAPTER 1: A TALE OF 1\vo CITIES For characters of l evels^1 - Pressed into service by the Flaming Fist, the char- acters seek o ...

ADVENTURE BACKGROUND On the plane of Mount Celestia, the angel Zariel chas- tised her peers for not getting involved in the Bloo ...

8 light which sent the vampire lord scrambling for the shadows and laid waste to his undead army. Thavius Kreeg, who took credit ...

LIFE IN THE NINE HELLS Much of the adventure takes place on the first layer of the Nine Hells. This is not, to put it mildly, yo ...

ALOUR'S GATE BEGAN AS A HARBOR TOWN where traders would meet with "ghost light- ers" - folk along the Sword Coast who used light ...

Meanwhile, refugees from Elturgard continue to arrive with dire claims that nothing remains of Elturel except a crater in the gr ...

THE BASILISK GATE Read or paraphrase the following boxed text to your players to begin the adventure: Welcome to Baldur's Gate, ...

MAP 1.1: BALOUR's GATE level-headed man who treats others with the respect he demands in return. When the characters are ready t ...

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r ELFSONG T AVER N The characters can either visit Elfsong Tavern in ac- cordance with Captain Zodge's wishes or do whatever els ...

1 square = 5 feet MAP 1.2: faFSON G T11vERN E2. LOUNGE Although smoking is allowed anywhere in Elfsong Tav- ern, this lounge is ...

Ell. LARGE GUEST ROOM This room contains an unusual guest: a sahuagin priestess named Oshalla. She wears a cloak made from fis h ...

Any character who has been to Elturel or who suc- ceeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (History) check knows that "the Companion" refer ...