Lost Mines of Phandelver

theopeningabove.Acharacterattemptingtoascendor

descendthechimneyshaftmustmakeaDC 10 Strength

(Athletics)check.Ifthechecksucceeds,thecharacter

movesathalfspeedupordowntheshaft,asdesired.Ona

checkresultof6-9,thecharacterneithergainsnorloses

ground;onaresultof 5 orless,thecharacterfallsand

takesld6bludgeoningdamageper 10 feetfallen,landing

proneatthebaseoftheshaft.

Developments
Ifthewolvesaregoadedbyenemiesbeyondtheirreach,
theyaredrivenintoafrenzythatallowsthemtoyankthe
ironrodsecuringtheirchainsoutofthefloor.Eachround
thatanycharacterremainsinsight,thewolvesattempt
asingleDC 15 Strengthcheck.Onthefirstsuccess,
theyloosentherodandtheDCdropsto10.Onasecond
success,theyyanktherodloose,bendingitsothattheir
chainsarefreed.
Agoblinorbugbearcanuseitsactiontoreleaseone
wolffromitschain.

4. SteepPassage

Fromthispointon,characterswithoutdarkvisionwill

needlighttoseetheirsurroundings.

Themainpassagefromthecavemouthclimbssteeply

upward,thestreamplungingandsplashingdownitswest

side.Intheshadows,asidepassageleadswestacrossthe

othersideofthestream.

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AdventureMaps

MapsthatappearinthisadventurearefortheDM’seyesonly.

Amapnotonlyshowsanadventurelocationinitsentiretybut

alsoshowssecretdoors,hiddentraps,andotherelementsthe

playersaren’tmeanttosee—hencetheneedforsecrecy.

Mapsarebestusedtoshowmultiroomlairsandother

locationsthathavemanyplacestoexplore.Therefore,notevery

locationneedsamap.

Whentheplayersarriveatalocationmarkedonamap,you

caneitherrelyonaverbaldescriptiontogivethemaclear

mentalpictureofthelocation,oryoucandrawwhattheysee

onaseparatepieceofgraphpaper,copyingwhat’sonyourmap

whileomittingdetailsasappropriate.

ScaleandGrid.Ascaleallowsyoutomeasuredistances

anddimensionsaccurately,whichisimportantforcombat

encounters,magicaleffects,andlightsources,amongother

things.Indoormapsusegridsquaresthatareeither 5 feetona

sideor 10 feetonaside.

CompassRose.Acompassrosecomesinhandywhenyou’re

describinglocations.Forinstance,youmightneedtotell

playersabout“barrelsalongthenorthwall”or“thestaircase

descendingtothewest.”

Charactersusinglightordarkvisiontolookfartherupthe

passagespotthebridgeatarea5.Add:

Intheshadowsoftheceilingtothenorth,youcanjustmake

outthedimshapeofaricketybridgeofwoodandrope

crossingoverthepassageaheadofyou.Anotherpassage

intersectsthisone,twentyfeetabovethefloor.