CREDITS
lead Designers: Mike Mearls, Kate Welch
Designers: Wo lfgang Baur, James lntrocaso, Joseph A. McCullo ugh,
Jon Sawatsky. Steve Winter
Design Consultants: Will Ansell, Myke Cole
Developers: Jeremy Crawford, Ben Petrisor, F. Wesley Schneider
Playtest Coordinators: Bill Benham, Christopher Lindsay
Playtest Analyst: Ben Petri~or
lead Editor: Kim Mohan
Editors: Michele Carter, Scott Fitzgerald Gray, F. Wesley Schne ider
Art Direction: Kate Irwin
Graphic Design: Emi Tanji, Trish Yochum
Concept Artist: Shawn Wood
Senior Art Director: Richard Whitters
Senior Creative Art Director: S hauna Narciso
Cover Illustrator: Grzegorz Rutkowski
Cartographers: Dyson Logos, Mike Schley
Interior Illustrators: Even Amundsen, Joachim Barrum, Mark
Behm, Eric Belisle, Zoltan Boros, Sam Burley, Sidharth Chaurvedi,
Conceptopolis, Olga Dre bas, Wayne England, Justin Gerard, Leesha
Hannigan, Lake Hurwitz, Tyler Jacobson, Sam Keiser, Julian Kok,
Michael Komarek, Slawomir Maniak, Brynn Metheney, Christopher
Moeller, Scott Murphy, Jim Nelson, Vincent Proce, Chris Rallis,
Chris Seaman, Rudy Siswanto, David Sladek, Francis Tsai, Franz
Vohwinkel, Richard Whitters, Shawn Wood, Mark Zug
O N THE COVER
A group of desperate adventurers confronts a deadly sahuagin warrior
o n rough seas. Meanwhile. unbeknownst to the heroes, a monstrosity
from the d eep breaks the surface to assault their ship. This piece
marks Grzegorz Rutkowski's debut as a cover artist for D&D.
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620C629700 0001 EN
ISBN: 978-0-7 869 -6 675 ·
First Printing: May 2019987654321 CE
Producer: Dan Tovar
Project Managers: Bill Benham, Stan!, Matt Warre n
Product Engineer: Cynda Calloway
Imaging Technician: Kevin Yee
Art Administration: David Gershman
Prepress Specialist: Jefferson DunlapSenior Director Global Brand Strategy: Nathan Stewart
Director licensing & Publishing: Liz Schuh
Licensing Manager: Hilary Ross
Digital Marketing Manager: Bart Carroll
Senior Communications Manager: Greg Tito
Manager Global Brand Marketing: Anna Vo
Brand Manager: Shelly Mazzanoble
Associate Brand Manager: Pelham Greene
Principal Game Designer. Chris Perkins
Narrative Designers: Adam Lee, Ari Levitch
Pbytesters: Adam Howard, Adrian Farmor, Alan Or<h. Ale• D'Am1co. Ale• Forsyth
Alex Kammer. Alex McClead. Afex Wilson, Alexander l<retov, Alicia Cisneros, Ahcia
Graham, Amanda Stone, Amber Spova, Andre Battrick, Andrew Corneio, Andrew Epps,
Andrew Ku1awa, Andy Baker, Anthony V1c1n1, Ari Gonulu, Ariel H•rsh, Arthur Wright,
Ashleigh Bishop, Austin Fields, Austin H•fflie, Aus tin Sanders, Beau Coker. Ben1omin
Shlndewolfe. Beverly Stauffer. Biii Kerney, Boyd Bennrn. Brenda Hopper, Brendan Barr,
Broderick Jones. Bruce laClair, Call Davis. C•mcron Scruggs, CasS1dy Schenley. Charles
Wri&ht. Chase Louviere. Chene Bruce, Cheryl Pierce, Chloe M1tzay1. Chris Davis. Chris
Kens ta. Chns McGove rn. Chns Wood, Christia n Franz, Chflstian Hancock, Chr1s11an
Zoltaf Bellomo, Chust1ne Weidenbach, Chnstophtt Hac~ler~ Christopher Scoggin,
Christopher Wood. Chuck Benscoter. Cindy Moort. Clayton Embrey. 01ff H•nger. Cody
Helms. Collin Wh .. ltr. Connor S<htnck. Connor Self. C,.1g Domres, Dace Mcfadden.
01n Beam. Dan DeHun. Oan Harsh, Dan Harsh. Dan krinesttwr. Oamel E. Chapman
II. Daniel 'KBhn' Oliveira, Daniel Kl1nest•vtr, Daniel Tye. Otlno Berto. Dave Sacker, Dave
Knighton, David •cameron• Gidcumb. Oav1d Mon1s. Oav1d SchnoH, OaVld Woods.
Oerek Gray, Oerek Myers, Oevon Argo. Doug Oavos. Oylan Cole. Ed kr•ft. Em1eCih•ngir.
Enc Kooistra Enk Grentet, Evan Jackson. Evan Rodarte, Evan Schulz, Flo Vela squez,
C•bnel Soares Machado, Gabrielle Zulask1, CentSls Martinez. Greg Lyman. Greg Smith,
Gugory Pa.rov 1 chn1kov, Gvs Reyer. Haig Morrison, Heather Coleman, H~ctor Ramirez.
How•rd Hubbard, Hugo Mendieli, Ian Hawthorne. l•n Kimmel, Ian R1<k. Jackson
Thomas. Jacob Benscoter, Jacob Dalton, Jacob DelMauro, Jamal AH, James Armstead,
James Endicott. James Hazel, lames Holland, James Kirtley. l•m« Schweiss, Jamie
Shepperson. )•red Fegan. Jason Conwell, rason )orosz. Jason Lopez, Jason Maneson,
joson Thomas. Jawsh Murdock, jay Africa, jay Elmore. Jay )•n•. Junette Wiiey. Jeffery "Jj"
Zielinski, Jeffery Barnes, JenniferCourvre-Swarner, Jeramie Coopef, jerem1iih Gaddis,
Jeremiah Pop•. Jernn Chambers. Jesse Smoth. Jessoca Goff, J1a l,.n Tin. J•m Berner. Jim
Quirk, )oao Eduardo D•ntas. joDee Murch. Jc>e Boergies, loe G1over. fc>e Mor• nd•. Joel
Gonulez. lc>el Thompson, John Amann, John Fulmer lohn Horan, john Mangrum,
lohn Stockles. John W Mangrum. Jon l•mk1n, Jonathan Connor Self lonathan Longstaff.
jo•dan Brass. Jorge Sepulveda, Joseph Kauffman Ill, Joseph Schonck Ill, foseph Sompson
Ph 0, Joshua Frtdrtckson. Joshua Hart, Joshua Lt••n. lul•t Wright. Jul•us Sm1th, lusttn
Faris, Kalani Jasmine Vernon. K411fan1 Vernon. Kar~ Rader, Karl Resch, Kate Tollefson,
k•ttlyn Pop•. Kathy Ounn, Kelly Lewis, Ken Beckman, Ken Breese, Kenneth M•han.
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