Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle

Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle is a 5-edition Dungeons & Dragons adventure for the Forgotten Realms. "In Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle&trade;, adventurers clash with a grave threat to the Sword Coast. Backed by Sir Isteval, a hero of yesteryear, they descend into dungeons to keep the secrets of an ancient elemental cult from falling into the clutches of the Red Wizards of Thay. Along the way, the adventurers face an immortal foe from Isteval's past, leading to an epic confrontation in the ruins of Dragonspear Castle.

Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle contains four adventures that connect to form a &reg; mini campaign, taking characters from level 1 to 10. This book also includes all the D&D&reg; Next rules a Dungeon Master needs to run the campaign, including monsters, spells, and magic items. Six pregenerated characters are included, or players can create their own characters using the rules downloadable for free at www.dndnext.com."

Summary
"Adventurers can change the world, but the choices they make may come back to haunt them."

A group of Red Wizards of Thay have constructed a base that contains a quartet of netherese portals that each lead to powerful elemental nodes. In order to access the power of those nodes, they need the portal keys. A Red Wizard managed to acquire one of the keys by attacking the Floshin Estates but was caught and executed in Daggerford after he passed the key on to an agent.

Sir Isteval, a retired paladin from Cormyr, hires a group of adventurers to go on a series of quests that result in acquiring the remaining three keys, taking the group to locations such as the Lizard Marsh and Mount Illefarn before engaging in a climactic battle in the ruins of Dragonspear Castle with vengeful red wizards and the rakshasa who has been manipulating events.

Contents

 * Foreword
 * Chapter 1: Daggerford Campaign
 * Chapter 2: How to Play
 * Chapter 3: Magic
 * Chapter 4: Equipment
 * Chapter 5: DM Guidelines
 * Chapter 6: Bestiary
 * Appendix: Pregenerated Characters

Characters

 * Arvik Zaltos • • Elorfindar Floshin • Hadeshah • Harglevargle • Isteval • Luc Sunbright •  •  •  • Trista •  •

Creatures

 * air elemental • animated armor • ankheg • basilisk • behir • bugbear • black dragon • bulette • bullywug • carrion crawler • centaur • chimera • • constrictor snake • death knight • dire wolf • displacer beast • earth elemental • ettin • fire beetle • fire elemental • flesh golem • gargoyle • ghost • ghoul • giant centipede • giant crocodile • giant frog • giant lizard • giant spider • gnoll • goblin • gray ooze • green dragon • green hag • green slime • griffon • half-orc • hamatula • harpy • hill giant • hobgoblin • horse • human • hydra • imp • invisible stalker • lemure • lich • lizardfolk • lurker above • manticore • medusa • minotaur • mummy • ogre • orc • orog • osyluth • owlbear • rakshasa • rat • roc • shield dwarf • shrieker • skeleton • spinagon • stirge • stone giant • trapper • treant • troll • vampire • water elemental • werewolf • wight • will-o'-wisp • wolf • wood elf • wraith • wyvern • xorn • yellow mold • zombie

Locations

 * Forests
 * Floshin Estates


 * Temples
 * Morninglow Tower

Magic

 * Potions
 * potion of climbing • potion of healing • potion of invisibility • potion of water breathing


 * Items
 * bag of holding • dust of dryness • flame tongue • gauntlets of ogre power • horn of blasting • javelin of lightning • staff of charming • wand of enemy detection

Organizations

 * Red Wizards

Miscellaneous

 * Gemstones
 * alexandrite • amber • amethyst • aquamarine • azurite • banded agate • black opal • bloodstone • blue quartz • carnelian • chalcedony • chrysoprase • chrysoberyl • citrine • corundum • diamond • emerald • eye agate • fire opal • garnet • hematite • iolite • jacinth • jade • jet • jasper • lapis lazuli • malachite • moonstone • moss agate • obsidian • onyx • pearl • peridot • rhodochrosite • rock crystal • rose quartz • sapphire • sard • sardonyx • smoky quartz • spinel • star rose quartz • star ruby • star sapphire • tiger eye agate • topaz • tourmaline • turquoise • white opal • zircon


 * Items


 * Weapons

Credits

 * Project Leads: Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins
 * D&D R&D Team: Greg Bilsiand, Bruce R. Cordell,Jeremy Crawford, Chris Dupuis, Peter Lee, Mike Means, Kim Mohan, Tom Olsen, Christopher Perkins, Ben Petrisor, RobertJ. Schwalb, Matt Sernett, Chris Sims, Rodney Thompson, Steve Winter, James Wyatt, Chris Youngs
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 * Publishing Production Specialist: Jessica Dubey
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 * Imaging Technician: Carmen Cheung
 * Production Manager: Cynda Callaway
 * Cover Illustration: Kekai Kotaki
 * Cartography: Jason A. Engle
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