Blood Above, Blood Below is an Epic Adventures module set in the Forgotten Realms using the Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition ruleset. It was designed to be played by three different parties of adventurers at the same time, each with their own objectives but with the success of all of them together determining the final outcome.
It is part of the Rage of Demons series of adventures published for the D&D Adventurers League. It focuses on Hillsfar, Maerimydra and Szith Morcane, and is an adventure designed for three to seven 1st- to 16th-level characters. This module debuted at GenCon2015.
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In two different arenas, the call for blood has been sounded. The five factions now seek out bold adventurers willing to brave death in order to draw attention away from Szith Morcane, and in so doing allow a small group to infiltrate the drow outpost and return it to the hands of the drow. What role will you play in this deadly game?[1]
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Summary[]
As two mass combats play out at the same time, a trio of powerful incubi, called the Crimson Trinity attempt to channel the souls of those who die to their master, Graz'zt, in the hopes of giving him enough power to begin a conquest of Toril. Drow refugees from Szith Morcane have warned the Emerald Enclave, Harpers, Lords' Alliance, Order of the Gauntlet and Zhentarim of the plot, and each faction together sends hundreds of their most able agents in secret to foil it.
Index[]
- Characters
- Arias Goldthorn • Dargol Rend • Dragomira Var • Fayd Uldrane • Fluuz Agruub • Gheriot • Guldocht • Hledh Hellspawn • Kaele Icaryd • Kel Morcane • Myrkthrasir • Oromoth • Solom Ned'razak • Tonorok • Urek Coldwater • Vheloch • Ygrmog • Zor Mirko
- Referenced only
- Alisannara Morcane • Graz'zt • Maalthir • Torin Nomerthal
- Creatures
- Barlgura • Cloaker • Darkmantle • Dretch • Drow • Elf • Eye of flame • Fire giant • Flameskull • Giant scorpion • Giant spider • Gorgon • Half-orc • Hell hound • Helmed horror • Human • Incubus • Minotaur • Pegasus • Quasit • Skeleton • Violet fungus • Vrock • Wight
- Locations
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- Region
- Moonsea
- Settlements
- Hillsfar • Maerimydra • Szith Morcane
- Referenced only
- Abyss • Azzagrat • Cormanthor • Daggerdale • Melvaunt • Mulmaster • Phlan • Sporedome • Stojanow River • Thentia • Zelatar
- Magic
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- Items
- Belt of fire giant strength • Ioun stone
- Potions
- Potion of healing
- Spells
- Animate dead • Bestow curse • Blade ward • Blur • Burning hands • Charm person • Cloud of daggers • Cloudkill • Command • Crown of madness • Cure wounds • Dancing lights • Darkness • Disguise self • Dispel magic • Divination • Draining kiss • Eldritch blast • Elemental bane • Entangle • Etherealness • Expeditious retreat • Faerie fire • Fire bolt • Fireball • Flaming sphere • Fly • Fog cloud • Friends • Greater restoration • Gust of wind • Hellish rebuke • Hex • Hold person • Hunger of Hadar • Identify • Inflict wounds • Invisibility • Legend lore • Lesser restoration • Levitate • Light • Mage armor • Mage hand • Magic circle • Magic missile • Mass healing word • Mirror image • Phantasmal force • Prayer of healing • Prestidigitation • Protection • Protection from evil and good • Raise dead • Remove curse • Revivify • Sacred flame • Shatter • Shield • Shield of faith • Shocking grasp • Slow • Speak with dead • Spider climb • Spiritual weapon • Stoneskin • Thaumaturgy • True strike • Vampiric touch • Witch bolt
- Organizations
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- Player Factions
- Emerald Enclave • Harpers • Lords' Alliance • Order of the Gauntlet • Zhentarim
- Others
- Crimson Trinity
- Referenced only
- Brotherhood of the Cloak • Red Plumes
Credits[]
- D&D Organized Play: Chris Tulach
- D&D Adventurers League Wizards Team: Chris Lindsay, Adam Lee, Chris Tulach
- D&D Adventurers League Administrator(s): Claire Hoffman, Robert Adducci, Bill Benham, Travis Woodall, Greg Marks, Alan Patrick
Appendix[]
External links[]
Disclaimer: The views expressed in the following links do not necessarily represent the views of the editors of this wiki, nor does any lore presented necessarily adhere to established canon.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Will Doyle (2015-08-01). Blood Above, Blood Below (DDEP3) (PDF). D&D Adventurers League: Rage of Demons (Wizards of the Coast), p. 1.
Connections[]
Defiance in Phlan • Secrets of Sokol Keep • Shadows over the Moonsea • Dues for the Dead • The Courting of Fire • The Scroll Thief • Drums in the Marsh • Tales Trees Tell • Outlaws of the Iron Route • Tyranny in Phlan • Dark Pyramid of Sorcerer's Isle • Raiders of the Twilight Marsh • Pool of Radiance Resurgent • Escape from Phlan • Corruption in Kryptgarden
City of Danger • Embers of Elmwood • The Drowned Tower • Mayhem in the Earthspur Mines • Flames of Kythorn • Breath of the Yellow Rose • Bounty in the Bog • Foulness Beneath Mulmaster • Eye of the Tempest • Cloaks and Shadows • Oubliette of Fort Iron • Dark Rites at Fort Dalton • The Howling Void • The Sword of Selfaril • Black Heart of Vengeance • Boltsmelter's Book • Mulmaster Undone
Harried in Hillsfar • Shackles of Blood • The Occupation of Szith Morcane • It's All in the Blood • Bane of the Tradeways • No Foolish Matter • Herald of the Moon • The Malady of Elventree • The Waydown • Quelling the Horde • The Quest for Sporedome • Hillsfar Reclaimed • Writhing in the Dark • Death on the Wall • Szith Morcane Unbound • Assault on Maerimydra • Blood Above, Blood Below
Treasure of the Broken Hoard • The Black Road • Uninvited Guests • In Dire Need • A Dish Best Served Cold • Beneath the Fetid Chelimber • Chelimber's Descent • Durlag's Tower • Durlag's Tomb • Giant Diplomacy • Forgotten Traditions • Bad Business in Parnast • Jarl Rising • Reeducation • Reclamation • Parnast Under Siege • Hartkiller's Horn • The Mysterious Isle • Eye of Xxiphu
Peril at the Port • A City on the Edge • Over the Edge • A Day at the Races • A Walk in the Park • Whispers in the Dark • Fester and Burn • Rotting Roots • Putting the Dead to Rest • Unusual Opposition • Fire, Ash, and Ruin • A Lesson in Love • In Search of Secrets • Old Bones and Older Tomes • Fathomless Pits of Ill Intent • Streams of Crimson • Pools of Cerulean • Cauldron of Sapphire • Turn Back the Endless Night
Chaos in the City of Splendors • Stardock Under Siege • Last Orders at the Yawning Portal • Once in Waterdeep • The Map with No Names • Beneath the City of the Dead • Dock Ward Double-Cross • A Wrinkle in the Weave • Hero of the Troll Wars • Purging the Blood • Into the Dark • Crypt of the Dark Kiss • Fangs and Frogs • The Skull Square Murders • Poisoned Words • Xanathar's Wrath • The Vampire of Skullport • Rescue from Vanrakdoom • Forge of Fangs • A Change of Address • The Tower of Ahghairon • Moving Day
Escape from Elturgard • Stopped at the Gate • Hungry Shadows • Day of the Devil • Faces of Fortune • Infernal Insurgency • The Diabolical Dive • In the Garden of Evil • Ruined Prospects • Tipping the Scales • Losing Fai • The Breath of Life • The Swarmed Heart • The Vast Emptiness of Grace • Maddening Screams • Honors Unforeseen • In the Hand • Consequences of Choice • Fang and Claw • Where Devils Fear to Tread • Infernal Pursuits • Hellfire Requiem • Liar's Night
Breaking Umberlee's Resolve • Blood in the Water • Saving Silverbeard • Foreign Affairs • Uncertain Scrutiny • Thimblerigging • Moment of Peace • The Harrowing of Hell • Vile Bounty • Unsafe Harborage • Shadows in the Stacks • To Walk the Cold Dark • Night Thieves • The City That Should Not Be • Frozen Whispers • Uprising • Expedition to the Supreme Forge • Against the Machine • Fall the Cold Night • The Death of Szass Tam • Assault on Myth Nantar • Wings of Death • When the Lights Went Out in Candlekeep • Tears Among the Stars
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