The City That Should Not Be, designed by Greg Marks and Jay H. Anderson, is an adventure in the Dreams of the Red Wizards storyline published for the Adventurers League. It is the first part of The Cold Dark series.
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Agents of the Red Wizards have come north in force and are excavating the buried city of Xorvintroth. You're tasked with getting inside the city and finding a safe place from which the Harpers and their allies can spy on the Thayan operations.[1]
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Index[]
Characters[]
- Amri Thistlebrick • Cordarra • Remallia Haventree • Salros Eventide • Tua • Ussa • Zehira Deryan
- Referenced only
- Szass Tam
Creatures[]
- beholder • halfling • human • iron golem • retriever • star spawn hulk • star spawn seer • stone golem • sun elf • tiefling • wolf
- Referenced only
Locations[]
- Bodies of Water
- Sea of Moving Ice • Shaengarne River
- Mountains
- Thunder Peaks
- Region
- Icewind Dale • Sword Coast
- Settlements
- Bremen • Easthaven • Xorvintroth
- Referenced only
- Gundarlun
Magic[]
- Items
- Belt of stone giant strength • bracers of defense • Iltkazar Scepter • spell scroll of sending • spell scroll of teleportation circle
- Potions
- Potion of comprehension • Potion of vitality
- Spells
- aid • alarm • antimagic field • arcane lock • banishment • Bigby's hand • blade ward • bless • burning hands • calm emotions • chain lightning • circle of death • cone of cold • counterspell • cure wounds • dancing lights • dispel magic • dominate monster • eldritch blast • fire bolt • fireball • flesh to stone • globe of invulnerability • greater restoration • guidance • ice storm • invisibility • lesser restoration • light • lightning bolt • mage armor • magic missile • mass healing word • mending • message • minor illusion • mirror image • misty step • prestidigitation • ray of frost • resistance • sacred flame • shatter • shield • shield of faith • stoneskin • symbol • teleport • wall of force • wall of ice •
Organizations[]
- Red Wizards
- Player Factions
- Emerald Enclave • Harpers • Lords' Alliance • Order of the Gauntlet • Zhentarim
Miscellaneous[]
- Ships
- Ddraig Aur
Appendix[]
Credits[]
- D&D Adventurers League Guildmaster: Chris Lindsay
- Sensitivity Lead: Ma'at Crook
- Art Director and Graphic Designer: Rich Lescouflair
- D&D Adventurers League Wizards Team: Adam Lee, Ari Levitch, Chris Lindsay, Mike Mearls
- D&D Adventurers League Administrator(s): Ma'at Crook, Amy Lynn Dzura, Claire Hoffman, Greg Marks, Travis Woodall, Bee Zelda
- Playtesters: Gary Affeldt, Gary Brown, Daniel Franco, David Krolnick, Chris McGovern, Sean Mittelstaedt, Daniel Oliveira, Alain Pham, Kelly Samuelson, Ben Siekert, Jia Jian Tin, Marcello Velazquez
References[]
- ↑ Greg Marks, Jay H. Anderson (November 2021). The City That Should Not Be (DDAL-DRW14) (PDF). D&D Adventurers League: Dreams of the Red Wizards (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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