The Skull Square Murders is an adventure module set in the Forgotten Realms using the Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition ruleset. It is part of the Waterdeep series of adventures published for the D&D Adventurers League. It focuses on Skullport, and is an adventure designed for 5th- to 10th-level characters. It is part one of the Skullport Shakedown Trilogy.
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When Volothamp Geddarm hires you to recover a missing key, you find yourself wrapped up in a series of murders in Lower Skullport. Can you find the killer before they find you?[1]
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Index[]
- Characters
- Artemus Holmes • Frankie Frogsleap • Grubbus Pitsnout • Irontusk • Krystaleen • Laurel Stillwater • Mugrub • Quietude • Volothamp Geddarm • Yraxilinith
- Referenced only
- Ahghairon
- Creatures
- bugbear • drow • flameskull • goblin • grimlock • halfling • hobgoblin • human • intellect devourer • kobold • mind flayer • mummy • orc • rock gnome • tiefling • zombie
- Referenced only
- half-drow • wererat
- Locations
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- Buildings & Structures
- The Bat’s Roost • Thimblewine’s Pawn Shop
- Inns & Taverns
- Guts and Garters
- Region
- Sword Coast
- Settlements
- Skullport • Waterdeep
- Magic
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- Constructs
- oaken bolter • stone defender
- Items
- amulet of health
- Spells
- acid splash • animate dead • bestow curse • Bigby's hand • blight • blinding smite • blindness/deafness • blur • branding smite • chill touch • circle of death • cloudkill • command • cone of cold • counterspell • cure wounds • dancing lights • darkness • detect magic • dimension door • dispel magic • divination • faerie fire • false life • find steed • fire bolt • fireball • flaming sphere • fly • fog cloud • greater invisibility • greater restoration • gust of wind • ice storm • identify • lesser restoration • levitate • light • lightning bolt • mage armor • mage hand • magic missile • Melf's acid arrow • mending • misty step • prayer of healing • prestidigitation • protection from evil and good • raise dead • ray of enfeeblement • ray of frost • ray of sickness • remove curse • revivify • scorching ray • shield • shocking grasp • speak with dead • stoneskin • suggestion • thunderous smite • thunderwave • true resurrection • vampiric touch • web
- Organizations
- Bregan D'aerthe • Xanathar's Thieves' Guild
- Player Factions
- Emerald Enclave • Harpers • Lords' Alliance • Order of the Gauntlet • Zhentarim
Credits[]
- D&D Adventurers League Guildmaster: Chris Lindsay
- D&D Adventurers League Wizards Team: Chris Lindsay, Adam Lee, Mike Mearls, Ari Levitch
- D&D Adventurers League Administrator(s): Claire Hoffman, Lysa Chen, Travis Woodall, Greg Marks, Alan Patrick, Amy Lynn Dzura
- Art Director and Graphic Designer: Rich Lescouflair
- Interior Art: Provided by Wizards of the Coast
- Playtesters: James Bowen, Jonathan Cruz, Jared Fagen, Travis Fuller, Mionne Gooch, Megan Green, Austin Haffke, Ben Heisler, Jody Johnson, Kerry Kaszack, Ginny Loveday, Special Agent Mathis, Chris McGovern, Jawsh Murdock, Daniel Oliveira, Adrian Rhodes, Sam Robertson, Dave Rosser, Candaysee Sargent, James Schweiss, Tor Segundo, Tim Shauver, Jia Jian Tin, Marcella Velazquez, Tina Wheeler
Appendix[]
External Links[]
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- Waterdeep Adventurer's League
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Paige Leitman (2018). The Skull Square Murders (DDAL08-10) (PDF). D&D Adventurers League: Waterdeep (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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