Tomb of Annihilation is a 5th-edition Dungeons & Dragons adventure set in the Chult region of the Forgotten Realms.
The talk of the streets and taverns has all been about the so-called death curse: a wasting disease afflicting everyone who's ever been raised from the dead. Victims grow thinner and weaker each day, slowly but steadily sliding toward the death they once denied.
When they finally succumb, they can't be raised—and neither can anyone else, regardless of whether they’ve ever received that miracle in the past. Temples and scholars of divine magic are at a loss to explain a curse that has affected the entire region, and possibly the entire world.
The cause is a necromantic artifact called the Soulmonger, which is located somewhere in Chult, a mysterious peninsula far to the south, ringed with mountains and choked with rainforests.
Adventure design by Christopher Perkins, Will Doyle, and Steve Winter, with additional design by Adam Lee. Story consulting by the award-winning creator of Adventure Time, Pendleton Ward.Contents
Index[edit | edit source]
Characters[edit | edit source]
- Aazon Talieri • Acererak • Aremag • Artus Cimber • Asharra • Azaka Stormfang • Azi Mas • A'tan • Baggy Nanna • Bag of Nails • Belchorzh • Belym • Bosco Daggerhand • Bwayes O'tamu • Caldos Hellingskorn • Ch'gakare • Clay No-Face • Copper Bell • Cyas • Dragonbait • Draza • Drufi • Dyrax • Ekene-Afa • Eku • Elok Jaharwon • Eshek • Eye of the Deep • Falx Haranis • Faroul • Fenthaza • Flask of Wine • Gondolo • Gorvax • Grabstab • Groak • Gruta Halsdottir • G'lyh'rul • Heel • Hew Hackinstone • Hooded Lantern • Ifan Talro'a • Inete • Ishmakahl • Issar • Jaro • Jessamine • Jobal • Joho the monkey • K'lahu • Kakarol • Kalita • Kanush Natombe • Keshma al-Wazir • Korhie Donadrue • Krr'ook • Kupalué • Kwani • Kwayothé • Laskilar • Laz Drumthunder • Lerek Dashlynd • Liara Portyr • Lomar Dral • Lorsa Bilwatal • Lukanu • Malkar Stonegrist • Mung • Musharib • Mwaxanaré • Na • Nahth • Nanny Pu'pu • Neema • Nepartak • Nephyr • Niles Breakbone • Oloma Authdamar • Omala • Ord Firebeard • Ortimay • Orvex Ocrammas • Peggy Deadbells • Perne Salhana • Pottery Shard • Pox • Qawasha • Rahl Zuberi • Ras Nsi • Ra-das • River Mist • Roark • Rokah • Saja N'baza • Salida • Shabarra • Shago • Sekelok • Sev • Shilhau M'wenye • Sigbeorn Dunebar • Sithi Vinecutter • Soakosh • Strawbundle • Syndra Silvane • Taban • Tahvo • Thaeven • Thasselandra • Thazma • Thiru-Taya • Tlad Xolbrys • Tyr • Tzindelor • Ukurlahmu • Undril Silvertusk • Valindra Shadowmantle • Voj • Volo • Voltan • Wakanga O'tamu • Wulf Rygor • Widow Groat • Withers • Xandala • Xopal • Yahru • Yamoch • Ygga Raxyg • Yingmatona • Yokka • Yorb • Yraggath • Zaal • Zagmira • Zalder Faelrond • Zalkoré • Zaroum Al-Saryak • Zhanthi • Zilla Atazi • Zindar • Zitembe
- Referenced only
- Alisanda Rayburton • Bahamut • Dendar • Gond • Helm • Ilyber Kitcher • Imix • Kossuth • Kura • Malar • Mielikki • Moradin • Myrkul • Napaka • Omek • Ormalagos • Razaan • Savras • Soshen • Storvald • Sune • Szass Tam • Tiryk • Torm • Tymora • Ubtao • Ulder Ravengard • Umberlee • Vecna • Waukeen • Ymezra • Zuggtmoy
Creatures[edit | edit source]
- aarakocra • aboleth • acolyte • air elemental • albino dwarf warrior • aldani • allosaurus • almiraj • ankylosaurus • ankylosaurus zombie • animated armor • ape • arcanaloth • assassin • assassin vine • atropal • archmage • axe beak • baboon • bandit • bandit captain • barbed devil • basilisk • bat • bearded devil • beholder • berserker • boar • bodak • bone naga • brontosaurus • carrion crawler • catfish • champion • chwinga • clay golem • cockroach • commoner • constrictor snake • couatl • crab • crawling claw • crocodile • cult fanatic • cyclops • dao • deinonychus • dimetrodon • doppelganger • dragonborn • dragon turtle • druid • eblis • erinyes • faerie dragon • fire elemental • firenewt (firenewt warrior • firenewt warlock of Imix) • fire snake • flail snail • flameskull • flesh golem • flying monkey • flying snake • flying sword • frog • froghemoth • frost giant • gargoyle • giant four-armed gargoyle • ghast • ghoul • giant boar • giant constrictor snake • giant crocodile • giant frog • giant lizard • giant scorpion • giant snapping turtle • giant spider • giant strider • giant wasp • giant wolf spider • girallon • girallon zombie • gladiator • goat • goblin • goblin (boss) • gray slaad • green hag • grung (grung elite warrior • grung wildling) • guard • guardian naga • hadrosaurus • horned devil • hydra • jackal • jaculi • kamadan • knight • kobold (kobold scale sorcerer • kobold inventor • winged kobold) • lich • lion • lizard • lizardfolk • lizardfolk shaman • mage • magma mephit • magmin • mantrap • medusa • merfolk • mezzoloth • mimic • minotaur skeleton • mud mephit • mummy • nalfeshnee • night hag • noble • nothic • nycaloth • orc war chief • otyugh • pentadrone • plesiosaurus • poisonous snake • priest • pseudodragon • pterafolk • pteranodon • quadrone • quetzalcoatlus • quipper • rat • reef shark • revenant • riding horse • rug of smothering • salamander • scout • sea hag • shadow demon • shambling mound • shield guardian • skeleton • smoke mephit • snake • specter • spined devil • spy • steam mephit • stegosaurus • stone juggernaut • su-monster • tabaxi hunter • tabaxi minstrel • Thorny • tri-flower frond • tyrannosaurus zombie • vegepygmy (vegepygmy chief) • velociraptor • vulture • yellow musk creeper • yellow musk creeper zombie • yuan-ti (yuan-ti broodguard • yuan-ti nightmare speaker) • zebra • zombie • zorbo
- Referenced only
- chameleon • green dragon • hawk • jackal • monkey • octopus • panther • parrot • stork
Locations[edit | edit source]
- Buildings & Sites
- Camp Righteous • Camp Vengeance • Dungrunglung • Fane of the Night Serpent • Firefinger • Heart of Ubtao • Hrakhamar • Ishau • Kir Sabal • Nangalore • Needle's Bones • Orolunga • Tomb of the Nine Gods • Wyrmheart Mine
- Settlements
- Fort Beluarian • Hisari • Jahaka Anchorage • Mbala • Mezro • Omu • Port Castigliar • Port Nyanzaru • Shilku • Yellyark
- Vessels
- Brazen Pegasus • Dragonfang • Emerald Eye • Hvalspyd • Narwhal • Predator • Prey • Star Goddess • Stirge
- Wilderness
- Aldani Basin • Ataaz Kahakla • Ataaz Muhahah • Ataaz Yklwazi • Bay of Chult • The Cauldron • Jahaka Bay • Kitcher's Inlet • Lake Luo • Land of Ash and Smoke • Mistcliffs • Nsi Wastes • Refuge Bay • River Olung • River Soshenstar • River Tath • River Tiryki • Shilku Bay • Snapping Turtle Bay • Snout of Omgar • Valley of Dread • Valley of Embers • Valley of Lost Honor
- Realms
- Chult
- Referenced only
- The Abyss • Acheron • Amn • Arcadia • Athkatla • Baldur's Gate • Calimport • Calimshan • Cormyr • Elemental Plane of Earth • Gehenna • Halruaa • Mechanus • Memnon • Moonshae Isles • Neverwinter • Nine Hells • Samarach • Sanrach Mountains • Sea of Moving Ice • Selune • Sembia • Shadowfell • Sky Lizard Mountains • Sword Coast • Tethyr • Thay • Turmish • Waterdeep • Zazesspur
Organizations[edit | edit source]
- Bara • Batiri • Clan Boulderborn • Clan Drumthunder • Clan Firebeard • Clan Hackinstone • Clan Stonegrist • Clan Vinecutter • Company of the Yellow Banner • Emerald Enclave • Flaming Fist • Harpers • Lords' Alliance • Order of the Gauntlet • Red Wizards • Society of Stalwart Adventurers • Ytepka • Zhentarim
Magic[edit | edit source]
- Magic items
- +1 shield • alchemy jug • amulet of health • amulet of the black skull • bead of force • black opal crown • bookmark • bowl of commanding water elementals • bracers of archery • bracers of defense • Canaith mandolin • cape of the mountebank • Eye of Zaltec • flame tongue longsword • ghost lantern • mace of terror • manual of clay golems • mask of the beast • mirror of life trapping • navel of the moon • necklace of fireballs • pearl of power • potion of diminution • potion of healing • potion of poison • potion of water breathing • ring of animal influence • Ring of Winter • scorpion armor • scroll of protection • sending stones • sovereign glue • sphere of annihilation • staff of striking • Staff of the Forgotten One • staff of the python • wand of wonder
- Referenced only
- potion of supreme healing
- Spells
- animal friendship • animate dead • antimagic field • arcane gate • awaken • blight • blindness/deafness • chill touch • comprehend languages • contact other plane • counterspell • create undead • expeditious retreat • false life • fire bolt • fireball • geas • glyph of warding • hold person • mage hand • magic missile • mending • misty step • Otto's irresistible dance • poison spray • polymorph • prismatic spray • shield • suggestion • teleportation circle • water breathing
Miscellaneous[edit | edit source]
- Food
- essence of ether • midnight tears • ryath roots • serpent venom • sinda berries • torpor • wildroots
- Items
- Skull Chalice of Ch'gakare
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The arcanaloth Ygga Raxyg's name is an anagram of Gary Gygax.
Appendix[edit | edit source]
Further Reading[edit | edit source]
- Adam Lee and Christopher Perkins (2017-06-28). Preview: Tomb of Annihilation (Web). In Matt Chapman, Bart Carroll eds. Dragon+ #14. Wizards of the Coast. p. 7. Retrieved on 2018-05-23.
- Bart Carroll (2017-08-31). Tomb of Annihilation: Preview (Web). In Matt Chapman, Bart Carroll eds. Dragon+ #15. Wizards of the Coast. p. 5. Retrieved on 2018-05-23.
- Bart Carroll (2017-08-31). Maps of the Month (Web). In Matt Chapman, Bart Carroll eds. Dragon+ #15. Wizards of the Coast. p. 1914. Retrieved on 2018-05-23.
- Bart Carroll (2017-10-31). Maps of the Month (Web). In Matt Chapman, Bart Carroll eds. Dragon+ #16. Wizards of the Coast. p. 20. Retrieved on 2018-05-23.
External Links[edit | edit source]
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.
- Jonbolds (2017-11-27). Review: "Tomb of Annihilation" - Critical Hits. Retrieved on 2019-01-15.