Uncertain Scrutiny, designed by Greg Marks and Ben Heisler, is an adventure in the Dreams of the Red Wizards storyline published for the Adventurers League. It is the second part of the Storm King’s Descent series.
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In search of King Hekaton, you must enter the dread land of Thay—but getting in will prove less difficult than getting out.[1]
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Index[]
Characters[]
Archana • Bogdan Farkas • Dar'lon Ma • Dharxes • Duggurond Stoneskin • Elchorius • Eurid Eight Fingers • Faraway Visions • Faust • Gaedynn Telstaerr • Geralf • Gisa • Grayson • Guy Farkas • Jesse (tressym) • Kethra Farkas • Kherr Tralac • Khynree • Lambrac Farkas • Landarai • Larruthath • Lauzoril • Mardani • Navarra • Nazrohi • Quan Dul • Rhistel • Savas • Serissa • Sharade Quilbax • Shas'venath • Skemp • Skivarn Yazar • Szass Tam (simulacrum) • Trildor Zihial • Valakhod • Yuiredd Farkas • Zehira Deryan • Zulkir Damond
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Congenio Ioun • Hekaton • M'weru • Sirikhan
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Congenio Ioun • Hekaton • M'weru • Sirikhan
Creatures[]
aasimar • alhoon • bodak • boneclaw • brain in a jar • chain devil • death giant (undead) • death knight • devourer • dinosaur (corpse) • doppelganger • dwarf • earth genasi • elf (spring eladrin • summer eladrin) • familiar • fire elemental myrmidon • flumph • ghoul • giant centipede • giant skeleton • half-elf • half-orc • halfling • hill giant (corpse) • horse • human • iron golem • kobold • leveler • mummy • mummy lord • poltergeist • red abishai • revenant • skeleton • skull lord • sword wraith • tabaxi • thief of sanity • tiefling • tressym • tyrannosaurus zombie • warhorse skeleton • water genasi • wraith • young red dracolich • zombie
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aearee • aarakocra • antelope • batrachi • black dragon • blue dragon • bullywug • demilich • dog • dragonborn • ibex • kenku • kopru • lizardfolk • naga • peacock • red dragon • sarrukh • storm giant • white dragon • yuan-ti
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aearee • aarakocra • antelope • batrachi • black dragon • blue dragon • bullywug • demilich • dog • dragonborn • ibex • kenku • kopru • lizardfolk • naga • peacock • red dragon • sarrukh • storm giant • white dragon • yuan-ti
Human Ethnicities
NPC Classes
Items[]
Armor & Clothing
Currency
Food & Drinks
Materials & Substances
Tool kits
Vehicles
Weapons
Works
Revelations of the Kilmaruu Swamp
Miscellaneous
Locations[]
Bodies of Water
Buildings & Landmarks
Citadel • dungeons beneath the Citadel • Farkas winery • Last Stop (Citadel) • Museum of Thayan Majesty • Ravensblood Academy • Telstaerr's winery • Tower of Reverence • Word of Recall
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Maelstrom
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Maelstrom
Celestial Bodies
Nations
Regions
Settlements
Ships
The Blue Kingfisher
Wilderness
Magic[]
Items
apparatus of Kwalish • Axe of the Dwarvish lords • bag of holding • cape of the mountebank • driftglobe • holy avenger • horn of silent alarm • iltkazar scepter • ioun stone of celebration • mariner's studded leather • Ollamh harp • spell tile • staff of frost • talisman of ultimate evil
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necklace of adaptation • Ruling Scepters of Shanatar • weapon of warning • Wyrmskull Throne
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necklace of adaptation • Ruling Scepters of Shanatar • weapon of warning • Wyrmskull Throne
Potions
Spells
alarm • antimagic field • arcane lock • banishment • blur • burning hands • chill touch • chromatic orb • cloudkill • contingency • continual flame • control flames • counterspell • cure wounds • dancing lights • danse macabre • darkness • darkvision • detect magic • detect thoughts • disintegrate • dominate monster • dominate person • dream • finger of death • fire bolt • fireball • forcecage • foresight • friends • globe of invulnerability • glyph of warding • goodberry • hallow • haste • hellish rebuke • hold person • hypnotic pattern • imprisonment • invisibility • lesser restoration • lightning bolt • locate object • mage armor • mage hand • magic missile • magic weapon • mass cure wounds • Melf's acid arrow • message • mind blank • mirror image • misty step • modify memory • Nystul's magic aura • plane shift • power word, kill • power word stun • prestidigitation • produce flame • project image • raise dead • ray of frost • ray of sickness • revivify • sacred flame • sanctuary • scorching ray • scrying (spell) • shield • simulacrum • teleport • thaumaturgy • thunderwave • true polymorph • wall of fire • water breathing • zephyr strike
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animate dead • contagion • dimension door • dispel magic • far step • insect plague • knock • wall of force • wish
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animate dead • contagion • dimension door • dispel magic • far step • insect plague • knock • wall of force • wish
Warlock Pacts
Others
abjuration • divination • elements • enchantment • evocation • mind blast • necromancy • scrying • spell scroll • the Weave
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demiplane
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demiplane
Organizations[]
Player Factions
Religion[]
Bane • Chauntea • Sebek
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Cyric • dwarven pantheon • Ioun (deity) • Kossuth • Loviatar • Mystra • Shar
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Cyric • dwarven pantheon • Ioun (deity) • Kossuth • Loviatar • Mystra • Shar
Miscellaneous[]
Art
Classes
Dates
Events
Languages
Common • Thayan language
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Draconic language • Elvish • Infernal language • Primordial language • Sahuagin language • Sylvan language
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Draconic language • Elvish • Infernal language • Primordial language • Sahuagin language • Sylvan language
Professions
Titles
Vegetation
Appendix[]
Credits[]
- D&D Adventurers League Guildmaster: Chris Lindsay
- Art Director and Graphic Designer: Rich Lescouflair
- D&D Adventurers League Wizards Team: Adam Lee, Ari Levitch, Bill Benham, Chris Lindsay, Mike Mearls
- D&D Adventurers League Administrator(s): Alan Patrick, Amy Lynn Dzura, Travis Woodall, Claire Hoffman, Greg Marks, LaTia Jacquise, Ma’at Crook
- Playtesters: Gary Affeldt, James Bowen, David Brainard, Richard Brown, Matt DeKok, Daniel Franco, Ron Franke, Ross Hooper, David Jimenez, David Krolnik, Paige Leitman, Chris Lindsay, Jackson Lucas, Chris McGovern, Sean Mittelstaedt, Daniel Oliveira, Alain Pham, David Rosser Jr., James Schweiss, Ben Siekert, Phil Toni, Aaron Wampler
- Special Thanks: Paige Leitman, Shawn Banerjee
References[]
- ↑ Greg Marks, Ben Heisler (October 2020). Uncertain Scrutiny (DDAL-DRW05) (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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