When a party of heroes ventures into a dungeon or the caves of Underland, some of the adventurers may be doing so for the first time. Others are simply returning home. Below are backgrounds suitable for characters native to underground environments.

The following archetypes are excellent choices for use in a campaign in which dungeoneering and subterranean exploration are major themes—but a character with one of these archetypes can hold their own on the surface as well. Some of these archetypes are based on combat and magic traditions developed by underground dwellers; others were invented by treasure hunters and explorers.

This section contains new monsters that are likely to be encountered in dungeons or deep underground. Some of these monsters are referenced in chapter 2, “Random Dungeon Delves” or “3-Page Dungeons,” while others appear nowhere else in this book. In either case, use these monsters as you see fit in your own dungeon adventures.

If you haven’t used a Level Up book before, some of the terms used in these stat blocks, such as the bloodied condition and Maneuver DC, may be new to you; these are pieces of shorthand intended to make monsters easier to run. The terms are explained in this introduction to this book.

A beautiful 400-page hardcover adventure path for D&D 5E and Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition.

 

THIS HARDCOVER INCLUDES

• 3 epic adventures, pitting the heroes against a fiery dragon, a sinister vampire lord, and a mighty fiend.
• Over 75 new monsters, such as the vampiric dire bear, Sheeltielle the Queen Spider, and the dwarven sunderknight.
• Nearly 40 new exploration challenges, including a whirlpool, a mindrending gas trap, and engulfing moors.
• Over 20 new magical items, like the shadow compass, the skull goblet, and the hammer of vengeance.
• New mundane weapons and equipment, such as the bog sled, quickbow, or the bolas.
• An overview of the world of Elissar, its lands, and its cosmology.
• In-depth details about the village of Hengistbury, its people, and its locations.
• A new culture, background, and 10 new feats.

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• Player Options || Ostinad Horselord (culture) | Endoran Militia (Background) | Feats of Elissar
• Monsters || Over 75 new monsters & NPCs
• Exploration Challenges || Ashen Dead | Barbed Arrow Trap | Blinding Cavern | Citizen Vigilantes | Comozant Storm | Conduit Guardian Trap | Crystalline Supersaturation | Engulfing Moors | False Path Haunt | Fiend Forest March | Flame Strike Glyph | Fleet Warrior’s Crucible | Forgotten Route Trap | Hidden Ooze Wall | Javelin Trap | Kobold Fireball Glyph | Mindrending Gas Trap | Mired Dead | Predatory Fungus | Pressure Pocket | Punji Stake Field | Rainstorm | Razor Rope Bridge | Rigged Rope Bridge | Rock Deadfall | Rockslide Trap | Ruined Bridge | Sheer Trail Gap | Silver Archer’s Trial | Spectral Swarm | Steam Vortex | Trapped Field | Tundra Heatboulder | Undercut Holes | Unholy Blight Trap | Weightman’s Gauntlet | Whirlpool
• Magic Items || Amulet of the Spectral Grove | Black Axe | Blueheart Potion | Cirothe’s True Name | Coward’s Map | Dragonbane | Endless Skull Goblet | Foebane | Fountain of Innocent Blood | Hammer of Vengeance | Kylian Knife | Leilan Artifice | Nemirtvi’s Skull Goblet | Noltsledge | Oil of Deep Slumber | Pearl of Dark Waters | Quiver of the Dragon’s Bane | Ring of Inspiration Storing | Servant’s Amulet | Silver Ember | Silver Quickbow | Shadow Compass | Token of Revival
• Equipment || Mundane Equipment of Elissar