D&D 5E Free 'Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth' Adventure on D&D Beyond

Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth is an abridged version of the full adventure, which appears in Quests from the Infinite Staircase. You can access it for free on D&D Beyond.

Deep in the Yatil Mountains lie the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, formerly occupied by the legendary archmage Iggwilv the Witch Queen. Though Iggwilv is long gone, her lair is anything but empty. Demons, giants, and other formidable creatures haunt the perilous caverns, and the archmage’s magical defenses remain intact. The rewards for braving these threats defy imagination. Iggwilv is rumored to have amassed a magical hoard of unsurpassed value, a trove of such fame that scores of adventurers have perished in search of it.

This supplement is part of a yearlong celebration of Dungeons & Dragons and its 50th anniversary. The adventure presented herein is an abridged, quick-play version of “The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth,” which appears in Quests from the Infinite Staircase. See that book for the full adventure.

“Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth” is designed for four to six 9th-level characters.

 

[Uni-the-Unicorn!]

It does. Things you own don’t show up in the marketplace.

I don't think this is correct. My partner owns all the core rulebooks (and more) on beyond, but they still shop on their marketplace:

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The link on my desktop took me to the $30 product - I must've missed the $1.99 option.
But c'mon, is it too much to include the stats of the relevant monsters in the adventure? Like, if I bought the physical book there would be an appendix of creatures, right? Do they do this with Beyond?

Yeah, the full book should include it. I suspect they specifically removed those stats for this free version of the adventure. Remember, you can't spell "adventure" without "ad!"

EDIT: Monster Manual monsters don't get reprinted in other books. WotC expects you to own the three core books to use their other stuff.

 

[Uni-the-Unicorn!]

Yeah, the full book should include it. I suspect they specifically removed those stats for this free version of the adventure. Remember, you can't spell "adventure" without "ad!"

actually, I agree with @MonsterEnvy , the 5e standard is to refer to the Monster Manual unless the monster is new for this book.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

I don't think this is correct. My partner owns all the core rulebooks (and more) on beyond, but they still shop on their marketplace:

Featured stuff still shows up, but everything else you own is missing edit: unless you turn the filter back on

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I am not sure if it is still this way, but any book on could be purchased in pieces.

That appears to have stopped with the 2024 releases. You cannot get anything from Book of Many Things a la carte, for instance, and WotC has been dead silent when people ask (repeatedly) in DDB what's going on.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Yeah, the full book should include it. I suspect they specifically removed those stats for this free version of the adventure. Remember, you can't spell "adventure" without "ad!"

No the full book will not include them cause they are in the Monster Manual.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

actually, I agree with @MonsterEnvy , the 5e standard is to refer to the Monster Manual unless the monster is new for this book.

Ah, I forgot which book they were in. Monsters from supplemental books do get reprinted in multiple supplements/adventures, as needed.

 

[Stormonu]

The link on my desktop took me to the $30 product - I must've missed the $1.99 option.
But c'mon, is it too much to include the stats of the relevant monsters in the adventure? Like, if I bought the physical book there would be an appendix of creatures, right? Do they do this with Beyond?

To my knowledge, that's never been done (in any edition), unless the creature is unique to the adventure. Ghosts of Saltmarsh, for example doesn't include the stats for the base sahaugin or hags that appear in the adventure, just the new monsters like Sahaugin Coral Smasher.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

To my knowledge, that's never been done (in any edition), unless the creature is unique to the adventure. Ghosts of Saltmarsh, for example doesn't include the stats for the base sahaugin or hags that appear in the adventure, just the new monsters like Sahaugin Coral Smasher.

It's a thing in some OSR books, but those stats tend to be much, much smaller and less of an issue in terms of page count.

 

[Uni-the-Unicorn!]

That appears to have stopped with the 2024 releases. You cannot get anything from Book of Many Things a la carte, for instance, and WotC has been dead silent when people ask (repeatedly) in DDB what's going on.

Interesting. Planescape can be purchased in pieces.