D&D Beyond Releases Free Forgotten Realms Adventure

D&D Beyond has a new Forgotten Realms-focused adventure that focuses on battling the forces of Orcus. Today, D&D Beyond released The Tenebrous Stone, a new adventure that will appear in the upcoming Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerun book. The adventure is a Level 3 "Diety Adventure" set in Helmsdale and sends players into a basalt quarry to track down an evil artifact. Players will battle several undead creatures before a final encounter at the hidden location of the artifact.

The adventure is one of many in the book and is similarly structured as the quick adventures found in the 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide. There's a map, three encounters, and a brief overview of the adventure, but otherwise The Tenebrous Stone is relatively light. D&D Beyond has also loaded up the adventure on its Maps VTT, complete with both maps and monsters pre-loaded for the DM.

Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerun will be released on November 11th.

 

[darjr]

I don’t see it yet in maps. The blurb says it’s free to use in maps without a sub.

 

[GarrettKP]

I don’t see it yet in maps. The blurb says it’s free to use in maps without a sub.

You may have to claim it first if you haven’t already.

 

[Nathaniel Lee]

Cool! Thanks for the heads up!

 

[BovineofWar]

I wonder if this has to do with everybody's favourite demon lord/god...

Squints at subtitles, oh it does.

 

[AlViking]

... The adventure is a Level 3 "Diety Adventure" ...

Huh. So we need a diety adventure now? Are our characters suddenly overweight? What happened to body positivity!

 

[Parmandur]

Huh. So we need a diety adventure now? Are our characters suddenly overweight? What happened to body positivity!

Not really explained within this sample, but apparently there are mechanics in the player book for deity and faction influence?

 

[AlViking]

Not really explained within this sample, but apparently there are mechanics in the player book for deity and faction influence?

That actually would be kind of cool. Still waiting for more details and I'm not certain how much I would use, but there's some possibilities there.

 

[GarrettKP]

That actually would be kind of cool. Still waiting for more details and I'm not certain how much I would use, but there's some possibilities there.

Yes, these books make heavy use of the Renown mechanics in the DMG for both Factions and Religions in the FR. We knew that gaining renown would give benefits for those, but apparently part of that is also adventures.

 

[Teemu]

"Adventure" is stretching it. It's literally just two combat encounters or so.