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 "Deity 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.

 

[Parmandur]

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

There are 50 of these in the full book, in the style of the easy prep Adventures from the new DMG.

 

[EthanSental]

Free release for anyone with a free account? I can’t tell since I’m a master subscriber?

 

[aiouh]

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

It's actually not a pre-made campaign, it's a quick-play map that you can slot into any campaign. So you have to launch the VTT first and load the map. Calling it an adventure was colossally weird.

 

[Parmandur]

Free release for anyone with a free account? I can’t tell since I’m a master subscriber?

Free for everyone

 

[Zaukrie]

As I said I'm the other thread..... Really wish they'd realize how boring these maps are in a VTT. Love Schleys work, but it's pretty plain.

 

[dave2008]

Free release for anyone with a free account? I can’t tell since I’m a master subscriber?

Yes. I have a free account and I was able to claim it.

 

[wicked cool]

What are people’s thoughts on the free adventure? Is it innovative or even as free it’s not worth looking at?

 

[Zaukrie]

What are people’s thoughts on the free adventure? Is it innovative or even as free it’s not worth looking at?

It's an encounter, as are likely all in the book. It's fine for that. I can't imagine you'll find innovation in any of them. They are half a page to a page, including map. Why wouldn't anyone look if they have an account? It takes zero time.

 

[TheSword]

I don’t have a problem with it being only two combat encounters and a relatively tight location.

What I do want to see is far more NPC development. Interesting objectives, conflict and mystery.

Basically give me motivations!

 

[mamba]

What are people’s thoughts on the free adventure? Is it innovative or even as free it’s not worth looking at?

take a look, it’s only 2 pages anyway… I see nothing innovative here, a mine map
with two encounters and little else. Nothing clever, nothing unexpected, nothing interesting.

Confirms everything I already didn’t like about the adventure stubs in the DMG. Was not interested in those, certainly do not want 50 more for FR