Title | Candlekeep Mysteries |
Author | Sarah Madsen, Chris Perkins, Derek Ruiz |
Type | Adventure Anthology |
Year of Publication | March 16, 2021 |
Language | English |
File Format | |
Number of Pages | 400 |
Rating | Click to rate this post! [Total: 1 Average: 5] |
Candlekeep Mysteries is an adventure anthology for the fifth edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Candlekeep Mysteries is a collection of seventeen short, stand-alone D&D adventures designed for characters of levels 1-16. Each adventure begins with the discovery of a book, and each book is the key to a door behind which danger and glory await. These adventures can be run as one-shots, connected to an existing Forgotten Realms campaign, or fit into other campaign settings.
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Candlekeep Mysteries Summary
Candlekeep Mysteries is an anthology of one-shot adventure modules named after the fictional fortress library in the Sword Coast of the Forgotten Realms. Candlekeep Library acts as the central hub and starting point for each adventure. “However, not all adventures in D&D take place on the Sword Coast, so while Candlekeep Mysteries devotes a lot of background information to its location, it also covers ways that Dungeon Masters can integrate the setting into their own campaign setting. and other” campaign settings such as Exandria, Eberron, and Greyhawk.: 4 If set to the Forgotten Realms, the presumed year is 1492 DR.: 4
The adventures, in order of presentation and including the author, are:
- The Joy of Extradimensional Spaces (level 1) by Michael Polkinghorn
- Mazfroth’s Mighty Digressions (level 2) by Alison Huang
- Book of the Raven (level 3) by Christopher Perkins
- A Deep and Creeping Darkness (level 4) by Sarah Madsen
- Shemshime’s Bedtime Rhyme (level 4) by Ari Levitch
- The Price of Beauty (level 5) by Mark Hulmes
- Book of Cylinders (level 6) by Graeme Barber
- Sarah of Yellowcrest Manor (level 7) by Derek Ruiz
- Lore of Lurue (level 8) by Kelly Lynne D’Angelo
- Kandlekeep Dekonstruktion (level 9) by Amy Vorpahl
- Zikran’s Zephyrean Tome (level 10) by Taymoor Rehman
- The Curious Tale of Wisteria Vale (level 11) by Kienna Shaw
- The Book of Inner Alchemy (level 12) by Daniel Kwan
- The Canopic Being (level 13) by Jennifer Kretchmer
- The Scrivener’s Tale (level 14) by Brandes Stoddard
- Alkazaar’s Appendix (level 15) by Adam Lee
- Xanthoria (level 16) by Toni Winslow-Brill
Candlekeep Mysteries Review
An anthology of seventeen mystery adventures for the world’s greatest role-playing game.
Candlekeep draws scholars like a flame draws moths. Historians, sages, and others who yearn for knowledge flock to this fortress library to peruse its vast collection of scribbled books containing the answers to the mysteries that haunt them. Many of these books contain their own mysteries, each a gateway to adventure. Do you dare to cross that threshold?