The Brazen Pegasus

A Seafaring Adventure to Chult

An adventure for 2nd-level characters for your Tomb of Annihilation

campaign as they travel from Baldur’s Gate to Chult.

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 THE BRAZEN PEGASUS
A SEAFARING ADVENTURE TO CHULT
By Daniel Scheltema
All illustrations provided by DMs Guild Creator Resources

An adventure for 2nd-level characters for your Tomb of Annihilation

campaign as they travel from Baldur’s Gate to Chult.

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The Brazen Pegasus
This adventure is intended to be used
as an alternative to Syndra Silvane teleporting
the characters to Chult. Even though Syndra
knows the Harbor Ward of Port Nyanzaru well
enough, she does not want to risk a mishap or
teleporting off target. In the interested of time
though, Syndra has acquired the fastest ship
she knows for the characters to take to Chult,
the Brazen Pegasus.
This adventure uses multiple elements
from Tomb of Annihilation to introduce the
characters. It is intended for 2nd-level
characters.
Adventure Background
This adventure begins at the default
starting location of the city of Baldur’s Gate on
the Sword Coast, in the Forgotten Realms
setting. However, any large settlement will do.
Syndra Silvane approaches the characters and
explains to them that her contacts in the
Harpers have learned that the cause of the
death curse is a necromantic artifact called the
Soulmonger. According to their sources the
Soulmonger is somewhere in Chult. Further
roleplay of Syndra can be found in Tomb of
Annihilation.
Due to fears of a mishap or teleporting
off target, Syndra does not want to teleport the
characters to Port Nyanzaru in Chult. Instead,
she has bought passage for the characters on
the Brazen Pegasus. She has acquired a Chultan
guide who has interest in the death curse,
Salida, to join the characters. Syndra has more
to be done in Baldur’s Gate before she goes to
Chult. She will not join the characters on the
Brazen Pegasus. She tells the characters that
they can seek out the merchant prince
Wakanga O’tamu when they arrive at Port
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Nyanzaru, he may be able to help. The Brazen
Pegasus sets sail the next dawn. If the
characters have any last preparations to make,
the time is now.
Salida is loyal to Ras Nsi and has been
investigating the death curse, attempting to
save his life. Her investigation has led her to the
Harpers in Baldur’s Gate. She has become an
acquaintance of Syndra and when she learned
that the death curse originates from Chult she
volunteered to guide the group of characters.
With the Soulmonger being made, the
Sewn Sisters have been tasked by Acererak to
make sure Ras Nsi keeps his end of the bargain.
Ras Nsi has been tasked to guard the Tomb of
the Nine Gods. Widow Groat has discovered
that Salida has been investigating the death
curse. Unbeknownst to Salida, Widow Groat
followed Salida from Chult to Baldur’s Gate and
boards the Brazen Pegasus within the Border
Ethereal.
Adventure Overview
Day 1. Salida attempts to gain the trust of the
characters. The Sewn Sister, Widow Groat,
nightmare haunts a character attempting to
manipulate them to commit murder.
Day 2. A fire ant infestation causes unrest on
the ship. Widow Groat nightmare haunts
another character if a murder has not been
committed.
Day 3. The Brazen Pegasus sails through the
Nelanther Isles using Asavir’s Channel. A fog
slows the ship and they are ambushed by the
pirates from the Dragonfang. All the characters
and crew are robbed of their valuables. Widow
Groat continues her hauntings if no murder is
committed.
Day 4. The crew recuperate from the pirate
attack. Salida shares a story. Widow Groat
nightmare haunts another character if a murder
has not been committed.
Day 5. A group of Pteranodons flying from Chult
crosses path with the ship and attack. Anyone
falling into the water is attacked by a
Plesiosaurus. Widow Groat continues her
nightmare haunts if a murder has not been
committed.
Day 6. Aremag demands tribute for safe
passage. The characters and crew, after being
robbed, do not have enough to satisfy the
dragon turtle. The ship is capsized. Widow
Groat appears to characters that fall
unconscious to make a deal.
Seafaring Travel
Day 1
After the characters have accepted and finished
their preparations, read or paraphrase the
following:
You begin your day early. Syndra informed
you that the Brazen Pegasus leaves at dawn.
As you walk the streets of Baldur’s Gate you
feel an air of uneasiness as people start their
day. You pass by a dozen or so humans
holding up signs and chanting “the end is
now!” You notice there seems to be a higher
Flaming Fist presence compared to even the
night before. The so-called death curse is
understandably making everyone on edge. It
seems it’s only a matter of time before there
are riots in the streets. As you near the docks
you see a female gnome wearing a black
bandana, waistcoat, and breeches signing
some papers. She hands them back to a
human wearing military garb and a Flaming
Fist insignia. As you board, the Flaming Fist
man yells towards you, “If you’re goin’ to be
explorin’ Chult I’d advise you to purchase a
Charter of Exploration when you get there!”
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Brazen Pegasus. The passage on the Brazen
Pegasus costs 10 gp per day for the whole
party, which Syndra has paid. A 60-foot sloop
built for speed, she has a single mast flying a
square mainsail plus two triangular foresails,
one aft sail, and a small topsail. All that canvas
gives her a top speed of 10 mph under ideal
conditions. Most sailing ships go only 2 mph.
The Brazen Pegasus can make the trip from
Baldur’s Gate to Chult five times faster than
other ships.
The Brazen Pegasus is captained by
Ortimay Swift and Dark (CG female rock gnome
bandit captain with darkvision out to a range of
60 feet), who is both clever and calm. The first
mate is Grig Ruddell (N male Illuskan human
veteran), a hulking man whose face is almost
hidden by a heavy beard streaked with gray.
Other than shouting orders at the crew and
conversing in low tones with Captain Ortimay,
Ruddell barely speaks. The remainder of the
crew consists of six sailors (N male and female
bandits of various ethnicities).
Characters might assume that Ortimay’s
chief business is smuggling and they’d be
correct. However, she is happy to take
adventurers wherever they need to go. She
knows about the dragon turtle in the Bay of
Chult and expects the characters to provide the
necessary tribute. She also knows that pirates
prowl the waters around Chult, though her ship
easily outruns theirs.
There are no permanent shelters or
cabins on the main deck of the Brazen Pegasus.
A tarp can be rigged across the aft portion of
the deck for shade from the tropical sun. The
sailors sleep on deck when weather permits.
The lower deck houses Captain Ortimay’s cabin
and cargo hold, which doubles as the crew’s
cooking, eating, and sleeping area in foul
weather.
 Ortimay’s cabin has a large hidden
compartment under her mattress. The
compartment is used to hide goods that she is
smuggling for clients in and out of Chult. A
successful DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation)
check discovers it. It has a padlock, a DC 15
Dexterity (thieves’ tools) picks the lock or a DC
20 Strength check breaks it. The compartment
contains a silver dagger, chain mail armor,
gloves of thievery, two potions of healing, and
two potions of poison. If the characters gain
access to these items, without the use of an
identify spell, all four potions appear to be
potions of healing.
Besides the crew and the characters,
Salida is also on the ship. Salida uses her wit and
charm during the day to try to gain the trust of
the characters. Widow Groat is a stowaway who
remains in the Border Ethereal during the day.
Night. Widow Groat, one of three Sewn Sisters,
keeps an extensive record of blood, hair, or
other samples of any potential adventures in
Chult. The Sewn Sisters use these samples to
make clones. The clones have no memory of
having been created. However, the hags forge a
magical link between the clone and the
character from which it was made. The clone
knows everything the character knows up to
and including all present knowledge. The hags
interrogate the clones to learn everything about
the adventurers. Once they have no more use
for information, the Sewn Sisters kill and eat the
clone. Widow Groat uses the time on the
Brazen Pegasus to gain blood samples of each
character by biting them. The bite may cause
the character to contract demon fever. She also
tries to drive the characters to complete an evil
act of murdering an innocent, Ortimay Swift
and Dark, through her nightmare hauntings.
Each night, Widow Groat visits a different
character if Ortimay is still alive. Read or
paraphrase below to an individual character
each night as they sleep.
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Sometime during the middle of the night,
reddish ants crawling across your face
awaken you. You brush them off in
annoyance. Ortimay happens to be passing
by and comes over to check on you. As she
approaches you hear a jingle of what sounds
like keys. Her form seems to grow and
distort. She turns grotesque and ages. You try
to move but find you cannot. You try to speak
but find you cannot. As Ortimay approaches,
you notice tarnished gold coins covering each
eye. Ants crawl on her face, which she seems
unbothered by. She straddles you. You are
still unable to move or speak. She leans over
your neck and bites down. You awaken from
the pain and realize you were only dreaming,
but when you open your eyes the exact same
figure is on top of you. She lets out cackling
laughter with blood dripping from her teeth
and disappears.
Widow Groat only comes into the
Material Plane after her nightmare haunting to
deliver a bite to a character. She then
disappears into the Border Ethereal until 24
hours passes to nightmare haunt a different
character. She is cunning and meticulously
plans her nightmare haunts to try to convince
the characters that Ortimay is evil and must be
killed. Each character should be subjugated to
the nightmare haunting, having their hit point
maximum reduced, and possibly contracting
demon fever.
Demon Fever. Any humanoid bitten by a night
hag must succeed a DC 15 Constitution saving
throw or contract demon fever. The character
quickly experiences fever, chills, and vomiting.
The character immediately takes 1d4
Constitution damage. After each long rest, the
infected character must repeat the saving
throw. On a failed save, the character takes
another 1d4 Constitution damage. The
character dies if their Constitution falls to 0. If a
character has a successful saving throw, they
recover from the disease, but not from its
effects. Any Constitution damage recovers at 1
point per long rest after recovering from the
disease.
SALIDA
Yuan-ti spy
Salida (NE female Chultan yuan-ti
pureblood with Survival +5) poses as a
human guide, but she really works for Ras
Nsi. She keeps him apprised of the activity of
anyone who’s heading south in search of
Omu. They communicate via sending stones.
Salida keeps her sending stone in a pouch.
Salida is 5 feet 4 inches tall and 120
pounds. She is fit and completely looks the
part of a seasoned explorer. Her garb covers
up the scaly patches of skin that betray her
true nature. Salida is skilled at crafting
colorful insults and concocting believable lies
to cover her true background. Her wit makes
her an enjoyable traveling companion.
Salida is loyal to Ras Nsi and has taken it
upon herself to investigate the death curse to
try to save the him. She learned that the
Harpers in Baldur’s Gate may know where
the death curse originates. She travelled to
Baldur’s Gate and became an acquaintance
of Syndra Silvane. She was surprised to find
out it originates in Chult and has her doubts.
She jumped on the opportunity to volunteer
to help guide the characters in Chult.
WIDOW GROAT
Sewn Sister
Acererak has recruited three night hags for
their expertise in stitching soul bags-a craft
they adapted for the creation of the
Soulmonger.
Widow Groat has tarnished gold coins
covering her eyes and ants nesting in her
skull. The ants serve as her spies, and their
presence often portends her arrival. She
carries a heartstone, a soul bag¸ and an iron
ring with eight keys.
With the creation of the Soulmonger
complete Acererak has given the Sewn Sisters
the task to make sure Ras Nsi keeps his end
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of the bargain. With Widow Groat’s many ant
spies, she caught wind of Salida investigating
the death curse. Widow Groat has been
following Salida from the Border Ethereal for
some time.
Day 2
Ants. The crew begin to complain about an ant
infestation on the ship. A successful DC 10
Intelligence (Nature) check notices that the ants
have a visible stinger and identifies them as fire
ants. The fire ants from Widow Groat carry
shivering sickness. Ortimay remains calm as the
crew get itchy rashes from fire ant stings.
Ortimay happens to have some insect-repelling
salve, but only enough for herself. She did not
expect to encounter any insects on this journey.
This may increase the characters’ suspicions of
her.
Shivering Sickness. Insects native to the jungles
and marshes of Chult carry this disease,
shivering sickness. The easiest protection
against it is a coating of insect-repelling salve on
all exposed skin.
A giant or humanoid that takes damage
from insect swarms or from giant centipedes,
giant scorpions, or giant wasps is exposed to
the disease at the end of the encounter. Those
who haven’t applied insect repellent since their
previous long rest are exposed to the disease
when they finish a long rest. A giant or
humanoid exposed to the disease must succeed
a DC 11 Constitution saving throw or become
infected. A creature with natural armor has
advantage on the saving throw. It takes 2d6
hours for symptoms to manifest in an infected
creature. Symptoms include blurred vision,
disorientation, and a sudden drop in body
temperature that causes uncontrollable
shivering and chattering of the teeth.
Once symptoms begin, the infected
creature regains only half the normal number of
hit points from spending Hit Dice and no hit
points from a long rest. The infected creature
also has disadvantage on ability checks and
attack rolls. At the end of a long rest, an
infected creature repeats the saving throw,
shaking off the disease on a successful save.
Night. Widow Groat nightmare haunts another
character and bites them if no murder has been
committed.
Day 3
On day 3 of the journey, you travel through
Asavir’s Channel of the Nelanther Isles. A fog
suddenly envelopes the Brazen Pegasus and
it is forced to slow down. You hear at least a
dozen thuds near you. The fog begins to
clear, and you see the silhouette of a ship. On
the deck of the Brazen Pegasus, stands a tall,
built, tan human male. The man is bald with a
black beard with spots of grey. He wears
simple clothing and has a necklace with what
appears to be many shark teeth. Beside him
is an elderly female human woman holding a
staff with a clump of mussels on the top of it.
Her clothes seemed to be tattered rags, her
hair unkempt, black and greasy. You notice
some seaweed stuck to her clothing; it
appears almost as if she was just pulled out
of the sea. Behind them are ten men of
differing races, from human, to lizardfolk, to
tabaxi. All appear unsavory, with eye
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patches, peg legs, hooked hands, and missing
teeth. The tall, muscular, imposing man
begins to speak, “I am Captain Elok Jaharwon,
we are here for all your valuables. You may
keep your equipment and your lives if you
cooperate immediately!”
Captain Elok Jaharwon is being honest.
He just wants all that he deems valuable,
especially all the coin on the ship from the crew
and characters. He is in it for the long-term, he
knows that the Brazen Pegasus will recover if he
leaves the crew their equipment and lives. He
plans to rob from the Brazen Pegasus again in
the future. Elok knew when the Brazen Pegasus
would reach the Nelanther Isles from
information provided by Liara Portyr. The “sea
witch” Eye of the Deep used fog cloud at 2nd
level to force the Brazen Pegasus to slow down
in order to ambush and board them. Eye of the
Deep has also drank a potion of the pufferfish
making the fog cloud have an 80 foot radius.
She has grown a tolerance to the tetrodotoxins
of the pufferfish, having advantage on the
Constitution saving throw. She always carries
1d4 potions of the pufferfish.
Potion of the pufferfish. This potion is a crude
potion that Eye of the Deep has crafted. It is a
mixture of saltwater and a blended body of a
pufferfish. Pieces of rough skin, bone, and a pair
of eyes can be seen floating. When you drink
this potion all area of effects from spells are
doubled for 1 hour. Residual tetrodotoxins from
the pufferfish remain in the potion. The potion
also acts as a pale tincture poison.
Pale tincture (ingested). A creature subjected
to this poison must succeed on a DC 16
Constitution saving throw or take 3 (1d6) poison
damage and become poisoned. The poisoned
creature must repeat the saving throw every 24
hours, taking 3 (1d6) poison damage on a failed
save. Until this poison ends, the damage the
poison deals can’t be healed by any means.
After seven successful saving throws, the effect
ends and the creature can heal normally.
Cooperating with robbery. If the characters
cooperate, they can attempt to hide anything
they think the pirates will deem valuable with a
successful DC 15 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand)
check. Salida is successful at hiding her sending
stone. The pirates do not find Ortimay’s hidden
compartment under her mattress.
Fighting back. If the characters attempt to
fight, the ten men with Elok and the Eye of the
Deep are bandits. Elok has commanded his men
to use non-lethal damage for their final blows,
still intending to leave almost everyone alive.
Eye of the Deep uses her spells (gust, gust of
wind, and thunderwave) to try to knock a
character overboard. If successful, she will jump
in the water, turn into a reef shark, and attempt
to eat them. Elok has agreed to allow Eye of the
Deep to eat one person. Death or no death,
Elok still must give a suitable and memorable
punishment to the characters. If he is feeling
generous, he will allow one character to accept
the punishment for the group. He grabs a
scimitar from one of his men and yells “leg or
arm” to the character volunteering.
a mutiny and hurled the former captain
overboard. The other captains are still
adjusting to their ill-mannered new
confederate, who seems intent on bullying
his way toward declaring himself king of the
pirates.
Elok wants to stop sending a slice of the
pirates’ profits to Fort Beluarian, which
would end the alliance with Liara Portyr and
probably self-defeating; the pirates could
keep more of their profit, but they’d take
fewer prizes and incur more risk. The other
captains see the disadvantages clearly, but
Jaharwon is building a following among the
rank-and-file pirates of all three crews.
The Dragonfangs’s crew includes a first
mate Mad Kalita (LE female Chultan human
spy), fifteen Chultan bandits, three Chultan
thugs, and a “sea witch” named Eye of the
Deep (N female Calishite human druid-
variant).
Night. Widow Groat nightmare haunts another
character and bites them if no murder has been
committed.

Losing an arm. You can no longer hold anything

with two hands, and you can hold only a single
object at a time. Magic such as the regenerate
spell can restore the lost appendage.

Losing a leg. Your speed on foot is halved, and

you must use a cane or crutch to move unless
you have a peg leg or other prosthesis. You fall
prone after using the Dash action. You have
disadvantage on Dexterity checks made to
balance. Magic such as the regenerate spell can
restore the lost appendage.

Dragonfang
Captain Elok Jaharwon (NE male Chultan
human wereboar) has no patience or sense
of humor. He was first mate of the
Dragonfang until a year ago, when he staged

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Day 4
The morale of the crew has been degrading
over the last few days, especially after the
pirates boarding. All seem to be sullen and
keep to themselves, just seemingly keeping
to their tasks until they reach Port Nyanzaru.
to a character that Salida is not being
completely truthful if she had to lie about
anything.
Night. Widow Groat nightmare haunts another
character and bites them if no murder has been
committed.

Day 5
Salida’s story. Salida shares a biased and
distorted story of Ras Nsi to try to improve the On the deck of the ship you notice a half
attitudes of the characters. She does not share dozen birds flying towards the ship. No not
Ras Nsi’s name, that he still lives, nor anything birds, something much larger. They look
about Omu or the yuan-ti. She simply tells a reptilian in nature. One of the crew notices
your gaze and looks over, he takes a moment
story of long ago.
and squints trying to make them out. “Aye,
“Long ago, the largest city in Chult was not ‘Terror Folk’. Don’t worry mate they
Mezro. A righteous human paladin was the won’t bother you if you leave them alone.”
sworn protector of the city. He was betrayed
and cast out. He knew of danger coming to the
city and that he must fight back, raising an army
of undead. Unfortunately, he failed to regain
entrance into the city. The city was then
destroyed by the Spellplague. Perhaps if he had
succeeded the city would still be here in all its
glory, rather than in ruins. Vestiges of his
mighty army still wander Chult. I believe this
mighty paladin is on a divine mission and will
rise again one day ushering a new age to not
only Chult, but all of the world.”

A successful DC 15 Intelligence (History)

check (advantage if a native Chult) recalls a
different iteration of this story. The paladin
betrayed his oaths and was banished, he
attempted to conquer Mezro. The would-be
tyrant was defeated and banished once more.
Contradicting Salida’s story upsets her, she will Pteranodons. Six Pteranodons flying from Chult
attempt to correct them, but if they continue, have crossed paths with the Brazen Pegasus.
she’ll insult the character and walk away. Typically, they would keep their distance and
Asking Questions. Salida is willing to answer attack only if threatened. This group though
questions about Mezro but will not say the attacks the ship. They are hungry from their
paladin’s name. She will feign ignorance about travels, having no luck catching fish, and
who the paladin was, where he is now, and how possibly attracted by blood on the ship from the
he will bring a “new age” to the world. A pirate attack. They are opportunistic beasts and
successful DC 16 Wisdom (Insight) check reveals

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try to grapple someone and fly off to eat them.
They target small humanoids and beasts first.
Grappling. When you want to grab a creature
or wrestle with it, you can use the Attack action
to make a Special melee Attack, a grapple. If
you’re able to make multiple attacks with the
Attack action, this Attack replaces one of them.
The target of your grapple must be no
more than one size larger than you and must be
within your reach. Using at least one free hand,
you try to seize the target by making a grapple
check instead of an Attack roll: a Strength
(Athletics) check contested by the target’s
Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics)
check (the target chooses the ability to use). If
you succeed, you subject the target to the
Grapple condition.
Escaping a Grapple: A Grappled creature can
use its action to escape. To do so, it must
succeed on a Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity
(Acrobatics) check contested by your Strength
(Athletics) check.
Moving a Grappled Creature: When you move,
you can drag or carry the Grappled creature
with you, but your speed is halved, unless the
creature is two or more sizes smaller than you.
Grappled Condition: A grappled creature’s
speed becomes 0, and it can’t benefit from any
bonus to its speed. The condition ends if the
Grappler is incapacitated. The condition also
ends if an effect removes the grappled creature
from the reach of the Grappler or Grappling
effect, such as when a creature is hurled away
by the thunderwave spell.
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Plesiosaurus. If a character falls in the water, by
escaping a grapple from a Pteranodon, a nearby
Plesiosaurus attacks the character.
Night. Widow Groat nightmare haunts another
character and bites them if no murder has been
committed.
Day 6
The sea ahead rolls and churns, and waves
crash over the bow of your ship, driven by
saw-toothed hills rising from the heaving
foam. Water streams off the rising crags like
rivers crashing down a mountainside. At last
the emerging island stops growing in size,
although the sea around still tosses your ship
like a drifting feather. Then a huge blast of
steam erupts from the waves, and through
the drifting, rainbow-crossed mist, you see
and immense beak and milky eye the size of a
hogshead cask staring blindly in your
direction.
Aremag speaks first in Draconic; if no one
answers intelligibly it switches to Aquan.
During the negotiations, the dragon
turtle slowly circles the ship. At first, characters
must continually circle the deck of the ship to
maintain face-to-face contact with the creature,
but eventually it creates a whirlpool that causes
the sloop to revolve at a rate matching
Aremag’s motion. It should be obvious to
everyone that the dragon turtle could easily
sink the vessel.
 Aremag demands tribute for safe
passage but doesn’t specify an amount. Those
aboard must throw valuables into a sack, in
view of Aremag, until the dragon turtle is
satisfied with the offering. The characters and
crew, being robbed by the pirates, will not be
able to provide enough tribute. If the characters
attempt a tribute, Aremag roars “More!”.
Aremag will quickly grow impatient and capsize
the ship. He then begins to swim away, leaving
the characters to deal with a whirlpool.
Whirlpool. Aremag forms a 100-foot-wide
vortex. All characters and crew most likely will
fall into the vortex when the ship is capsized. If
not already in the vortex, a creature can swim
away from the vortex by making a DC 20
Strength (Athletics) check. When a creature
enters the vortex for the first time on a turn or
starts its turn there, it must make a DC 20
Strength saving throw. On a failed save, the
creature takes 2d8 bludgeoning damage, is
caught in the vortex and is pulled 30 feet
underwater. A creature caught in the vortex can
use its action to try to swim to the surface as
described above but has disadvantage on the
Strength (Athletics) check to do so. The first
time each turn that an object enters the vortex,
the object takes 2d8 bludgeoning damage, this
damage occurs each round it remains in the
vortex.
Widow Grout’s Deal. Any character that falls
unconscious, before making death saving
throws, Widow Grout appears to them inside
their “dream” as an aldani. Widow Grout offers
to save their lives if they agree to do a task for
her. She makes them swear on their mortal
souls. If the character agrees to the deal, they
wake up coughing up water on shore. If the
character declines the deal, they must make
death saving throws as normal. If a character
becomes stable, they too wake up coughing up
water on shore. If a character has three failed
death saving throws, they die, and their body is
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lost at sea. When Widow Grout comes to collect
her task, the character must perform it or they
contract slimy doom, as though he or she had
failed a saving throw against the contagion
spell.
Conclusion
You wake up violently coughing up water.
You’re lying on hot sand, the sun almost
blinding as your eyes adjust. The waves
gently hit the beach, a striking difference
from your recent ordeal. You look around,
behind you are enormous towering trees, at
least one hundred feet tall. You can hear
distant animal calls coming from the jungle,
chirps, howls, and roars. Tattered along the
beach are pieces of the Brazen Pegasus. You
notice some still bodies not far.
If the character took the deal from Widow
Groat add:
Something crawls across your face. You brush
it off. A familiar reddish ant falls from your
face and crawls towards the jungle.
The characters are washed ashore
somewhere between Port Nyanzaru and Fort
Beluarian. Salida has managed to wash ashore
with the characters, alive. Some dead bodies of
the crew can be found amongst the wreckage
and all the rest are missing. The characters
begin Tomb of Annihilation with a choice to
head north or south, not knowing which way to
head for Port Nyanzaru. Will the characters
survive days in the treacherous jungles of Chult
with dangerously minimal supplies?
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Appendix A.
Senses passive Perception 10
Monsters Languages any one language (usually
Common)
Aldani (Lobsterfolk) Challenge 1/8 (25 XP)
Medium monstrosity, lawful neutral
Actions
Scimitar. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit,
Armor Class 14 (natural armor)
reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: (1d6 + 1)
Hit Points 49 (9d8 + 9)
slashing damage.
Speed 20 ft., swim 30 ft.
Light Crossbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +3
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA to hit, reach 80/320 ft., one target. Hit: (1d8
13 (+1) 8 (-1) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 14 (+2) 10 (+0) + 1) piercing damage.

Skills Perception +4, Survival +4

Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception
14 Bandit Captain
Languages Common Medium humanoid (any race), any non-
Challenge 1 (200 XP) lawful alignment

Amphibious. The aldani can breathe air and Armor Class 15 (studded leather)
water. Hit Points 65 (10d8 + 20)
Speed 30 ft.
Actions
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
Multiattack. The aldani makes two attacks 15 (+2) 16 (+3) 14 (+2) 14 (+2) 11 (+0) 14 (+2)
with its claws.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit,
Saving Throws Str +4, Dex +5, Wis +2
reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: (1d8 + 1)
Skills Athletics +4, Deception +4
slashing damage, and the target is grappled
Senses passive Perception 10
(escape DC 11). The aldani has two claws,
Languages any two languages
each of which can grapple only one target.
Challenge 2 (450 XP)

Actions
Bandit Multiattack. The captain makes three
melee attacks: two with its scimitar and one
Medium humanoid (any race), any non-
with its dagger. Or the captain makes two
lawful alignment
ranged attacks with its daggers.
Scimitar. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit,
Armor Class 12 (leather armor)
reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: (1d6 + 3)
Hit Points 11 (2d8 + 2)
slashing damage.
Speed 30 ft.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

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Dagger (Melee). Melee Weapon Attack: +5
to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: (1d4 + 3)
piercing damage.
Dagger (Ranged). Ranged Weapon Attack:
+5 to hit, reach 20/60 ft., one target. Hit:
(1d4 + 3) piercing damage.
Reactions
Parry. The captain adds 2 to its AC against
one melee attack that would hit it. To do so,
the captain must see the attacker and be
wielding a melee weapon.
Dragon Turtle
Gargantuan dragon, neutral
Armor Class 20 (natural armor)
Hit Points 341 (22d20 + 110)
Speed 20 ft., swim 40 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS
25 (+7) 10 (+0) 20 (+5) 10 (+0) 12 (+1)
Saving Throws Dex +6, Con +11, Wis +7
Damage Resistance fire
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive
Perception 11
Languages Aquan, Draconic
Challenge 17 (18,000 XP)
Amphibious. The dragon turtle can breathe
air and water.
Actions
Multiattack. The dragon turtle makes three
attacks; one with its bite and two with its
claws. It can make one tail attack in place of
its two claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit,
reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: (3d12 + 7)
piercing damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit,
reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: (2d8 + 7)
slashing damage.
Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit,
reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: (3d12 +7)
bludgeoning damage. If the target is a
creature, it must succeed on a DC 20
Strength saving throw or be pushed up to
10 feet away from the dragon turtle and
knocked prone.
Storm Breath (Recharge 5-6). The dragon
turtle exhales scalding steam in a 60-foot
cone. Each creature in the area must make
a DC 18 Constitution saving throw, taking 52
(15d6) fire damage on a failed save, or half
as much damage on a successful one. Being
underwater doesn’t grant resistance against
this damage.
Druid-variant
Medium humanoid (any race), any
alignment
CHA
12 (+1)
Armor Class 11 (16 with barksin)
Hit Points 27 (5d8 + 5)
Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
10 (+0) 12 (+1) 13 (+1) 12 (+1) 15 (+2) 11 (+0)
Skills Medicine +4, Nature +3, Perception +4
Senses passive Perception 14
Languages Druidic plus any two languages
Challenge 2 (450 XP)
Spellcasting. The druid is a 4th-level
spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Wisdom
(spell save DC 12, +4 to hit with spell
attacks). It has the following druid spells
prepared:
-Cantrips (at will): gust, mending, shillelagh
-1st level (4 slots): create or destroy water,
fog cloud, healing word, thunderwave
-2nd level (3 slots): barkskin, gust of wind
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Actions
Quarterstaff (One-Handed). Melee Weapon
Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit:
(1d6) bludgeoning damage.
Quarterstaff (Two-Handed). Melee Weapon
Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target Hit:
(1d8) bludgeoning damage.
Quarterstaff (with Shillelagh). Melee
Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one
target. Hit: (1d8 + 2) bludgeoning damage.
Wild Shape (Recharges after a Short or
Long Rest). The druid can use a bonus
action to magically assume the shape of a
reef shark, remaining in that form for up to
1 hour. It can revert to its true form as a
bonus action. Its statistics are replaced by
the statistics of a reef shark, but retains its
alignment, personality, and Intelligence,
Wisdom, and Charisma scores. All
equipment merges into its new form. The
druid assumes the reef shark’s hit points
and Hit Dice. When the druid reverts to its
normal form, it returns to the number of hit
points it had before it transformed.
However, if the druid reverts as a result to
dropping to 0 hit points, any excess damage
carries over to its normal from. The druid
cannot cast spells, although transforming
doesn’t break its concentration on a spell
already cast.
Night Hag
Medium fiend, neutral evil
Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
Hit Points 112 (15d8 + 45)
Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS
18 (+4) 15 (+2) 16 (+3) 16 (+3) 14 (+2) 16 (+3)
Skills Deception +7, Insight +6, Perception
+6, Stealth +6
Damage Resistance cold, fire; bludgeoning,
piercing, and slashing from nonmagical
attacks not made with silvered weapons
Condition Immunities Charmed
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive
Perception 16
Languages Abyssal, Common, Infernal,
Primordial
Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)
Innate Spellcasting. The hag’s innate
spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save
DC 14, +6 to hit with spell attacks). She can
innately cast the following spells, requiring
no material components:
-At will: detect magic, magic missile
-2/day each: plane shift (self only), ray of
enfeeblement, sleep
Magic Resistance. The hag has advantage
on saving throws against spells and other
magical effects.
Shared Spellcasting (Coven Only). While all
three members of a hag coven are within 30
feet of one another, they can each cast the
following spells from the wizard’s spell list
but must share the spell slots among
themselves:
-1st level (4 slots): identify, ray of sickness
-2nd level (3 slots): hold person, locate
object
-3rd level (3 slots): bestow curse,
counterspell, lightning bolt
-4th level (3 slots): phantasmal kill,
polymorph
-5th level (2 slots): contact other plane,
scrying
-6th level (1 slot): eye bite
For casting these spells, each hag is a 12th-
level spellcaster that uses Intelligence as
CHA her spellcasting ability. The night hag’s spell
save DC is 15, and the spell attack bonus is
+7 for these spells
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Actions Skills Perception +3, Stealth +4
Claws (Hag Form Only). Melee Weapon Senses passive Perception 13
Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: Challenge 2 (450 XP)
(2d8 + 4) slashing damage.
Change Shape. The hag magically
polymorphs into a Small or Medium female Hold Breath. The plesiosaurs can hold its
humanoid, or back into her true form. Her breath for 1 hour.
statistics are the same in each form. Any
equipment she is wearing or carrying isn’t Actions
transformed. She reverts to her true form if Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach
she dies. 10 ft., one target. Hit: (3d6 +4) piercing
Etherealness. The hag magically enters the damage.
Ethereal Plane from the Material Plane, or
vice versa. To do so, the hag must have a
heartstone in her possession. Pteranodon
Nightmare Haunting (1/Day). While on the Medium beast, unaligned
Ethereal Plane, the hag magically touches a
sleeping humanoid on the Material Plane. A Armor Class 13 (natural armor)
protection from evil and good spell cast on Hit Points 13 (3d8)
the target prevents this contact, as does a Speed 10ft., fly 60 ft.
magic circle. As long as the contact persists,
the target has dreadful visions. If these STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
visions last for at least 1 hour, target gains 12 (+1) 15 (+2) 10 (+0) 2 (-4) 9 (-1) 5 (-3)

no benefit from its rest, and its hit point

maximum is reduced by 5 (1d10). If this Skills Perception +1
effect reduces the target’s hit point Ssenses passive Perception 11
maximum to 0, the target dies, and if the Challenge 1/4 (50 XP)
target was evil, the soul is trapped in the
hag’s soul bag. The reduction to the target’s Flyby. The Pteranodon doesn’t provoke an
hit point maximum lasts until removed by opportunity attack when it flies out of an
the greater restoration spell or similar enemy’s reach.
magic.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach
Plesiosaurus 5 ft., one target. Hit: (2d4 + 1) piercing
Large beast, unaligned damage.

Armor Class 13 (natural armor)

Hit Points 68 (8d10 + 24) Reef Shark
Speed 20 ft., swim 40 ft. Medium beast, unaligned

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA Armor Class 12 (natural armor)
18 (+4) 15 (+2) 16 (+3) 2 (-4) 12 (+1) 5 (-3)
Hit Points 22 (4d8 + 4)

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Speed 0 ft., swim 40 ft. Sneak Attack (1/Turn). The spy deals an
extra 7 (2d6) damage when it hits a target
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA with a weapon attack and has advantage on
14 (+2) 13 (+1) 13 (+1) 1 (-5) 10 (+0) 4 (-3)
the attack roll, or when the target is within
5 ft. of an ally of the spy that isn’t
Skills Perception +2 incapacitated and the spy doesn’t have
Senses blindsight 30 ft., passive Perception disadvantage on the attack roll.
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Challenge 1/2 (100 XP) Actions
Multiattack. The spy makes two melee
Pack Tactics. The shark has advantage on attacks.
an attack roll against a creature if at least Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to
one of the shark’s allies is within 5 ft. of the hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: (1d6 + 2)
creature and the ally isn’t incapacitated. piercing damage.
Water Breathing. The shark can breathe Hand Crossbow. Ranged Weapon Attack:
only underwater. +4 to hit, reach 30/120 ft., one target. Hit:
(1d6 + 2) piercing damage.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach
5 ft., one target. Hit: (1d8 + 2) piercing
damage. Thug
Medium humanoid (any race), any non-
lawful alignment
Spy Armor Class 12 (leather armor)
Medium humanoid (any race), any Hit Points 11 (2d8 + 2)
alignment Speed 30 ft.
Armor Class 12 STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
Hit Points 27 (6d8) 11 (+0) 12 (+1) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 10 (+0)

Speed 30 ft.
Senses passive Perception 10
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA Languages any one language (usually
10 (+0) 15 (+2) 10 (+0) 12 (+1) 14 (+2) 16 (+3)
Common)
Challenge 1/8 (25 XP)
Skills Deception +5, Insight +4, Investigation
+5, Perception +6, Persuasion +5, Sleight of Actions
Hand +4, Stealth +4 Scimitar. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit,
Senses passive Perception 16 reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: (1d6 + 1)
Languages any two languages slashing damage.
Challenge 1 (200 XP) Light Crossbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +3
to hit, reach 80/320 ft., one target. Hit: (1d8
Cunning Action. On each of its turns, the + 1) piercing damage.
spy can use a bonus action to take the Dash,
Disengage, or Hide action.

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Veteran
Medium humanoid (any race), alignment
Armor Class 17 (splint)
Hit Points 58 (9d8 + 18)
Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS
16 (+3) 13 (+1) 14 (+2) 10 (+0) 11 (+0) 10 (+0)
Senses Athletics +5, Perception +2
Senses passive Perception 12
Languages any one language (usually
Common)
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Actions
Multiattack. The veteran makes two
longsword attacks. If it has a shortsword
drawn, it can also make a shortsword
attack.
Longsword (One-Handed). Melee Weapon
Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit:
(1d8 + 3) slashing damage.
Longsword (Two-Handed). Melee Weapon
Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit:
(1d10 + 3) slashing damage.
Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to
hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: (1d6 + 3)
piercing damage.
Heavy Crossbow. Ranged Weapon Attack:
+3 to hit, reach 100/400 ft., one target. Hit:
(1d10 + 1) piercing damage.
Wereboar
Medium humanoid (human, shapechanger),
neutral evil
Armor Class 10 in humanoid form (or 11,
natural armor, in boar or hybrid form)
Hit Points 78 (12d8 + 24)
Speed 30 ft. (40 ft. in boar form)
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
17 (+3) 10 (+0) 15 (+2) 10 (+0) 11 (+0) 8 (-1)
Skills Perception +2
Damage Immunities bludgeoning, piercing,
and slashing from nonmagical attacks not
CHA
made with silvered weapons
Senses passive Perception 12
Languages Common (can’t speak in boar
form)
Challenge 4 (1,100 XP)
Shapechanger. The wereboar can use its
action to polymorph into a boar-humanoid
hybrid or into a boar, or back into its true
form, which is humanoid. Its statistics,
other than its AC, are the same in each
form. Any equipment it is wearing or
carrying isn’t transformed. It reverts to its
true form if it dies.
Charge (Boar or Hybrid Form Only). If the
wereboar moves at least 15 feet straight
toward a target and then hits it with its
tusks on the same turn, the target takes an
extra 7 (2d6) slashing damage. If the target
is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 13
Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.
Relentless (Recharges after a Short or Long
Rest). If the wereboar take 14 damage or
less that would reduce it to 0 hit points, it is
reduced to 1 hit point instead.
Actions
Multiattack (Humanoid or Hybrid Form
Only). The wereboar makes two attacks,
only one of which can be with its tusks.
Maul (Humanoid of Hybrid Form Only).
Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft.,
one target. Hit: (2d6 + 3) bludgeoning
damage.
Tusks (Boar or Hybrid Form Only). Melee
Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one
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target. Hit: (2d6 +3) slashing damage. If the 1) piercing damage plus (2d6) poison
target is a humanoid, it must succeed on a damage.
DC 12 Constitution saving throw or be
cursed with wereboar lycanthropy.

Yuan-ti Pureblood
Medium humanoid (yuan-ti), neutral evil

Armor Class 11
Hit Points 40 (9d8)
Speed 30 ft.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

11 (+0) 12 (+1) 11 (+0) 13 (+1) 12 (+1) 14 (+2)

Skills Deception +6, Perception +3, Stealth

+3
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception
13
Languages Abyssal, Common, Draconic
Challenge 1 (200 XP)

Innate Spellcasting. The yuan-ti’s

spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save
DC 12). The yuan-ti can innately cast the
following spells, requiring no material
components:
-At will: animal friendship (snakes only)
-3/day each: poison spray, suggestion
Magic Resistance. The yuan-ti has
advantage on saving throws against spells
and other magical effects.

Actions
Multiattack. The yuan-ti makes two melee
attacks.
Scimitar. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit,
reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: (1d6 + 1)
slashing damage.
Shortbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +3 to
hit, reach 80/320 ft., one target. Hit: (1d6 +

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