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tal’dorei campaign guide
Religions: Majority: Changebringer, Wildmother,
and Lawbearer; Minority: Any
Imports: Livestock, adventurers, lumber
Exports: Fish, ships, grain, iron, silver, gold, and
trade goods from Wildemount

creatures leap from tree to tree, or
patiently wait from within their
dome-like tree root dens to snatch
wary travelers. An organized
group of gnoll marauders called
the Moonsteeth keep their
cavern hideout here, striking
out at easy targets outside of
Drynna and Mooren Lake.
Since the region is popu-
lated almost entirely by monsters and
monstrous folk, most humanoids avoid it
whenever possible. Those few who explore the
deadly marsh do so only out of necessity, either
because they need to unlock Rootgarden’s many
secrets, or because “civilization” is even more dangerous
to them than the primal dangers found within.
rootgarden marsh adventures

the ley-knot
For mid-level characters: Without warning, arcane magic stops
functioning within a 100-mile radius of Rootgarden Marsh.
As panic spreads across northeastern Tal’Dorei, the PCs or
a patron of theirs discovers that a major ley line, the source
of arcane power in this part of the world, has been twisted
and tied into a knot at the center of the marsh. This knot has
been tied by High Shaman Luneskon of the Moonsteeth
gnolls. Her ambitions are small, but the method she used to
mooren laKe adventures
tangle the ley lines must be erased from history—knowledge
of its existence could bring disaster to all of Tal’Dorei.
renew the miStS
For mid-level characters: The Moon Mistress, a night hag death’S garden
who takes the guise of a water nymph, uses the fading
For characters of any level: Rootgarden’s strange ecology has
mists to shroud her location from a blood hunter named
produced many unique and powerful forms of plant life.
Perron Brill, a woman dedicated to hunting the Mistress
During the course of a campaign, a group of PCs may need
down out of vengeance. The mists require a blasphemous
to create a unique potion requiring the essence of mana-
sacrifice to renew, and the Mistress is willing to reward
wort, a sentient mushroom found only within Rootgarden.
those who would aid her in retrieving the necessary
The manawort mushroom is fearful of being harvested, and
components. Perron Brill resides in nearby Drynna, and
has made close friends with a black dragon—its age depen-
though she is no saint herself, more honorable PCs may
dent on the needs of the campaign—named Thardraxxus,
think it best to help the hunter find her prey.
who keeps the mushroom and its sporelings safe.
rootgarden marsh stilben
The shallows of Mooren Lake leak into the tender soil,
Small City • Population: 9,015 (70% Human,
spreading eastward to create the cold and desolate Root-
10% Elf, 10% Halfling, 5% Half-elf, 5% Other)
garden Marsh. Tall, thin trees lift five or more feet above
the muck by stilt-like roots, their sparse placement resem- Stilben stinks to high heaven. Also known as the “Rotted
bling a field of scattered, wooden huts. The fresh water Lot” by the countless sailors and merchants who pass
mingles with salt here, leaving only adapted vegetation. through it, Stilben is the largest port city on this coast of
The smell of moss and rot fills the air, while strange, feral Tal’Dorei, and is the focal point of all imports and exports

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