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GATHERING I NFORMATION skill checks are necessary to get people talking, but to
acquire reliable information, characters must go where
The challenge for characters isn't getting people to tell
in-the-know folks gather. For each hour spent talking
them about Chult; it's sifting the truth from the moun-
to knowledgeable travelers, a character can make a DC
tain of rumor, conjecture, and myth.
15 Wisdom (Insight) check. If the check succeeds, roll
The best people to talk to are those who actually work
percentile dice and consult the Chult Rumors table to
or live in the jungle: hunters, guides, and explorers. No
determine what the character learns.
CHULT RUMORS
dlOO Rumor dlOO Rumor
01-05 Bird folk inhabit a monastery that hangs on the 56-60 There are giant snapping turtles in Snapping
side of a plateau many miles up the Olung River, Turtle Bay. One of them is as big as a house. He's
past the Laughing Gorge. The bird folk are hold- known as King Toba, and his shell has gemstones
ing the last royal heir of Ch ult as their prisoner. embedded in it.
06-12 Deep in the heart of the jungle is a city built by 61- 65 The Order of the Gauntlet came here to cleanse
minotaurs. It's now overrun by snake people, but the jungle of undead. They lost one of their en-
even worse things dwell below. In visions, I have campments not too long ago. They're just barely
seen strange devils screaming in the dark. hanging on to another one. I see their emissaries
13- 17 If you head up the Tiryki River about five days all the time, heading up the River Soshenstar in
by canoe, you'll see a stone spire to the east. canoes to get more supplies and templars from
Natives call it Firefinger. "Terror folk" nest there, Port Nyanzaru.
and if they spot you, you're in for a fight. 66-71 Watch out for any mist with a blue tinge to it. It
18-22 One must purchase a charter of exploration at spreads a fever that drives people mad.
Fort Beluarian before undertaking any jungle 72-77 A dragon turtle named Aremag lives in the Bay of
expedition. The Flaming Fist punishes explorers Chu It. If you wish to set sail from Port Nyanzaru,
who don't have the required paperwork. you'll need treasure to appease the greedy mon-
23-28 Chult had many kings and queens, but none ster. How much treasure, I can't say. Aremag will
more beautiful than Queen Zalkore. Thousands tell you what it wants, and you'd best give it what
of warriors killed and died for her, but the only it demands.
memorial of her reign is the garden palace of 78-82 A ruined city lies up the River Tath, past Kahakla
Nangalore, which lies near the eastern shore of Gorge. Supposedly, no one's explored past the
the River Olung, north of Lake Luo. gorge, but that's not true. It's just that the few
29- 33 Ch ult was once a playground for a green dragon. who made it out alive mostly keep quiet about
Her bones mark the location of a hidden treasure what they found there. I have it on good authority
trove. If you travel to Mezro and head east across that the ruins are guarded by a naga who is both
the laughing Gorge, then south toward K ir Sabal, wise and generous.
you might stumble on the dragon's bones and 83-87 The great god Ubtao once guided the people of
earn yourself a place in the history books! Chu It, be he tired of their constant warring and
34- 40 The city of Mezro was not destroyed during the abandoned them. Since then, Chultans have
Spellplague after all. Its ruins are an illusion. I turned to the worship of other gods, some of
heard a pale-skinned man whisper this to a di· which were tricksters and deceivers.
nosaur man with a big sword. The dinosaur man 88-92 Long ago, a peaceful tribe of fisherfolk called the
smelled like honeysuckle. Aldani angered Ubtao by catching and eating all
41- 45 Dwarves are determined to reclaim Wyrmheart the lobsters in a river. As punishment for their
Mine, but a red dragon lives there now. Haven't greed, they were all transformed into monsters
seen one of them in a while. that dwell In the Aldani Basin.
46- 50 The jungle is full of nature spirits-weird little el· 93-96 Perched atop a plateau overlooking the Aldani
emental creatures with masks. They don't speak, Basin is a ghost village. All the people there dis·
and I've never known one to be harmful, but their appeared. No one knows why. You can reach the
magical powers should not be taken lightly. Aldani Basin by following the River Soshenstar.
51- 55 Some city folk were expecting the arrival of a 97-00 The great god Ubtao loved mazes. If you happen
Halruaan airship called the Star Goddess. It never upon a maze of any kind. trace a path through it.
arrived. I bet it crashed in the jungle somewhere. You will earn Ubtao's favor by doing so.

CHAPTER I I PORT SYANZARU