Dragon Heist
A haunted tavern. A hidden hoard. A city of masks and motives.
Overview
Welcome to the Road to Waterdeep Arc of our Waterdeep story. This hub collects every recap, NPC, and handout in one place so you can follow the tale—or run your own.
Latest Recap
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Session 41: The Streets are Watching
The streets of Waterdeep seem to know something the Watch does not. As the party investigates a string of murders targeting elves in the Dock Ward, cryptic warnings, uneasy silences, and a deadly ambush reveal that a skilled hunter is stalking the city after dark.
Session Recaps
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Session 41: The Streets are Watching
The streets of Waterdeep seem to know something the Watch does not. As the party investigates a string of murders targeting elves in the Dock Ward, cryptic warnings, uneasy silences, and a deadly ambush reveal that a skilled hunter is stalking the city after dark.
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Session 40: Skittering Shadows and Silver Tongues
The party returns to Trollskull Manor after strange discoveries beneath the city, only to find that Waterdeep’s troubles have come looking for them. As guild workers transform the manor into a functioning tavern, Davil Starsong arrives with unsettling news, a glimpse into the fractured Zhentarim, and a mission that will lead the adventurers into the…
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Session 39: Wood, Water and Whispers
The scarecrows are defeated, but questions remain. As the party returns to Trollskull Manor, they discover a house filled with workers, plans, and possibility. A new companion joins their ranks, a master carver helps shape the manor’s future, and unsettling sounds from below suggest Trollskull’s secrets are far from exhausted.
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Session 38: Straw, Stone, and the Call of the Wilderness
The battle against the scarecrows reaches its conclusion, but the mystery behind their creation deepens. Strange opals and a gold ring hint at something larger at work, while an unexpected farewell quietly changes the future of the party forever.
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Session 37: Straw, Shadows and the Long Night
The darkness beyond the Stoutfellow Vineyard holds more than shadows. As scarecrows emerge from every direction, the party struggles against supernatural fear, fleeting glimpses of their enemies, and the growing realization that something far more sinister stalks the fields outside Waterdeep.
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Session 36: Shadows in the Vineyard
The vineyard was quiet. Too quiet. As the heroes of Trollskull Manor investigate strange disturbances at Stoutfellow Farm, a mysterious wizard joins their ranks and shadows move among the vines. What begins as a cautious search soon becomes a terrifying realization: the shadows were never running away.
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Session 35: Shadows and Smoke
The search for the creatures haunting the farmlands outside Waterdeep leads the party into moonlit vineyards filled with shadows, uncertainty, and unanswered questions. But while the hunt reveals few answers, it does bring an unexpected encounter—one that may change the course of the adventure.
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Session 34: Bones and Better Judgement
The skeletons have fallen silent, but the questions remain. Faced with a necromancer whose mistakes cost innocent lives, the party must decide whether mercy or justice will guide their next steps. Their answer leads them beyond Waterdeep’s walls and into the moonlit fields of Undercliff, where something waits among the orchards.
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Session 33: A Class in Catastrophe
The search for Gregor Grimmsby ends beneath Dandymop’s Fine Wigs & Powder, where a lesson in responsible necromancy spirals into catastrophe. As flaming undead overrun a hidden classroom, the party must contain a disaster that was never meant to happen.
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Session 32: Masks, Mercy, and the Monster
What waits beneath a dusty wig shop in Waterdeep? Session 32 takes the party into a hidden classroom where assumptions are challenged, unlikely conversations unfold, and a lesson in necromancy ends in chaos when an undead student rises beyond anyone’s control.
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