Short adventure · Levels 1–4
Rats of Waterdeep
A noir mystery in Waterdeep's quarantined Dock Ward.
What it’s about
A magical disease, Rat Pox, has forced the Lords of Waterdeep to quarantine the Dock Ward. When a retired sea captain turns up dead inside the cordon, the City Watch — too afraid to go in — sends the party. The clues point to a feud between two masked figures, the vigilante Rat King and the druid known as the Lady of Plagues.
How it plays
Comic noir mystery with hardboiled detective banter and eccentric suspects. It also adds the Detective background and two new subclasses.
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