Running of the Saurs

Adventures
The Ring of Regeneration Seeking Allies Exploring Port Nyanzaru Running of the Saurs The Templar's Camp Rescue in the Jungle Homecoming The Lost Heir of Omu The Forbidden City Captured! A Grand Puzzle Tomb of the Nine Gods The Immortal Warrior The Wyrmheart Mine The Guardian of Orolunga The Lost Love
Campaigns
A Grand Tour of the Sword Coast‎ Tomb of Annihilation‎ Waterdeep: Dragon Heist‎ Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus‎ Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden The Wild Beyond the Witchlight Light of Xaryxis Turn of Fortune's Wheel

Running of the Saurs is one of the adventures in the campaign Tomb of Annihilation.

	Battle against a steady flow of dinosaurs as you prepare for a trek into the jungle.
Requirements	Must have completed "Exploring Port Nyanzaru"
Objectives	Complete Area 100
Rewards	×200 ×???	Formation

Variants

Dinosaur Racing

	Race against a steady flow of dinosaurs as you prepare for a trek into the jungle, quickly.
Requirements	Must have completed "Running of the Saurs"
Objectives	Complete Area 50 Within 30 Minutes
Restrictions	Complete area 50 within 30 minutes of starting the objective You've gotta go fast!
Rewards	×300 ×???	Formation
Patron: Mirt	Complete Area 50 within 30 Minutes	×300 ×150
Patron: Vajra	Complete Area 50 within 30 Minutes	×300 ×150
Patron: Strahd	Complete Area 50 within 30 Minutes	×300 ×150
Patron: Zariel	Complete Area 50 within 30 Minutes	×300 ×350

Market Fluctuations

	Battle against a steady flow of dinosaurs as you prepare for a trek into the jungle in a world where everything costs more.
Requirements	Must have completed "Running of the Saurs" Must have completed 8 Tomb of Annihilation adventures or variants
Objectives	Complete Area 200
Restrictions	Leveling up your champions costs more than normal.
Rewards	×400 ×???	Formation
Patron: Mirt	Complete Area 300	×2.44e04 ×3,900
Patron: Vajra	Complete Area 325	×3.86e04 ×4,225
Patron: Strahd	Complete Area 350	×6.10e04 ×4,900
Patron: Zariel	Complete Area 375	×9.65e04 ×5,625
Patron: Elminster	Complete Area 825	×3.68e08 ×2.14e04
Additional	The cost of each level is raised to the 1.1 power.

Relay Race

• Hint: Briv’s Unnatural Haste ability allows to cover more than 150 areas with the same formation.
  

	Battle against a steady flow of dinosaurs, but don't blow your strongest team too early.
Requirements	Must have completed "Running of the Saurs" Must have completed 21 Tomb of Annihilation adventures or variants
Objectives	Complete Area 325
Restrictions	Each Champion can only be used to beat 150 unique areas. A Champion counts as being "used" in an area if they're in the formation at any time during the attempt that beats an area for the first time. After a Champion has been used while beating 150 unique areas, they can not be used in the formation anymore.
Rewards	×650 ×???	Formation
Patron: Mirt	Complete Area 425	×2.41e05 ×6,800
Patron: Vajra	Complete Area 450	×3.81e05 ×7,200
Patron: Strahd	Complete Area 475	×6.03e05 ×8,075
Patron: Zariel	Complete Area 500	×9.53e05 ×9,000
Patron: Elminster	Complete Area 825	×3.68e08 ×2.14e04

Waves

Type	Waves	Bosses	Favored By
bandit	8	2
beast	39	3	Imoen, Jaheira, Minsc, Zorbu
dinosaur	26	5
half-orc	8	0
hit-based	0	1	Binwin, Ezmerelda
human	15	3
humanoid	15	3	Ezmerelda, Jaheira, Minsc, Zorbu
melee	50	9
ranged	4	0
undead	14	4	Brother Uriah, Ezmerelda, Jaheira, Minsc, Nerys, Zorbu

Wave	Tags	Monsters	Monster Tags	Image
1	outdoors	Giant Rat, Sailor	beast human humanoid melee
2	outdoors	Giant Rat, Sailor	beast human humanoid melee
3	outdoors	Flying Monkey, Sailor	beast human humanoid melee
4	outdoors	Flying Monkey, Giant Rat	beast melee
5	outdoors	Giant Rat ×10	beast melee
Boss	outdoors	Zombie Rat (boss)	boss undead melee
6	outdoors	Giant Rat	beast melee
7	outdoors	Giant Rat, Stegosaurus	beast dinosaur melee
8	outdoors	Stegosaurus	beast dinosaur melee
9	outdoors	Stegosaurus	beast dinosaur melee
10	outdoors	Stegosaurus ×10	beast dinosaur melee
Boss	outdoors	Ancient Stegosaurus	boss beast dinosaur melee
11	outdoors	Bandit	bandit half-orc human humanoid melee
12	outdoors	Bandit, Flying Monkey	bandit beast half-orc human humanoid melee
13	outdoors	Bandit, Flying Monkey	bandit beast half-orc human humanoid melee
14	outdoors	Flying Monkey	beast melee
15	outdoors	Flying Monkey ×10	beast melee
Boss	outdoors	Monkey Tamer	boss human humanoid melee
16	outdoors	Stegosaurus, Triceratops	beast dinosaur melee
17	outdoors	Stegosaurus, Triceratops	beast dinosaur melee
18	outdoors	Triceratops	beast dinosaur melee
19	outdoors	Triceratops	beast dinosaur melee
20	outdoors	Triceratops ×10	beast dinosaur melee
Boss	outdoors	Dimetrodon	boss beast dinosaur melee
21	outdoors	Bandit	bandit half-orc human humanoid melee
22	indoors	Bandit, Sailor	bandit half-orc human humanoid melee
23	indoors	Bandit, Giant Rat	bandit beast half-orc human humanoid melee
24	outdoors	Bandit	bandit half-orc human humanoid melee
25	indoors	Bandit ×10	bandit half-orc human humanoid melee ranged
Boss	indoors	Overambitious Bandit	boss bandit human humanoid melee
26	outdoors	Stegosaurus, Triceratops	beast dinosaur melee
27	outdoors	Stegosaurus, Triceratops	beast dinosaur melee
28	outdoors	Stegosaurus, Triceratops	beast dinosaur melee
29	outdoors	Stegosaurus, Triceratops	beast dinosaur melee
30	outdoors	Stegosaurus ×4, Triceratops ×6	beast dinosaur melee
Boss	outdoors	Triceratops Rider	boss beast dinosaur melee
31	outdoors	Stegosaurus, Triceratops	beast dinosaur melee
32	indoors	Sailor	human humanoid melee
33	indoors	Flying Monkey, Sailor	beast human humanoid melee
34	indoors	Flying Monkey, Sailor	beast human humanoid melee
35	outdoors	Sailor ×10	human humanoid melee
Boss	outdoors	Pirate Captain	boss bandit human humanoid melee
36	outdoors	Skeleton, Stegosaurus	beast dinosaur undead melee
37	outdoors	Skeleton, Skeleton Archer, Stegosaurus	beast dinosaur undead melee ranged
38	outdoors	Skeleton, Skeleton Archer, Stegosaurus	beast dinosaur undead melee ranged
39	outdoors	Skeleton, Stegosaurus	beast dinosaur undead melee
40	outdoors	Skeleton ×5, Skeleton Archer ×5	undead melee ranged
Boss	outdoors	Skeleton Champion	boss undead melee
41	outdoors	Ghoul	undead melee
42	outdoors	Ghoul	undead melee
43	outdoors	Ghoul, Triceratops	beast dinosaur undead melee
44	outdoors	Ghoul, Triceratops	beast dinosaur undead melee
45	outdoors	Triceratops ×10	beast dinosaur melee
Boss	outdoors	Triceratops Zombie	boss dinosaur undead melee
46	outdoors	Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Zombie Villager	beast dinosaur undead melee
47	outdoors rain	Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Zombie Villager	beast dinosaur undead melee
48	outdoors rain	Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Zombie Villager	beast dinosaur undead melee
49	outdoors rain	Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Zombie Villager	beast dinosaur undead melee
50	outdoors thunderstorm	Zombie Villager	undead melee
Boss	outdoors thunderstorm	Tyrannosaurus Zombie	boss dinosaur undead hit-based

Transcript

Running of the Saurs
Battle against a steady flow of dinosaurs as you prepare for a trek into the jungle.
Area	Goal		Quests & Cinematics
Grandfather Zitembe:	You will need to venture deep into the jungles of Chult. To a lost city, overgrown and forgotten. It is that place the Red Wizards seek.
Bruenor:	How will we find this city? Chult is enormous!
Grandfather Zitembe:	You will need a guide. I see a shining rooftop -- the Hall of Gold. Go there, and a guide will be given to you.
1	Defeat 25 Monsters		Grandfather Zitembe has performed a vision quest for you. You must seek a guide at the Hall of Gold to help you navigate the jungles of Chult.
2	Defeat 25 Monsters		The Hall of Gold lies at the highest point in Port Nyanzaru.
Sailor:	Clear the streets! The Running of the Saurs is upon us!
Celeste:	Oh, this must be the weekly dinosaur races through the streets. I heard about this!
Sailor:	Nay! This is far more dangerous. These dinos don't have riders. You'll stay clear if you know what's good for you!
3	Collect 25 Monkey Hat		Sailors are out in force for the annual Running of the Saurs event, whatever that is.
4	Defeat 25 Monsters		You break off from the throng of sailors and make your way down a quieter street.
5	Defeat the Zombie Rat		Without warning, a slobbering, chittering, undead rat attacks.
6	Defeat 25 Monsters		This street is quiet. Too quiet.
Celeste:	What's that noise?
7	Defeat 25 Monsters		You hear a thundering stampede, and then suddenly a horde of dinosaurs rounds the corner and charges towards you.
8	Defeat 25 Monsters		Fight your way through the dinosaur horde.
9	Collect 25 Smashed Timber		The dinosaurs are making a mess of the street. Collect some smashed timbers.
10	Defeat the Ancient Stegosaurus		A massive dinosaur whose hide is thick with scars charges towards you.
11	Defeat 25 Monsters		You duck into a side alley to avoid another stampede, but find yourself set upon by bandits.
Nayeli:	Out of the pan, into the fire.
Celeste:	Bandits are easy. Dinosaurs... those are scary.
12	Collect 25 Monkey Net		These bandits seem to be trying to catch flying monkeys, though they're not doing too well.
13	Defeat 25 Monsters		It seems the flying monkeys are getting the best of the bandits.
Bruenor:	Augh! Curse these flying abominations!
14	Defeat 25 Monsters		The bandits back off, leaving you to contend with the monkeys yourselves.
15	Defeat the Monkey Tamer		A garishly dressed bandit approaches. The monkeys he's with seem to follow his commands and attack.
16	Defeat 25 Monsters		Back out in the street, you've found yourself in another river of dinosaurs.
Bruenor:	Come on! We've got to get to the Hall of Gold. It's at the top of the hill.
Celeste:	You mean the place all these dinosaurs seem to be coming from?
17	Defeat 25 Monsters		Make your way upstream against the dino-current.
18	Collect 25 Tropical Fruit		Several of these triceratops have tropical fruit impaled on their horns. Gather some.
19	Defeat 25 Monsters		Several onlookers gasp in horror as a fresh group of dinosaurs crash through the streets towards you.
20	Defeat the Dimetrodon		A squat finned dinosaur emerges from the horde and charges towards you.
Celeste:	At last, a little peace and quiet.
21	Defeat 25 Monsters		You duck into the Grand Souk, which is well protected from the stream of dinosaurs, but still mostly abandoned by citizens and shopkeepers watching the festivities.
22	Defeat 25 Monsters		It looks like some bandits are using this opportunity to pillage some of the less secure shops in the market.
23	Collect 25 Gnawed Bone		Some giant rats are also using this opportunity to scrounge for food uninterrupted.
24	Defeat 25 Monsters		The bandits start to thin out.
25	Defeat the Overambitious Bandit		Just as you're about the leave the market, a bandit carrying an improbably large sack emerges from a shop.
Jarlaxle:	Looks like that bandit bit off more than they could chew.
26	Defeat 25 Monsters		You emerge from the market onto yet another dinosaur filled street. It must take weeks to recover from the damage this tradition does.
27	Collect 25 Squashed Baskets		The dinosaurs seemed to run past a basket shop flattening everything in sight.
28	Defeat 25 Monsters		These streets here are particularily steep and narrow, further increasing the danger of the stampeding dinosaurs.
Nayeli:	Look! Up ahead! A golden beacon! We must be close!
Bruenor:	Push forwards, friends.
29	Defeat 25 Monsters		The Hall of Gold is just ahead. You're almost there!
Triceratops Rider:	H-h-h-help meeeeeee!
30	Defeat the Triceratops Rider		An insane citizen of Port Nyanzaru has somehow gotten themselves perched on the back of a particularily ferocious looking Triceratops.
31	Collect 25 Copper Coin		You arrive in front of the Hall of Gold, which is actually a temple to Waukeen with a shining, golden roof.
32	Defeat 25 Monsters		The temple seems to be overrun by sailors.
33	Defeat 25 Monsters		And their annoying flying monkey pets.
34	Defeat 25 Monsters		The chief priest of Waukeen is Sibonseni, Mother of Prosperity. It is she you seek.
Pirate Captain:	Hand over ye booty, and we'll be on our way.
Sibonseni:	Never. The wealth of Waukeen is not meant for thieving pirates.
Pirate Captain:	I asked nicely. I won't ask again.
35	Defeat the Pirate Captain		A pirate captain seems to be giving Sibonseni a hard time. Help her out.
Sibonseni:	Thank you, friends. The Running of the Saurs seems to bring out all sorts of misplaced ambition in folks. Tell me, why are you here?
Bruenor:	We were told you could help guide us through the jungles of Chult.
Sibonseni:	Aha! You were mistaken then. I am not one to venture far from the city. But I do know a man who can help you, and who owes me a favor, much as I now owe you one. Meet him in the Old City, near the city gates. I will send a runner to let him know you are coming.
36	Defeat 25 Monsters		With a guide potentially secured, it's time to make haste for the Old Town city gates.
Celeste:	Oh, by the light of Selune. I'd thought the dinosaurs would have moved on by now, not switched directions.
Nayeli:	This is very unusual. Something may be amiss.
37	Defeat 25 Monsters		The stream of dinosaurs seems to have reversed, and now there are undead interspersed. Is this normal?
38	Collect 25 Skeleton Skull		The dinosaurs seem just as confused and frightened as everyone else. This definitely isn't normal.
Bruenor:	So many undead. Where are the city guards? I thought they maintain order if the undead breach the walls.
39	Defeat 25 Monsters		You continue to make your way downhill towards the Old City, and the guide that was promised by Sibonseni.
40	Defeat the Skeleton Champion		A massive, scarred skeleton emerges from the swarm and attacks.
41	Defeat 25 Monsters		The Old City is just ahead.
Bruenor:	I recognize this place from the maps we collected. It's called Executioner's Run. Criminals are tossed into the trench, which is filled with all manner of wicked creatures. If they make it to the other end, they go free. They never do.
Nayeli:	The undead and dinosaurs seem to be coming up out of the trench.
42	Defeat 25 Monsters		You reach the Old City to find the undead swarming up out of Executioner's Run, a long, deep trench in the earth, of which one side has collapsed to form a ramp.
43	Defeat 25 Monsters		The dinosaurs and undead that you encounted on your way down must have been coming from here. Search for their source so you can shut it down.
44	Collect 25 Rusted Dagger		The ground is littered with the bones and meager posessions of unfortunate souls thrown into the long trench as punishment for their crimes.
45	Defeat the Triceratops Zombie		A moaning triceratops lurches towards you. It looks like it's already dead. Kill it again.
Nayeli:	Poor creature. Is not one death enough?
46	Defeat 25 Monsters		The triceratops zombie wasn't the source of the undead, so work your way deeper into Executioner's Run.
47	Defeat 25 Monsters		More and more zombies appear, and it has started to rain. You have a bad feeling about this.
48	Collect 25 Dismembered Arm		The dinosaurs and zombies are so thick that many of the zombies are trampled or dismembered before they can reach you.
49	Defeat 25 Monsters		A fearsome roar sounds from just ahead. The source of this madness, perhaps?
50	Defeat 1 Tyrannosaurus Zombie		A large mound of dirt shifts, then slowly rises from the ground. Oh. That's no mound...
Bruenor:	Well, that's that then. Come on, let's find this guide that Sibonseni promised.
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