The Silken Swamp

Adventures
A Brief Tour of the Realms The Cursed Farmer The Mad Wizard Beast Intentions Terror in the Dark Unearthed Evil Escort to Waterdeep Waterdeep Detours Underdeep Cartography The Silken Swamp Supply Run The Mists of Ravenloft Family Entanglements Tower on the Lake Seeds of Deceit Flies on the Wall Backtracking Through Barovia Excavating History Towering Expectations Who Lurks in Lurkwood Orcs Are Wild The Sunless Citadel Meepo's Quest Lost in the Goblin Halls The Twilight Grove Into the Unknown The Prison of Velkynvelve Lost in the Underdark Leemooggoogoon Rises Neutral No More Encroaching Madness The Dark Heart The Alien Underdark The Oozing Hunger The Madness of Zuggtmoy The Cult of Lolth The Demon Lords of the Abyss Vecna Lives! Vecna Loots! Return to the Tomb Heatwave The Dread Domain of Tovag The Castle of a Thousand Vecnas The Sanctum of the Sword Get Back In The Castle Checkmate Vecna Out!
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

The Silken Swamp is one of the adventures in the campaign A Grand Tour of the Sword Coast.

	Rescue a band of foolish adventurers from the Mere of Dead Men.
Requirements	Must have completed "Overdue Rendezvous"
Objectives	Complete Area 150
Rewards	×300 ×???	Formation

Variants

Wet Feet

	Rescue a band of foolish adventurers from the Mere of Dead Men while stepping in puddles.
Requirements	Must have completed "The Silken Swamp"
Objectives	Complete Area 200
Restrictions	Champions have a random chance, on attack, to step in the swamp getting "wet feet," which reduces their attack speed by 50% for 3 attacks
Rewards	×400 ×???	Formation
Patron: Mirt	Complete Area 300	×2.44e04 ×1,150
Patron: Vajra	Complete Area 325	×3.86e04 ×1,400
Patron: Strahd	Complete Area 350	×6.10e04 ×1,700
Patron: Zariel	Complete Area 375	×9.65e04 ×2,100

Hatchlings Underfoot

	Rescue a band of foolish adventurers from the Mere of Dead Men while spiders swarm you.
Requirements	Must have completed "The Silken Swamp" Must have completed 18 Grand Tour adventures or variants
Objectives	Complete Area 225
Restrictions	Spider Hatchlings spawn with every wave. These additional monsters drop no gold. If they reach the formation they get stepped on, killing the spider but dealing poison damage to the Champion who stepped on them.
Rewards	×450 ×???	Formation
Patron: Mirt	Complete Area 325	×3.86e04 ×1,400
Patron: Vajra	Complete Area 350	×6.10e04 ×1,700
Patron: Strahd	Complete Area 375	×9.65e04 ×2,100
Patron: Zariel	Complete Area 400	×1.52e05 ×2,550

Don't Look Up!

	Rescue a band of foolish adventurers from the Mere of Dead Men while spiders fall from above.
Requirements	Must have completed "The Silken Swamp" Must have completed 21 Grand Tour adventures or variants
Objectives	Complete Area 250
Restrictions	At random a spider drops down from a web above a formation slot, poisoning the Champion in that slot, reducing their damage by 99% for 15 seconds.
Rewards	×500 ×???	Formation
Patron: Mirt	Complete Area 350	×6.10e04 ×1,700
Patron: Vajra	Complete Area 375	×9.65e04 ×2,100
Patron: Strahd	Complete Area 400	×1.53e05 ×2,550
Patron: Zariel	Complete Area 425	×2.41e05 ×3,150

Waves

Type	Waves	Bosses	Favored By
beast	26	2	Imoen, Jaheira, Minsc, Zorbu
bullywug	5	0
drow	15	2
hit-based	1	1	Binwin, Ezmerelda, Hew Maan
humanoid	25	3	Dynaheir, Ezmerelda, Jaheira, Minsc, Zorbu
lizardfolk	5	1
melee	50	6
monstrosity	14	4	Ezmerelda, Imoen, Minsc
plant	5	1
ranged	6	3

Wave	Tags	Monsters	Monster Tags	Image
1	outdoors	Lesser Wood Woad	plant melee
2	outdoors	Lesser Wood Woad	plant melee
3	outdoors	Giant Frog, Lesser Wood Woad	beast plant melee
4	outdoors	Giant Frog, Lesser Wood Woad	beast plant melee
5	outdoors	Lesser Wood Woad ×10	plant melee
Boss	outdoors	Shambling Mound	boss plant melee
6	outdoors	Crocodile Hatchling	beast melee
7	outdoors	Crocodile, Crocodile Hatchling	beast melee
8	outdoors	Crocodile, Crocodile Hatchling	beast melee
9	outdoors	Crocodile	beast melee
10	outdoors	Crocodile ×10	beast melee
Boss	outdoors	Hydra	boss monstrosity melee
11	outdoors	Lizardfolk Warrior	humanoid lizardfolk melee
12	outdoors	Lizardfolk Warrior	humanoid lizardfolk melee
13	outdoors	Lizardfolk Ranger, Lizardfolk Warrior	humanoid lizardfolk melee ranged
14	indoors	Lizardfolk Ranger, Lizardfolk Warrior	humanoid lizardfolk melee ranged
15	indoors	Lizardfolk Ranger ×4, Lizardfolk Warrior ×6	humanoid lizardfolk melee ranged
Boss	indoors	Lizardfolk Leader	boss humanoid lizardfolk melee
16	outdoors	Bullywug	bullywug humanoid melee
17	outdoors	Bullywug	bullywug humanoid melee
18	outdoors	Bullywug, Bullywug Spear Thrower	bullywug humanoid melee ranged
19	outdoors	Bullywug, Bullywug Spear Thrower	bullywug humanoid melee ranged
20	outdoors	Bullywug ×6, Bullywug Spear Thrower ×4	bullywug humanoid melee ranged
Boss	outdoors	Froghemoth	boss monstrosity melee
21	outdoors	Giant Spider	beast melee
22	outdoors	Giant Spider	beast melee
23	outdoors	Giant Spider	beast melee
24	outdoors	Giant Spider	beast melee
25	outdoors	Giant Spider ×10	beast melee
Boss	outdoors	Giant Web Spitting Spider	boss beast ranged
26	indoors	Drow Cultist, Giant Spider	beast drow humanoid melee
27	indoors	Drow Cultist, Giant Spider	beast drow humanoid melee
28	indoors	Drow Cultist, Giant Spider	beast drow humanoid melee
29	indoors	Drow Cultist, Giant Spider	beast drow humanoid melee
30	indoors	Drow Cultist ×10	drow humanoid melee
Boss	indoors	Chitine Butler	boss monstrosity melee
31	underground	Chitine, Drow Cultist	drow humanoid monstrosity melee
32	underground	Chitine, Drow Cultist	drow humanoid monstrosity melee
33	underground	Chitine, Drow Cultist	drow humanoid monstrosity melee
34	underground	Chitine, Drow Cultist	drow humanoid monstrosity melee
35	underground	Chitine ×5, Drow Cultist ×5	drow humanoid monstrosity melee
Boss	underground	Drow Dungeon Warden	boss drow humanoid melee
36	underground	Drow Cultist	drow humanoid melee
37	underground	Drow Cultist	drow humanoid melee
38	underground	Drow Cultist	drow humanoid melee
39	underground	Drow Cultist	drow humanoid melee
40	underground	Drow Cultist ×10	drow humanoid melee
Boss	underground	Drow Library Overseer	boss drow humanoid ranged
41	underground	Chitine, Giant Spider	beast monstrosity melee
42	underground	Chitine, Giant Spider	beast monstrosity melee
43	underground	Chitine, Giant Spider	beast monstrosity melee
44	underground	Chitine, Giant Spider	beast monstrosity melee
45	underground	Chitine ×5, Giant Spider ×5	beast monstrosity melee
Boss	underground	Cleric Spider Monstrosity	boss monstrosity ranged
46	underground	Chitine, Giant Spider	beast monstrosity melee
47	underground	Chitine, Giant Spider	beast monstrosity melee
48	underground	Chitine, Egg Sac, Giant Spider	beast monstrosity hit-based static melee
49	underground	Chitine, Giant Spider	beast monstrosity melee
50	underground	Giant Spider	beast melee
Boss	underground	Huge Queen Spider	boss beast hit-based

Transcript

The Silken Swamp
Rescue a band of foolish adventurers from the Mere of Dead Men.
Area	Goal		Quests & Cinematics
Rogue Survivor:	This is the fork we took down to the old road.
Bruenor:	Aye, it leads down in ta tha swamp alright. What in blazes were ye thinkin? Ye lucky yer still breathin.
Rogue Survivor:	I only hope my friends fared half as well. I can't thank you enough for offering to help. It was so odd appearing in the tavern, battling that spider like I was. I'm not sure what happened.
Bruenor:	Aye, crashed right through our dinner table ye did, giant spider and all. And no worries. Happy ta help. Not every day somethin' like tha' happens.
Celeste:	Are you sure you'll be alright here? Perhaps you should head back to town.
Rogue Survivor:	No, no. I'll be fine. Just find my companions, there were three of us. I lost them near a manor, deep in the swamp. Tell them Thaddeus sent you. Please hurry!
1	Defeat 25 Monsters		In the middle of enjoying dinner in Waterdeep a rogue, wrestling a giant spider, appeared out of thin air, crashing through the table. After dispatching the spider he asked for your aid.
Celeste:	Do you think Thaddeus will be ok on the road? He seemed pretty shook up.
Bruenor:	Well, he did say he saw his mates drug off by giant spiders. But he seems capable.
Jarlaxle:	Do you know what we call having our friend dragged off by a giant spider in the Underdark? Normal. He'll be fine, I'm sure.
2	Defeat 25 Monsters		The foul air fills your lungs with the stench of rot.
3	Collect 25 Frog Legs		The journey from Waterdeep to the Mere is long and tiring. Collect some frog legs to keep your strength up.
4	Defeat 25 Monsters		The road continues to be thick with woads and frogs.
Celeste:	What is that smell?
Bruenor:	It ain't me...
5	Defeat the Giant Shambling Mound		A massive rotting heap of animated vegetation rises up before you! Kill it!
Bruenor:	Bloody 'ells I got some on me.
Celeste:	I'd suggest you wash off, but the water here might just make it worse.
Bruenor:	I can't fathom what they musta been thinkin', comin out here.
Jarlaxle:	The lust for gold can make you do dangerous and stupid things. Trust me on this.
Bruenor:	Aye, fair nuff.
6	Defeat 25 Monsters		You progress yet deeper into the swamp, following the rogue's directions. Watch your step and look out for crocodiles.
7	Collect 25 Crocodile Teeth		Crocodile teeth make for a great necklace.
8	Defeat 25 Monsters		Carefully watching your step you continue along the slick path of muck that can only generously be called a roadway.
9	Defeat 25 Monsters		The crocodiles seem to be thinning out. You must be getting near the edge of their nesting area.
Bruenor:	Ready yerselves! I hear something big!
10	Defeat the Hydra		Five menacing smiles of a great hydra rise to greet you. Turn them upside down.
Bruenor:	...three, four, five! Aye we got em all.
11	Defeat 25 Monsters		As you follow the road deeper still you see evidence of lizardfolk ahead.
Celeste:	It will be getting dark soon and I'd rather not contend with the creatures of the night in a place called the Mere of Dead Men. We should think about finding a place to set up camp.
Bruenor:	How about tha' tower there?
12	Defeat 25 Monsters		You come upon an old stone tower. It would make for a good shelter for the night.
13	Collect 25 Lizard Tongues		It seems the tower in which you were to take shelter is occupied by lizardfolk. They eye you hungrily and attack.
14	Defeat 25 Monsters		More lizardfolk stream out of the tower and surrounding swamp. There are so many of them! Press on and fortify yourself in the tower.
15	Defeat the Lizardfolk Leader		The lizardfolk leader is furious with you! Fend off his attack!
Bruenor:	Well, that' didn't go as planned.
Jarlaxle:	Really?!
16	Defeat 25 Monsters		The debacle at the tower resolved, you continue on, looking for any sign of the rogue's companions.
17	Defeat 25 Monsters		Don't let their size fool you! These bullywugs are vicious!
18	Defeat 25 Monsters		More bullywugs join in the fight. This area of the swamp is theirs and they want you out!
19	Collect 25 Fallen Logs		It seems like the only way across the water would be by raft. Best get building!
Bruenor:	That be a fine lookin' raft! If I do say so meself!
20	Defeat the Froghemoth		A behemoth of a frog rises from the water ahead, don't let it stand in your way!
Bruenor:	'Twas one big frog. A behemoth of a frog. A Froghemoth! Ah, Bruenor, ye're so clever.
Nayeli:	I'm fairly certain that's what they're already called.
Bruenor:	Well, ruin me fun why don't ye.
Celeste:	I wonder who lived here before the swamp claimed it.
Bruenor:	Dunno, lass. It belongs to the spiders now. *shudder*
21	Defeat 25 Monsters		The manor walls stand before you, covered in webs and crawling with spiders!
22	Collect 25 Strands of Spider Silk		You could use some additional rope, collect spider silk.
23	Defeat 25 Monsters		A horde of giant spiders stands between you and the manor house.
24	Defeat 25 Monsters		Fight your way through the spiders and across the courtyard!
25	Defeat the Giant Web Spitting Spider		A web spitter stands between you and the doorway. Show it how rude spitting is.
Bruenor:	Can't stick me to tha ground ya web slingin' monster!
Drow Cultist:	More foolish adventurers! We will make good use of you!
Bruenor:	Drow! On tha surface. Tha's usually not good.
Jarlaxle:	Hey! I mean, well, frankly, that's a good point.
26	Defeat 25 Monsters		The house is dilapidated but not abandoned!
27	Defeat 25 Monsters		The sitting room has but a few chairs worn down to the frame.
28	Collect 25 Cultist Symbols		Search the cultist bodies for any clue on who they might be.
29	Defeat 25 Monsters		The kitchen could really use a good sanitizing... with fire.
30	Defeat the Chitine Butler		From the stairs leading down a monstrosity emerges. It appears to be a horrible mix of spider and elf. With a shriek, it charges!
Bruenor:	Bloody creature! As if giant spiders weren't bad enough! What are they getting up to down there?
Jarlaxle:	That was a chitine. An experiment. A blend of spider and elf, meant to serve the drow. Lolth, the Demon Queen of Spiders, didn't take kindly to their not being dedicated to her and took them for her own. It looks like the drow here are trying it again. Idiots.
Celeste:	Jarlaxle, are you alright?
Jarlaxle:	Once we murder everything here, burn this place down, and I have a bottle of something fine and red in my hand, I'll be right as rain.
Celeste:	Prison cells! If the rogue's companions are still alive this is probably where we'll find them!
Bruenor:	Aye, let's search the area.
Jarlaxle:	More chitines! How many of these abominations are they creating?
31	Defeat 25 Monsters		You take the stairs down. It seems the drow here have created a makeshift dungeon. Cells line the walls.
32	Defeat 25 Monsters		The cultists aren't happy to see you.
33	Defeat 25 Monsters		Continue driving your way forward!
Wizard Prisoner:	Help! Help me!
Bruenor:	Aye! Ye must be one of the rogue's companions. Thaddeus sent us.
Wizard Prisoner:	He did? Oh thank him and thank the gods! Yes, yes I managed to teleport him out before succumbing to spider poison. I woke up here. Please get me out!
Nayeli:	These bars look very sturdy. We're going to need the keys to these cells!
34	Collect 25 Prison Cell Keys		Find the keys to the prison cells, so you can rescue the captured wizard.
Dungeon Warden:	[angrily speaking Undercommon]
Nayeli:	What's he saying?
Jarlaxle:	Fresh meat. You'll all be my prisoners. You'll never stop us. Blah blah blah. Okay, that's enough. Time to die.
35	Defeat the Drow Dungeon Warden		The Dungeon Warden looks oddly pleased to see you. You might even believe it if it weren't for all the crazy in his eyes.
Wizard Prisoner:	Quickly now, open the cell! Please!
Nayeli:	Done. You're safe now. What happened? Thaddeus told us there was another. Where are they?
Wizard Prisoner:	The drow here been performing experiments, dark rituals! Crafting those horrific half spider creatures. They took my companion earlier. The screaming stopped a few hours ago... I fear the worst.
Nayeli:	We'll find out what happened.
Wizard Prisoner:	Thank you. Now that my hands are free I think I have just enough strength to teleport out. If you don't need anything more from me, I cannot wait to be quit of this place.
Celeste:	Go. We will take it from here.
Wizard Prisoner:	Thank you and good luck! End what is happening here.
36	Defeat 25 Monsters		The cultists have filled this area with books, dark and terrible.
Nayeli:	These books... they seethe with evil.
Bruenor:	I don' have tha blessin's ye do, nor taken the oath ye have, but I coulda told ye that.
37	Collect 25 Spider Worship Ritual Books		Search through the books and find out what horrific rituals have been taking place.
38	Defeat 25 Monsters		The cultists have been studying rituals of monstrous transfiguration. Clear this knowledge from their minds.
39	Defeat 25 Monsters		There are far more cultists down here than you would have thought possible.
Library Overseer:	Helping yourself to our ritual books are you? Learn anything interesting? Allow me to give you a demonstration!
40	Defeat the Drow Library Overseer		The Library Overseer wants you to keep it down. Silence them instead!
Celeste:	Not the finest library I've ever spent time in.
Bruenor:	Nor I. Don' look at me like tha'. I read. Try not ta faint.
Celeste:	Dark knowledge is being put to work here.
41	Defeat 25 Monsters		The vault spans out before you. Its treasures hidden by a buildup of web and decay.
42	Defeat 25 Monsters		You continue through the vault searching for the captured Cleric.
43	Collect 25 Ritual Artifacts		Despite the decay, various rare and valuable items are still intact.
44	Defeat 25 Monsters		The sound of chanting voices up ahead leads you forward.
Jarlaxle:	Oh, good. They figured out how to do this with humans now. I assume that's the last companion. I'm not usually one for mercy, but I'll make an exception in this case. Are we agreed?
Bruenor:	Aye.
Nayeli:	Nothing else for it.
Celeste:	Agreed.
45	Defeat the Cleric Spider Monstrosity		The last of the rogue's companions has been turned into one of those creatures, a chitine, though one of size and power. Give them the final mercy.
Nayeli:	We aren't finished. There is something dark and evil ahead, I can feel it. We cannot let this stand.
Bruenor:	Lead on then. I'm good n' angry and there be no point lettin' an opportunity to introduce my axe ta evil faces go to waste.
Bruenor:	Ugh! Nothin' good smells this bad.
46	Defeat 25 Monsters		You enter into a tunnel thick with spider webs and the rotting smell of death.
47	Defeat 25 Monsters		The skittering sound of spider legs echo all around you.
Nayeli:	Scorched earth?
Jarlaxle:	Oh yes. Everything here needs to burn.
Nayeli:	We are in accord.
48	Defeat 13 Giant Egg Sacs		The bulging white egg sacks squirm with eager hatchlings. Burn them!
49	Defeat 25 Monsters		Every step you take vibrates through the webs and alerts more spiders.
Nayeli:	The evil is upon us, stand fast!
Jarlaxle:	Ah, a spider queen. Well, seeing as to how I can't stab Lolth Herself, this seems like the next best thing.
50	None		A huge corrupted spider looms before you! Eradicate any last remnant of this horrible place.
Celeste:	Let's head back and make sure Thaddeus fared alright. I do not relish telling him the fate of his cleric friend, but it must be done.
Bruenor:	Aye. It's a burden, to be sure, but one we'll bear.
Jarlaxle:	I'll be glad to see this place burn, personally.
Nayeli:	Let's go.
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