A fantastic treasure trove is yours for the taking in this adventure for the world's greatest roleplaying game. Famed explorer Volothamp Geddarm needs you to complete a simple quest. Thus begins a mad romp through the wards of Waterdeep as you uncover a villainous plot involving some of the city’s most influential figures. A grand urban caper awaits you. Pit your skill and bravado against villains the likes of which you’ve never faced before, and let the dragon hunt begin!

The eastern hills known as the Karelian Highlands are considered the edge of the world to the people of Estemor. A dry no-man’s-land home to unchecked beasts, nomadic tribes, and clandestine organizations from across the realm, there are still brave or foolish individuals who choose to trek through such a dangerous land. Those searching for fame and fortune scour the Highlands for traces of the Fallen Yore, an ancient civilization that kept their treasures and technology nestled underneath the mountains. Will you brave the wilderness in search of these secrets, or will you be another lost soul claimed by the wastes?

The talk of the streets and taverns has all been about the so-called death curse: a wasting disease afflicting everyone who’s ever been raised from the dead. Victims grow thinner and weaker each day, slowly but steadily sliding toward the death they once denied. When they finally succumb, they can’t be raised—and neither can anyone else, regardless of whether they’ve ever received that miracle in the past. Temples and scholars of divine magic are at a loss to explain a curse that has affected the entire region, and possibly the entire world. The cause is a necromantic artifact called the Soulmonger, which is located somewhere in Chult, a mysterious peninsula far to the south, ringed with mountains and choked with rainforests.