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Dungeon Delver's Guide

The Dungeon Delver's Guide is a resource for Narrators that want to create compelling and deadly mazes and lairs, and adventurers who want to venture below and return to the surface alive.
 
FOR PLAYERS
  • New archetypes, heritages, and cultures, from ratling filth druids to dolppelganger spell spinner warlocks
  • New gear, spells, mounts, and magic items to prepare your adventurers against subterranean threats
FOR NARRATORS
  • Dozens of clever traps, tricks, and puzzles that challenge players instead of punishing them
  • How-to guides for building satisfying underground adventures
  • A quick dungeon-building system that lets narrators -- and characters! -- build unique, thematic dungeons and lairs
  • Premade dungeons for characters of any level, ready to drop into an existing campaign
  • A guide to the haunted cities and midnight seas of Underland, the weird realm beneath the earth

Chapter 1: EXPLORING THE DUNGEON

  • Heritages || Doppelganger | Motley | Mycelial | Oozefolk | Ratling | Rockborn
  • Cultures || Carven | Faceless | Grimlock | Meld-Member | Mischief Maker | Motley Crew | Sewer Rat | Sunless Mariner | Underharvester | Underlander
  • Backgrounds || Deep Hunter | Dungeon Robber | Escapee from Below | Imposter
  • Archetypes || Arechnid Guardian (adept) | Sound Sculptor (bard) | Troll Slayer (berserker) | Labyrinth Priest (cleric) | Decomposer (druid) | Dungeoneer (fighter) | Stone Warden (herald) | Expedition Leader (marshal) | Shadow Stalker (rogue) | Stoneheart (sorcerer) | Fatewoven (warlock) | Oozemancer (wizard)
  • Equipment
  • Spells

Chapter 2: BUILDING THE DUNGEON

  • Mapping the Dungeon
  • Dungeon Theme
  • Designing a Dungeon's Structure
  • Stocking the Dungeon
  • Running the Dungeon
  • Traps
  • Random Dungeon Delves
  • 2-Page Dungeons

Chapter 3: NARRATORS' TOOLS

  • Ability Scores
  • Magic Items
  • Monsters
  • NPCS

Chapter 4: Underland Gazetteer


  • Appendix A: 5E Races
  • Appendix B: Conditions
  • Appendix C: Stat Blocks by Challenge Rating
  • Appendix D: Stat Blocks by Name
  • Appendix E: Compatibility