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Tomb of Annihilation
Tomb of Annihilation is an adventure module for the 5th edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. The adventure was inspired by Tomb of Horrors.
Tomb of Annihilation centers around the Deathcurse, a wasting disease that slowly kills anyone who has ever been raised from the dead and prevents anyone who has died from being raised, and the Soulmonger artifact that caused the disease. "The narrative of the campaign begins with the group being hired by Syndra Silvane, a wealthy former adventurer who is afflicted with the Deathcurse. Her sources have tracked the Soulmonger to the ancient jungles of Chult. [...] At its core, Tomb of Annihilation follows a classic quest structure. The party has an objective, a deadline—Silvane is slowly dying, so each day the party spends exploring brings her closer to permanent death—and a sprawling expanse of dangerous wilderness stands in their way". This adventure module is designed to take player characters from 1st level to 11th level.
The table of contents lists the follow sections:
The new module was announced in June 2017 during the Stream of Annihilation livestreamed event on the Wizards of the Coast's Twitch site. Tomb of Annihilation was released on September 8, 2017 as a 256-page hardcover book. It was also released as a digital product through the following Wizards of the Coast licensees: D&D Beyond, Fantasy Grounds, and Roll20.
Tomb of Annihilation was inspired by the classic adventure module Tomb of Horrors, "a lethal dungeon made by D&D co-creator Gary Gygax himself". Polygon reported that "Wizards of the Coast enlisted more playtesters to try the Dungeons & Dragons Tomb of Annihilation module than any adventure it has released before. Why? Because they were afraid no one would survive it". The module's setting of Chult in the Forgotten Realms was last explored in the 2nd edition of Dungeons & Dragons.
In October 2017, Kotaku reported that Chris Perkins "said that no black writers or consultants worked on Tomb of Annihilation". On the book's design, Perkins said "We didn't want to create a city that felt backward...It's a tale of Chultans reclaiming their own city and land and redefining who they are and moving way from the idea of warring tribes to a more business-minded culture. [...] The land that they live in is a savage land. That's just part of what Chult is. It's a place of monsters. It was our intention to show the Chultans have not only survived it, but have risen above it—that they have dispelled the warring tribal nature that previously defined them and are now actually thriving".
On June 17, 2020, in the wake of the George Floyd protests, Wizards of the Coast announced: "When every D&D book is reprinted, we have an opportunity to correct errors that we or the broader D&D community discovered in that book. Each year, we use those opportunities to fix a variety of things, including errors in judgment. In recent reprintings of Tomb of Annihilation and Curse of Strahd, for example, we changed text that was racially insensitive. Those reprints have already been printed and will be available in the months ahead. We will continue this process, reviewing each book as it comes up for a reprint and fixing such errors where they are present".
The 7th season of D&D Adventurers League was themed around the Tomb of Annihilation storyline. It includes an adventure module that acts as a hook to lead into the book, "Tier 1 and 2 adventures [that] expand on Tomb of Annihilation's story and set the stage for Tier 3 and 4 play, which pick up right after the characters complete the hardcover adventure".
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Tomb of Annihilation
Tomb of Annihilation is an adventure module for the 5th edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. The adventure was inspired by Tomb of Horrors.
Tomb of Annihilation centers around the Deathcurse, a wasting disease that slowly kills anyone who has ever been raised from the dead and prevents anyone who has died from being raised, and the Soulmonger artifact that caused the disease. "The narrative of the campaign begins with the group being hired by Syndra Silvane, a wealthy former adventurer who is afflicted with the Deathcurse. Her sources have tracked the Soulmonger to the ancient jungles of Chult. [...] At its core, Tomb of Annihilation follows a classic quest structure. The party has an objective, a deadline—Silvane is slowly dying, so each day the party spends exploring brings her closer to permanent death—and a sprawling expanse of dangerous wilderness stands in their way". This adventure module is designed to take player characters from 1st level to 11th level.
The table of contents lists the follow sections:
The new module was announced in June 2017 during the Stream of Annihilation livestreamed event on the Wizards of the Coast's Twitch site. Tomb of Annihilation was released on September 8, 2017 as a 256-page hardcover book. It was also released as a digital product through the following Wizards of the Coast licensees: D&D Beyond, Fantasy Grounds, and Roll20.
Tomb of Annihilation was inspired by the classic adventure module Tomb of Horrors, "a lethal dungeon made by D&D co-creator Gary Gygax himself". Polygon reported that "Wizards of the Coast enlisted more playtesters to try the Dungeons & Dragons Tomb of Annihilation module than any adventure it has released before. Why? Because they were afraid no one would survive it". The module's setting of Chult in the Forgotten Realms was last explored in the 2nd edition of Dungeons & Dragons.
In October 2017, Kotaku reported that Chris Perkins "said that no black writers or consultants worked on Tomb of Annihilation". On the book's design, Perkins said "We didn't want to create a city that felt backward...It's a tale of Chultans reclaiming their own city and land and redefining who they are and moving way from the idea of warring tribes to a more business-minded culture. [...] The land that they live in is a savage land. That's just part of what Chult is. It's a place of monsters. It was our intention to show the Chultans have not only survived it, but have risen above it—that they have dispelled the warring tribal nature that previously defined them and are now actually thriving".
On June 17, 2020, in the wake of the George Floyd protests, Wizards of the Coast announced: "When every D&D book is reprinted, we have an opportunity to correct errors that we or the broader D&D community discovered in that book. Each year, we use those opportunities to fix a variety of things, including errors in judgment. In recent reprintings of Tomb of Annihilation and Curse of Strahd, for example, we changed text that was racially insensitive. Those reprints have already been printed and will be available in the months ahead. We will continue this process, reviewing each book as it comes up for a reprint and fixing such errors where they are present".
The 7th season of D&D Adventurers League was themed around the Tomb of Annihilation storyline. It includes an adventure module that acts as a hook to lead into the book, "Tier 1 and 2 adventures [that] expand on Tomb of Annihilation's story and set the stage for Tier 3 and 4 play, which pick up right after the characters complete the hardcover adventure".