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Check out these previews for all 17 of Candlekeep Mysteries’ adventures

The adventure anthology Candlekeep Mysteries has officially hit the shelves at gaming stores everywhere, and Wizards of the Coast spend the past month ramping up excitement by teasing the short stories on Twitter.

The official Dungeons and Dragons Twitter account has been releasing brief synopses since February 18, giving a hint of what’s in store behind the doors of Candlekeep.

Here’s what each preview has foretold, in order of level:

The level 1 romp the Joy of Extradimensional Space was written by Michael Polkinghorn: “A book leads characters on a quest to find a missing sage. This adventure, inspired by the Mordenkainen’s magnificent mansion spell, presents a memorable introductory mystery for new arrivals to Candlekeep.”

Alison Huang penned the level 2 adventure Mazfroth’s Mighty Digressions: “A monstrous revelation sheds light on a book merchant’s scam. This adventure takes the characters from #Candlekeep to Baldur’s Gate and includes a new monster: the gingwatzim.”

Level 3 adventurers will take on the Book of the Raven by Christopher Perkins: “A treasure map tucked inside a book leads adventurers to a remote hilltop chalet occupied by a secret society. This adventure has the trappings of a haunted house mystery and provides a possible route into the Shadowfell.”

Level 4 will delve into A Deep and Creeping Darkness, an adventure written by Sarah Madsen: “A book describing a mining disaster prompts adventurers to search for a missing town. This mystery keeps players guessing until the end and makes clever use of a D&D monster that rarely gets much love.”

Ari Levitch penned the other level 4 adventure, Shemshime’s Bedtime Rhyme: “A catchy and contagious rhyme traces back to a sinister clockwork book. Trapped in one of Candlekeep’s cellars, the characters must figure out the best way to stop the spread of this odd contagion.”

Following those two level four adventures, level 5′ brings the party to The Price of Beauty by Mark Hulmes: “A book about beauty shows the way to a secluded temple where beauty is only skin deep. Characters who don’t want to get embroiled in the temple’s mysteries should, at the very least, enjoy the bath and pedicure.”

Book of Cylinders by Graeme Barber will take PCs through level 6: “Engraved cylinders contained within a book tell a gripping tale when rolled across wet clay. This adventure updates the grippli (distant relatives to bullywugs) for fifth edition and sheds some light on grippli society.”

Level 7 will see adventurers explore Derek Ruiz’s Sarah of Yellowcrest Manor: “A haunted book points a ghostly finger at the perpetrators of an unsolved mass killing in Waterdeep. This mystery features urban and dungeon exploration, as well as a potentially new, otherworldly campaign villain.”

Lore of Lurue is the level 8 adventure, created by Kelly Lynne D’Angelo: “Adventurers become immersed in a storybook conflict involving Lurue the Unicorn Queen and Malar the Beast Lord, which leads adventurers to the corrupted Pool of Eternal Spring. Can they end the corruption for the good of the High Forest?”

Level 9 takes the party into Amy Vorpahl’s Kandlekeep Dekonstruktion: “A stolen book leads adventurers to a tower in Candlekeep that is more than what it seems. This adventure strikes a more light-hearted tone than the others, but the mystery and its revelations are well worth the journey.”

Level 10 is brought to us by Taymoor Rehman, who wrote Zikran’s Zephyrean Tome: “A djinni trapped in a book offers a wish spell to adventurers to find a way to release him. The key to the djinni’s freedom lies with his former master, a mad wizard on the cusp of mastering elemental magic.”

Next was Kienna Shaw’s level 11 adventure the Curious Tale of Wisteria Vale: A book holds the key to freeing Arrant Quill, who has languished in a demiplanar prison for years, waiting for a cure to his madness. The adventurers must administer the cure but Quill is not the greatest danger in this prison plane.”

Daniel Kwan’s The Book of Inner Alchemy will await level 12 adventurers: “A search for the missing pages of a book puts adventurers in conflict with the monks of the Immortal Lotus. Heroes who defeat these Shou villains and retrieve the pages can learn to make gloves of soul catching, a new and legendary magic item.”

Level 13 brings adventurers to Jennifer Kretchmer’s The Canopic Being: “A book brings a number of puzzling organ transplants to life. This adventure takes the characters from #Candlekeep to Tashluta, a tropical city, and from there into an unusual dungeon harboring a fearsome threat to their future well-being.”

Brandes Stoddard’s The Scrivener’s Tale takes players and DMs up to level 14: “A tome leaves its magical mark as adventurers struggle to contain the evil archfey trapped inside it. In this adventure, heroes are taken to the ruins of a forgotten kingdom and its ancient, subterranean library.”

February 24 saw information about the level 15 adventure by Adam Lee, Alkazaar’s Appendix: “A book chronicles an unsolved mystery about a wandering stone golem in the desert of Anauroch. The golem is part of a larger mystery that unfolds as characters explore, ending with the discovery of a necropolis buried in the sand.”

And finally, a grisly tome titled with one word Xanthoria will await those who make it to level 16, courtesy of Toni Winslow-Brill: “A fell grimoire helps adventurers end a fungal plague. But Xanthoria is more than just the name of the book; it’s the last word spoken by those who succumb to the plague, and adventurers who pursue the book’s leads will soon find out why.”

Candlekeep Mysteries released on March 16. The book retails for $50, and those hoping to get their hands on it ASAP can order on Amazon and save 40% — dropping the price down to $30US. Orders are also available at your local gaming stores and through Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, D&D Beyond, Fantasy Grounds, and Roll20.

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