A Dish Best Served Cold is an adventure module set in the Forgotten Realms using the Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition ruleset. It is part of the Storm King's Thunder series of adventures published for the D&D Adventurers League. It focuses on Stagwick, and is an adventure designed for three to seven 5th- to 10th-level characters.
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Stagwick’s long-standing peace with giant-kind is threatened as a patrol of Blood Riders spark a feud with a local tribe of giants. With word of strange activity coming from the Ice Spires, Good King Hartwick can’t be too careful. Can you quench the giants’ thirst for revenge?[1]
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Index[]
Characters[]
- Bramblebush • Burleigh Thurfurst • Cathica Lygia • Darla the Rancid • Eligos Tognög • Fetid Gertrude • Groganbosh • Mother Rotmouth • Oakheart • Sari Brightleaf • Scarn Mikel • Scövja Thurfurst • Wum Burdun
- Referenced only
- Elena Artwitch • Tavis Burdun
Creatures[]
- Ettin • Firbolg • Frost giant • Green hag • Human • Orc • Orog • Pixie • Treant • Winter wolf • Remorhaz
- Referenced only
- Goblin
Locations[]
- Forests
- Cold Wood
- Inns & Taverns
- Weary Giant Inn
- Mountains
- Ice Spires
- Realms
- Hartsvale
- Rivers
- Darkwater Run
- Settlements
- Stagwick
- Referenced only
- Sword Coast
Magic[]
- Items
- Cloak of displacement
- Potions
- potion of frost giant strength • Potion of healing
- Spells
- Augury • Bestow curse • Bless • Command • Confusion • Contact other plane • Counterspell • Cure wounds • Dancing lights • Detect evil and good • Detect thoughts • Dispel magic • Divination • Druidcraft • Entangle • Eyebite • Fly • Good • Greater restoration • Guidance • Hold person • Identify • Lesser restoration • Lightning bolt • Locate object • Minor illusion • Phantasmal force • Phantasmal killer • Polymorph • Prayer of healing • Raise dead • Ray of sickness • Remove curse • Resistance • Revivify • Scrying • Sleep • Speak with dead • Spiritual weapon • Thaumaturgy • True resurrection • Vicious mockery
- Referenced only
- Detect thoughts • Scrying • Speak with dead • Teleport •
Organizations[]
- Blood Riders • Frontier Scouts
- Player Factions
- Emerald Enclave • Harpers • Lords' Alliance • Order of the Gauntlet • Zhentarim
Religions[]
- Referenced only
- Gruumsh
Miscellaneous[]
Credits[]
- D&D Organized Play: Chris Lindsay
- D&D Adventurers League Wizards Team: Chris Lindsay, Adam Lee, Mike Mearls, Matt Sernett
- D&D Adventurers League Administrator(s): Claire Hoffman, Robert Adducci, Bill Benham, Travis Woodall, Greg Marks, Alan Patrick
Appendix[]
External links[]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 James Introcaso (2016). A Dish Best Served Cold (DDAL5-05) (PDF). Edited by Claire Hoffman, Travis Woodall. D&D Adventurers League: Storm King's Thunder (Wizards of the Coast), p. 1.
Connections[]
Defiance in Phlan • Secrets of Sokol Keep • Shadows over the Moonsea • Dues for the Dead • The Courting of Fire • The Scroll Thief • Drums in the Marsh • Tales Trees Tell • Outlaws of the Iron Route • Tyranny in Phlan • Dark Pyramid of Sorcerer's Isle • Raiders of the Twilight Marsh • Pool of Radiance Resurgent • Escape from Phlan • Corruption in Kryptgarden
City of Danger • Embers of Elmwood • The Drowned Tower • Mayhem in the Earthspur Mines • Flames of Kythorn • Breath of the Yellow Rose • Bounty in the Bog • Foulness Beneath Mulmaster • Eye of the Tempest • Cloaks and Shadows • Oubliette of Fort Iron • Dark Rites at Fort Dalton • The Howling Void • The Sword of Selfaril • Black Heart of Vengeance • Boltsmelter's Book • Mulmaster Undone
Harried in Hillsfar • Shackles of Blood • The Occupation of Szith Morcane • It's All in the Blood • Bane of the Tradeways • No Foolish Matter • Herald of the Moon • The Malady of Elventree • The Waydown • Quelling the Horde • The Quest for Sporedome • Hillsfar Reclaimed • Writhing in the Dark • Death on the Wall • Szith Morcane Unbound • Assault on Maerimydra • Blood Above, Blood Below
Treasure of the Broken Hoard • The Black Road • Uninvited Guests • In Dire Need • A Dish Best Served Cold • Beneath the Fetid Chelimber • Chelimber's Descent • Durlag's Tower • Durlag's Tomb • Giant Diplomacy • Forgotten Traditions • Bad Business in Parnast • Jarl Rising • Reeducation • Reclamation • Parnast Under Siege • Hartkiller's Horn • The Mysterious Isle • Eye of Xxiphu
Peril at the Port • A City on the Edge • Over the Edge • A Day at the Races • A Walk in the Park • Whispers in the Dark • Fester and Burn • Rotting Roots • Putting the Dead to Rest • Unusual Opposition • Fire, Ash, and Ruin • A Lesson in Love • In Search of Secrets • Old Bones and Older Tomes • Fathomless Pits of Ill Intent • Streams of Crimson • Pools of Cerulean • Cauldron of Sapphire • Turn Back the Endless Night
Chaos in the City of Splendors • Stardock Under Siege • Last Orders at the Yawning Portal • Once in Waterdeep • The Map with No Names • Beneath the City of the Dead • Dock Ward Double-Cross • A Wrinkle in the Weave • Hero of the Troll Wars • Purging the Blood • Into the Dark • Crypt of the Dark Kiss • Fangs and Frogs • The Skull Square Murders • Poisoned Words • Xanathar's Wrath • The Vampire of Skullport • Rescue from Vanrakdoom • Forge of Fangs • A Change of Address • The Tower of Ahghairon • Moving Day
Escape from Elturgard • Stopped at the Gate • Hungry Shadows • Day of the Devil • Faces of Fortune • Infernal Insurgency • The Diabolical Dive • In the Garden of Evil • Ruined Prospects • Tipping the Scales • Losing Fai • The Breath of Life • The Swarmed Heart • The Vast Emptiness of Grace • Maddening Screams • Honors Unforeseen • In the Hand • Consequences of Choice • Fang and Claw • Where Devils Fear to Tread • Infernal Pursuits • Hellfire Requiem • Liar's Night
Breaking Umberlee's Resolve • Blood in the Water • Saving Silverbeard • Foreign Affairs • Uncertain Scrutiny • Thimblerigging • Moment of Peace • The Harrowing of Hell • Vile Bounty • Unsafe Harborage • Shadows in the Stacks • To Walk the Cold Dark • Night Thieves • The City That Should Not Be • Frozen Whispers • Uprising • Expedition to the Supreme Forge • Against the Machine • Fall the Cold Night • The Death of Szass Tam • Assault on Myth Nantar • Wings of Death • When the Lights Went Out in Candlekeep • Tears Among the Stars
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