Brandes Stoddard shared the table of contents from Quests from the Infinite Staircase, along with the stats for the elder evil Zargon the Returner, over on BlueSky. Quests from the Infinite Staircase comes out on July 16th, and is an adventure anthology for character levels 1-13.
D&D 5E Quests from the Infinite Staircase TOC and Zargon.
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Brandes Stoddard shared the table of contents along with the stats for the elder evil Zargon the Returner.
BB Shockwave
Explorer
We have seen a blurb showing them in an article before. I too mostly know them from BG1, hoping they get minis in the upcoming Icons of the Realms set! It's about time!
BB Shockwave
Explorer
Where have you seen them on artwork? I have watched previews and haven't seen them, sadly. Also the new MM only comes out in 2025.
TravDoc42
Getting a hang of this!
On the far right of this image!
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BB Shockwave
Explorer
Ah, nice, somehow I never noticed her, or maybe I only saw a smaller cropped version of this picture.
dave2008
Legend
Sure, but the WotC version is a CR 17 monster in an adventure for PCs from lvl 1-3. Whether one makes the monster a little tougher or not is really irrelevant to the adventure. CR 17 is a TPK for a lvl 3 party.
MonsterEnvy
Legend
They do in multiverse
Not a Decepticon
Explorer
Zargon was never supposed to be fought alone, he is supposed to be a TPK unless PCs get three armies on their side.
MonsterEnvy
Legend
And go through 5 more levels of dungeon.
On why Zargon is CR 17, no clue. The 3e version was CR 16 from memory. I guess they just want something that was high but not too high.
Not a Decepticon
Explorer
3e version was intended to be endgame boss for a whole campaign, as were all Elder Evils. I guess they used that as basics for new Zargon, slapped him into module he was originally for and then calculated his CR at 17. And we should remember that WotC designs their module to be fitting for all kinda of parties, including newbies and people who don't optimize or actively anti-optimize. Zargon may be weak as CR 17 for an optimized party or even 3 11th level Champion Fighters, but is he weak for an average or below average party? Because WotC clearly designs down towards them.
Parmandur
Book-Friend
OK, so yes, the Monster lore in the appendix prior to the stat block includes the Hell backstory, and about how Asmodeus could not destroy Zargon as he kept right on with the Returning. So the Appe did says that Asmkdeus cast Zargon into the material plane in a prison...and the City formed around his prison.
So, yeah, primal eldritch force of Lawful Evil that caused the weird hierarchical civilization.
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