School Is in Session - Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

School Is in Session. The following four chapters present a series of Dungeons & Dragons adventures optimized for four to six characters. Each adventure takes place on and around the Strixhaven campus. In these adventures, the player characters are students attending the university, and they become heroes in their own right as they navigate plots, overcome monsters, and thwart dangers that arise in each adventure. Chapters 1 and 2 contain all the information the players need to play Strixhaven students. Each adventure takes place over the course of one academic year. For instance, "Campus Kerfuffle," the adventure in this chapter, takes place during the characters' first year at the university. "Hunt for Mage Tower," in chapter 4, takes place during the characters' second year at the university, and so on. The adventures can be run consecutively as a campaign or individually, as described below. Strixhaven students are often in awe of their surroundings at the famed university of magic Running the Adventures To run these adventures, you need the fifth edition core rulebooks: the Player's Handbook, the Dungeon Master's Guide, and the Monster Manual. Text that appears in a box like this is meant to be read aloud or paraphrased for the players when their characters first arrive at a location or under a specific circumstance, as described in the text. When a creature's name appears in bold type, that's a visual cue pointing you to its stat block. In other words, when you see a name in bold type, you should get the creature's stat block ready because you're going to need it soon. If the stat block appears in chapter 7, the text tells you. Otherwise, you can find the stat block in the Monster Manual. Spells and equipment mentioned in these adventures are described in the Player's Handbook. If an adventure doesn't describe a magic item, you can find the magic item's description in the Dungeon Master's Guide. A Strixhaven Campaign If you run these adventures as a campaig...