Dead in Thay

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Dreams of the Red Wizards: Dead in Thay is a 107-page adventure module for Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition released in ^{[missing data]} as an Adventurer's League publication.

Official synopsis[]

Szass Tam, the lich lord of Thay, and his Red Wizards threaten to dominate all of the Sword Coast. The Bloodgate, an elemental node of power, must be destroyed in order to stop him. This adventure is part two of the Dreams of the Red WizardsSundering storyline, directly tied to Scourge of the Sword Coast, and loosely connected to the events in Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle. Dead in Thay is a tribute to Tomb of Horrors, The Ruins of Undermountain, and other killer dungeons. The monsters, traps, and hazards in the adventure create a deadly challenge.

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Development and release[]

Development[]

The book was written by Scott Fitzgerald Gray. Art was provided by Eric Belisle, Sam Carr, Tyler Jacobson, Miles Johnston and Mark Winters.

Release[]

Dreams of the Red Wizards: Dead in Thay was released by Wizards of the Coast in for $^{[missing data]} US or $^{[missing data]} Canadian.

On April 29, 2014, it was re-released in digital format. It is currently available on DriveThruRPG and Dungeon Masters Guild for $17.99.

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Critical reception[]

As of 2023, Dreams of the Red Wizards: Dead in Thay reached the rank of Platinum seller on DriveThruRPG.

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Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition
Core rules
Player's Handbook • Monster Manual • Dungeon Master's Guide • Starter Set • Essentials Kit • Starter Set (2022)
Print sourcebooks and supplements
Acquisitions Incorporated • Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants • The Book of Many Things • Eberron: Rising from the Last War • Explorer's Guide to Wildemount • Fizban's Treasury of Dragons • Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica • Monsters of the Multiverse • Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes • Mythic Odysseys of Theros • Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos • Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide • Tasha's Cauldron of Everything • Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft • Volo's Guide to Monsters • Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Digital sourcebooks and supplements
Adventure with Muk • Domains of Delight • Elemental Evil Player's Companion • Minsc and Boo's Journal of Villainy • Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1 • Muk's Guide to Everything He Learned From Tasha • One Grung Above • Plane Shift: Amonkhet • Plane Shift: Dominaria • Plane Shift: Innistrad • Plane Shift: Ixalan • Plane Shift: Kaladesh • Plane Shift: Zendikar • The Tortle Package • Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Print adventures
Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus • Candlekeep Mysteries • Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep • Curse of Strahd • Ghosts of Saltmarsh • Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden • Out of the Abyss • Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk • Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse • Princes of the Apocalypse • Spelljammer: Adventures in Space • Storm King's Thunder • Tales from the Yawning Portal • Tomb of Annihilation • Tyranny of Dragons (Hoard of the Dragon Queen • The Rise of Tiamat) • Waterdeep: Dragon Heist • Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage • The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Digital adventures
The Barber of Silverymoon • Infernal Machine Rebuild • Locathah Rising • The Lost Kenku • Lost Laboratory of Kwalish • Return to the Glory • Six Faces of Death • X Marks the Spot • A Zib For Your Thoughts
Anthologies
Tales from the Yawning Portal • Ghosts of Saltmarsh • Candlekeep Mysteries • Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel • Keys from the Golden Vault
Playtests
Confrontation at Candlekeep • Dead in Thay • Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle • Legacy of the Crystal Shard • Murder in Baldur's Gate • Reclaiming Blingdenstone • Scourge of the Sword Coast • Storm over Neverwinter • Vault of the Dracolich
Licensed products
Stranger Things Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set • Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty