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Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2023

Remember that word? Yeah, that's what it is, Fresh! What a great book full of one-shot Adventures, 17 to be exact. Each Adventure is for a different player level (1- 17) which I think is super cool. Each quest is uniquely centered around a particular book in Candlekeep which kicks things off. I'm excited to hand this one off to my Dm to take my own level 1 character through Candlekeep Mysteries! And he ain't leaving till level 17. The artwork is beautiful as always when it comes to 5e D&D books, and the layout of this multi-adventure book is easy to navigate. Skimming through it I saw very imaginative and well written stories that seem promising in providing loads of entertainment. I get mine today and can't wait!

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Carlos Colón

Excellent book for beginners!

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2023

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I'm so glad I bought this book!
It guides the players from level 1 through 16. The missions are entertaining and it has easy to follow instructions for the Dungeon Master.
This book is a great option if you're new to Dungeon and Dragons or you want something different to play.
Highly recommended!

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David C

Great material to add into your own campaigns

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2021

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This book has a great collection of mini-quests that can easily be inserted into any other campaign. It has the structure to be a standalone adventure but personally I think it’s more useful as supplemental material. So far I have implemented one of them in an ongoing campaign in a manner that isn’t disruptive to the narrative and it makes for a great side quest.
Most of the included quests have hooks for later plot development if you so choose, which could be useful for developing a story of your own.

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Rhonda

LOVE these short adventures!

Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2021

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So, I'm a longtime player, my grandma taught me to play as a kid, and now I DM for my own children. I love that these adventures are short and fun without being too difficult for my 12 year old to keep focus on. They are currently getting worked into a longer campaign I am doing for them where they trade off between longer and shorter storylines. I also like how there are comments from the authors of the adventures to give you ideas of how to approach the story if you are adding them to a different campaign or world. Some of the more difficult adventures are more dark, but if you have kids who enjoy the Mazerunner books or the Hunger Games, then this isn't going to be any scarier than those. But these are so much more than just "kid" campaigns - my kids(12/15/16) have outgrown a lot of the more kid oriented adventures that are out there. I see some of these as great jumping points to get them used to D&D specific concepts before taking them into some of the big campaigns - for example, the one about the were-ravens would be a great intro before heading into Strahd (that's what I'm planning on doing). I think adults would enjoy these just as much as teenagers - I plan on showing the book to my own DM to see if he wants to do any of them with the adult group (we just have to wait long enough for me to forget the details, or else I just don't read the second half of the book!).

Long story short, I LOVE this book, because sometimes you want an adventure that you can complete in just a session or two. I think it's great for adolescents and adults, and if you have some extremely intrepid younger kids, you could probably run a few of these with younger kids if they have a little assistance - I think younger kids would love the one with the Mordenkainen's magnificent mansion. The cats and faerie dragons add just the right amount of whimsy that bridge the gap between being silly and cerebral. But there are also plenty of crypts and cultists to keep the more serious and horror loving adult players happy, too.

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N. Bell

Nice book of fun one-shots

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2022

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I was surprised at all the “oh no work culture “ reviews. I bought it expecting a gender studies treatise but as usual the usual suspects are making a big deal out of nothing. The non-gendered NPCs are background NPCs that can be used if you feel the need to explain to your PCs what Candlekeep is about. All the NPCs that you’ll find in the modules have genders. Apparently that’s worthy of a hysterical one star review for some.

As to the modules- they’re fun little one shots. I’ve run one so far and it was good. There’s a few new monster stat blocks that I may use in other settings. It’s overall a bit less combat focused so that’s something to consider.

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Frank J. Pelkofer

Side adventures add depth to the campaign world

Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2021

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The negative reviews focusing on "woke culture" were a big help in leading me to buy this book. As a DM who is running a campaign with two 12 year old girls playing, it's about time we see some content that appeals to a broader audience. As it turns out, "woke culture" boils down to some NPC's with ambiguous genders so you can decide for yourself how many men and women appear on your world. Considering that I was already changing a lot of men to women in the other published material in an effort to get some balance, this is a welcome change for me.

There is a large variety between these adventures and I doubt any campaign would want to use them all. But, it seems like just about any campaign would find several of them to be very interesting side adventures. The adventures aren't mysteries in the sense that Sherlock Holmes is going to call everyone into the room and reveal the bad guy at the end. Almost all of them involve stopping evil plots, usually through combat. The mystery part is that most of the adventures start with a strange happening and no clear cause. The players have to do a little bit of investigative work to figure out who or where the bad guys are. Many of them involve travel to interesting settings and the NPC's are pretty well detailed so that a mediocre DM like myself can give them memorable personalities. This book helps provide some depth and variety to my campaign world.

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patrick mullen

Great book for new DMs!

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2022

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This is an awesome book of adventures, especially if you're thinking about getting into DMing for the first time. Most adventures have pretty simple maps and not too many types/numbers of enemies to keep track of, so it'll keep your prep work low.

No matter if you're wanting a one shot or a starting place for a longer campaign there are a ton of fun adventures in here to choose from.

And while each adventure is self contained, it's not too hard to come up with a reason for your party to stick around candlekeep if you want to run all of them one after the other.

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Cory London

Just what I needed

Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2021

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Sometimes, when one of your players can't make it to a session, you need a quick one shot to tied over those who did make it because you're at a critical point in your main campaign and can't carry on without the missing person. Candlekeep Mysteries delivers! First of all it introduces all players, especially those unfamiliar like myself, to the wonderful lore and location of the grand library Candlekeep (a place I am now positively obsessed with). It provides easy to pickup and use one shots of varying length and difficulty. On top of that each of those one shots can easily be extended or integrated into an already pre-existing campaign (something I plan on using myself). It's an incredibly fun and easy read and an excellent tool to ANY DM new or old.

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Pablo Mendoza Arrambidez

Buen contenido mala calidad del material

Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2021

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Para poder jugar el libro es necesitas los 3 core books de D&D 5e, este contiene 16 aventuras correspondientes al nivel que deben tener los jugadores, sin embargo la dificultad puede ser ajustada cambiando el nivel de los monstruos ya sea para disminuir su dificultad o aumentarla, el libro recomienda 4 a 6 jugadores, sin embargo también menciona que las aventuras esta diseñadas para ser modificadas para grupos mas grandes o mas pequeños, los jugadores pueden conseguir dinero, armas (mágicas), enemigos y aliados para posteriores aventuras.

Las aventuras inician alrededor de candlekeep pero llevan incluso a planos diferentes con una variedad de enemigos entretenidos e interesante de batallar o interactuar, cada libro intenta manejar una mecánica diferente y no todos tiene un final feliz para el setting ya que las acciones de los jugadores pueden cambiar el destino final de la aventura

D&D 5e salió en 2014 aun no pueden imprimir y empastar correctamente un libro lo cual no puede ser por la cantidad de dinero que se paga por ellos.

Si quieres aprender como construir una aventura, recomiendo el libro ya que también contiene mapas de batalla tanto a campo abierto como en cuartos, como crear conversaciones y lugares con acertijos. Este libro complementa muy bien al libro de Dungeon Master para este fin, ya que en el DM si bien tiene muchas reglas interesantes de como armar una aventura se queda corto para explicar como ejecutar la aventura. Otro buen libro para aprender a hacer una aventura es Curse Of Straad el cual entra aun mas en detalle como ejecutar la aventura y manejar los NPC sin embargo no ahonda en como armar una aventura por que se centra en contra una sin embargo tiene una dificultad demasiado elevada para jugadores y DM's principiantes. Eberron contiene una aventura que para jugadores iniciales es más recomendable que COS.

Le doy 3 estrellas por que mi libro llego con defectos muy serios que afectan la estructura de este.

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J.E. Phillips

Solid range of book-centered mysteries with an interesting setting

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2021

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It’s exactly what it sounds like. Candlekeep is a citadel library (can be adapted to any setting). You solve mysteries in it. The mysteries range from classic missing persons to Babadook-style horror stories, and they’re well structured and very interesting, all centering around the theme of a specific book being at the root of each mystery. Like the other module anthology books, it’s not meant to be a campaign. I’m actually going to use one of these for my Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus campaign as an extra side quest when they get to Candlekeep, so … it fits really well with that campaign (I’m doing the Shemshime mystery since it’s the spooky one and it coincides well with spending the night at Candlekeep).

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