A Tale of Two Cities – A Baldur's Gate:

Descent into Avernus DM's Resource!

Chapter 1: A Tale of Two Cities serves as the starting point for
the newest official campaign: Baldur's Gate: Descent into
Avernus. It's an introductionary chapter packed with action,
where the adventurers get a feel for the seedy streets of Baldur's
Gate, discover background information and dark secrets that sets
them up for their journey into Avernus, as well as where they
meet some of the allies that will follow them on their adventures.

This document seeks to provide you, the Dungeon Master, with

tools and thoughts that will help you make Chapter 1 of Baldur's
Gate: Descent into Avernus an exciting experience for your
players. This product contains:

• Additional Hooks. Several ideas on how to get the characters

probperly hooked and motivated to fight devils and journey
into Avernus!
• Changing Campaigns. Advice on how to transfer your
characters from either Ghosts of Saltmarsh or Waterdeep:
Dragon Heist to Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus.
• Running Chapter 1. Ideas on how to run each location in
Chapter 1, extra content and advice on scaling difficulty.
• Monster Stat Blocks. 20+ pages of monster stat blocks
covering every foe in the chapter, neatly arranged together
on pages, so you don't have to flip through several books.
• Thavius Kreeg's Contract. A handout showing Thavius
Kreeg's contract with the Duke of Avernus.
• 5 Encounter Maps. Five full-scale digital battlemaps for
Elfsong Tavern, Dungeon of the Dead Three, Low Lantern,
Vanthampur Villa and Under the Villa in both DM's and player
versions primed for virtual tabletops!