Dungeons & Dragons Preps Ghosts of Saltmarsh Expansion

Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) will expand upon the Saltmarsh series with a new adventure book, Ghosts of Saltmarsh. Set for release on May 21 in game stores, digitally, and wherever D&D is sold, the new book takes classic seafaring adventures and updates them for use with D&D fifth edition.

Ghosts of Saltmarsh includes details on the port town of Saltmarsh with new adventure hooks for each chapter. Players can journey through the entire story in a seafaring campaign leading characters from level 1 through level 12, while Dungeon Masters can pull sections to place in ongoing campaigns in any setting. Appendices cover game mechanics for ship-to-ship combat, new magic items, monsters, and more.

“The Saltmarsh series consistently ranks as one of the most popular classic D&D adventures,” says Mike Mearls, franchise creative director of D&D. “With its ties to ocean-based adventuring, it was an obvious step to augment it with additional sea-based adventures and a robust set of rules for managing a nautical campaign.”

An alternate art cover with a distinctive design and soft-touch finish by N.C. Winters is available exclusively in game stores on May 21.

Dungeons & Dragons is published by Wizards of the Coast, a division of Hasbro.

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