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The Road to Legend

It was a time of epic clashes between the forces of light and

dark. In generations to come, mothers would put their children

to sleep with bedtime stories about the creatures that

threatened the surface world and the brave heroes who

struggled against them. Although it was a dangerous era, the

land of Terrinoth was never richer with opportunity for the

valiant men and women who dared to walk the road to legend.

Table of Contents

Components.....................................2

An Overview of the Advanced Campaign ..............5

Beginning a New Advanced Campaign................8

Advanced Campaign Stages ........................9

The Game Week ................................10

Quest Types ....................................13

Cities and Buildings .............................21

Using Buildings.................................21

Hero Upgrades..................................23

Overlord Upgrades ..............................24

Upgrading Power Dice With Fatigue During Play ......24

Hero Death ....................................24

Simplified Treachery .............................24

Plots..........................................25

Collected Obstacles and Props .....................26

Advanced Campaign Special Abilities ...............28

Collected Lingering Effects........................31

New Map Pieces ................................32

Map Notes .....................................32

Map Legend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Quest Guide: Dungeon Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Quest Guide: Rumors ............................54

Quest Guide: Legendary Areas .....................66

Quest Guide: Overlord’s Keeps.....................72

Thank you for purchasing this expansion to Descent: Journeys

in the Dark . It introduces a radically new style of play to the

game and includes new game components, new rules, and

dozens of new maps for your heroes to explore. Unlike

previous expansions for Descent: Journeys in the Dark , The

Road to Legend is focused almost entirely on adding a new

play variant to the game – the Advanced Campaign. In this new

variant, players create heroes and follow them throughout their

entire careers, keeping their skills and equipment from one

dungeon to the next.

Components

Below are summary descriptions of the various components

included in The Road to Legend . They should help you identify

the components, and introduce you to how they are used.

This Rulebook (the second part of which is a Quest Guide)

10 Dice (5 Silver Power Dice and 5 Gold Power Dice)

6 Avatar Sheets

6 Boxes (4 Hero Boxes, 1 Overlord Box, and 1 Graveyard Box)

1 Pad of Campaign Sheets

1 Terrinoth Map Board

220 Cards

40 Campaign Monster Reference Cards

40 Dungeon Level Cards

35 Avatar Upgrade Cards

21 Plot Cards

30 Incident Cards

15 Location Cards

15 Rumor Cards

10 Lieutenant Cards

5 Tamalir Upgrade Cards

4 Party Upgrade Cards

3 Campaign Skill Cards

1 Relic Card

1 City Shop Card

22 Double-sided Map Pieces

3 Room Pieces

7 Corridor Pieces

3 Intersection Pieces

8 Dead End Pieces

1 Portal Piece

23 Prop Markers

43 Terrinoth Map Markers

1 Hero Party Marker

1 Overlord Keep Marker

10 Lieutenant Markers

14 Siege/Razed Markers

4 Elemental Temple Markers

3 Scroll Markers

1 Sunstone Marker

9 Comet Markers

3 Large Lieutenant Markers

6 Sleeping Effect Tokens

4 Money Tokens

18 Wound Tokens

95 Training Tokens

11 Silver Magic Upgrade Tokens

12 Silver Melee Upgrade Tokens

12 Silver Ranged Upgrade Tokens

12 Gold Magic Upgrade Tokens

12 Gold Melee Upgrade Tokens

12 Gold Ranged Upgrade Tokens

4 Copper Wound Upgrade Tokens

4 Copper Fatigue Upgrade Tokens

4 Silver Wound Upgrade Tokens

4 Silver Fatigue Upgrade Tokens

4 Gold Wound Upgrade Tokens

4 Gold Fatigue Upgrade Tokens

7 Miscellaneous Tokens

1 Camp/Lake Marker

1 Throne/Summoning Circle Marker

8 Table/Bed Markers

1 Reinforcement Marker

6 Villager Markers

1 Rumor Token

4 Bone Heap/Mushroom Patch Markers

1 Crown of the Elder Kings Marker

3 Fountain/Sarcophagus Markers

4 Shackle Tokens

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Gold and Silver Power Dice

These new power dice are included to

allow the heroes and monsters to grow

more powerful over time. The silver and

gold dice have the same number of power

enhancement, surge, and blank sides as the black power dice,

but a silver die is twice as good as a black die, and a gold die is

three times as good as a black die.

Map Pieces

Like the map pieces from the core

game, the ones included in The

Road to Legend link together to

form the dungeon map. However, on

the back of these map pieces are

outdoor terrain pieces used for

outdoor encounters. Outdoor pieces

cannot be linked to dungeon pieces.

Avatar Sheets

The overlord player receives a

sheet representing a physical Avatar

of darkness. In the Advanced

Campaign, this is the overlord’s

character. For a detailed Avatar

sheet diagram, see page 7.

Training Tokens

New training tokens are included to

allow heroes to upgrade their black

power dice to silver power dice, or

even gold power dice, as well as to

gain extra fatigue and wounds

during the Advanced Campaign.

For details on purchasing hero

upgrades, see “Hero Upgrades” on

page 23.

Boxes

These six boxes are used to store important game components

between game sessions. Each hero is stored in one of the hero

boxes, while the Avatar is stored in the overlord box. Finally,

there is a graveyard box for storing cards that have been

removed from the campaign for good.

Props

A variety of new props to populate

dungeons and outdoor encounters are

included in The Road to Legend .

For more information, see “Collected

Obstacles and Props” on page 26.

Large Lieutenant Markers

Most lieutenants are represented by their

Terrinoth map marker when they appear in a

dungeon or an encounter. However, three of

the lieutenants would be too big to fit on the

Terrinoth map when represented in scale, so

additional markers are provided for use in

dungeons and encounters.

Campaign Sheets

These sheets allow the players to write down

information about the campaign that can’t be easily

recorded in other ways. For a detailed campaign

sheet diagram, see page 11.

Terrinoth Map Board

The game board represents the land of

Terrinoth. The heroes journey around this map

seeking out treasure and adventure while the

overlord’s lieutenants attempt to lay siege to

and destroy the cities of Terrinoth. For a

detailed game board diagram, see page 12.

Wound and Money Tokens

Additional wound and money tokens in

larger denominations are included for

use in the Advanced Campaign.

Effect Tokens

These tokens are used to track the new sleep

lingering effect. See “Collected Lingering Effects”

on page 31 for complete details.

Terrinoth Map

Tokens

These tokens are used to track people

and things on the Terrinoth map, as well

as the current status of the cities. Some

of these tokens represent Quest Items,

important objects that both the overlord

and the heroes want to possess.

Miscellaneous Tokens

The Crown of the Elder Kings token

represents a powerful relic that the heroes

can find in the Valley of Souls, while the

reinforcement marker is used to track how

often the overlord is allowed to play spawn

cards. The Rumor token marks the location

of the current Rumor, and the Shackle

tokens are used with the “Brother Against Brother” card in the

Obsidian Shackles Plot deck.

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Monster Reference Cards

New monster reference cards are included for use

in the Advanced Campaign. Each monster is

presented with statistics for four different power

levels. From weakest to most powerful, they are:

Incident and Location Cards

Copper

Silver

Gold

Diamond

Incident Card

Location Card

Monsters begin the Advanced Campaign at Copper level and

are upgraded from there by the overlord. For details on

purchasing monster upgrades, see “Overlord Upgrades” on

page 24.

Incident and location cards are used to generate random

outdoor encounters as the heroes explore the Terrinoth map.

For complete information on encounters, see “Encounters” on

page 13.

Avatar Upgrade Cards

Avatar Upgrade cards allow the overlord to

grow more powerful over the course of the

Advanced Campaign. Some Avatar cards are

available for any Avatar to purchase, in

which case they read “Any Avatar” under the

title, but some are specific to a particular

Avatar, in which case the Avatar’s name is

listed under the title. For details on

purchasing Avatar Upgrades, see “Overlord

Upgrades” on page 24.

Rumor Cards

As the heroes move from city to city,

they may decide to stop in the local

Tavern and buy everyone a round of

ale in hopes of hearing a juicy

Rumor. Following up on them can

provide the heroes with valuable

rewards. For complete details on

Rumors, see “Rumors” on page 18.

Lieutenant Cards

Lieutenant cards allow the overlord to

recruit powerful beings to assist him.

Lieutenants move around on the Terrinoth

map once recruited, and can be used to lay

siege to, and even destroy, the cities of

Terrinoth. Like Avatar Upgrade cards, some

lieutenants are restricted to specific Avatars. For

details on purchasing Lieutenant cards, see

“Overlord Upgrades” on page 24.

Party Upgrade Cards

The heroes may wish to purchase items

that allow them to travel faster or more

easily. These items do not take up space in

any hero’s pack, and affect the entire party

of heroes. Party Upgrade cards are added

to the city shop deck when playing the

Advanced Campaign. See “The Market”

on page 22 for complete details on

purchasing shop items.

Plot Cards

At the start of the Advanced Campaign, the

overlord player selects one of three evil Plots

with which to create havoc in Terrinoth. Plot

cards are otherwise purchased in the same

way as Avatar Upgrade cards, except that

they may have special conditions the

overlord needs to meet first.

Tamalir Upgrade Cards

Tamalir is the heroes’ hometown, and if it

falls to the overlord’s forces, the overlord

wins the game immediately. To help

prevent this, the heroes may wish to spend

some of their time and clout to encourage

civic improvements to the city. See

“Upgrading Tamalir” on page 21 for

complete details on how to do so.

Dungeon Level Cards

These cards are used to generate

random dungeon levels as the heroes

explore the depths of Terrinoth. For

complete information on dungeons,

see “Dungeons” on page 17.

Other Cards

In addition to the cards listed above, there are also new

versions of the “Parry,” “Deflect Arrow,” and “Willpower” skill

cards. These cards replace their old versions when playing the

Advanced Campaign. There is also a new Relic card (“The

Crown of the Elder Kings”) and one new card that should be

added to the city shop deck (“Remove Curse”).

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An Overview of the

Advanced Campaign

In the Advanced Campaign (or, simply, “campaign”), four

heroes are pitted against the forces of an extremely powerful

overlord. While the overlord’s lieutenants ravage Terrinoth,

attempting to either carry out his evil Plot or destroy the city of

Tamalir, the heroes must travel the land and grow powerful

enough to enter the Overlord’s Keep and battle him in person,

to put an end to his evil once and for all.

Other Descent Expansions

At the time of this expansion’s publication, there are two

other expansions in print for Descent: Journeys in the

Dark . They are The Altar of Despair ™ and The Well of

Darkness ™. Each introduces a variety of new rules,

monsters, figures, cards, tokens, and other components. This

rulebook occasionally discusses ways these two expansions

can be incorporated into The Road to Legend , but they are

not necessary to play the Advanced Campaign.

In game terms, the Advanced Campaign allows the players to

create a group of heroes and play out their adventures over a

series of game sessions. The heroes retain their skills and

equipment from one dungeon to the next, moving across the

map of Terrinoth and clashing with the overlord’s forces again

and again.

Lieutenants

Lieutenants are exceptionally powerful monsters that the

overlord can move around the Terrinoth map to collect valuable

items and lay siege to cities. Lieutenants can even attack the

heroes directly, although this is dangerous, because a slain

lieutenant is lost to the overlord forever.

The Basics

Most of the time – that is, when the heroes are exploring the

dungeons of Terrinoth – the Advanced Campaign plays like a

normal game of Descent . The heroes still choose one of four

actions each turn, still place orders, still gain conquest tokens

for activating glyphs, and so on.

Hero and Overlord Growth

Unlike in the normal game, in the Advanced Campaign, heroes

retain their items and other upgrades between quests. Each

hero’s information is stored in his hero box between games.

The major differences between regular Descent and the

Advanced Campaign come in the times when dungeons are not

being explored, as the heroes travel across Terrinoth and

receive advanced training. But unless the basic rules of Descent

are specifically overridden by the Advanced Campaign rules,

they remain in effect.

The overlord can also gain new abilities over the course of the

Advanced Campaign. Treachery, Avatar Upgrades, and monster

upgrades can all be purchased and retained. Overlord power

cards, on the other hand, are discarded when the heroes

complete or retreat from the dungeon they were acquired in.

The Hero Party and Party Treasury

The Advanced Campaign is designed for a party of exactly four

heroes. If there are fewer than four hero players, one or more

must control an extra hero. To save time, extra heroes should

be given to the most experienced players.

Traveling Across Terrinoth

Heroes and lieutenants move between the dungeons and cities

of Terrinoth by way of trails. There are normal, water, and

secret trails. The party begins with the ability to travel along

normal trails, but must purchase the “Magic Boat” card to

travel on water trails, and the “Kerak’s Map” card to travel

along secret trails. When the party moves along a trail, it must

check for encounters. Lieutenants, conversely, can always

move along all three types of trails, and never need to check for

encounters.

Collectively, the four heroes are known as the party . They

travel together at all times except when momentarily split up

by a member’s death.

In the Advanced Campaign, the heroes pool their wealth into a

party treasury, from which any hero may spend. Heroes do

not lose coins when they die in the Advanced Campaign.

Experience Points

Conquest tokens earned by the heroes and overlord are

converted into experience points (XP) that they can use to

purchase training and other upgrades. For each conquest token

the overlord earns, he gains 1 XP. For each conquest token any

hero earns, every hero gains 1 XP. The players keep running

totals of XP earned and spent by both the heroes and the

overlord on the campaign sheet.

The Avatar

The overlord, while still a powerful otherworldly creature

capable of controlling his forces mentally, also has a physical

form – his Avatar – in the Advanced Campaign. The heroes

can seek out and kill this creature, and if they do, they win the

campaign.

The Avatar’s form is variable; it might be that of a demon, a

dragon, or several other options. Each option brings with it

some basic abilities, as well as access to other, more powerful

abilities, that can be purchased over the course of the Advanced

Campaign. The overlord player chooses his Avatar’s form at the

beginning of the Advanced Campaign, which is then fixed for

its duration.

Campaign Level

The overall power level of the campaign at any given time is

called the campaign level . Most campaigns begin at Copper

level, advance to Silver level, and end at Gold level. The

campaign level increases when the total number of conquest

tokens earned by the heroes and the overlord combined passes

certain thresholds.

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