

The Sunless Citadel includes a few traps, so a character skilled at finding and disarming traps wouldn’t go astray. Sorcerer, Wizard) to defeat swarms of weaker creatures is useful.

The group will want at least one character that can heal (Bard, Cleric, and Druid are the best selections), and having a character who can cast area-effect spells (e.g. Look for characters that have an Armor Class of at least 15 and a Hit Point total of 10 or more, armed with a melee weapon. The default choice is a heavy-armor Fighter and a melee Cleric, but there are other character types that can work, for instance the Paladin, Monk and Barbarian can fill this role. Typically, a party of adventurers will want two characters with good Armor Class and Hit Points standing at the front of the group, able to protect the more vulnerable members of the party. By the rules of D&D, two characters can stand next to each other in a corridor. The Sunless Citadel is a dungeon adventure, where much of the action will take place in ten-feet-wide corridors. Here are a few tips for running your first session of the adventure! This adventure is designed for beginning characters, and is also a very good choice for Dungeon Masters as their first adventure. The Sunless Citadel is the first adventure in the new Dungeons & Dragons book, Tales from the Yawning Portal.
