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Legends tell ofa bizan'a treasure known ds the Crotun of Destinl. Once Expansion Design: Tim Uren with Nathan I. Hajek
nzastered, this artifact could change a person'sfate. The past cotild be remnrle,
thefuture cou/d be rewritten. For eons, the crotuni /ocation was belieued to
Descent: Journels in tbe Dark Second Edition Design: Adam Sadler
and Corey Konieczka with Daniel Lovat Clark
be lost. But nou,for those braue enough toJ)ce an ordeal offre, the power to
reJbrgefate is at band. Fight agninst primal chnos itself in its euer-changing Producer : Jason \Talden
fonns! Clairu the Crottn of Destiny and rearite yonr own legend! Editing & Proofreading: Brendan \Teiskotten
Croun of Destiny is an expansion for D escent: Journelts in tbe Dark Graphic Design: Christopher Hosch
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In addition, this pack provides two unique quests that can be plaved Graphic Design Manager: Brian Schombur:g
individually using the basic game or Epic Play rules described in the Descent: Figure Sculpting: Gary lvlorely
Journeys in the Dark Second Edition rulebook. These quests can al.so be
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plal'ed through rhe use of the provided Rurnor ar-rd Advanced Quest cards.
Interior Art: Alex Aparin, Simon Eckert, and Florian Stiu

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Add tl-re nelv Monster catds, Hero sheets, and monster and hero figures to Lead Game Producer: Steven Kirnball
their respective supplies. Then, if using components from the Conversion
Executive Game Designer: Corey Konieczka
Kit, the he-lges and mg11ster-s vith dte-s311le
remo-11e !t-aqre- a! those in this
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that utilizes Runor cards, add the included
a campaign
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Rumor and Advat-rced Quest cards to their respecti\.e supplies.
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"Burning Harvest" quest.
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 SPECIAL LES VICTO
the mountain, you see thitl stredms ! Lava beedes ignore lava ccrrain and do not suffer damage IfN{ughin is defeated, read rhe fbllol'ingaloud:
'4scendittg i
of molten rocle enan,tingf'ontfssutzs in the
uneuen tennin. IVhen you fnal/1, rench the i I
from fissures

VOLAIILE CURRENTS
(see "Volatile Currenrs" belorv).
"Enough!" Mughirt roars. He glates ns the
rcmaitingfre gerlr rinl? bdck into the /aua thnt
enhance to the nbandoned nine, ,t gust ofhot,
sPlttulled them "M), /taruest is lost, and I hnue no
sufuric wind cntchas you in the face. At the start ofeach ovcrlord turn, the overlord may choose
desirc to die today. Tlte croun ),ol seek neuer s(tt
It I fissure and roll 1 red die Each ftgure within 2 spaces of
ont the ntrromtding t ubble thnt the
is clcar f upon the hertd of n hing, nor n queen. No, it is n
giants dug seuetn/ bou/ders out of the mountnin rhat fissure suffers damage equal ro the ! rolled p/ace atop (t moilntain T/te pools of unter ther e
to uiden t/te ntinei entmnce. 7/te gtyltt stlnes contltitl t/t€ Primdl udterc T/tis o/dest of places is
tltenselues wera tossed cavra/ly to the side
I GREED IS A TERRIBLE THING
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the ke|, s6 reforgittg 1,ou7 6ls5titty. Bus 6t*nrr, tt,rrt
Just ptrst the enilltnce, ]tott cdn see the dilll g/lxu
j As an action, ivlughin may pick up :ur adjaccnt gein. Place
P|LUer doas ttot rest unguarder/!"
ofskittet ing laua baetles, nh'ead1, nghated by t, thar objective token il dre overlord's plav ,rrea
Mughin's presente Suddenly, the entirc chnntber The heroes u,in!
lFdre overiord has ,1 objective rokens in his plal area,
is lit b1, af.erl' enqti7nf'on the grcund. I
If lvlughin moves offthe map rhrough dre Entr:rrce or
Mughir nove off rhe nap drrough rhe Encrance
/
I or Erit.
c;ur
Exit, rcad the fbllorving aloud:

Mughin has escnped, but hai left behind a nap

INFORCEMENTS Luit/t rr sntn// ted jewel rcsting on to? of youit
Oncc during chis encounter, at rhe emd ofche overlord's recognize tlte nortntnin on the nx(tP tuhete rhe gent
turn, Ivlughin can call fbr aid Ifhe does, place monsters rcJts. It is sdid that ttn ancient temP/e stnflds dt
Gianrs. Lara beetles. I open group. fi-orn the oper group on che Entrance or Exit, up to the the ntomttain\ peak Tlta gem srrddenll, bttr:ts into
goup limit. f.antes, desto1,i.tlg the naP!
TUP
Ar che scarr ald erd ofeach overlord rurn, place I lava The overlord rvinsl
Place the lara beetles on rhe Cavcrn Placc rhe gianrs on the
beetle or a lirrirs.
lava space, respectilg group
Lava Pool. Place thc open group on thc Back Cave.
REweRns
Choose I giant. This is Mughin. r\lLrghin applies +3 ro his If rhe olerlord wins, he receives the "Firc Gerns" Oyerlord
Health per hero. card and draws I Rurnor card

Place 4 red ob.jecrive cokens on the rtap as indicarcd These Regardless ofdrc winner, pl;rce che "Crortr ofDesrinli'
are fissures. Adr.anced Quesr card in plav

P.lace 6 Faccdour objectivc tokens on rhe rnap as indicared

These are gems

Pi:rcc sc,rrcir cokens based on rhe lurLrucr ofheroes.

98 BACK_CAVE I2B LAVA POOL

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DIVIDEAND CONQUER REINFORCEMENTS

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nnrh rhe Each rime the master chaos beast is defeated, place Ar the end of the overlord's tum, if there are no flesh
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1 ninion chaos beasr in the spaces dre master chaos bemr moulders on rhe map, place I rrinion flesh moulde r in an
occLrpied and I minion chaos beasr in an adjacent space, emPry sPace conrarnlng varer rerraln.
igroring group limin.

Iach rine I rninion chaos beast is def-eated, place

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1 nastcr and up ro 3 nrinions from 1 ofdre open goups ir Ar rhe srarr ofthe overlord's rurn, ifrhere are no monsrers

che spaces the chaos beasr occupied, using rhe group lirnirs or rhe rnap, read the follon,ing aloua:

tbr 4 heroes. Ifthe overlord cannot place all dre figures, he A blissful silence flls the ancient tenple. Loohing
places as manv as possible. into the quiet poo ls, yo u see yoru life in its ettth ety,.
As 1,ot1 r'rrr, totrrfngers across tha wateri surfnce,
chnngittg its Jot m
MORETTHERE THAI CAME FROM ripples change the shape of uhat ),ou see Frcnt ltere,
At che end ofeach overlord rurn, the overlord ma1, flip yu hnue led so fat
),ou cnn I eut ite the life
I faceup red objecrive roken ir a water space faccdown
ro drink th;rc descinv Ifhe does, he replaces 1 adjacent The heroes win!
monster rvirh dre correspording upgrade, respecrilg Ifall I objccrivc rokens arc in uerer spaccr. read rhe
M group limits: following aloud:
Chaos beasrs. Flesh moulders. 2 open groups (no large
. 1 rninion liom an opcn group is replaced with I As the creature exhales t/te nxist into t/te tunter,
rnonsters).
master fiorn rhe same ope n group. the ettti.re pool turns 1 ed rls blood. Tbe hot t id
bea* drinks deepb,. ht the Pool, ),otL cltn see Joul
Srrup . 1 nasrer fron an open group is replaced u'ich I
future being teuiltten. T/teforces nligted agairtst
blte objeccive rokens indicated. rninior chaos beasr.
Jtoil g101t tnoie powetful. Eachftxu'e uictoDr thrtt
Place as

Place the master chaos be asr on the Cave, ignorirrggoLrp o 1 rninion chaos bcasr is replacedu.ich 1 masrer chaos fnte had plannedfot 1,ott has been replacad uith
beast
uncertnin4, tnd Potentia/ dedt/l
Iimirs Place che f]esh moulde rs in spaces conraining bluc
objecrive cokcns, respccrilg group limits. Do noc place rhe If rhe upgracled monscer does not fir, place it in the c.losest The overlord wirs!
minion chaos beasrs or che 2 open groups dnring serup. cnlpty space. Ifir monster figure for the upgraded nonsrer
The heroes collecr 4 red objective tokens and divide then is not arailablc, thc overlord cannot flip rhc red objccrive REWARDS
as evenl-r' as possible aruorg tJremsclves. Each hero places token and drirrk that destiny. Ifthe heroes wir, thev receive the hero rervard listed on rhe

the cokens on his hero sheer Each token is a hero's destirr,. back ofrhe "Crovn ofDestiry" Advanced Quest card,

Place search tokens based on the nrunber ofheroes. Ifthe overlord rvins, he receives dre overlord reward
listed on dre b49-!r of the "Crown of Destiny" Advanced
SPECIAL LES Quesr card
Each spacc rvith a blue objeccive token is treaced as

lvater terratn.

FINDING THEIRDESTINY
As an actior, while adjacent ro a hcro rvidr desciny, a
Donsce r nay attempt to steal tJrat Jrerot destinl', svsn 1f
rhat.hero is knocked-out The over-tord rolls I grcy and I
black defense die If dre res ults are equal to or los.er rhan
the mrmber ofheroes, rernovc I desrinv fiom that hero and
place ir on the morrsrcr\ bare Thar rrrorrster is crrrvirrg
a hero's destinr,. The ffrsr rime rhis happe ns, re ad the
follorving aloud:

7he creltttne opens its nouth ruide, rtnd a thin

rcd mist is drawnfi"on your hrngs. As this mi.st
disrtppeat's doun the benst's throat, yort rtre
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ouet uhelnted by a ter t ible feeling of despnir.
Yotiue /ost n part ofyourse$ a sense ofconnection
and confdence. Although dffirub to deso ibe,
yousomehow bnou thatJ,olrfirlue has becone
uttlnerable.

As an action, a monsrer thar is adjacenr ro a rvarer space ard

carrying a hero's destiry rral'surrerder che destiny co chaos,
I[it does, place I objective token that nronster u'as carrving
faceup in rhat lvater space. The firsc rime rhls happens, read
the follos,ingaloud:

l,Yltateuerfoftrne he /dfor you ltas nou been crtst

nside. 77te life ofuertlth nnd gloty yott sougbt has
been t eplaced b), chaos.

Ifa monster carryinga hero's dctiny is defeated, dre closesr

hero to rhar monsrer places the desdnl, on his hero sheer. If
heroes are the same nunrb.r ofspaces arvav, rhc
those heroes receives the destinl'.

ENTRANCE
DESTINY \MATER SPACE
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MoNSTER DESCRJPTTONS

LAVA BEETLES cHAos BEASTS

These terriff ing creatures burros, through rhe These ancient rnonstrosities originated eons
ear:rh in volcanic areas. \7her a lava beetle ' ago uAen life existed in a rnuch nore primal
perceives a threat, it defends itselfrvith an fbr:rn. At first glance thel,seern to mindlesslt'
incendiarv projectile that engulfs its target nrimic u hac rhev see. Bur irr trLrth, rher
and everything nearby in flames. They are are schcming and manipulatir.c, and their
surprisingly intelligent creatures and diffi cult nastcrl'ofarcane energies can rilal er.en
to kill, given rheir thick carapace. the most pov'erful ofu'izards.

GIANTS
As old ancl ur-ryielding as the mountains
tl.re,v resemble, giants are unthinkablv
strong and can easilt. cirst sevelal
opponenrs a'irle rvirlr r sirrglc srlihe
Thev are intolelant ofontsiders and prone
to solve problems u'ith violer-rce rather
than reason.

HERO DESCRJPTIONS

CORBN
Although Corbin's tluick cenpcr has Ie [t hinr firv
r/ Despite an otheru,ise vourhfi.rl appearxnce!
fricnds, those u,ho do knori, him rvell call hin
' Lindcl's l,eary e1,es betray thc long vears he has
fierce, lo1,al, lnd brave. tVhen he pursues a goal,
quierl-r, rvandercd rhe rvorld In his trar.els,
he does so l'ith unr avcring teLracitv ard does nor
he has witnessed such suffering and sorrow
let lirrle chings lil<e broken ribs or arrol'l,orurds
rhat hc can ro longer scancl by idlv. He feels
distract hirn. Corbin's conpiuriors frequen ch,
a desperate resporsibilirv to use his subde skills
find rhe mselves in Lratrlcs rhat would normirl\. be
to pur an end to injuscicc and rriserv u4rereever
l'oided Avoided at any and everl' cosc, that is.
it mav be tbund

.: JAES T}IE Ex[E BROTHERGHERNN

The rnarkilgs that brandJaes bear direu'arnings. Underneath his mask, Brorhe r Gherrin's face is
No one is to oflcr the rvizard food, \,irte r, shelte r, scarred b;.1hg terrible burns inflicted ol hirn b-r'
rror any orher aid, prurishablc by death. lvlercharts a rirual ofpurification. He never speaks ofthe
may bu,v and sell goods rvith him, but orlv ar a mar he was before dr;it fierl'ordeal, but sirlplv
disrance Jaes cornmitred no crirnc to ean his fate. clrirrr: rhar rhe agonv rvas r srn.rJl priee to pa1 to
His elders once fought bravely in the Dragon Vars, gain colrrol or,er his our dark nature He lou.
but were nearlY rviped out .lt a crLrcial ti[te. nses his mastery ofesoteric energies ro heal those in
Nou., as a punishnent for their [ailure , his kind need, hoping ro N,uh ay.al dre crime s of his prsr
musr bear rhe markings for all tine.