Sharn is presented as an alternative starting location for the Tomb of Annihilation adventure. It is a city on the continent of Eberron (one of D&D’s alternate campaign settings).
Role in the Adventure
Sharn serves as one of several suggested starting points for the campaign, offering DMs flexibility to adapt the adventure to different D&D worlds. While the adventure’s default starting location is Baldur’s Gate in the Forgotten Realms, Sharn provides an option for groups playing in an Eberron-based campaign.
Setting Context
Sharn is mentioned alongside other major D&D cities from various campaign settings:
- Forgotten Realms: Baldur’s Gate (default)
- Greyhawk (Oerth): Free City of Greyhawk
- Mystara: City of Specularum
- Eberron: City of Sharn
When used as the starting location, the death curse affecting those who have been raised from the dead would be the initial hook that draws the characters into the adventure, just as it would in any other starting city.