It’s Friday night and my kids are on the slopes, giving me an opportunity for a good long sit at the lodge with Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk (over $8.00 macaroni & cheese that looks and tastes like an ochre jelly).

Chapter 1: Welcome to Phandalin has character hooks tied to backgrounds, and I’ll just say it: I like mine better. Mine were written for use with Lost Mine of Phandelver before the release of PABTSO, but they’ll fit seamlessly into the updated adventure, and they’re tied more deeply into the story than the aforementioned hooks. You can download them for free/PWYW over at Dungeon Masters Guild. The product preview is below.

If you want to make my day, three PWYW downloads will get me to 50 copies sold, propelling me to my first ever award (COPPER!) on DMs Guild.

You can download it here: Meet Me In Phandalin, You Say?