I played D&D tonight. It was at a brewery I could walk to. I had a few hazies. I’m having a hard time stringing coherent ideas together.

That means it’s time for random thoughts! Tonight, let’s think on Conyberry.

• As recently as 1367 DR, Conyberry was a populated settlement, which is ~125 years prior to the events of Lost Mine of Phandelver or Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk. At the time of these adventures, there are plenty of people from the long-lived races who may have passed through Conyberry, or even lived there! Dwarves, gnomes, and elves would be the most-likely common sources of information about the village, since it has the potential to live on in their memories.
• “The town of Conyberry was sacked by barbarians years ago and now lies in ruins” is quite the understatement from the game designers of this adventure. It’s canon that Conyberry was sacked by Uthgardt barbarians. Or more specifically, the Gray Wolf Tribe, who just happen to be cursed by lycanthropy (and fully embrace their lycanthropy). If you haven’t added werewolves to the Wilderness Encounter table, perhaps you should consider doing so. The tribe is still in the area according to Storm King’s Thunder.
• There was a small gilded temple dedicated to Waukeen in Conyberry, built in the early 1374 DR. Perhaps an ornate door gilded in gold lays forlorn in the brush, covered in a century of dirt and debris and is all that remains of the temple. That might be a cool treasure find! Maybe Waukeen’s followers painted the door to hide its value when the barbarians came – just as the residents of Conyberry did when they melted down their gold coins and recast them into a bell, which they then painted and hung in an effort to hide their riches at the nearby Shrine of Savras.

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