Conyberry
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While there’s no official record of her death, I’ve always assumed that Auglathla’s sorrow-bound existence as Agatha the Banshee predates the founding of Conyberry in 1351 DR. Since the events of Lost Mine of Phandelver take place in 1491 DR, it’s entirely possible she’s been haunting the woods around the village for two centuries or…
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When I was a kid, I had a friend whose brother kept a shoe box full of fingernail and toenail clippings beneath his bed. I always found that absurd, because I thought they were his fingernail and toenail clippings. Now that I’m older, wiser, and have read a few Player’s Handbooks, I’m not so certain.…
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Despite having an undead guardian in Agatha the Banshee, it would seem Conyberry had plans in place for addressing local threats. Volo’s Guide to the North states “the village and surrounding farms could muster about 140 fighters who were very skilled with bows and slings.” Additionally, The North: Guide to the Savage Frontier notes that…
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Because of its history, if you’re going to add a werewolf to your telling of Lost Mine of Phandelver, Conyberry is a good place to do that. Since I like to bake elements of my favorite works of literature, cinema, and television into my adventures, I think I’ll use the character Newt from the film…
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Who says Agatha has to be the only restless spirit in town? Conyberry met its end in 1385 DR when a lycanthropic tribe of barbarians attacked the village and slaughtered many of its inhabitants. Those who survived the carnage were carried off by the Gray Wolf tribe, presumably to be turned into werewolves against their…
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Wait, WAIT…hold up. How does Conyberry, an insignificant backwater consisting of “around a dozen houses standing close to the eastern side of Neverwinter Wood,” find its way onto a map of the Sword Coast? When writing Volo’s Guide To The North, Volothamp Geddarm saw fit to make an entry for Conyberry and include it on the…
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This is a public service announcement for the banshee’s wail. If you’re a new Dungeon Master leery of an encounter involving a low-level adventuring party vs. a relatively high challenge rating monster like Agatha the banshee (CR 4), it’s understandable. How can a low-level party survive an encounter with a monster who can, with a…
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So the other day I made mention of the fact that Conyberry is a desolate ruin, but not necessarily haunted. It’s just those forlorn wails echoing from the depths of the nearby Neverwinter Wood that make people feel like Conyberry is haunted. Agatha’s lair is located “a few miles outside town.” Upon consulting the map,…
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So your group is nearly finished with their adventures in and around Phandalin, and it begs the question: what’s the next adventure? On the final page of Dragon of Icespire Peak under the heading “Where Next,” the module provides suggestions for other published WoTC adventures the characters might move on to. They are: Curse of…