Daran Edermath
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The presence of the Redbrand ruffians in Phandalin should carry real weight at your table. They are not disposable mooks meant to be cut down and forgotten on the way to a side quest. Driving them out should feel less like clearing a dungeon and more like breaking the grip of a gang that has…
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By attaching an Intelligence (History) check to his manner of appearance (red wizard robes and shaved, tattooed head), Lost Mine of Phandelver makes a point of identifying Hamun Kost as a Red Wizard of Thay. The adventure makes no provision for what characters might actually do with this knowledge other than recalling that, far to…
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Trading his sword for a plowshare, Daran Edermath came to Phandalin in search of a quiet retirement after suffering a grievous wound in the defense of Greenest during The Tyranny of Dragons. The graying half-elf walks with a pronounced limp (a permanent token of his time spent fighting in the conflict). Once a member of the Order…