Hamun Kost
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When the characters first meet the Hamun Kost at Old Owl Well, the Red Wizard’s most interesting discovery so far is a ring of protection. Aside from Chardalyn stones, what other magical discoveries of Netherese origin might Hamun Kost unearth if given more time to scratch around in the dirt beneath the tumbledown tower? I…
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Why Hamun Kost, a necromancer, would pass up an opportunity to seek out Agatha the Banshee is beyond comprehension. The current edition of Dungeons & Dragons has exactly four banshees residing in Faerûn (that we know of). Yo Hames, bro. We should go see this super rare undead spirit in the Neverwinter Wood. There’s only…
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Wait, WAIT…hold up. How does Hamun Kost – an evil mage without access to 3rd level spells – control twelve zombies? That makes no sense. And I’m sorry, but if the answer is “you’re the Dungeon Master. You can do whatever you like,” that’s a paddlin’. To quote the famous Dungeon Master Colonel Nathan R.…
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Okay okay, fine. Lost Mine of Phandelver, the adventure written for a beginner box set, is designed as an introduction to Dungeons & Dragons. As such, I accept that game designers were not going to burden new Dungeon Masters with Forgotten Realms lore to run a game for people new to the hobby – whose…
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Visible in the distance, two shapes hang from the branch of an oak tree. The corpses of two men sway gently in the wind at the ends of hempen ropes with nooses fastened around each of their necks. A crude placard sign with the word “murderers” scrawled across it is staked into the ground nearby.…
Along The Triboar Trail 