Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
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Poke around Tresendar Manor long enough, and you start to realize the Redbrand ruffians are far more sinister than they are presented in the pages of Lost Mine of Phandelver, and especially so in the sanitized reboot, Phandalin and Below: The Shattered Obelisk. Let’s talk about their criminality. Racketeering. The most obvious piece of Redbrand…
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From the introduction of Lost Mine of Phandelver: “Known roads may be well traveled, but they aren’t necessarily safe. Fell magic, deadly monsters, and cruel local rulers are all perils that you face when you travel in the Forgotten Realms. Even farms and freeholds within a day’s walk of a city can fall prey to…
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Woot! Finally got this done. Now available on Dungeon Master’s Guild: Between The High Road & The Long Road, available for download. As with my other Dungeon Master’s Guild titles, this is a free/PWYW offering. Between The High Road & The Long Road offers 20 daytime and nighttime encounters along the Triboar Trail. As with…
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Lost Mine of Phandelver describes Reidoth as is “a gaunt, white-bearded human” male, while Phandalin And Below: The Shattered Obelisk describes the druid as “an elderly human woman with long, white hair.” Regardless of Reidoth’s pronouns, it seems both versions of the Thundertree side quest agree that the druid is old. The question is, how old?…
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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…