Redbrand Ruffians
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Some players may be clever and decide to use the dirty red cloaks from Tresendar Manor’s armory to engage in some subterfuge and try to pass themselves off as new recruits among the Redbrand ranks. And that’s always fun, but don’t let them off easy! Even if the Redbrands they encounter fall for the deception,…
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Hang around the Stonehill Inn long enough, and you may hear Freda the weaver make a comment along the lines of “The Redbrands hassle every business in town, except for the Phandalin Miner’s Exchange. They don’t want trouble with Halia Thornton, who runs it.” Why is that? I have some thoughts. First and foremost, Halia…
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Her husband has been murdered, and now Mirna Dendrar and her children are captives of the Redbrands. Depending on whether you’re playing Lost Mine of Phandelver or the more recent adaptation, Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk, the Dendrar family will either be trafficked by their captors, or they will be held for a ransom…
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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.…
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Tresendar Manor’s cellar has a lot of opportunities to have some fun with lightly used combat mechanics. If you want this encounter to go beyond a hack and slash race to 0 hp, consider some of the following suggestions below: Somebody to shove. The ruffians are the pushy type. Lean into that with special attack…
Along The Triboar Trail 