Trinkets
-
I have always seen Axeholm as a mini Khazad-dûm adventure. Perhaps the game designers did as well, since the abandoned dwarven stronghold is described as “a dark, sullen tomb, full of dust and bad memories.” And, if you’re going to have a mini Khazad-dûm adventure, you need a Book of Mazarbul, right? If you want…
-
Incorporating Trinkets: A Book About A Legendary Hero’s Rise And Fall, With The Last Chapter Missing
There’s mention of several past heroes in both Lost Mine of Phandelver and Dragon of Icespire Peak. For all intents and purposes, they’re basically just names to attach to a location or an item, and don’t amount to much beyond flavoring the game with an Intelligence (History) check. That is, unless you have a Dungeon…
-
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.…
-
Okay, it’s not a city, and it’s not in some far-off region like the Western Heartlands of Faerûn – but I don’t see why a receipt of a deposit in a far off-off city couldn’t be a trinket tied to Phandalin. Phandalin is in a remote location, and it has a banker in Harbin Wester.…
-
It’s time for a long rest, and the characters are out and about in the hinterlands of Phandalin. Who will stand watch as the party sleeps? “Gosh, I don’t know. Who has darkvision? How many elves are there in the party? They don’t sleep, right? I think they’re into tantric meditation or some shit and…
-
I thought I’d follow up with another trinket tied to Gnomengarde, since I was just talking about the place yesterday: A sheet of parchment upon which is drawn a mechanical contraption. Like yesterday, this trinket can help nudge players toward the Gnomengarde adventure hook, and can even serve as a bridge between Dragon of Icespire…
-
If you’re a frequent bot (or visitor) to this space, you’d never guess that I once hated Gnomengarde. Now that I have authored sixteen blog entries on Gnomengardian topics (with more on the way) and a DM’s Guild supplement on Gnomengarde (with another on the way), I think it’s safe to say I’ve gotten over…