Wave Echo Cave
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An guard’s knowledge of Phandalin and its hinterlands would likely be sourced from military records, stories passed down through the ranks, or time spent with other guards descendant from elder races with long lifespans, such as dwarves and elves. Intelligence (History) – Guard Background (Phandalin Lore) DC Difficulty What the Guard Might Recall 10 Easy…
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A farmer’s knowledge of Phandalin and its hinterlands would likely come from elders, folk tales, superstitions, and regional sayings – stuff most scholars overlook. Intelligence (History) – Farmer Background (Phandalin Lore) DC Difficulty What the Farmer Might Recall 10 Easy Phandalin was once abandoned, but folks have moved back in recent years. The land is…
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An artisan’s knowledge of Phandalin and its hinterlands would likely be sourced from campfire tales, ballad lyrics, old folk plays, and conversations overheard at inns and taverns across the Sword Coast. Intelligence (History) – Entertainer Background (Phandalin Lore) DC Difficulty What the Entertainer Might Recall 10 Easy You’ve performed in Phandalin before – or at…
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A charlatan’s knowledge of Phandalin and its hinterlands would likely be sourced from other charlatans speaking aloud with their dodgy colleagues about where to find some rubes, card games with unsavory folks, eavesdropping on conversations, or ill-gotten troves of old deeds and documents. Intelligence (History) – Charlatan Background (Phandalin Lore) DC Difficulty What the Charlatan…
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An artisan’s knowledge of Phandalin and its hinterlands would likely be sourced from guild records, trade journals, oral histories from masters or guild elders, rumors among craftsmen about legendary techniques or lost workshops, or even fragments of old documents such as incomplete blueprints, ledgers, or shipping manifests from old trade routes. Intelligence (History) – Artisan…
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If you’ve spent a bit o’ time on me blog in the past, you know that I’m a big fan of rewarding players for the choices they make at character creation. What good are things like trinkets, language choices, inventory items, and background features on a character sheet if there’s no utility built into the…
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I enjoy taking everything found within the pages of Lost Mine of Phandelver and Dragon of Icespire Peak to logical extremes. It’s what I do. I’m really not like this with many things. For reasons I cannot explain, my brain is always whirring on Phandalin, and so I find myself browsing through these adventures often,…
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I recently ran a couple of one-shot adventures for Dungeons & Drafts using the Axeholm side quest from Dragon of Icespire Peak. Since each session was confined to three hours, I found it necessary to pick and choose which of the 30 keyed areas of Axeholm’s map I’d keep in my game. In the end,…
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If you overlay the maps of the Sword Coast for Lost Mine of Phandelver and Dragon of Icespire Peak, you’ll note that Gnomengarde is just eight miles south of Wave Echo Cave. This is notable for a few reasons. According to the background lore for Lost Mine of Phandelver, we know the following: “More than…