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Your telling of Lost Mine of Phandelver could begin with the party reaching Phandalin at gloaming on the evening of the Festival of Faces. The harvest celebration is in full swing as they walk into town, treading along a path lined with the candlelit jack-o-lanterns the festival is named for. Standing among the glowing faces…
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When I was writing The Festival of Faces (my Halloween-themed mini-adventure), I decided that Phandalin needed an “Old Nan” type character. I love Old Nan and her stories. If you’re a fan of the A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF) novels, you know exactly what I’m talking about. For those of you who haven’t…
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For a guy who once considered Gnomengarde his least favorite adventure among the pages of Dragon of Icespire Peak, it would seem I cannot shut up about the mushroom capital of the Sword Coast. About 10% of my articles are Gnomengarde-inspired. I should consider changing the name of this blog. Anyhoo, another Gnomengardian common magic…
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Banging on about the moon-touched sword the other day made me want to create some common magic items of my own. And since there are some industrious rock gnomes between the High Road and the Long Road who are in the business of crafting common magic items, let’s say these items can be found at…
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This is a public service announcement for the moon-touched sword. I think a moon-touched sword would be a fun addition to the crypt below Tresendar Manor, with one of the skeletons in its sarcophagus clutching a gleaming, well-crafted longsword – seemingly untouched by time. At first, a common magic weapon might seem like a lame…
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The traits that define Harbin Wester are emblematic of the things common folk expect of the noble class. Pompous, calculating, duplicitous, and singularly focused on the concentration of his own personal wealth – hidden beneath the veneer of polite and effusive courtesy. Despite these poorly concealed flaws in his character, Phandalin’s residents have shown enough…
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Before she was the proprietor of the dirtiest, most dangerous watering hole along the Triboar Trail, Grista was a member of the Wilddwarf Brigade, a Dwarven battlerager squad of Citadel Adbar. Many of the Wilddwarves met their end during the Battle of the Cold Vale when their company was waylaid by a force of orcs,…
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As a young maidservant at Snome Villa in Waterdeep’s North Ward, the common born Trilena captured the heart of Toblen, scion of House Snome, a Waterdhavian noble family whose fortune was built upon brewing, distilling, importing, and exporting alcoholic beverages. When whispers at the villa told the tale of Toblen’s affections resulting in their maidservant’s…
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Wait, WAIT…hold up. Who are these people that live in Phandalin? The text describes Phandalin’s residents as “hardy settlers from the cities of Neverwinter and Waterdeep.” But who in their right mind would move outside the confines of a walled city-state in The North of Faerûn to a remote, undefended town out in the middle…
