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<blockquote data-quote="Drazulfel" data-source="post: 5267221" data-attributes="member: 43826"><p><strong><span style="color: Orange">My family is new to 4E, and my youngest son is brand new to paper 'n pencil RPG's altogether. We decided to get our feet wet with the core adventure path. Yeah, I know, there are probably a dozen or more threads for <em>Keep on the Shadowfell</em> already. Well, this one's mine! As of this initial posting, we're about 4 sessions deep...</span></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The dawn of the new year was a special day for five, young, long-time friends. After 12 long years as students in the Junior Academy of the Cobalt order, for Paget the halfling, Bakbuk the dwarf, Phoebe the half-elf, Gildras the tiefling, and Raxil--the spindly lone human in the group--today was graduation day! The group didn't care one bit for the pomp and pageantry of the occasion. They all simply wanted to get it done and over with.</p><p></p><p>Several hours after the final party guests went home, Paget came running excitedly into the courtyard, the friends' traditional hangout. From past experience, the friends knew that when Paget was excited, trouble was generally on the near horizon. The young halfling was frantically waving a piece of paper in his hands, yelling "Guys, guys! Guess what?!"</p><p></p><p>Paget explained that he had overheard a conversation between Lord Warden Somerset--the lord protector of the sleepy outpost community of Harkewnwold--and a high ranking member of the Nentir Vale's cartographers guild. The guildsman, one Parle Cranewing, was offering the sum of 250 gold pieces for completed maps of various locations throughout the Vale. One of the locations was some old, ruined keep, located at the foot of the Cairngorn Mountains, near a town called Winterhaven.</p><p></p><p>The friends' ears perked up at the mention of the Cairngorns. For years, they had talked and dreamed about leaving the boredom of Harkenwold, and heading out on bold adventures, hunting trolls among Cairngorn's peaks. Paget announced that he had secured the contract for the ruined keep, and slapped a map of the Nentir Vale on the table in front of his friends.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4FJjQESU4S8/TEj5NF1YWSI/AAAAAAAAAAM/jT-NPI-vAy0/s1600/TheNentirVale+-+Web.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4FJjQESU4S8/TEj5NF1YWSI/AAAAAAAAAAM/jT-NPI-vAy0/s320/TheNentirVale+-+Web.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>The breathless halfling rambled on that, at only 120 miles away, the friends could reach Winterhaven in barely a week, map out the old ruins, and be back in Harkenwold to collect their fee before the month of Anyas was half over. "TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY gold! Do you know what we could do with two hundred and fifty gold?!"</p><p></p><p>The half-elf, Phoebe--ever insightful--quickly surmised that Paget wasn't telling the whole story. Paget might like to exaggerate, but he could never lie outright to Phoebe's face. Her stern glare always seemed to be enough to break his will. "Well, maybe I didn't exactly... technically... secure the contract, so to speak. But, that's not the point. The point is, that keep's out there, and two hundred and FIFTY gold are ours for the taking!"</p><p></p><p>No matter how skeptical, the halfling's friends were powerless to resist Paget's enthusiasm. Besides, the lure of the Cairngorns and a purse full of gold was practically a dream come true. The five agreed to gather up their meager savings, make plans and purchase supplies, and leave for Winterhaven the following week.<p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>4E Meta:</strong> <em>Phoebe's Passive Insight score of 15 was high enough to overcome Paget's Bluff roll of 13. That's how she knew he wasn't quite telling the whole truth, even though M didn't actively roll to challenge the validity of the halfling's claims.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Drazulfel, post: 5267221, member: 43826"] [B][COLOR=Orange]My family is new to 4E, and my youngest son is brand new to paper 'n pencil RPG's altogether. We decided to get our feet wet with the core adventure path. Yeah, I know, there are probably a dozen or more threads for [I]Keep on the Shadowfell[/I] already. Well, this one's mine! As of this initial posting, we're about 4 sessions deep...[/COLOR][/B] The dawn of the new year was a special day for five, young, long-time friends. After 12 long years as students in the Junior Academy of the Cobalt order, for Paget the halfling, Bakbuk the dwarf, Phoebe the half-elf, Gildras the tiefling, and Raxil--the spindly lone human in the group--today was graduation day! The group didn't care one bit for the pomp and pageantry of the occasion. They all simply wanted to get it done and over with. Several hours after the final party guests went home, Paget came running excitedly into the courtyard, the friends' traditional hangout. From past experience, the friends knew that when Paget was excited, trouble was generally on the near horizon. The young halfling was frantically waving a piece of paper in his hands, yelling "Guys, guys! Guess what?!" Paget explained that he had overheard a conversation between Lord Warden Somerset--the lord protector of the sleepy outpost community of Harkewnwold--and a high ranking member of the Nentir Vale's cartographers guild. The guildsman, one Parle Cranewing, was offering the sum of 250 gold pieces for completed maps of various locations throughout the Vale. One of the locations was some old, ruined keep, located at the foot of the Cairngorn Mountains, near a town called Winterhaven. The friends' ears perked up at the mention of the Cairngorns. For years, they had talked and dreamed about leaving the boredom of Harkenwold, and heading out on bold adventures, hunting trolls among Cairngorn's peaks. Paget announced that he had secured the contract for the ruined keep, and slapped a map of the Nentir Vale on the table in front of his friends. [URL="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4FJjQESU4S8/TEj5NF1YWSI/AAAAAAAAAAM/jT-NPI-vAy0/s1600/TheNentirVale+-+Web.jpg"][IMG]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4FJjQESU4S8/TEj5NF1YWSI/AAAAAAAAAAM/jT-NPI-vAy0/s320/TheNentirVale+-+Web.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The breathless halfling rambled on that, at only 120 miles away, the friends could reach Winterhaven in barely a week, map out the old ruins, and be back in Harkenwold to collect their fee before the month of Anyas was half over. "TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY gold! Do you know what we could do with two hundred and fifty gold?!" The half-elf, Phoebe--ever insightful--quickly surmised that Paget wasn't telling the whole story. Paget might like to exaggerate, but he could never lie outright to Phoebe's face. Her stern glare always seemed to be enough to break his will. "Well, maybe I didn't exactly... technically... secure the contract, so to speak. But, that's not the point. The point is, that keep's out there, and two hundred and FIFTY gold are ours for the taking!" No matter how skeptical, the halfling's friends were powerless to resist Paget's enthusiasm. Besides, the lure of the Cairngorns and a purse full of gold was practically a dream come true. The five agreed to gather up their meager savings, make plans and purchase supplies, and leave for Winterhaven the following week.[INDENT][B] 4E Meta:[/B] [I]Phoebe's Passive Insight score of 15 was high enough to overcome Paget's Bluff roll of 13. That's how she knew he wasn't quite telling the whole truth, even though M didn't actively roll to challenge the validity of the halfling's claims. [/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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