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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 5530382" data-attributes="member: 386">It's been good!The hexes are easy to ad-lib even if I haven't come up with much content for it.  Giving it a level makes it easy - if there are wandering monsters, traps, or anything else I can use the different formulas to come up with appropriate challenge level.Sometimes the players will wander across something on their way to a goal and get side-tracked.  For example, the PCs were on their way to Fallcrest - I forget whyt.  A Lair of Hobgoblins working with a Lair of Ettins had blocked the King's Road; the PCs decided to take the White River and avoid the Bloodreavers.The Bloodreavers are the slavers mentioned in Thunderspire Labyrinth.  A number of monster Lairs were linked together, and I decided to use that organization.  The leader in the Nentir Vale is a robber baron (a human cavalier from MM2) named Tarkaan Atapun of the Nine-Fingered Harem.  When the PCs killed his brother (Sosruko the Magnificent, an insane wizard trying to unlock the ritual Lich Transformation), that brought the Bloodreavers into the game.On the first night down the river they came across the village of Scragwall.  A helpful rancher tied up their raft and offered his home for a place to rest; staying out after night wasn't safe, as the evil, acid-scarred wizard Eaner who ruled the town would let loose his demonic hyenas.The PCs decided to kill the wizard.  Once he was taken care of, they explored his tower and found a pair of young barbarian women being held as slaves.  They came from the settlement of Redmarrow, as part of a deal the barbarians made with Eaner: a dragon laired beneath their town and Eaner had a potion that would keep it in a restless sleep.  Eaner had a map of the dragon's lair, and I printed out a map from the blog Year of the Dungeon to hand out to the players.The PCs decided to head to Redmarrow (on the northern edge of Lake Wintermist) out of a sense of indignation and greed (the handout probably helped).  They ended up killing the dragon using a magic item and took its loot.  Since they are terribly rich, Tarkaan Atapun realized that he had to do something about them and is currently laying siege to Winterhaven.That's an example of how the connections are working in play.</blockquote>

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