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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Camelot" data-source="post: 4911550" data-attributes="member: 82617">The Dragon's Den InnThe Dragon’s Den Inn is the perfect place to start a campaign in the world of Althai.  It’s an inn and a tavern, with reasonable prices for reasonable services, so it’s frequented by many travelers, merchants, and of course, adventurers.  You can always see a few jolly men or dwarves at the bar drinking apple cider (the tavern’s specialty), and at the same time, a couple of shady characters whispering in the back booth. This is the prime location for hearing about rumors, as the owner and bartender, an old man named Ren Strithaw, loves to gossip about the latest rumors he’s heard from patrons.  In addition, the secrets that aren’t told to this chatty man may be overheard by the shy half-elf broom boy, Nedd Lightheart.  If you’re looking for a stereotypical yet blissfully simple adventure to kick of your campaign, Ren is looking for some tough adventurers to exterminate the rat infestation in his basement.  However, he doesn’t know the half of what’s living beneath his own inn! The Dragon's Den Inn makes an ideal base for PCs in an Althai campaign.  Ren is a generous man, and if the PCs prove themselves useful to the town, they may find that they've gotten some free nights in the inn and some free meals.  However, before that, the PCs must pay the cost like everyone else.  A common meal is 2 sp, but a large feast for a large group of travelers is 5 gp.  The rooms each have two beds and a nightstand in between, with a window above.  They are rather well kept, and only 5 sp for one night. If the PCs are new to Fannen-Dar, they can find out about the Dragon’s Den Inn with a Streetwise check. Streetwise DC 5: If the PCs inquire about a good inn, they will immediately be pointed to the Dragon’s Den Inn, as it is well known in the town.  They can probably learn the prices of food, drink, and a night's stay with this check.Streetwise DC 10: If the PCs don’t already know, they learn that the owner is an old gossipy man named Ren Strithaw.Streetwise DC 15: The PCs hear a rumor about rats in the inn’s basement, which could be devastating for the inn’s business.  In addition, they learn of the half-elf broom boy, Nedd Lightheart, and how he rarely talks to patrons. Here’s a map of the inn’s tavern.  The walls are marked by Xs, the doors are labeled as Ds, the strip of Cs to the left is the counter over which sweet apple cider is served, and the tables and chairs are off to the right, marked as Ts and cs.  The door at the bottom leads out to the town square, and the door at the top leads into a small room from which the basement can be accessed through a trapdoor. X.X.D.X.X.X.X.X.X.X      X. . . . . . .c.c.X      X. . . . . . .T.T.X      X. . .C.c. . .c.c.X      X. . .C.c. . .c.c.X      X. . .C.c. . .T.T.X      X. . .C.c. . .c.c.X      X. . .C.c. . .c.c.X      X. . .C.c. . .T.T.X      X. . .C.c. . .c.c.X      X. . .C.c. . . . .X      X.X.X.X.X.X.D.X.X.X Tomorrow, I’ll post more details about Ren Strithaw, including how to roleplay the old innkeeper and some stats should he be needed in battle.</blockquote>

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