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Message: <blockquote data-quote="d2OKC" data-source="post: 5885207" data-attributes="member: 97351">Wow, guys. Thanks for all the responses. I'm not going to address every single one, because there are a lot of good ones, but I'll ask a few questions here. For starters, keep in mind this is being run for two people who have never played before, so for some of it, I'm just trying to keep it simple. 1) Love the apparition idea. I'll definitely use that. Too keep it nice and simple, it will just be a hard Arcana check in combat and provoke OA, but risk free outside of combat, because any good auror should be able to do it by now. 2) I was also considering the cantrips thing already. I'll probably do it, because it's fun. That's really what I'm going for, is fun. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> 3) Also love the idea of Artificer instead of warlock. For some reason I completely forgot about Artificer! That will be changed. Thanks for that suggestion. 4) Should the patronus provide cover, or should it do more? Block line of effect perhaps? Here are a few of the things I'm thinking about, adventure-wise: I've changed the location from Notthingham to Stratford-Upon-Avon. Instead of Robin Hood, I want to kind of have a Shakespeare theme running through it, and the final encounter with the Death Eaters will take place in the theater (I can use the Paizo flip-mat for this!). Kind of a Harry Potter version of Shakespeare in Love. The idea is there have been reports of strange lights above the town, and though the locals thing they're just getting a rare appearance of the aurora borealis, they are actually Death Eaters communicating with each other. The town has been completely run over by the Death Eaters, though they are being careful to avoid muggle casualties to keep themselves hidden a little bit. The aurors are sent to investigate. They reckon there are three Death Eaters hiding out there, and they may have more help in the form of inferi and even possibly a Dementor. Before they arrive, the Death Eaters have an argument and one ends up dead from avada kadavra. He is remade into an inferius and the other two flee to the theater. The first encounter the aurors have is with a group of inferi and the undead (even though that's not really a Harry Potter term) Death Eater.  They also discover a mischievious freed house elf looking to steal things from them (named, appropriately, Pip), a ghost in the local church tower bellfry (which may have inspired the ghosts in Hamlet), and then the final assault on the theater. The first fight involves more inferi and a dementor (a wraith with a rechargeable Dementor's Kiss ability?) and the second will involve the two remaining Death Eaters. Maybe even try and find a way to leave it open ended, implying something bigger to come if this group ever plays together again? But, I don't know what that would be. I don't really have any plans beyond this single session. Like I said above, I'll switch from a warlock to an artificer.  For the swordmage, I'm thinking that the character maybe didn't even go to Hogwarts? As a half-giant, maybe he went to Durmstrang instead where he showed a lot of aptitude with weapons, but not as much with enchantments, and when he graduated he was snatched up by the aurors. So, he probably has a wand, but it is somehow built into the sword he carries with him? I looked at the hamadryad, and it's ok. The issues I have with it are cosmetic, which can obviously be changed. I might stick with eladrin and just say that the men they run into are overly interested in her, especially compared to other females in the group. What else am I missing? Thanks again for all the help!</blockquote>

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