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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daztur" data-source="post: 5903267" data-attributes="member: 55680">Farnsfall HoldingHex 11.03In the far east of the Freeholds a new holding is under construction. It is a good location, as the stream that rushes out of the Grey Mountains provides power for the mill and the hillsides are choice terrain for wormroot.The self-proclaimed Baron Farnsfall is Cliffar Seutonian, nephew of the Count himself (30.12). He hopes to establish a craftworks to supply these wild lands and to produce enough of the blood-warming wormroot to feed the demand for it back home in shuttered. He has hired a band of the strangely peaceable Skullcrusher orcs (13.01) to oversee the construction of his holding and work is progressing rapidly.However, the brand new Baron has run into some troubles. He has had difficulty attracting farmers to work at his remote holding and the mercenary band that he has hired has been steadily embezzling the funds his uncle provided for this enterprise. Also, his daughter is quite taken with the stories that the half-orc Lysha has told her of her village up in the mountains and plans to run away with the orcs when they finish their work on the holding.Hooks:-Why does Cliffar's daughter want to run away with a bunch of orcs and half-orcs?-Why is there a demand for a root that gives you a fever? Who would want that? -Who are the mercenaries that Cliffar has hired? Will they get away with their embezzlement?Note: wormroot is basically ginseng turned up to 11. It takes quite a while to mature and if you eat a bunch of it raises your body temperature significantly. One guy I knew had a very unpleasant night after eating a whole bag of it.I've always liked rich and clueless guys like Cliffar as PC patrons, which is one reason I've put him in here. Having guys with money who need stuff done is a useful tool for DMs but having them be a bit clueless and subject to PC manipulation makes the PCs feel like they're not being bullied onto the railroad tracks by an Elminster-wannabe. Of course with this setting being set up as a sandbox there's nothing to force that, but I see Farnsfall being a good base of operations for low level PCs.</blockquote>

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