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I was DMing the first session of D&D Encounters this season, Keep on the Borderlands, set in and around Restwell Keep, near the Chaos Scar. The keep was described in Dungeon #176, so I decided to add some additional roleplaying elements to the encounter, drawn from the article written by Mike Mearls.
As the PCs enter the keep, they're questioned by the corporal of the guard and his assistant, Syradon. Now, here's the thing. The corporal's name?
Fallek.
If you don't see the problem (as I didn't), say it out loud.
Really, Mike? Fallek?
There was no end of snickering by the players for the rest of the encounter.
It's a trap!
As the PCs enter the keep, they're questioned by the corporal of the guard and his assistant, Syradon. Now, here's the thing. The corporal's name?
Fallek.
If you don't see the problem (as I didn't), say it out loud.
Really, Mike? Fallek?
There was no end of snickering by the players for the rest of the encounter.
It's a trap!