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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pukunui" data-source="post: 7221846" data-attributes="member: 54629">Hi all,I am currently running Tales from the Yawning Portal as an episodic campaign set in the Realms. Using Waterdeep as a base, I sent them to Amphail for the Sunless Citadel. We've just finished that adventure, so next they'll be heading up the Long Road to Mirabar for the Forge of Fury.I was planning on just handwaving the journey, but one of my players came up with an idea for a side quest: his PC, Elvraema, is a half-drow cleric of Eilistraee. His idea is that Elvraema wants to take a detour to Yartar, where there is a guy her deity wants her to kill. This guy, Tholzar Brenner, is a corrupt watchman who works for the drow, hunting down renegades on the surface, which is why Eilistraee wants him dead.According to the player, Tholzar is a knight who is somehow associated with Zhengyi the Witch-King. (I said Zhengyi was supposed to be long-dead but that perhaps he was making a comeback, as so many other NPCs are in the 5e era). Because of this association, Tholzar has undead as bodyguards.Not a bad start. But it needs fleshing out. I am thinking I might borrow a few ideas from the city's entry in SKT, as well as the "Dark Dealings in Yartar" side quest in PotA. Namely, I'd like to bring the all-female Hand of Yartar thieves' guild into the scenario somehow, even if the PCs just use them to locate Tholzar. "Dark Dealings" involves a showdown in a cemetery. That might work for Tholzar. I can't imagine he'd be allowed to waltz around town with undead minions in broad daylight, so maybe he hides them in the cemetery or something.I'm wondering if maybe I should give Tholzar some warlock powers to reflect his association with the Witch-King. Perhaps he found one of the Witch-King's books and has obtained some of his power, like in that Drizzt novel.In case it matters, the party consists of the following (all 3rd level):Half-drow life clericMoon elf fighter / rogueHuman champion fighterGold dwarf open hand monk(There's also a half-elf evoker wizard, but his player won't be present for this session.)Anyone got any ideas? Ideally I'd like this to only take half a session at the most, but if it ends up taking a whole session, that's OK.Thanks in advance!- Jonathan</blockquote>

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