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<blockquote data-quote="HalfOrc HalfBiscuit" data-source="post: 7173227" data-attributes="member: 27710">I'm at a similar stage of PotA to you. My PCs are at 3rd level (not far off 4th), have just defeated the knights at Feathergale Spire and are off to Rivergard Keep next. I've been fairly liberal with pretty blatant clues, so they have a fair idea now that there are four elemental cults - they know the earth cult is based at Sacred Stone Monastery because they went there and got their arses kicked, and they have correctly guessed that Rivergard Keep is home to the water cult, but as yet have no idea about the fire cult (they're just guessing that there must be one).As to your questions, my take on the &quot;undercover&quot; hook is that it's intended that the PC has been told at least about one or other of the keep or Quanderil, and quite probably both. If they're off to Womford, I'd be tempted to just give then Quanderil's name and let them trace him back to the keep, but as I say I think it might be intended that the hook lets the PC in on both parts.As to what's at Womford - as you say, it isn't at all clear. The name obviously implies a ford, but it would also seem that the Dessarin river is fully navigable. Maybe there's a seasonal ford - only there when the river is running low? Or maybe the river is navigable above and below the ford, but not at Womford itself, so cargoes have to be switched between boats? Maybe there was originally a ford, but the river was made fully navigable by magic or dwarven engineering, so now there's a bridge or a ferry. I'm also unclear as to Womford's relationship with Ironford which is marked on the map and mentioned on page 29, but seems otherwise to be ignored. Like quite a lot of the book there is plenty of room for DM elaboration.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HalfOrc HalfBiscuit, post: 7173227, member: 27710"] I'm at a similar stage of PotA to you. My PCs are at 3rd level (not far off 4th), have just defeated the knights at Feathergale Spire and are off to Rivergard Keep next. I've been fairly liberal with pretty blatant clues, so they have a fair idea now that there are four elemental cults - they know the earth cult is based at Sacred Stone Monastery because they went there and got their arses kicked, and they have correctly guessed that Rivergard Keep is home to the water cult, but as yet have no idea about the fire cult (they're just guessing that there must be one). As to your questions, my take on the "undercover" hook is that it's intended that the PC has been told at least about one or other of the keep or Quanderil, and quite probably both. If they're off to Womford, I'd be tempted to just give then Quanderil's name and let them trace him back to the keep, but as I say I think it might be intended that the hook lets the PC in on both parts. As to what's at Womford - as you say, it isn't at all clear. The name obviously implies a ford, but it would also seem that the Dessarin river is fully navigable. Maybe there's a seasonal ford - only there when the river is running low? Or maybe the river is navigable above and below the ford, but not at Womford itself, so cargoes have to be switched between boats? Maybe there was originally a ford, but the river was made fully navigable by magic or dwarven engineering, so now there's a bridge or a ferry. I'm also unclear as to Womford's relationship with Ironford which is marked on the map and mentioned on page 29, but seems otherwise to be ignored. Like quite a lot of the book there is plenty of room for DM elaboration. [/QUOTE]

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