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ShortQuests -- Pocket Sized Adventures! An all-new collection of digest-sized D&D adventures designed for 1-2 game sessions.

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mikeawmids1" data-source="post: 9394625" data-attributes="member: 7030604">Day 1Two travellers approach the village of Widderspire; Bruno the Bold (Human Paladin, devotee of Saint Adso - played by Tom) and Merlin (Human Wizard, outlawed apprentice of the Council Arcane - played by Morgan). They carry a decree from Queen Esme of Aruanda, identifying them as Runewardens, tasked with protecting the sprawling forest known as the Runewild. The leaves of the great wood are turning to shades of autumnal gold as the long Summer draws to a close.Waiting outside the village are a pair of Ruasidhe elves; Verdan (Wood Elf Rogue - played by Adam) and Tinkerbell (Wood Elf Fighter - played by Ted). Years ago, the Ruasidhe swore themselves to the service of the young Queen Esme, an oath they honour even as her long life and peaceful reign comes to an end. Flitting around the two elven warriors is Apogee (Fairy/Druid, hag-owned - played by Ellie).The Runewardens have been granted the deed to the late Lord Widderspire's old hunting lodge to use as their base of operations. Before he took up holy orders, Bruno had been a humble carpenter, and he immediately begins planning the necessary repairs and rennovations to the dilapidated loghouse.The party introduce themselves and their mission to Mayor Aldor Macson of Widderspire, who suggests the villagers may have adventure hooks for them. Verdan learns of unsavoury vagabonds malingering near the Last Watchtower and the Runewardens decide to investigate. Bruno visits the church of Saint Adso and meets the local priestess Hattie Price. Graves in the cemetery have been disturbed and Price suspects the Whitebone Sisters are responsible. Bruno swears to bring the witchy siblings to justice.On route to the Last Watchtower, the Runewardens encounter a trio of mercenaries calling themselves the Three Bears; Rupert, Yogi & Pooh. They offer their swords for the price of 15gp per day, which the party have neither the funds nor inclination to pay.The Last Watchtower is a crumbling edifice near the end of Waithrik's Wall, constructed long ago to pen the fey denizens of the Runewild. The Runewardens explore the tower and find the bodies of five brigands in the basement. A swarm of fat rats gorge themselves upon the grim banquet. Brandishing a torch to drive away the vermin, Verdan and Tinkerbell examine the bodies. All five men sport blood red rags and expressions of horror frozen unto their dead flesh, but no obvious signs of whatever felled them.Evening approaches and the party make camp in the upper floors of the old watchtower. During the night, a ghostly figure - hulking and spectral - approaches along the crumbling battlements. The ghost's rude garb marks it as a Runish clansman of the tribes that settled the fringes of the Runewild prior to the Aruandan conquest some 400 years ago. Intuiting the ethereal beserker slew the bandits in the basement - and that they have few effective means of combating a ghost - the party opt to flee. Bruno boldly stands his ground as the others scramble down the wall - and would have been cut down by the clansman's incorporeal axe had Apogee not distracted the ghost by slinging magic pebbles at his head. The Runewardens flee into the dark forest, whilst the ghostly apparition jeers their cowardice.</blockquote>

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