My PCs may well find their way to Thundertree (Lost Mine of Phandelver) tonight and reading the adventure it doesn't seem like the most interesting of quests. Apart from Venomfang It's mostly ruined houses and combats with Zombies and Twig Blights. The Cultists at the east of the town are not doing much and prefer not to fight so as written are just kind of discovered then disappear off the scene. Does anyone have any tips for making the various Connahs in town more interesting? Any alternative monsters or encounters that I could sub in to replace repeated Twig Blights?
Perhaps some other plant-based creatures such as shambling mounds or wood woads, or fey creatures such as satyrs and hags interested in striking up a deal or perpetrating some mischief.
So here's a general outline of where my campaign is going. The party is going to be encouraged by an existing npc to rescue Reidoth, who has gone missing in Thundertree. He is scouting the cultists and refuses to leave without discovering more. When the party encounters the cultists, the cultists will encourage them to team up to parlay with the dragon. The cultists will offer the dragon tribute and turn on the party. However I expect the dragon to be unimpressed as though the cultists outnumber the party, many of them are significantly weaker. Venomfang will encourage a duel in order to serve him. If the nominated party member wins, Venomfang will turn on the cultists and likely suffer some damage making any ensuing combat less deadly. He will demand the winner to then serve him,provoking a fight. Venomfang will flee after losing half health. If the party loses the duel, I expect them to flee but only realistically expect them to kill a few cultists to get away. The losing party member will likely die but they have access to a reincarnate spell gifted by a fey in the previous session.
Green dragons are cunning but while they can one shot the party it'd be much more interesting for it to play with its food and give the party opportunity to escape.
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My PCs may well find their way to Thundertree (Lost Mine of Phandelver) tonight and reading the adventure it doesn't seem like the most interesting of quests. Apart from Venomfang It's mostly ruined houses and combats with Zombies and Twig Blights. The Cultists at the east of the town are not doing much and prefer not to fight so as written are just kind of discovered then disappear off the scene. Does anyone have any tips for making the various Connahs in town more interesting? Any alternative monsters or encounters that I could sub in to replace repeated Twig Blights?
Cheers in advance.
Perhaps some other plant-based creatures such as shambling mounds or wood woads, or fey creatures such as satyrs and hags interested in striking up a deal or perpetrating some mischief.
So here's a general outline of where my campaign is going. The party is going to be encouraged by an existing npc to rescue Reidoth, who has gone missing in Thundertree. He is scouting the cultists and refuses to leave without discovering more. When the party encounters the cultists, the cultists will encourage them to team up to parlay with the dragon. The cultists will offer the dragon tribute and turn on the party. However I expect the dragon to be unimpressed as though the cultists outnumber the party, many of them are significantly weaker. Venomfang will encourage a duel in order to serve him. If the nominated party member wins, Venomfang will turn on the cultists and likely suffer some damage making any ensuing combat less deadly. He will demand the winner to then serve him,provoking a fight. Venomfang will flee after losing half health. If the party loses the duel, I expect them to flee but only realistically expect them to kill a few cultists to get away. The losing party member will likely die but they have access to a reincarnate spell gifted by a fey in the previous session.
Green dragons are cunning but while they can one shot the party it'd be much more interesting for it to play with its food and give the party opportunity to escape.