Marita's Bookshop The Nerath Campaign & The Nerath Timeline The current year for our Nerath campaign is set during the year 103AE. Inspired By Gary Gygax

This bookshop is located in the settlement of Nenlast in Nentir Vale, on the western end of the settlement. It is the only bookseller in town, and is run by Marita Moonstone, a very polite and courteous young lady. Marita has ran this bookshop for the last two years, since her late husband was killed during an orc raid on the settlement.

Among these, Marita dealt specially in maps, records, and information concerned with exploration of the vale, such as trails, uncommon and secret routes, and treasure tales. She also has a wide selection of simple fantasy books for light reading as well.

Maps the are slightly detailed or scraps of writing with information sold at Marita's Bookshop has a cost of 100 gp and sometimes more, while more detailed and accurate maps and treasure maps could cost twice as much and sometimes more, depending on what information these items hed. However, Marita purchases such things from adventures for far less - "I mean, she has to make money somehow right"?

About Our Nerath Campaign Setting The Nerath Campaign & The Nerath Timeline The current year for our Nerath campaign is set during the year 103AE. Inspired By Gary Gygax

This is just me rambling on about what I want to do with this setting and my campaign in my own words, things that I want to do with my Nentir Vale and adventures I plan to add into this region so humor me lol. It should be a lot of fun.

You folks have no idea how annoying it has been for me trying to decide which setting to make my own and yea I am one of the DMs that prefers to remain in a single setting so I can build a story behind the players characters and things that change with the characters interactions. I've been torn between Greyhawk, Dragonlance, Ravenloft: Sithicus Domain and a cvouple of smaller regions that are classicifed as settings - such as Dolmenwood, the Wild Lands and a couple more other settings but in the end I went with Nerath, specifically Nentir Vale.

I love the history and lore of the Nentir Vale region and how it was affected by the Nerathi war and the aftermath of with the Empire of Nerath collapsing and how it affgected the rest of the world . . . specifically Nentir Vale. I like how this setting has a dark, sinister feel to him, it kind of feels like a post apocalyptic setting with the fallout from the great war.

With Nentir Vale being a 4th edition D&D Point of Light, I like it even more. Don't know what a Point of Light is? Let me drop this quote for you then . . .

4th edition D&D introduced a new world (eventually called Nerath) and a default starting area called Nentir Vale. The premise of a points of light setting is that the world is fallen; civilized people now live in small, isolated settlements (the points of light) scattered across a dark and dangerous world.

Basically, the world is in a state of rebuilding after the fallout from the great war. I plan to focus my setting on Nentir Vale. I believe this region has enough adventure packed into it to keep my campaign going for many years.

Nentir Vale is a setting where you'll find small, isolated “points of light” surrounded by the darkness of the untamed wild. Travel between communities is dangerous with bandits, vicious humanoids, and monsters of all kinds in control of the darkness between settled areas.

Now, lets talk about my plans for Nentir Vale and how I was to run it as an isolated setting. My plan is to just keep my focus on Nentir Vale, keeping my players here indefinitely. I honestly think this region has enough content in it that I will never run out of things to run for my players to keep them busy for a long time. I also can add in adventures in the Underdark which should be easy enough with the Cloakwood have an Underdark theme. We also have the Shadowfell to sprinkle in along with the Feywild and even Ravenloft.

What I like most about making Nentir Vale my entire campaign setting is, it will be easy for the players characters to make a difference here. Players characters can be true heroes of the vale and I am sure they will enjoy that title being given to them as the save settlements from the encroaching darkness.

The Sleeping Giant The Nerath Campaign & The Nerath Timeline The current year for our Nerath campaign is set during the year 103AE. Inspired By Gary Gygax

A rundown, ramshackle, and dangerous watering hole located on the eastern edge of Phandalin. Most of the time, ruffians can be seen loitering around the front of the establishment. It is known for being frequented by a bandit group known as the Redbrands. It is operated by a surly female dwarf named Grista Kettlecopp.

Due to the shady individuals supporting this inn, the townmaster Harbin Wester has left this inn operating, not that he had the power to shut it down - mainly the Redbrands see to that . . . most folk of Phandalin simply turn a blind eye to this run down establishment.

The building is located at the eastern end of main street, which ends at Tresendar Manor. It is marked as a tavern by a sign depicting a prone giant and by its porch, which has several empty barrels of ale on display.

The Sleeping Giant is owned by a dwarf named Grista Kettlecopp, whose rude demeanor reflects the quality (or lack thereof) of the pub itself. It is the favored watering hole for cruder folk, and caters mostly to dwarf and human miners and ruffians. The bar is poorly maintained, and townsfolk are known to dissuade visitors from going there.

The main taproom is smokey and dirty. There is hay strewn across the room, and by the look of it has not been changed for a while: all sorts of stains and discolorations mark the floor. Broken-down tables and benches barely hold together. The walls are covered with hunting trophies, countless antlers, and a few stuffed heads, some of them well past their best. A moth-eaten head of a bear hands from the wall behind the rustic bar. It does have a upper level to the main floor with more tables.

There are only another two rooms in the dive:

- a backroom that serves as Grista's 'quarters': the room is as dirty and unkempt as the taproom itself. A small single bed is tucked in a corner, a desk full of papers and empty bottles sits beside the small fireplace. It is dark, dingy, and smells really bad.

- the other room is a barn with old straw and empty stalls. The beer barrels are kept in a small cellar underground - there is a large trap door visible in the first stall on the right-hand side. Customers who have passed out are dragged there by Seekill to finish off the night.

BREAKFAST
Peppered Bread: 7cp
Oatmeal: 3cp
Boiled Goose Eggs: 4cp
Chicken Eggs: 2cp
Fruit and Cheese: 3cp
Cheese Omelet: 7cp
Fried Potato Wedges: 3cp

AFTERNOON MEALS
Beef Stew: 2sp
Poached Salmon: 5sp
Roast Goat & Cheese: 6cp
Stockpot Stew: 1sp
Stockpot Soup: 1sp
Steak and Kidney Pie: 4sp

BEVERAGES
Bitter Black Ale: 10cp
Whiskey: 6cp
Rum: 7cp
Beer: 2cp
Heavy Beer: 3sp
Hill Cider: 1sp
Goblin Piss: 2sp
Ale: 4cp
Mead: 1sp

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