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Paulynomial D&D Player Compendium

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Paulynomial D&D — Player Compendium

Home base for the Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk campaign and your reference for D&D 5e content.

Last updated July 22, 2026 — Session 6 played: under the manor at last — a purse from Halia, the Beer Gambit, a bargain with a one-eyed thing in the dark, and the crypt’s dead on their feet.

Where We Are

The assault on Tresendar Manor has begun. It opened with a feast — and a purse: 100 gold from Halia Thornton, passed through Toblen “for expenses,” with word that the other hundred follows the correspondence. The party pocketed the gold, turned it into nets and crossbow bolts at the Lionshield Coster, and then ran the cleverest play of the campaign so far: two cases of beer and a note forged in “the Spider’s” hand, delivered up the hill by Grista herself — so the Redbrands below spent the evening drinking to their patron’s health instead of wondering why their tap house had gone quiet.

At midnight the party went in the front. Three Redbrands stumbled into the fog by the cellar pool; two died fighting, and the third — netted — talked first, claiming Glasstaff isn’t home and giving up a secret door, though a man in a net will say many things. He didn’t survive the night either. Beyond the door: a vast cavern split by a crevasse, and Ssarnak — a one-eyed nothic that speaks directly into your mind and trades secrets for beautiful things. It traded well: the north bridge is the safe one, and a hidden way leads down toward Glasstaff’s office. It also kept Newton — the golden, ruby-eyed figurine is its “guest” until the party brings something prettier.

The night ended in the Tresendar crypts: three sealed sarcophagi, six dead men in rusted mail rising to their feet, Versace in bear form at the center of the room — and behind the other door, someone whimpering. Initiative is rolled. We resume mid-swing.

The Party

Open Threads

Active (Lords’ Alliance commission, 200gp bounty):

Side arrangements:

  • Retrieve Glasstaff’s correspondence — 100gp advance paid (via Toblen); 100gp more on delivery to Halia Thornton. The party plans to collect the papers either way and decide later who reads them. (Miner’s Exchange)
  • Ransom Newton — Ssarnak, the nothic under the manor, holds the golden figurine and wants “something more beautiful” in trade.
  • The Spider — two IOUs and a wagon note (“Two more wagons from the south. Same as last time. — G.”) found at the Sleeping Giant. Who is the Spider?
  • Tsernoth of Iriaebor — Sister Garaele is asking her Harper contacts about the necromancer who traded Agatha for Bowgentle’s spellbook.

Resolved:

  • Visit Agatha at Conyberry — done, Session 5. The comb was presented, the question answered, and everyone walked home. (25gp + three potions paid by Sister Garaele.)

Available but not yet pursued:

Phandalin — Your Base of Operations

Phandalin is a small frontier town in the foothills of the Sword Mountains, a few days’ travel south of Neverwinter.

Places in town:

Townsfolk you’ve met:

  • Sildar Hallwinter — your patron, Lords’ Alliance agent
  • Toblen Stonehill — innkeeper at the Stonehill, friendly and informative; threw the victory feast, and passed you Halia’s purse with visible discomfort
  • Trilena Stonehill — Toblen’s wife and the inn’s cook, sharper than her husband; ends arguments with breakfast
  • Linene Graywind — Lionshield Coster, principled, owes you a debt
  • Sister Garaele — cleric of Tymora at the Shrine — and, as she revealed after Conyberry, a member of the Harpers
  • Harbin Wester — townmaster, well-meaning, ineffectual; swore you in as Phandalin protectorate, now keeper of your Redbrand prisoner
  • Halia Thornton — guildmaster of the Miner’s Exchange; offered 100gp for Glasstaff’s correspondence; named by Sildar as a Zhentarim agent
  • Carp Alderleaf — 10-year-old halfling boy; tipped you a copper and led you to the secret tunnel
  • Grista — keeper of the shuttered Sleeping Giant; delivered the beer (and the lie) that bought you a drunk garrison. Ask her nothing; pour her one.

Townsfolk you’ve heard about but not yet met:

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