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Part Three - If you could see what I have seen.
The search for the staff is not easy. Incarnos knows that it is somewhere in the Squandering Snail, but it may be under it. The temple in which the staff was produced disappeared centuries ago. Nothing remains of that time, though the locations of the [...]

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Part Two: The Truth? Can you handle the Truth?
At some point, it is expected the PCs will interact with Incarnos. He longs to tell anyone who will listen about the Lorestaves. If the PCs do not interact with Incarnos, for example, if they allow the Holy Knights to capture Incarnos and do not intervene, another [...]

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The Lorestaves Adventure
Background and Part One
The Lorestaves adventure was to takes place in Morvia, the planned default setting for Sword’s Edge Publishing’s Arcane Kingdoms line. In the Lorestaves adventure, the player characters were to find ancient staves, items forgotten even in legend. These staves have the power to release ancient gods imprisoned by the one [...]

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Causens’ Corner in the Temples
The NPCs listed in this section are tertiary characters at best. They should be used in a narrative capacity. They are mouthpieces for the GM, and should not be coming into conflict with the PCs. They may prove to be available as some level of resource for the PCs, but other [...]

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The Non-Player Characters at the Sign of the Squandering Snail, Part Two

Flourette, a barmaid at the gambling den at the Squandered Snail
23 year old Female Human Commoner 2: CR 1; Size M; HD 2d4-2; hp 4; Init +5; Spd 30 ft.; AC 11; BAB +1; Atk +0 melee (1d4-1, dagger), or +2 ranged (1d4-1, dagger); [...]

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The Non-Player Characters at the Sign of the Squandering Snail, Part One

Murnac, owner of The Squandering Snail gambling house
54 year old Male Human Rogue 3: CR 3; Size M; HD 3d6+3; hp 16; Init +1; Spd 30 ft.; AC 11; BAB +2; Atk +3 melee (1d6+1, shortsword), or +3 ranged (1d4+1, dagger); FS 5 ft [...]

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Cade of Galaras poet, performer, and sometimes swordsman
Rogue 1/Unfettered 2: CR 3; Medium-sized Half-Elf; HD 1d6 plus 2d8; hp 19; Init +6; Spd 30 ft.; AC 16, Touch 13, Flat-Footed 14; BAB +2; Atk +3 melee (1d8+1, longsword) or +3 melee (1d8+1, longspear) or +4 ranged (1d4, dagger); AL CG; SV Fort +0, Ref +7, [...]

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The Tavern and Gambling Den at the Sign of the Squandering Snail
Written by Fraser Ronald
Maps and Illustrations by Dean Martin

The Basement
The walls in this area are made of earth, though they have wood beams reinforcing them.
Storage
Wood racks, set in three rows of two, fill most of this area. On these racks are a variety of [...]

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Drustan of Teyrs, warrior and outlaw
22 year old Male Half-Orc Ranger2/Rogue 1: CR 3; Size M; HD 2d8+2 + 1d6+1; hp 19; Init +3; Spd 30 ft.; AC 17 (16 without shield); BAB +2; Atk +7 (+3 two weapon fighting) melee (1d8+4, spear), or +6 (+2 two weapon fighting) melee (1d6+4, dirk), or +6 (+2 [...]

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The Tavern and Gambling Den at the Sign of the Squandering Snail
Written by Fraser Ronald
Maps and Illustrations by Dean Martin

The Third Floor

The third floor is also built out of wood. The ceilings of some rooms will slope, as this is the top floor of the building and it has a sloped roof.
Murnac’s Room
Against the east [...]

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