Lost Mines of Phandelver

PartI:GoblinArrows

Theadventurebeginsastheplayercharactersare

escortingawagonfullofprovisionsandsuppliesfrom

NeverwintertoPhandalin.Thejourneytakesthemsouth

alongtheHighRoadtotheTriboarTrail,whichheadseast

(asshownontheoverlandmap).Whenthey’reahalf-day’s

marchfromPhandalin,theyrunintotroublewithgoblin

raidersfromtheCragmawtribe.

Readtheboxedtextwhenyou’rereadytostart.Ifyou

createadifferentadventurehook,skiptothesecond

paragraphandadjustthedetailsasnecessary,ignoring

theinformationaboutdrivingthewagon.

InthecityofNeverwinter,adwarfnamedGundren

Rockseekeraskedyoutobringawagonloadofprovisionsto

therough-and-tumblesettlementofPhandalin,acoupleof

days’travelsoutheastofthecity.Gundrenwasclearlyexcited

andmorethanalittlesecretiveabouthisreasonsforthetrip,

sayingonlythatheandhisbrothershadfound“something

big,”andthathe’dpayyoutengoldpieceseachforescorting

hissuppliessafelytoBarthen'sProvisions,atradingpostin

Phandalin.Hethensetoutaheadofyouonhorse,alongwith

awarriorescortnamedSildarHallwinter,claimingheneeded

toarriveearlyto“takecareofbusiness.”

You’vespentthelastfewdaysfollowingtheHighRoad

southfromNeverwinter,andyou'vejustrecentlyveeredeast

alongtheTriboarTrail.You’veencounterednotroublesofar,

butthisterritorycanbedangerous.Banditsandoutlawshave

beenknowntolurkalongthetrail.

Beforecontinuingwiththeadventure,takeafewminutes

todothefollowing:

• Encouragetheplayerstointroducetheircharactersto
  eachotheriftheyhaven’tdonesoalready.


• Asktheplayerstothinkabouthowtheircharacters
  cametoknowtheirdwarfpatron,GundrenRockseeker.
  Lettheplayersconcocttheirownstories.Ifaplayeris
  hard-pressedtothinkofanything,suggestsomething
  simple.Forexample,Gundrencouldbeachildhood
  friendorsomeonewhohelpedtheplayer’scharacter
  getoutofatoughscrape.Thisexerciseisagreatoppor-
  tunityfortheplayerstocontributetotheadventure’s
  backstory.


• Asktheplayerstogiveyoutheparty’smarchingorder
  andhowtheircharactersaretraveling.Who’sinfront,
  andwho’sbringinguptherear?Ifthecharactersare

escortingGundren’swagonloadofsupplies,thenoneor

twocharactersneedtobedrivingthewagon.Therest

ofthecharacterscanberidingonthewagon,walking

alongside,orscoutingahead,astheylike.

DrivingtheWagon

Anycharactercandriveawagon,andnoparticularskillis

necessary.Twooxenpullthewagon.Ifnooneisholding

thereins,theoxenstopwheretheyare.

Thewagonispackedfullofanassortmentofmining

suppliesandfood.Thisincludesadozensacksofflour,

severalcasksofsaltedpork,twokegsofstrongale,

shovels,picks,andcrowbars(aboutadozeneach),and

fivelanternswithasmallbarrelofoil(aboutfiftyflasksin

volume).Thetotalvalueofthecargois (^100) gp.
Whenyou’reready,continuewiththe“Goblin
Ambush”section.

GoblinAmbush

Readthefollowingboxedtexttostarttheencounter:

You’vebeenontheTriboarTrailforabouthalfaday.Asyou

comearoundabend,youspottwodeadhorsessprawled

aboutfiftyfeetaheadofyou,blockingthepath.Eachhas

severalblack-featheredarrowsstickingoutofit.Thewoods

pressclosetothetrailhere,withasteepembankmentand

densethicketsoneitherside.

Ifyouareusingthe“MeetMeinPhandalin”adventure

hook,thenanycharacterwhoapproachestomakea

closerinvestigationcanidentifythehorsesasbelonging

toGundrenRockseekerandSildarHallwinter.They’ve

beendeadaboutaday,andit’sclearthatarrowskilledthe

horses.Whenthecharactersinspectthescenecloser,read

thefollowing:

Thesaddlebagshavebeenlooted.Nearbyliesanempty

leathermapcase.

Fourgoblinsarehidinginthewoods,twooneachsideof

theroad.Theywaituntilsomeoneapproachesthebodies

andthenattack.

Thiswilllikelybethefirstofmanycombatencountersin

theadventure.Herearethestepsyoushouldfollowtorun

iteffectively:

PART (^1) :GOBLINARROWS