Harbin Wester Townmaster (Lost Mine of Phandelver DM Guide)
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- This video discusses harbin wester the townmaster for the lost mine of phandelver. Dungeons & dragons 5e starter set role-play game advice. A dungeon masters guide to running the lost mine of phandelver.
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Excellent stuff. I made great use of your suggestions in all your videos. I ended up having Harbin Wester be the Black Spider's secret agent in Phandalin instead of Glasstaff though, since I didn't really like Glasstaf. I used Glasstaff as the visible face of the Redbrands, not as a defector.
It was kind of a running gag for a session or two that Harbin was never actually in his office, or always too busy to meet with the party. The truth is that he was murdered by Vyerith a few months ago, and she ended up taking his place, inviting in and allowing the Redbrands to fester an take hold in the town by playing an incompetent, lazy fool while actually running things from behind the scenes. The woodcarver was killed because he accidentally found out the truth. It gave the Black Spider a more direct role and presence, and led to a fun showdown in the town hall once the players figured it out.
That is great. I love what you have done.
Can't say enough how much I appreciate these videos! So helpful. As a new DM these videos are fantastic, really building my confidence for running encounters and adventures in DnD. Thanks for the all sage wisdom!
You are welcome.
Played one of the Doppelgangers as the Black Spider's spy in Phandalin, posing as Harbin Wester, keeping in check Glasstaff too.
This is a relatively new change, maybe a few days before players arrive. If the players talk to it, it poses as a weirdo, speaking in short sentences, pausing often and staring at them. It does not consider Redbrands as a threat, and it is very willing to send the heroes outside of the village to kill the orcs, intending to ambush them on the road, if they make it out alive.
Players also get a weird headache after such talks...
Then, when the players investigate the crevasse in Tresendar Manor, apart from the half-eaten body of Thel, they also find Harbin's, extra surprised if they previously talked to him. After Tresendar, if the Doppelganger has not been notified, an encounter at the Townmaster's Hall is unavoidable, in which if it doesn't escape, the players now know there are shapechangers in Black Spider's employ.
Thanks for sharing your story and plans.
@@HowtoRPG Thanks for your detailed videos!
@@InanDante You are welcome 😊
In the campaign that I’m currently running I’ve made Harbin Wester a doppleganger. He’s there to spy on the town (and Iarno) for Nezznar, as well as be a messenger to Glasstaff on behalf of the Black Spider. So far the PCs haven’t caught on to him yet, but they’ve barely started on the Redbrand hook, so there’s still time for them to figure things out.
Harbin Wester is a good character to replace with a doppelganger. I hope the rest of the Lost Mine of Phandelver video series has been helpful.
@@HowtoRPG They have! Thank you for putting all the work into making these :)
@@darondax You are welcome :)
Great video, your thinking about Harbin's personality matches what I thought as I was reading the adventure guide. I hadn't paid too much attention to his banking past and a possible desire of his to set up his own bank in the future; fantastic idea and a potentially interesting hook for future narratives.
I think I was harsher in judging his character than you; his pomposity means that my version of his character considers himself to be doing a reasonable job and he feels threatened by the arrival of Sildar (a person clearly more suited to the frontier life of Phandalin!)
Great stuff, I'm loving your videos. Very thorough and thought provoking, really is helping me to get to grips with running this adventure. Thanks for your time in producing these guides.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the video. I have many videos on the Lost Mine of Phandelver.
Thank you so much for your Lost Mine videos! 😊👌🙏🏼🧙🏽♂️
You are welcome Mikkel. When you are ready to homebrew, I will still be here 😉
Thanks for this series. New GM here and your videos are helping a lot!
You are welcome, Richard.
Yes Fred! I was looking for this video in your collection last Night! My man.
Cool. More coming each week.
Will you be making a video about Glasstaff anytime soon?
I am almost done, but I think people will be disappointed.
Im planning on playing him like an obnoxious DMV bureaucrat who insists on forms being filled in triplicate, etc etc
@@zacharybigger4144 Sounds like a good idea 💡
@@HowtoRPG these npc videos are honestly incredibly helpful for me. Thanks so much for taking the time to make them!!
@@zacharybigger4144 You are welcome. All the best with your game 😀