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No Entry

The city gates are barred. Strange looking guards of a species you do not recognize prevent your entry.

Enzo Connington does not recognize the species of those protecting the gates. Trixie Vinder the gates have been barred like this for no more than a week.

Kids

A town has been taken over by children, and all the adults have been slain.

Oisin Masak managed to escape from the town.

Salty

All of the freshwater in the area has been turned to salt water.

{character] is worried everyone will die.

Through the Fade

Whenever you sleep, you dream of being watched by an impossible creature with many eyes, torturing you for answers. After the latest dream you awaken with physical marks of your torture on your body.

Renee Vinder cannot identify where the wounds come from. Elias Bozier suggests you speak to the local seer.

Gravity

Gravity in the forest has changed. People are able to jump nearly a mile.

Sahin Hillard claims they saw someone float away.

Practical Research

A famous adventure writer wishes to be brought on a quest with your party. You are to show her the ropes and keep her safe. Her publisher is not happy about it.

Winona Enola, the writer's agent, threatens you with legal action if any harm comes to the writer. Ember Winterheart is the writer's #1 fan and offers to pay for the expedition if you let them come along.

Maniac Maze

More than one adventuring group has been lost in a nearby dungeon.

Natalie Thom managed to return from the dungeon, and swears that the walls shift and move.

The Weird Relic

You reach into your bag of holding and draw out an unfamiliar relic. It is a small doll-like figure, carved from bone. "Help me..." it cries, and small beads of water begin to drip from its carved eyes.

Frederick Deverin that bag of holding is ancient, must be one of the earliest of its kind,

Missing Cat. Offering Reward

A local noble has entrusted you to find his poor missing cat, Tabitha. The cat is actually a tabaxi who has run away from her slave owner.

Bob Dunstan needs someone to find his lovely cat, he speaks of the beauty of his can. Kerry Wolfbrother saw someone sneaking out of the manor at night and rushing out toward the nearby woods.

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