Hammer and Anvil

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Player Characters

Alaric, a Mountain Dwarf Ranger specializing in hunting creatures of the dark; played by Greg
Rumli, an odd, orphaned dwarf with unusual abilities; played by Chillos

We are using: three core rulebooks, Xanathar's Guide to Everything, Volo's Guide to Monsters, Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes, Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide, select Unearthed Arcana PDFs (notably the Rangers Revised), select DM's Guide resources (notably Solve et Coagula, Clerics of Lesser Domains, Faiths of Faerun, Additional Archetypes, Roadside Backgrounds, and several other individual archetypes)
Standard point buy for abilities.
Characters start at 5th level.
Characters receive full hit points through 3rd level.
Characters begin with magic items: 4 common items, 2 uncommon items, 1 rare item.
- Any of these may be "cashed in" for three exhaustible items of that same rarity (potions, scrolls, etc).
- Common items may also be "cashed in" to place minor magical properties (see charts at the beginning of the section on magic items, DMG) onto higher-powered items, or onto otherwise mundane items.

Vale Calendar • Vale History • Folk of the Vale • Heroes of the Vale

The dwarven citadels of the Starfrost Mountains, and the settlements of the valley beneath them.

Hammer Peak: The capital of the Anvil Vale, an ancient dwarven citadel.
Caer Goldhelm & Oldengar's Valley: The easternmost citadel and the secluded pastoral farming valleys it opens out onto.
Hamlets of Anvil Vale: The largely human-and-halfling settlements of the Vale, outside of the large towns.

The subterranean world beneath the Vale • Underdark Lore: Lore about the underdark