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The Stolen Name

Adventure seed for level 1, in the city

Yazul the Unbowed woke up this morning and no one in Ashmarch remembers who they are, not even their family.

Offered by. A retired adventurer who can't go themselves

What's really going on. A fey trickster won Yazul the Unbowed's name in a bet with a drunk relative and is wearing it at a revel in the Smoke Bathhouse.

Complication. The patron is arrested halfway through, and the reward goes with them.

Reward. 30 gp and free lodging in Ashmarch for life.

Ready-to-run encounter: The Smoke Bathhouse

Difficulty
moderate for 4 level-1 characters (300 XP)
Where
Near Ashmarch (city)
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