Opening: Notice

This is one of the opening options for the quest "Poison in the Dark".

"On the notice board before you are the normal assortment of scrawlings, calls for mercenaries, and people who have lost treasured items, children, and small animals. However, one among them stands out - flicking slightly in the breeze, it read: 'Reward Negotiable'."

There are any number of reasons that the characters might decide to take up the
quest to the South Whitehill Mine. There is always the classic Call to Adventure – innocent villagers are being plagued by the spirits of the dead, and there is no-one to protect them; you can appeal to their emotions with the children being driven insane by the ramblings of the ghosts; or they may simply be interested in the reward promised.

The Contract Notice attached to this pack reads ‘Reward Negotiable’, for ease of mastery. If your players are in urgent need of resources, gold, or some information on another quest, you may use this contract as the opportunity to provide them with it. Otherwise, the recommended reward is the moonsilver tiara, worth 300 gp, though that carries a heavy history.