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Session Prep Bundletown-block
Crossways Hold Tourist District
Recipe: Town Block
Contextual Narrative
The Golden Rind Quarter
As you round the corner of Silk and Curd Street, the air thickens with the intoxicating aroma of sharp cheddar and freshly baked sourdough. The Golden Rind Quarter is the beating heart of Crossways Hold's tourism, a vibrant stretch where human merchants from Tilas brush shoulders with local halfling brewers and gnome tinkers. The cobblestones are meticulously clean—partly thanks to local pride, and partly due to the automated gnomish 'scour-bots' that trundle between the feet of bustling crowds. At the center stands Gallentine's, a fortress of flavor whose window displays feature wheels of cheese the size of carriage wheels. Surrounding it, the district's taverns engage in a perpetual, friendly war of hospitality. One side of the street clatters with the mechanical whir of gnomish drink-lifts, while the other glows with the low, warm hearth-light of traditional halfling comfort. It is a place of plenty, of belly-laughs, and of the fierce territorialism that only the world's best cheese and spirits can inspire.
Bimble Bunbottom, Owner of The Hearth-Home
“In the Hold, we measure time by the aging of a Gouda and social status by how many crust-crumbs are on your waistcoat.”
Tavern
The Cog & Carafe
The tavern utilizes a complex system of brass pipes that occasionally release scented steam. The clockwork chandeliers tick in rhythm with the music and the drink dispensers require a rhythmic pull of a lever to function correctly.
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Tavern
The Hearth-Home Inn
The ceilings are exactly five and a half feet high throughout the establishment. Human visitors are provided with padded leather caps to protect their heads from the heavy oak rafters.
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Shop
Gallentine's Emporium of Rinds
Vonna treats her massive wheels of cheese like sentient children, often whispering words of encouragement to the rinds. She refuses to sell her most aged inventory to anyone who cannot describe the taste of a sunset.
Shop
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The Aroma of Plenty
The smell of aging cheeses and savory pastries is so dense it is practically a physical presence, buoying the spirits and dulling the senses.
Mechanic
Creatures gain a +2 bonus to Charisma (Persuasion) checks but have Disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.
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Quest Objectives
The Great Wheel Heist
The party recovers a 'Vintage Gold' cheese wheel stolen from Gallentine's before it is smuggled to a rival city, earning a lifetime discount and the title of 'Friends of the Fromage.'
The cheese is lost, Vonna Gallentine blames the town guard, and the district enters a week-long lockdown, driving prices up by 400%.
The Mechanical Mix-Up
Reprogram the malfunctioning gnome-crafted 'scour-bots' that have begun aggressively 'cleaning' the shoes of tourists (and refusing to let go).
Several high-paying Tilas tourists leave in a huff, damaging the Hold's reputation and causing a rift between the Gnome and Halfling councils.