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The Great Hall ............................................................ 5  \nSidebar: Food and drink in the Trencherman ......... 5  \nMap: first floor .................................................................. 6  \nSidebar: Proprietors ...................................................... 7  \nPeople in the Great Hall ............................................... 7  \nMap: second floor ............................................................. 8  \nSidebar: Rates at the Trencherman ............................ 8  \nRented rooms ................................................................. 9  \nSidebar: A quick and dirty cardgame ........................ 9  \nMap: cellar .......................................................................... 10  \nEvents ................................................................................... 11  \n6.45 P.M. -Nishor’s return ............................................ 11  \n7.35 P.M. -A game of cards ........................................... 11  \n7.55 P.M. -Fire and steel ................................................ 11  \n8.40 P.M. -The ‘assassin’ .............................................. 11  \n9.25 P.M. -Brawl ............................................................. 11  \n9.28 P.M. -The barlgura ................................................ 12  \nConclusion .......................................................................... 13  \nElthar Yrbrock ................................................................ 13  \nSidebar: The mottled donkey ...................................... 13  \nPlayer handout: The hidden map .................................. 14  \nAppendix 1: New NPC ....................................................... 14  \nAppendix 2: Cast of characters ...................................... 15  \nThe regulars .................................................................... 15  \nMagrukka’s gang ............................................................ 15  \nElsinée & bodyguard ..................................................... 15  \nTribesmen from the Jungles of Chult ....................... 15  \nOthers ............................................................................... 16  \nAppendix 3: Stat blocks .................................................... 16  \n2  \n  THE MOTTLED DONKEY    \nIntroduction  \n“The Mottled Donkey” is a short adventure for 4th-level characters.  \nAs written, it takes place in the city of Baldur’s Gate, on the Sword Coast of Faerûn, but none of the setting-specific details are important to the adventure. It’s easy to adapt this adventure to a different city in the Forgotten Realms – or any other setting – by changing some names and the‘map’ the PCs may discover at the end.  \nThe adventure works best in a city large enough to have at least one temple and citizens ranging from poor to very wealthy.  \nBackground  \nThe secret of the mottled donkey  \nA week ago Elthar Yrbrock met with the halfling trader Boïro, who sells Chultan wares he ships from Port Nyranzaru to Baldur’s Gate. Boïro showed Elthar a mottled donkey statuette. 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