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A Boy and His Mammoth is a one-round tournament adventure module set in the Living City organized play program. It was published in 1998, and intended for adventurers of all levels. The adventure included an issue of Ravens Bluff Trumpeter.

Ravens Bluff has been unbelievably dull over the past weeks and the war is beginning to seem like the good old days. You're standing on a corner, leafing through a special edition of the Ravens Bluff Trumpeter in hopes of finding something to break the monotony.

Summary[]

The spring of 1371 DR in the city of Ravens Bluff was quiet. Too quiet. Adventurers of the Living City had to search for employment and adventure via that month's issue of Ravens Bluff Trumpeter. They found themselves assessing a mad necromancer from the Ministry of ArtMatthew Hopkins and his ghostly wife, they ventured in the Abyss under a misleading contract with Mistress Charnela, visited the recently attacked and vandalized Shrine to Eilistraee by human bigots, and embarked on a quest to recover a missing minimal mammoth that belonged to Victor Wilkinson and his young son Thomas. The search for the missing pachyderm led adventurers to deal with an eccentric and carnivorous geriatric faerie dragon and got them involved in fey warfare – a conflict between Oberon and bog sprites. Subsequently, after a wild celebration, the mammoth named Billie was returned to its owners. However, something was odd about the beast...

Index[]

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Characters[]

Aven Elonis • Beatrice (faerie dragon) • Billie • Camille Hopkins • Charnela • Dirk (swashbuckler) • John • Katherine • Marissa • Matthew Hopkins • Michael • Oberon (pixie) • Rebekkah Darklyte • Sheda • Sir Reginald • Susan • Talton • Thomas Wilkinson • Victor Wilkinson
Referenced only
Amber Lynn Thoden • Aurok • Carlalista • Clio Hesperin • Embrol Sludge • Fred Farber • Jacinth Moonspring • Jack Mooney • Mohammed • Rolf Sunriver • Vondryx

Creatures[]

bebilith • bog sprite • drow • elf • faerie dragon • ghost • giant dragonfly • giant poisonous snakes • grig • horse • human • mammoth • minimals • pig • pixie • rat • saber-toothed tiger • succubus • tiger
Referenced only
alu-fiend • balor • bear • black dragon • carnivorous ape • dragon turtle • eagle • gnome • lion • marilith • mouse • rabbit

Items[]

Armor & Clothing
corset • peg leg • stockings
Food & Drinks
ale • apple cider • bread • cheese • cinnamon roll • elven wine • grape • Holly's Mill cider • mead • roast pig • soup
Referenced only
apple pie • banana • cookie • peach • tea
Gemstones
Materials & Substances
ceramic • glassteel • granite • ink • ivory • tin
Weapons
Works
Miscellaneous
bowl • mug • quill

Locations[]

Buildings & Landmarks
City Records • Ill-Eagle Inn • Shrine to Eilistraee (Ravens Bluff) • Talton's Ivory and Scrimshaw • Temple of Tyr (Ravens Bluff) • The Spill and Swill
Districts & Neighborhoods
Planes
Abyss
Referenced only
Astral plane
Regions
the Vast
Referenced only
Underdark
Roads
120 Ravens Way
Settlements
Ravens Bluff
Referenced only
Procampur • Tantras

Organizations[]

City Watch (Ravens Bluff) • Clerical Circle • Griffin Knights • Jack Mooney's Circus • Ministry of the Art

Magic[]

Items
Potions
Spells

Religions[]

Chauntea • Eilistraee • Loviatar • Malar • Mielikki • Silvanus • Tyr

Miscellaneous[]

Art
Referenced only
tattoo
Conditions
stomach flu
Events
Referenced only
Blood War • Three Women War
Languages
Vegetation
cattail • moss • oak

Appendix[]

Reception[]

In his review of A Boy and His Mammoth, RPGA designer Gregory A. Dreher praised the adventure as "very interesting, light-hearted, [and] non-linear". He found the use of an issue of The Trumpeter, with each "article" leading to an encounter, to be a novel plot device. Dreher liked the adventure's focus on roleplaying and its "variety of interesting NPCs", rating it a 5 on a scale from 1–5.[1]

Notes[]

References[]

  1. Gregory A. Dreher. Greg Dreher's Living City module reviews. Archived from the original on 2004-07-07. Retrieved on 2023-09-05.
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