World of Whitethorn - The Hamlet of Thumble

The Hamlet of Thumble is a basic adventure setting designed for a party of four to six good or evil player characters (PCs) of 1st-2nd level.

For Good PCs: The PCs are sent to the Hamlet of Thumble to find out why the halflings have been unable to pay their taxes to the local lord. They soon discover that evil humanoids are terrorizing the halflings who blame their lord for the lack of protection from the nightly raids. Little do the adventurers know that by helping the halflings they may serve as pawns in a game of politics and war.

For Evil PCs: The PCs comprise a band of evil humanoid raiders. They have been ordered to steal as much as possible from the hamlet and cause general havoc in the hope that this forces the halflings to leave. The challenge for evil PCs is tougher as the halfling settlement is larger than the kobold one and more sophisticated with a few powerful NPCs. They must know how to avoid these NPCs while doing as much damage as possible. Extra experience points should be given for clever ways to terrorize the halflings into fleeing. It is recommended that for any halfling that flees the hamlet, the PCs receive one-half of the experience points if they had killed it. Two groups of PCs can also work against each other one party of good PCs protecting the hamlet and one band of evil PCs raiding it. There is an additional scenario in which two groups of evil PCs, a group of evil humanoid raiders and a group of evil mercenaries, act together to terrorize the halflings.

The Hamlet of Thumble details nearly every resident with full stats (including age, height, weight, hair color, and eye color), personality descriptions, and possessions. Even the children are all given individual names. Over 130 halflings in all. This product also contains information on:

58 Halflings with Complete Statistics
The Ecology of the Halfling
Mundane Weapons
Morale Checks
Special Ranged Attacks for Arcane Spellcasters
Incorporating Dreams Into Your Game
Reputation Points
Special Abilities and Weaknesses for PCs
3 New Core Classes: Cavalier, Shaman, and Witch
1 New Skill
7 New Feats
56 New Spells
12 New Magic Items
2 New Monsters
Starting a New Game
Distributing Ability Scores by Power Level
How to Avoid Killing 1st Level PCs
How to Keep Role-Playing from Becoming "Roll-Playing"
12 Signs of a Good DM
6 Good-Aligned Ready-to-Use Pre-Generated Characters
6 Evil-Aligned Ready- to-Use Pre-Generated Characters
...and much more!