Sandeep

Yes, im serious.

Why are you laughing?

I had a question for the two of you on how you'd like me to run battles, especially since Gale (Raven's character) seems right about to start one.

Hellside is what's known as a Port'l Town. Ages ago, when the town first settled, it primarily linked to the nine hells from inside the volcano, but it was soon discovered that this area was very conducive to portals of all kinds.

It was also discovered that there was more than one material plane for the portals to link to. The cosmological planes (celestial, elemental, etc) were the same for everybody, but it almost seemed like there were countless material planes.

There are many such Port'l Towns. Fakebog, Yöt Hube, the Redd Wits, Pintarasse, The Institute of Graham (or Inst. Gram.) and others. Hellside was once a popular Port'l town, but nowadays it's quite a bit smaller. Some less informed travelers even seem to think that Hellside was destroyed.

Because of all this, it's reasonable to assume that Any Chatacter Creation Options are available to you, it just means that your character is probably from a different material plane.

(Be forewarned: The dm allows content past 2024, but is unfamiliar with it. Tread lightly.)

What's your main purpose in studying the rocks here?

Air Genasi are generally pleasant folk, so we'll give this Cha roll a plus 2. It totals out at 13.

The bartender regards you for a moment, stroking at his beard. (Surely he's a Dwarf, right? What kind of Elf has a beard?)

"Yes, there's a thing or two around you could do for me. I've an old cellar I cant really use anymore because it's filled with swarms of rats. If you could make it usable for me again, I'd pay you handsomely."

Going up the volcano would be quite treacherous. There are some smaller lava flows around the base of the mountain, but they are very minor, and are controlled tourist attractions, so you may have to get permission from an authority if you wanna get close enough to gather 'ingredients'.

The Bartender, who is either a very tall dwarf or a very fat elf, passes you some mead, muscle memory making him say that it'll be 2 gold for the Beverage.