R4: The Wizard's Hat Inn

This excellent hostelry Is one of the best-kept secrets in the city. The secret is tacitly kept by most of the regular customers, and thus the inn is never too crowded.

Rooms are rented for reasonable prices. The crowd is generally friendly. and weapons must be checked at the door, though armor may be worn.

The proprietress is a half-elf matron named Dwaven May. She has outlasted her human husband, and even her children have grown old and died. Now she commits herself to the inn, body and soul, and this commitment is reflected in the superb food, dnnk, and hospitality she offers her guests.

And if the inn is not crowded, neither is it ever empty. The food is excellent and includes the potato and rice dishes so common in the Free City, given the chefs signature ,wth a tingling blend of spices.

The inn also serves its specialty, roast venison brought in by huntsmen in the Gnarly Forest who have been hired by Dwaven May. The cleaned carcasses are carried swiftly to the inn, where they are simmered and marinated for days. The result Is a tender and moist haunch of meat with a delightfully distinctive flavor.

Dwaven hires no bouncers to enforce order in the place. On those rare occasions when unruly customers get out of hand, the half-elfs loyal fnends: to the tune of a dozen fighters, a few wizards, and a couple of thieves, all in the 4th- to 7th-level range-immediately leap to her defense.

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R4: Wizard's Hat Inn. This inn is one of the best in this quarter of the city, widely known for its excellent spiced venison dishes with potatoes and rice. The proprietor, Dwaven May [NG 1/2ef W1; hp 2; Cha 15], is a half-elf who outlived her human husband and all of her children. Her age is unknown and she doesn’t discuss her past, though she has said a few things that seem to place her age at well over 100. Dwaven is a superb cook and manages the inn for many regular customers. The inn has 16 rooms at reasonable rates.

DM's Notes: Dwaven was once a noted half-elf wizard from Furyondy, but lost all her friends, almost all her experience, and very nearly her life to undead in an unnamed dungeon. She knows only a few spells now (1st level) but won't cast them in public. She has had various boyfriends over three decades since she arrived in Greyhawk to leave her old life behind, but she doesn’t let anyone too close to her. Unknown to her, her first love — a human wartior/thief who died in that dungeon — is now a vampire and has decided to come looking for her, traveling at night to reach Greyhawk.