Harrowstone bad guy revamping (SPOILERS)

[Sloanzilla]

Similar to the other thread, but related to the dwarf.

It seems like he gets the least screen time of any of the five- as most of the other low-level monsters have a thematic tie in with one of the other villians. (I assume all the headless are kind of the lopper's not the MM's)-

Anyhow, did anyone add some more backstory, visions etc. related to the MM? I was thinking of some tie in with the dwarf smith in town. I'm not looking to change the encounter, I just want to somehow make him be as significant as the other four during the buildup, but retain his creepy introvert identity.

The dwarf in the party has actually hit on her a few times, so I was picturing her knocking on Kendra's door and saying something like "I dreamed we were knocking boots, but then this other dwarf with a hammer came at us," or something, but in stoic dwarvish fashion.

[Copernicus Mandrake I]

I'm lucky enough to be GMing for five PCs, so I have one per prisoner to mess with and have been giving each of them a themed nightmare similar to "Visions of Imprisonment". In the case of the MM, the PC "awakes" to the sound of a hammer striking an anvil over and over again with the sound ringing in their ears each time. If they go to investigate, they follow the sound of the clanging through the Lorrimor Place (or wherever they happen to be staying in town) and at some point when they turn a corner, they're struck over the head and fall to the floor. When they turn over, they see a dwarf with tears streaming from his eyes and a determined look on his face raising a smith's hammer over his head and bring it crashing down on their face. When they awaken for real this time, they have a splitting headache and, when they feel their throbbing forehead, they find blood.

[Sloanzilla]

hey thanks. I'm also looking into the idea of a "one prisoner per player"- haunting