The Trouble with Magic is the first scenario in Masters of the Elements. The Ancestors send Tarnum to Bracada, to help King Gavin Magnus stop the Elemental Lords from destroying the world. Tarnum decides that attack is the best form of defense, and decides to take his army to the Elemental Planes through the last Conflux in the world. Tarnum's gargoyle master saves Tarnum from an attack by air elementals, and gets promoted to treasurer, but when he gets killed by a raid on the treasury, Tarnum begins to wonder if the man could have saved himself if he had more spells.