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Post by makofan on Oct 5, 2023 6:04:30 GMT -6
Palandar gratefully accepts a nice seat and a refreshing ale.
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Post by dtspurrier1 on Oct 5, 2023 7:30:46 GMT -6
The payout is when you arrive in the valley of the mage, the road spoils are yours to keep and the elves have paid for your rooms and drinks for tonight so no gold spent if you eat and drink in this inn. If you leave and go to another tavern then that would be your expense.
Rumors:
Still talk of the town going to the west keep falls and defeating a hidden base for the old one (iuz). Delbar was a loner,hermit and farmer was guilty of collusion and also convicted of kidnapping and war crimes against the nation of shield lands. He is currently in the jail awaiting final judgement. All humanoids were destroyed ( orcs and a bugbear) plus the caves also had goods stolen from ships on the river as well as a couple of boats. The town is determine to either set this up as a watch tower or seal the caves. There is talk of adventurers led by a cleric of saint cuthbert and a dwarf who helped stopping this. Bella and carb briefly told Tethwan of this adventure. However, during the return to Critwall the lieutenant that went with you first attempt to liberate the caves, made no mention if the town set up a temporary post or recovered any stolen items, plus no mentioning of searching delbars shack or the weird blue skinned kobold
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Post by Dohojar on Oct 7, 2023 8:27:43 GMT -6
Torlak will sit and have his fill of ale and food.
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Post by dtspurrier1 on Oct 9, 2023 7:05:45 GMT -6
You all have your fill of drink and food and enjoy each others company. The night goes by uneventful and the small caravan leaves the town to head to the elven village. Instead of pushing to the forest at night the company will rest on the boarder and will enter the next day. Leaving town out the east gate you cross the river and head towards the elven village. Instead of heading towards the falls you continue towards the village. The area turns plains with some hills as you continue east.
About lunch time ( noon) Ahead you see a traveler walking by himself waving to your group. The man looks injured but does have a dagger. Approaching he says, " help my wife and i were attacked by goblins and they kidnapped her and killed our horse. They were fleeing Northwest from where we are can you help us?"
Torlak and Denoran instantly recognize this man as Delleb the man responsible for the caves and apparently must have escaped. Palander and Ker notice some movement behind the hills to your left and right. Something is definitely fishy here.
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Post by Dohojar on Oct 9, 2023 8:33:26 GMT -6
Delleb is the guy who was in cahoots with the kobolds?
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Post by dtspurrier1 on Oct 9, 2023 12:22:51 GMT -6
Yep that is the same villain. He must have escaped?
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Post by TheMyth on Oct 9, 2023 13:35:29 GMT -6
Unaware of anybpotential deception, Alianora will go to help the man.
"Let me bandage your wound while we discuss how to help more," she will says as she walks over with a concerned look.
(She will be looking at his wound as she approaches.)
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Jinx will hang out at the back, bow in hand, wondering if more goblins are afoot.
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Post by makofan on Oct 9, 2023 14:58:25 GMT -6
Palandar says "Movement on the flanks. Get ready for an attack." He makes sure his bow is ready, and his arrows at hand
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Post by dtspurrier1 on Oct 10, 2023 6:54:16 GMT -6
Alinora moves over to the man and JInx and Plander can now see movement. The rest of the caravan are mere citizens and commoners with little military/adventure training are surprisingly still unaware of the situation. Will need reactions from the others before proceeding
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Post by Dohojar on Oct 10, 2023 14:15:53 GMT -6
"That man is a traitor and now I am going to finish what we started", yells Torlak as he runs at Delleb intent on splitting his skull open.
Deneron readies his sleep spell.
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Post by xerxez on Oct 10, 2023 20:04:04 GMT -6
Ker readies his bow and tries to find some cover while nocking an arrow and scanning the zone of movement.
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Post by dtspurrier1 on Oct 11, 2023 7:01:03 GMT -6
Alianora approaches the man and hearing Torlek identifying him as Delleb, he gets very nervous as his apparent ruse is up. The wound on the man seem old and are healing naturally. He makes a signal as six goblins appear from hidden positions.
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Post by dtspurrier1 on Oct 11, 2023 7:06:42 GMT -6
Round 1 init:
players: 6 bad guys: 3
PLayers movement: Switching to bows and torlek charges the man Players magic: Denoran Casts his spell and half of the goblins drop asleep. players missle: seeing the goblins appear the remaining goblins are fired with arrows and and two of them die and one is severely wounded. Players melee; Torlek charges delleb and he critically hits Delleb with his axe and deleb lifeless head and body lies on the ground
The goblin decides to run and then is shot by the caravan drivers bows
The round ends granting exp and also you find the following:
6 shoddy short bows 60 arrows 7 daggers 10 gold pieces
( OOCL whatever you all decide not to take i will put this into the treasure larder)
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Post by TheMyth on Oct 11, 2023 15:08:36 GMT -6
"Gee," Alianora says wryly as she gestures to the dead Delleb, "THAT wound looks bad."
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Post by xerxez on Oct 11, 2023 19:13:03 GMT -6
"Treacherous dog, that one! What's to be done with the sleeping beauties?"
Ker Tethwan retrieves his arrows.
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Post by makofan on Oct 12, 2023 6:09:37 GMT -6
Palandar will take 20 of the arrows
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Post by Dohojar on Oct 14, 2023 10:29:44 GMT -6
"They are goblin. We should put them out of their misery".
Torlak starts slitting goblin throats. Once he is done the gruesome work, he will kick Delleb's corpse. "This one finally got what he deserved".
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Post by TheMyth on Oct 14, 2023 14:03:10 GMT -6
"They are goblin. We should put them out of their misery". Torlak starts slitting goblin throats. Once he is done the gruesome work, he will kick Delleb's corpse. "This one finally got what he deserved". Jinx will slide on over to rifle Delleb'scorpse to see if anyting was missed
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Post by xerxez on Oct 14, 2023 14:09:44 GMT -6
Ker Tethwan cleans his arrow heads upon the clothes of the unscrupulous human traitor who consorted with goblins.
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Post by dtspurrier1 on Oct 15, 2023 17:22:51 GMT -6
Other then the gear I mentioned above nothing else was found. You do find a trail that leads off the road that has goblin and a human tracks. There is a small campsite under a hill. Looks to be a make shift campsite. Investigating it finds 10 bedrolls, 30 days worth of standard rations, 10 waterskins.
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Post by dtspurrier1 on Oct 18, 2023 6:57:25 GMT -6
You gather the extra gear and continue your journey. You then arrive at the edge of the forest. Somewhere there is located the elven village, the tower and elven church Denoran and Torlak finished recently. You make camp and set your watches. In the morning you wake up with no encounter and proceed in. The trail and slow and your group is met up with a pair of elven scouts. They lead your group to the elven village. The village consists of small houses, a town hall/elder house and a church. The village is making their final preperations and Torlak and Denoran see Protagoras chatting with Rahasia, the embassador's daughter. Your group is given one of the homes for the night.
Anyone with intentions today?
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Post by makofan on Oct 18, 2023 10:17:36 GMT -6
PAlandar, being new to the whole situation, just shuts his mouth and keeps himself agreeable
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Post by xerxez on Oct 18, 2023 22:48:32 GMT -6
Tethwan will assess if propriety and timing would permit him to walk the village in the cool of the night, having never been to such a place.
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Post by dtspurrier1 on Oct 19, 2023 6:56:02 GMT -6
Walking around the village is well made and the houses are structurally sound. The open aired church dedicated to the elven gods is well kept and well made. It looks like this place has been around for over 100 years. There are small flags of the elven country of Highfolk and some flags of Keoland to the west. The people seem happy and not somber about moving.
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Post by xerxez on Oct 19, 2023 17:18:18 GMT -6
Pleased with the sights, the thief takes everything in and returns to the proffered house to settle in.
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Post by dtspurrier1 on Oct 20, 2023 10:54:49 GMT -6
Last check for any other evening intentions other then rest, eat and small talk?
Otherwise we will be leaving the shield lands.
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Post by Dohojar on Oct 21, 2023 10:10:14 GMT -6
Torlak and Deneron will take the opportunity to visit with Rahasia and see how things are going since the defeat of Rahib and ask her what she knows of the valley of the mage.
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Post by makofan on Oct 21, 2023 12:22:14 GMT -6
Nothing for Palandar
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Post by dtspurrier1 on Oct 23, 2023 7:00:16 GMT -6
Back in your cabin an elven maiden comes in with another elf and the embassador. He says, " this is my daughter Rahassia and this is her friend Protagoras. Protagoras was with Torlak and Denoran here in rescuing my daughter. " You all make small talk and when the subject of the valley of the mage comes up she says, " the arch mage was a powerful wizard in Keoland, before being excommunicated for radical use of magic and then taking a couple of human spouses. His use of magic and delving into all methods of magic including necromancy is typical forgiven. The elders tried and declared him a dark elf and he was forced to leave the elven kingdom. He went east and eventually found a fey like forest inside the desert called the Valley of the mage. Some of the elves flocked to his new kingdom eager to learn from him and study from him. That was 200 years ago. His true name was removed from our history."
Protagoras says, " we also learned from Rahib necklace that this is a cult dedicated to the new god Vecna. He was some super lich that found god hood before being betrayed by his warrior friend Kas, who cut off his hand and eye. Supposedly this new undead god can grant divine spells. This cult is supposedly about secrecy and subterfuge and undead. The three witches were human spell casters but why try to resurrect their spirits."
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Post by dtspurrier1 on Oct 26, 2023 7:02:03 GMT -6
After some small talk your group wakes up and gets on the road saying the long goodbyes. Heading out your group emerges from the forest heading south east. The goal is to get to the SE boarder in a couple of days. The rest of the day goes uneventful as you make camp now with the village. The total caravan group now is Five wagons and many horses. You all find a suitable campsite for the night
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