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<blockquote data-quote="Vyvyan Basterd" data-source="post: 5163463" data-attributes="member: 4892"><p><strong>PART TWO: LOCAL HEROES</strong></p><p></p><p><em>Seemingly overnight word spread about the new group of heroes in town. The breakfast crowd at the Rusty Dragon welcomed them with a cheer. The group took breakfast with young Aldern. He offered them, as a reward for their heroics, a pleasant daytrip into the Tickwood for a boar hunt. The group graciously accepted and set to meet the next afternoon for their trip, allowing Aldern time to buy extra supplies and secure extra horses.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The group set out across town to see Sheriff Hemlock about the goblin attack. Again, the group was welcomed in the streets by the grateful locals. Marissa and Celeste noted that many young women giggled and blushed in adoration of Swift, but Swift was oblivious to their longing gazes as they made their way to the garrison.</em></p><p></p><p>This proved somewhat comical. My players are all male, so it was somewhat odd for me to discover that 3 of the 5 characters made were female. None of us have an issue playing female characters, except for the player of Swift (he even commented such when I noted my amazement over the majority of characters being female this time around). That left me with only two choices for the party's "ladies' man" as suggested by the adventure's author. With the other choice being a big, dumb, ugly goliath, Swift became the "default ladies' man." Others specualted that maybe the girls in town found his canine features to be "puppy-like." I couldn't get the picture of Inuyasha out of my head at this point.</p><p></p><p><em>Sheriff Hemlock thanked the heroes for their part in repelling the goblin raid. Marrisa asked if the Sheriff or his men were able to interrogate any of the captured goblins to learn more about the attack. He explained that this kind of attack was highly unusual. That goblins had never attacked the town so openly in its 40-year history. The captured goblins only knew that they were given orders to kill everyone and burn the town to the ground. None of the goblins even remembered their leader's name, only that he was one of "you long-shanks." Some did know that their leader was on a secret mission to the town graveyard, but didn't know what the mission was, because it was secret afterall. The Sheriff told the group that he had summoned Father Zantus to see if he knew anything about activity in the graveyard. He solemnly told the Sheriff that someone had indeed dug up the grave of Ezakien Tobyn, the former priest of the temple who died in the fire that claimed the old temple 5 years ago.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The group paid a visit to the temple. Father Zantus couldn't think of any reason someone would steal Father Tobyn's remains. Marissa asked about rituals that would raise the dead. Father Zantus confirmed that there are indeed such foul rituals, but he still could not think of reasons why someone would steal Father Tobyn's remains in particular for that reason. The group searched the grounds an found goblin-sized footprints and those of a human-sized person leading to and from the outer wall of the graveyard. They also discovered depressions in the ground that looked like ladder legs. They found some similar tracks outside the wall, but the trail quickly went cold as they could tell someone purposefully had covered their tracks once outside the graveyard wall.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Marissa and Toox went out that evening looking for reasons why the goblins attacked or why someone would steal Father Tobyn's remains. They learned that the real expert on goblins met with Sheriff Hemlock on ocassion when she wandered back into town. They also tried to dig up dirt on Father Tobyn. They discovered that he had a daughter. A deva child, much like their friend Celeste. They learned that her childhood in town was rough because other children were jealous of her beauty, while adults hounded here thinking she was blessed by Desna herself. They learned of a sordid affair she had with a Varisian boy that her father grew angered over. Rumor had it that she had gotten pregnant and the boy fled. Her father was so angered over her promiscuity that he locked her away in the temple. Everyone assumes she died in the fire, but many people's remains were not found in the temple due to the intensity of the fire.</em></p><p></p><p>Conversion note: I made Devas more like Aasimar in this conversion, so much so that the two races are thought to be one and the same as far as the players are concerned. The player of Celeste had already made this assumption without knowledge when he gave his character hair. Another player still refers to his as "baldy" OOC.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vyvyan Basterd, post: 5163463, member: 4892"] [B]PART TWO: LOCAL HEROES[/B] [I]Seemingly overnight word spread about the new group of heroes in town. The breakfast crowd at the Rusty Dragon welcomed them with a cheer. The group took breakfast with young Aldern. He offered them, as a reward for their heroics, a pleasant daytrip into the Tickwood for a boar hunt. The group graciously accepted and set to meet the next afternoon for their trip, allowing Aldern time to buy extra supplies and secure extra horses. The group set out across town to see Sheriff Hemlock about the goblin attack. Again, the group was welcomed in the streets by the grateful locals. Marissa and Celeste noted that many young women giggled and blushed in adoration of Swift, but Swift was oblivious to their longing gazes as they made their way to the garrison.[/I] This proved somewhat comical. My players are all male, so it was somewhat odd for me to discover that 3 of the 5 characters made were female. None of us have an issue playing female characters, except for the player of Swift (he even commented such when I noted my amazement over the majority of characters being female this time around). That left me with only two choices for the party's "ladies' man" as suggested by the adventure's author. With the other choice being a big, dumb, ugly goliath, Swift became the "default ladies' man." Others specualted that maybe the girls in town found his canine features to be "puppy-like." I couldn't get the picture of Inuyasha out of my head at this point. [I]Sheriff Hemlock thanked the heroes for their part in repelling the goblin raid. Marrisa asked if the Sheriff or his men were able to interrogate any of the captured goblins to learn more about the attack. He explained that this kind of attack was highly unusual. That goblins had never attacked the town so openly in its 40-year history. The captured goblins only knew that they were given orders to kill everyone and burn the town to the ground. None of the goblins even remembered their leader's name, only that he was one of "you long-shanks." Some did know that their leader was on a secret mission to the town graveyard, but didn't know what the mission was, because it was secret afterall. The Sheriff told the group that he had summoned Father Zantus to see if he knew anything about activity in the graveyard. He solemnly told the Sheriff that someone had indeed dug up the grave of Ezakien Tobyn, the former priest of the temple who died in the fire that claimed the old temple 5 years ago. The group paid a visit to the temple. Father Zantus couldn't think of any reason someone would steal Father Tobyn's remains. Marissa asked about rituals that would raise the dead. Father Zantus confirmed that there are indeed such foul rituals, but he still could not think of reasons why someone would steal Father Tobyn's remains in particular for that reason. The group searched the grounds an found goblin-sized footprints and those of a human-sized person leading to and from the outer wall of the graveyard. They also discovered depressions in the ground that looked like ladder legs. They found some similar tracks outside the wall, but the trail quickly went cold as they could tell someone purposefully had covered their tracks once outside the graveyard wall. Marissa and Toox went out that evening looking for reasons why the goblins attacked or why someone would steal Father Tobyn's remains. They learned that the real expert on goblins met with Sheriff Hemlock on ocassion when she wandered back into town. They also tried to dig up dirt on Father Tobyn. They discovered that he had a daughter. A deva child, much like their friend Celeste. They learned that her childhood in town was rough because other children were jealous of her beauty, while adults hounded here thinking she was blessed by Desna herself. They learned of a sordid affair she had with a Varisian boy that her father grew angered over. Rumor had it that she had gotten pregnant and the boy fled. Her father was so angered over her promiscuity that he locked her away in the temple. Everyone assumes she died in the fire, but many people's remains were not found in the temple due to the intensity of the fire.[/I] Conversion note: I made Devas more like Aasimar in this conversion, so much so that the two races are thought to be one and the same as far as the players are concerned. The player of Celeste had already made this assumption without knowledge when he gave his character hair. Another player still refers to his as "baldy" OOC. [/QUOTE]
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