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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Morrow" data-source="post: 688830" data-attributes="member: 301">Against the Elves Session 4Since Zorn was avoiding him, Foleful turned his attention to Kierce, one of the goblins from the patrol that had brought the party to Sanctuary.  To  the best of Kierce’s knowledge Zorn had created the laws which govern Freetown, but Kierce wasn’t absolutely certain.  He explained that the diet and training the people of Sanctuary receive makes them immune to the rat disease.  Apparently Aunty Em can cure the disease, but she can’t cure everyone so it is the law that diseased individuals be turned away.  Kierce also explained to Kriggle that the reason that he has seen so few kobolds in Freetown is that most of them were killed in the recent civil war.Foleful requested permission to cast some divinations.  Kierce was initially reluctant, Sanctuary law generally forbids spellcasting because of the ‘fireball problem’ in Freetown.  However, he secured permission for Foleful to cast spells while accompanied by Bip, a goblin wizard. Foleful cast a pair of though captures after explining their purpose to Bip.  The first, cast at the entrance to Sanctuary, revealed warfare among the bugbears who had originally controlled this part of Freetown.  He saw the invading bugbears tearing down the portcullis at the entrance to what is now Sanctuary.  He saw a massive bugbear leading the defenders, skillfully mowing down his enemies with a spiked chain.  Kierce explined that the large bugbear was Garyark, a bugbear slaver who had controlled this area before abandoning it six months ago and holing up in a small complex to the south, shortly before Zorn founded Freetown.  Both Kierce and Bip were clearly afraid of Garyark, but confident that Zorn could defeat him if he ever returned.Before casting his second thought capture, Foleful questioned Bip about the laws of Freetown.  Bip, like Kierce reported that Zorn had made the laws, but suggested he may have had help from Bloody Pulp and Mikek, two high ranking goblins.Foleful then cast a second thought capture near the great stone gate that blocked the route to inner Sanctuary.  Bip would not let Foleful even get close to the gate, since it had not yet been determined if he carried the rat disease.  Foleful received an image from a creature lying on its back staring across at Zorn, who stood in the middle of the cavern forty feet away.  It could also see a crowd of goblins and other humanoids watching from behind Zorn.  Foleful could feel that the creature’s dull thoughts were further clouded by a haze of pain.Bip explained that occasionally other creatures tried to move into Sanctuary and take over: ogres, bugbears, a strange combination of ogre and fish.  Zorn had defeated each challenger in turn.While Foleful talked with Bip and Kierce, Thar and Atarax inquired among the other goblins waiting to enter Sanctuary about the young goblin from Thar’s vision.  None of the goblins could help Thar since they hadn’t been inside inner Sanctuary yet.  They were impressed to meet a real cleric of Maglibuyet, and Thar agreed to lead them in a service shortly.Foleful continued his line of inquiry, discovering that some rat-creatures had attempted to attack Sanctuary, but Zorn had killed them.  Shortly thereafter the party was offered a meal of mushroom sandwiches and water.  The party was initially suspicious, which sent Kierce into a diatribe about the laws of Sanctuary (which seem to expand every time they are exlained):  Don’t do anything suspicious.  Don’t cast spells.  Eat the food and water you are given, it will increase your resistance to the rat-disease.  Obey Zorn.Ignoring Kierce’s irritation, the party carefully examined the food they were offered.  It was not magical or poisoned, but Foleful’s extensive knowledge of fungi also told him the mushrooms were good to eat but had no special properties.  The party eventually decided to accept the food and ate it with gusto.</blockquote>

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