[IC1] Pool of Radiance

[Voadam]

Another priest enters the hall, Kordunn reckognizes the man, as he comes closer.

“Master dwarf, I just wanted to inform you, that your weapon will be finished tomorrow. We managed to speed the process up a little by delaying some less important task instead.”

Kordunn bows formally "Excellent news, my thanks. It will be useful on our planned rescue mission then. I will pick it up in the morning then."

 

[Thanee]

Once the group is finished making their picks, Dirtan leads them into a small chamber at the side of the hall, where the items are currently stored. They take what they have chosen and distrubute the items amongst themselves for now.

“Make good use of them. Phlan needs your help more than anything, these days. I will travel home with the next dawn,” Dirtan says. “And be careful!”

After talking a bit more with the bishop and Jade, the adventurers finally move out and back to their rented rooms in the inn, where they prepare themselves for the scouting of the castle.

 

[Bloodweaver1]

Aylor Creegan

“Alright’ie boys!” Calls Aylor as the group makes there way back to the tavern. “So what’s de plan?” She waves over a round of drinks as the group piles around their table.

 

[Mista Collins]

"Scouting. We need to know more about this castle." Selvaggio says as if the group didn't already know. "If we get close enough, I may be able to talk to some of the animals or plant life in the area for some information."

 

[Voadam]

"We have a scroll that will grant the group invisbility for a short time as long as we stick close together, we can use that when we make our actual raid to get in and then fight our way out once we make the rescue."

 

[Bloodweaver1]

Aylor Creegan

“So we are recon’n during the day then?” Grumbles Aylor. “Sounds like a plan to me. When do we want to leave?”

 

[Thanee]

With the plans taking on a more solid form slowly, the adventurers head out once more into the ancient city quarters.

They pass the large wall, that shields the good people from New Phlan from the monsters that live beyond. The slums, that are inhabited by the poor folks, that are not quite like the monsters, but for various reasons, often crime-related, still cannot live in the safer parts of Phlan, have been crossed a while later, when the party enters the area of Kuto's Well, where they fought Norris and his mixed band of kobolds, goblins and orcs.

Further north, they know from Baran's old map and from Thunder's descriptions, lies the Podol Plaza, the merchant's quarter of ancient Phlan.

As they come closer to the area, the adventurers here voices... first just single voices, but soon they realize that there must be a gathering of some sort.

 

[Krug]

Oog's attention is piqued. He ventures forward to see who's making the voices, and if there's any pockets to be picked!

 

[Mista Collins]

Curious as to who would gather in this part of the city, Selvaggio continues forward to see if he can get a better view or listen.

 

[Thanee]

Slowly moving on, keeping in the shadows and the small alleyways, the party finally gets a look of Podol Plaza. It looks just like a market place in one of the cities, there are some carts and makeshift market stands selling various goods, it's hard to make out what they sell, however. Crowds are moving between them, and there is some kind of wooden podium in the center of the plaza. They can see orcs and goblins, hobgoblins and kobolds, some gnolls and bugbears and even the occasional ogre or troll moving around just as if they were normal citizen. There are dozens of them. Everything is a bit rougher here, but all in all appears to be peaceful. The buildings around the plaza are in better shape than in the rest of the ancient city, but still the marks of time and the war are clearly noticeable.