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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jasper" data-source="post: 9634520" data-attributes="member: 277">Hoard of the Dragon Queen Session 9Chapter 5 Construction AheadChapter 6 Castle NaerytarDay 79 Morning to day 90 13000Day 7 to into the swampPC Killed 1 Monsters Killed 88 Villains Captured 10 Villains Escaped 99Start Time 6:30 End Time 8:50Take 10 Downtime days. GP 500. Take a Level.I had a weak group of three. String Bean Assassin 4 Taxbaxi. Violet Life Cleric 4. Mugen Druid 4 Human.Day 7 The group was assigned to float. Harcourt Rocky Beard is in the food wagon and likes Violet. Perhaps they could hook up during the night but she puts him off. String Bean finds out Margent is on her way to the turn about to have a meet up with her husband for a night. He is doing another six months on the road team. Larry Ewing is on the outs temporary with JR and Bobby Ewing. The Ewings are on the outs currently with the Cartwights. Larry is surprised that the group Wimped Out but did not Wipe out.Day 8. The Passenger wagon with the Nox and Nazarene throws a wheel, and Nox is sick with food poisoning. Wagon 6 with Zhark and Zip stay behind to help. About two hours later the Ewings show up and stop the wagon train. None of the them notice Rocky. Some questions are asked of the party.JR Ewing, “I don’t care about the wooden chest with the two pieces of china. What happen to Mr. Lasfelro wagon. He didn’t make his delivery. And where is the rest of your wagons?” String Bean confesses she found the secret compartment but didn’t open it. She was with the fairies at the time.”Mugen, “Kind of suspicious that the Faires are not here today. We left them a few hours back due to a thrown wheel.” The Ewings saddle up and head back down the trail. (I wrote this in and the person it was suppose to be for got sick. Arrgh!)Day 9 Daniellie Star-Child tries to recruit the group. This goes badly as she is young, dumb, and broke. Radecere the rock gnome sets up a play date (not that type Nox) to play twenty-one. Mugen cleans him out.The group arrives at the Carnath Roadhouse. A burly half-orc name Bog takes over. Half the wagons are unloaded before the party gets the clue, some of the wagons pulled into the warehouse is taking longer that normal. This is after the cult drop boxes are dropped off. Bean wanders in and notices one or two of the boxes being shifted into the storage room. Theses boxes must have been buried in the wagons.During the rest of the afternoon, two temporary supply tents are set up to keep rain of the lumber. But the laborers are now prisoners working off their sentence. Aldred announces which wagons are splitting. And everyone is feed and bedded down for the night some in the Roadhouse, some in the tents. The group pitch their own tent in the court yard.0100 the rogue sneaks into the warehouse and pops the lock on storage room. She finds a secret entrance but is stopped from exploring it. Some people are coming up the tunnel. She climbs back up to storage room, rushes out into the warehouse. The warehouse door is opening, she closes the lock and hides behind some of the chests.Bog opens the storage door and lifts up the trap door. Multiple lizardfolk come out. Some talk to Bog as he sits on a very special chest. Flicking his cigar off to the back, he covers the Taxbaxi with hot ash. She does not understand lizardfolk but some of the crates are being moved into the tunnel. Time passes slowly for the thief. Finally, the business is concluded. Bog leaves and she waits for a few extra minutes.Bog goes upstairs and after a quarter of hour go to investigate the warehouse, Mugen trips over box in the warehouse waking the roadhouse. As the place goes to alert, the thief pops the lock and tosses the two humans into the tunnel. She tries to jam the trapdoor. And the group rushes toward the unknow in tunnel. The open lock is discovered just as they drop out of hearing range. They hear footsteps toward them. They see light shining down from the trap door. Bog has been fooled by the lack of people in the storeroom. They follow the footsteps and nearly ambush three lizardfolk. Nearly.String Bean, “but we got the loot box drop.” About a quarter of mile later, they exit the tunnel into the Mere of Dead Men. Blazes mark the trail deeper into the swamp. At one PM they find a small island. Only one canoe and four lead-tos are what is left. Being sleep deprived, the paddle back to the mainland and road. Arriving around five, they hide their boat and work their way back to the roadhouse and get into the chow line.Bog discovers them. “Why did you go missing during the night? The warehouse was broken into and you were not at roll call.”Violet, “Was anything stolen.”Bog, “No but it was mighty suspicious.”Mugen, “We when looking for Castle Naerytar.”Bog, “In the middle of the night?”Violet, “Hey leader Briferhew said our paid stopped at midnight. We could do what we want.”Bog, “You expect me to believe that!”Group, “NO. But the dice say so.”Bog, “naughty word. It doesn’t matter; I will just manacle you to the floor tonight just for my peace of mind.”Mugen, “Keep your grub. We are out here.” They walk off down the road. A few minutes later Danielle catches up with them and says she can get them close to castle by star navigation.The next morning is the canoe for four, they roll back to island and just as the near the island three lizardfolk pop out the water.Trask, “How do you feel about Tiamat?”Violet, “Never met the lady.”Mugen, “I am hooking up with one her minions. Nice chick.” This ticks off the swamp dwellers but some calm emotions, and quick talk. (AND high persuasion checks AGAIN.) Turns these neutrals into allies. They don’t like the cultists and know the way to the castle.Arriving at the landing near the castle, the lizardfolk goes first and try unsuccessfully to bluff their way in. It does not happen. But the strength of Academy of Stargazers know not bounds. Danielle kicks butt and finishes off two of the enemy herself. (Two Nat 20s and hit more times than the cleric.)We will pick this up on page 49 the outskirts of the castle.High Road Charter Company1 Amalkyn the Black, Road stone and road equipment.2 Danielle Star-Child. Sand Bags, road equipment and lumber. Looking for castle Naerytar (45)3 Chow wagon, Cookie Woman Azbara Jos as passenger (page 31)4 Radecere Perethun Rock Gnome (33). Lumber, stone, road tools. Cult.5 Carlton the Doorman. Lumber, road tools, camping equipment.6 guards and teamsters7 Harcourt rocky Beard. Beer and food supply wagon.8 Margent. Lumber, Road tools, MREs.9 Larry Ewing. Lumber, shovels, cult,10 Rocky the gargoyle (mage) Lumber, sand bags, road tools.Leader Adred BriferhewTeamster Troy Longnose halfling (32) sister and chews tobaccoTeamster James Hoffa human. Shifty. On the take from everyone.Guard Jamna Gleamsilver Gnome (31) (91) female and shifty.Guard Leda Widris (32) female. wants to see the thing called snow.Guard Sulesdeg the Pole (33) 7 feet 5 inches from Shaar where he is the runt of the family.Laborers Gary, Henry, Luke kobold, Kristy, Malcom, Nicky female high elf, Oscar halfling grumpy, Peter Bugbear, Robert, Sue dwarf, Terry, Ursula kobold.Wagons 6, 8, 9, 10, turn aroundWagons 3,5 going on.Wagons 1, 2, 4, 7 are stayingDM notes. If not present use 10 downtime days to promote to level 5. Made some adjustments to the timeline. I did flip between Legacy lizardfolk and current when it made sense.Companions Lizardfolk Grat, Chuxl, and Trask the vet. Danielle Star Child. Knight AC 14 uses a club as weapon.End of session 583.</blockquote>

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