DDAL10-11 Session
A Lesson in Love
Or Landward Ho.
Day 3 to Day 18
Pc Killed 2 Monsters Killed 39 Villains Captured 0 Villains Escaped 1
Begin Time 6:40 End Time 9:45
Magic Items Potion of Speed, Potion of Fire Giant Strength, Love’s Bite Nine Lives Stealer.
Take 2,000 gp in silver bars, 10 downtime days, and a level.
I have a very strong group of seven and on co-dm. Charlotte Bard 7 Barbarian 4 Half-Elf Harper Faction. Ferm Warlock 2 Fighter 2 Aberrant Sorcerer 12 Human Emeral Enclave Faction. Droo Barbarian 12 Human drooling Faction. Leucis Rhodes Evocation Wizard Tiefling 12. Beiric 11 Scout Rogue 5 Gloom Stalker Wood Elf. Breeze swashbuckler 16 Drow. Doc Eldritch Knight 4 Paladin 12 Water Genasi Lord’s Alliance.
Charlotte is window shopping for a new axe when she gets the call. An old elf is crashing bardic circles he sings off key and has a missing daughter. Fix the problem.
Ferm is looking for a new spell pouch when she gets the call. A 486 wizard with lost mind.
Doc gets the call about an old man crashing the free drinks at the Lord’s Alliance mini bar.
They grab their friends and bump heads over who will take the case. Charlotte will be lead on this investigation. These are stories of the Land Lubbers.
DUN. DUN.
Day 1. Investigating the Wagon Wheel leads to no clue on Ralph the Wizard. The would-be bar fight between the team and crew of the Lucky Wheel by a good Prestidigitation spell which causes every one to fart loudly.
DUN. DUN.
Day 2 Smelly Ralph was discovered. Smelly Ralph, “My daughter Dalnira was head guard on the ‘Breaker of the Waves. She and the gold shipment disappeared.”
Leucis,” Prestidigitation, Prestidigitation, and again till he smells better. Hey that is my spell focus. Quit chewing on it.”
Ralph, “In my day spell focus could stand a lot of chewing. We could chew on a spell focus for three or four levels before it went bad. About 12 days I was out collecting mushrooms when I saw an adventurer fighting a t-rex. I was able to help him. Only his hand and sword were recoverable. I though I could trade the sword at the Alliance bar. But I noticed it was my kids. How did an adventurer get my kids’ stuff.”
Breeze took the evidence. It was hand with a nice signet, and nine live stealer. The sword was checked into evidence.
Beiric, “The lab confirms it is a right hand. The signet is of a minor noble house in Port Nyanzaru. It belongs to Underbridge. The deceased name was Varg. I think we should check out the crime scene in the jungle. South east of the port.”
Co-Dm, “So you want to go to jungle to try to find the scene of the crime. Why are all you nodding your heads?”
DUN. DUN.
Day 5.
Beiric, “No luck finding the t-rex we will try again tomorrow. Some one start a camp fire.”
DM, “Everyone roll initiative. T-rex show up.”
Droo, “Can we question it?”
Co-DM, “Only from its stomach.”
Charlotte, “Mr. T-Rex do you know you have a loose tooth. In my back.”
Fern, “The investigation of the stomach contents has a few coins and a silver plate belong to the captain’s table of the ‘Breaker of Waves’. No further clues.”
Beiric, “Perhaps I could track to its lair in the morning.”
Breeze, “Talk to hand. Talk to hand. I smack him with the hand.”
DM, “You me your hand.”
Breeze, “No the kid’s hand. See.” She waves the hand at the DMs. “We return to town and see if the Underbridge family knows anything.” (Inspiration rewarded).
DUN. DUN.
Day 7.
Arriving at Underbridge residence in the morning the Maid Marion answers the door.
DM, “Did you put that in?”
Co-DM, “Yes”
DM, “Good job but time check. Okay.”
The Underbridge family raise and breed racing velociraptors. They are ushered into the study. Various paintings of different ships are on the wall. They are super detailed. One is named “Breaker of the Waves”. Mr. Underbridge tells the team his grand father did a painting of each ship he had an ownership in. Breaker was lost on its fifth voyage with a gold shipment. Where is when down is unknown, and locked behind the Ship Merchant files.
Breeze, “Is this your son’s hand. I have to hand to you, you do have a nice hand at art. DM I stick the hand, signet ring and sword underneath his nose.”
DM taking off glasses, “DID you just shove the rotting hand of his son underneath the father’s nose. This is how you going to announce his son is dead.” DM feels a shoulder pat from the Co-DM.
Breeze, “Yes.”
DM, “Give me back my Inspiration.” The blue foam I is returned.
The father is upset. They charm person the dad to calm him down and get no more real clues before they are thrown out.
Doc, “I know a bar and some sailors. We can take the ship and go to sea.”
Co-DM, “Did you say TAKE a ship.”
Doc, “YES.”
DM, “So you are going to take a ship. Just because all three of your minis are pirates. And when you could just hire a ship.”
Doc, “YES.” The DM gives the Co-DM a friendly pad on the shoulder and moves on.
DUN. DUN.
Day 8.
As they get fifteen miles out into the bay and lose sight of land. The sea dragon turtle Aremag shakes them down for 10 GP each.
DM, “End of Part 1. And it now 8 PM. We are going to take a brief break while us DM have a quick conference.” The DMs decide to cut most of part 2.
DUN. DUN.
Day 13.
Arriving on site of the wreck the team decides to use water breathing to dive on the wreck and look at the spell casters to provide the spell. Ferm and Lucia don’t have any.
Co-DM, “We say you had plenty of time to buy scrolls at the Port. How much are they?”
DM, “Grab my spell cost list and just pass it down. Mark the cost out your personal gold.” To the Co-DM, “We move this encounter to here, grab the minis.”
Swimming down to poop deck of the ship they encounter five merfolk about to enter the wreck, the party gets into diplomacy mode and only one hand joke is made which gives inspiration. Open the captain’s cabin brain leeches swarm out.
Group, “Shatter, Shatter, would fireball work.” The combat is nearly over in the first round even before the swarm of brain leeches could attack, but the first of the shatter spells blow up the rowing deck. The second shatter spells blow open the crew deck. By the end of the second round no monster remains and they loot three decks.
Hearing movement in the hold they suddenly go caution mode and send the wizard ahead. Opening the final door, a swarm of brain leeches attack and successfully hit. Implanting a BG3 type leech into Leuci’s brain. A warning voice is heard. And paid attention to.
Captain Jafray, “A hundred years ago the sea dragon turtle Aremag fell in unnatural love with my bodyguard. He attack the ship sinking and took her. I will trade you my two potions for the remain five bottles. Breeze that is my wine. Do you know how hard it is to get good wine under the sea. Fine. I will trade you two potions for the remaining four bottles of wine.”
The group decides to return to port with a brief stop in the bay.
DUN. DUN.
Day 18.
The Dragon Turtle arises behind the stern of the ship. Mass confusion reigns.
DM, “Okay people five minutes. Call me. Co-DM watch them and listen.” Five minutes later. “why is the co-dm shivering under the table. Here DM. Here DM. I got a meat stick for you.”
Detect thoughts, locate object, and other spells are casted. With dragon turtle a thousand feet out, it does not notice.
Aremag, “Dalnira was cute. She was really cute. And strong I saw her kill thirty pirates at one time. So naturally I had to get her to guard my lair. I just had to kill nine of the sailors to convince her to go with me. She is fine.” The team discusses this, at the fact some of the spells are not working to their behalf.
Suddenly, Leucis, “I will swap places with her.” The Table looks at the mage.
DM, “Give me a minute. Co-DM, see the module had planned for them talking and deception but not this. Should we accept and roll. What do you think?”
Co-DM, “Go with it.”
The sea dragon builds an air bubble nest for the wizard who swap places with the NPC. Three days after the NPC is rescued the wizard flips off the dragon and fireballs his brain.
DM, “You don’t have to do that.”
Leucis, “No I good. I just tired of this pc and going to really get rid of it.”
DM, “Okay. Well the rest of you make back to port. Breeze is not happy the hand has finally rotten away in her pocket. And here is the loot. See you next week.”
The End.
DM Notes. Thanks, Co-DM, for bring your copy of monster manual. I still have not figure out why my laptop would not connect to the net. Read the full module and look at the changes we and the actions of the party made to it.
End of Session 508
