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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jkason" data-source="post: 5833087" data-attributes="member: 2710">Brunch at The Eel's Belly is a much different affair from meals in the mess hall of the temple. There, a group of masked and anonymous recruits shoveled down tasteless fuel in a dank basement for a hard day.Here, the sun gleaming through the windows, there are nothing but open, friendly, familiar faces. Inar, all burly cheer. Genevieve, her cutting wit clearly used with affection. Gratis, joining the Eel's mistress to provide custom-baked deliciousness with his family's dramatic flair.Even Thon, though still a bit jumpy and nervous, shows signs of relaxing in this far more nurturing environment.Once Elenka joins the party, Inar stands, holding up his glass for a toast."Martna's been full of secrets and backstabbing for far too long, and she owes you lot a grand debt for your help in cutting out the cancer. And your little friend," he adds, nodding to Thon.Genevieve elbows Inar."And Genevieve and the feasthall for giving us a safe place to meet," he adds.Gratis lets out a hurt little whimper."And Gratis Dimplecotton for his soon to be famous antidote-rolls."Before the lady of the Eel can express any objection, he throws in, "Hells, here's to everyone and to Owbej's quick and welcome exit!"Those assembled, finally, have the chance to add their own "here, here," to the toast and drink to the success of the mission."We're still not sure about the high priestess, but we have our best people working on that third ledger. Most of the references are pretty vague, and it sounds like her chances of making it out the other end are pretty slim, but if nothing else, she won't have Martna to come home to after whatever deadly quest she's gone on."Though you lot have a hearty welcome here whenever you feel like another long trip out from Venza. And even if you don't come back, the city council wanted to give this little gift."Inar hefts a sizable bag onto the table, which lands with the unmistakable clank of coin. "Courtesy Owbej's coffers," he clarifies. "Was the least they could offer."Renlow won't be back through Martna for probably another month, but there's any number of other ships around which would be more than happy to take you back up to Venza.""Venza?" Thon pipes in, quickly swallowing the cinnamon-covered roll he was devouring. "Da always told me my mum's aunt lived up there. Great-Auntie F. Worked in some uppity noble house. What was it called ... Gabby something or other. Ah, she wouldn't know me from a hole in the wall, anyway. Prolly just another of Da's drunken stories."The meal and the conversation continues at a leisurely pace until all gathered have had their fill of both, at which point, for the first time in quite a while, the party's time and actions are finally once again their own to dictate.[gm]You're all welcome to keep chatting folk up as you like, but with a relieved wiping of my brow, I'm going to call this little shindig complete. For taking down the cult of Owbej, the party receives a final story award as a CR6 encounter: 2400 xp split amongst the four of you. Below should be the final awards. Other than already-split or used items, I've listed everything strictly in terms of gold, though I'll re-list here the items available for 'purchase' with your gold if you prefer: [/gm][sblock=Treasure available (Price)]a pair of silver dice (5 gp). scroll of prayer (375 gp)brooch of shielding (85 points) (1262.4 gp)potion of cure light wounds (<s>6</s>4) (50 gp each)potion of cure moderate wounds (2) (300 gp each) potion of stabilize (25 gp) +1 studded leather armor (3) (1,175 gp each)Wand of shield (42 charges) (630 gp)<s>Ring of protection +1 (2000 gp)</s>+1 greatclub (2305 GP)+1 cold iron heavy mace (4624 GP)potion of gaseous form (750 GP)23 silver holy symbols (each for a separate religion) (575 GP total)bag of holding (type I) (2500 GP)<s>silver raven figurine of wonderous power (3800 gp)</s>[/sblock][sblock=Anna]Anna: 4757 starting XP (level 3)Level 4 on 11/12/2011Encounter XP: 850Time XP (9/26/2011-12/29/2011): 1739Total XP: 2589Final XP Total: 7346 (level 4)Encounter Treasure: CLW potion (50 gp), 2 flasks alchemist's fire (40 gp), baker pay in (-25 gp), 1100 gpTime GP (9/26/2011-12/29/2011): 1974 gp[/sblock][sblock=Audra]Audra: Starting XP 3700 (3rd level)4th level 2/25/2012Encounter XP: 2100Time XP (1/2/2012-2/27/2012): 854 Total XP: 2954Final XP Total: 6654 (Level 4)Encounter Treasure: Ring of Protection +1 (2000 gp), Potion CLW x2 (100 gp), 406.25 gpTime Gold (1/2/2012-2/27/2012): 968 gp[/sblock][sblock=Elenka]Elenka: Starting XP 3550 (level 3)Level 4 on 1/2/2012Encounter XP: 3083Time XP (9/26/2011-2/27/2012): 2702Total XP: 5785Final XP Total: 9335 (Level 4)Encounter Treasure: CLW potion (50 gp), 2 flasks alchemist's fire (40 gp), baker pay in (-25 gp), Silver Raven Figurine of Wondrous Power (3800 gp total - 3774.25 GP from encounter GP, 25.75 gp from Time GP - see note next line)Time GP (9/26/2011-2/27/2012): Figurine buy-in (25.75 gp), 3040.25 gp[/sblock][sblock=Quioan]Quioan: Starting XP 3227 (Level 2)Level 3 on 9/30/2011Level 4 on 2/8/2012Encounter XP: 3083Time XP (9/26/2011-2/27/2012): 2427Total XP: 5510Final XP Total: 8737 XP (Level 4)Encounter Treasure: CLW potion (50 gp), 2 flasks alchemist's fire (40 gp), CLW wand (375 gp), baker pay in (-25 gp), potion of invisibility (300 gp), 3099.25 gpTime GP (9/26/2011-2/27/2012): 2746 gp[/sblock][sblock=Yoshiki]Yoshiki: Starting XP 5135 (Level 3)Level 4 on 10/17/2011Level 5 on 2/8/2012Encounter XP: 3083Time XP (9/26/2011-2/27/2012): 3336Total XP: 6419Final XP Total: 11554 (Level 5)Encounter Treasure: CLW potion (50 gp), 2 flasks alchemist's fire (40 gp), baker pay in (-25 gp), oil of invisibility (300 gp), 3474.25 gpTime GP (9/26/2011-2/27/2012): 3796 gp[/sblock][gm]I'm going to update the first post next, then swing back over to the adventure thread to try to talk a judge into approving it all. Thanks to all of you for putting up with the slog in the middle. As I may have mentioned before, the original adventure was designed to be even more plodding. There were all sorts of exhaustion checks to make during a normal day, then two more random 'tests' the PC's were supposed to pass before they started looking upstairs, but I think one was more than enough to get you guys ready to loot and pillage Owbej for the greater good!Feel free to ask any 'behind the curtain' questions if there are any, as well. Otherwise, it's been great trying to kill you all. We'll have to do it again sometime. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />[/gm]</blockquote>

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