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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aluvial" data-source="post: 612347" data-attributes="member: 6862">Boring Trip OR My gods What Have I Done?Well as the group slinked off from Verbobonc in the night (to avoid the assassins who had seen them with Lannet) they managed to trade their cart in for a wagon and two horses. This was done legally, although the stable hand probably will wonder what happened the next morning when he sobers up. From here they traveled the road and reached Etterboek, a relatively small hamlet between Verbobonc and their destination, Hommlet. This is where the party decided that a little rest and a lot of relaxation would be appropriate. Hence, drinking commenced. Attracting the attention of one of the local girls (human, and I quote, “I’ve never been with an elf before.”) with booze, Vex manages a little romance off under the stars in a field of hay. Little does he realize that this girl is not so naïve and will be accompanying the party to Hommlet. “I has family there!” she proclaimed as the party set off in the (late) morning. With the rest of the party coaxing her to come along (much to Vex’s chagrin) she hops on the wagon in huff, mad at her new man. It isn’t long before she has made up with her new beau, and is chatting away with everybody on board.((Boy did they give him a hard time about his “girlfriend!” It went on most of the night!!))At about the lunch hour, the group makes contact with a small caravan heading north led by Ashrem. The gnome and a small entourage of Burne’s Badgers are on their way to Verbobonc to deliver a shipment of earthenware. The party takes a meal with them only to start asking questions about Spugnoir! ((Now I was at a tad of a loss, but in an earlier haste to speed them along I dropped a hint about Spugnoir being and gem merchant of great renown in Hommlet. I had given this tidbit to Zane back in Fairhill at the start of their adventures their when he asked about getting a gem cut. Maybe he takes notes too!!))Anyway, Ashrem starts to discuss Spugnoir and his daughter Renne. This is where Opie/Admir starts in with his crap, and insinuates that he might do foul things to the girl when he gets into town. Well, I wasn’t about to let it go so I had Ashrem get offended and send one of Burne’s men speeding back to town to warn Elmo of the sicko’s coming his way! Ashrem then hastily departed leaving the party bickering over Admir’s attitude. I was thinking that I would have to talk to him then but it was when they got into town that things really hit the fan…When the party arrived, Vex saw his new girl Adawil to her families’ home and the party slowly drove their wagon into town. They had heard about the Inn of the Welcome Wench from the barkeep in Etterboek and took note of shops and temples as they crossed the bridge in the center of town. I described Elmo to them then as he stood on the bridge and watched them pass as well as some of the other “townies.” Elmo would speak to them very soon.As they got to the Inn they made as nice as chat is possible with Maridosen about rooms, food, and stables for their two horses and mule. They met Redithidoor, Chatrillion, and Vesta. ((Xaod was passed out in the common room at this point.)) As they started to enjoy the very fine wares the Inn had to offer, Elmo approached. ((I must admit that I was pretty peeved at Opie/Admir at this point. He had almost gotten kicked out of the Inn when he started squabbling with Maridosen, and then with Vesta. So when Elmo approached from the doorway shadows where he had slipped in I played him as not to kind.))“So travelers, state your business here in Hommlet.”Admir replies, “What do you care, OLD MAN!” “I am Elmo, the Captain of the Militia! What happens in Hommlet IS My CARE!” “Is that so, Captain? How about we settle this RIGHT NOW!”Elmo draws his weapon. Rufus stands from the doorway of the private room after hearing the commotion with a spell ready…Vex steps in and starts his own spell…INITATIVE I call, cringing that all of my prep with this module will be ruined in one night…Admir rolls a 5. Vex a 14. Elmo a 19. Elmo sweeps in and grapples Vex’s arm and slams it to the table in a pin while pushing the blade of his battleaxe quickly to Admir’s throat. The rest of the party remained quiet and Vex gave up his spell. Admir wisely held up his hands…Elmo declared at this point, “You will surrender your arms and go peacefully from this place on the morrow.” “I will have my eyes on you… tonight,” he said staring at Admir intently.The end of the session had Randelar trying to make up for Admir’s nonsense and Elmo basically told him to shove off before he got really mad.This was the end of the session and almost the end of Opie at my table, but like I said, we are friends so I talked to him about it. He promised to let it go and not to cause a disturbance again. This is when I wrote the little bit under his character description above. I hope that I will be able to edit that post…Aluvial.</blockquote>

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