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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Isklexi" data-source="post: 6691331" data-attributes="member: 6684948">Of Railroads and GoblinsThe constables decided to use their ship as neutral ground for the meeting between Cavallo and Willigu. With their ship arriving in the morning, the Irony’s group set out the next day to rendezvous with the goblins. Irony explained the meeting to Willigu and used a linked portal ritual to take them directly to the RHC ship. Irony got to work making the goblin delegation more presentable, including casting fastidiousness on them.While Irony was below with the goblins, Bellicose and Doran stayed on deck. They soon spied a fishing boat approaching their ship.  It turned out Shakul had hitched a ride on the fishing boat to reach their ship anchored in the bay. Shakul had come for an update on what they were up to and to inform them that Lya Jierre had left Citado Cavallo that morning aboard her ship.Cavallo and his retinue arrived by ship at noon. The two parties discussed terms for a while. Cavallo agreed that there was no reason to prevent the goblins from returning to the mountain provided they ceased any banditry, and Corta suggested that the goblins could trade in products produced by their insect thralls. The goblins also agreed to release the foreign healer they had been holding hostage to help stop the outbreak of dragon worm, though the goblins were still convinced the plague was a curse from the dead dragon tyrant.The constables returned to the goblins’ valley to meet the healer and discuss how they would combat the outbreak; Shakul came with them to act as a translator so Irony didn’t have to use ritual magic to communicate. The constables were surprised to see that Dr. Wolfgang von Recklinghausen was the healer the goblins had held hostage. Wolfgang was quite happy to see the constables again. He explained the finer points of the dragon worm parasite. He explained the modified healing ritual used to extract worms form a host and that the worms lacked resistance to magic in their aquatic larval form. The constables wanted to begin curing the people of Citado Cavallo as soon as possible, but Wolfgang pointed out that they should focus on locating the source of the outbreak first to prevent reinfections. The constables suspect that soldiers working in the mountains became infected and brought the parasites back to the city with them. Irony suggested making a map of all the disease cases in the city to narrow down what water supplies in the city were contaminated. Given the stigma associated with the disease, they’d need Cavallo’s help getting people to come forward.Meanwhile at the railroad, Kirk, Maddox, and Rai were trying to keep a close eye on things, suspecting sabotage at any moment. As the rail approached a river crossing, Kirk went ahead to look for any traps at the river. Rai stayed at the railhead construction and Maddox rode the supply train to guard it. Maddox managed to spot Rush Munchausen coming out from underneath a train car while they were resupplying at Aigotsura. Maddox gave chase, but he didn’t get far before a large commotion came from the staging town. Maddox was forced to let the grinning saboteur flee and return to Aigotsura.Maddox found the staging town under attack by bandits. Teaming up with the railroad guards, Maddox forced the bandits into a hasty retreat amidst volleys of grenades and blaster fire. Maddox quickly marshaled the train engineers to perform a car-by-car search of the train looking for signs of sabotage. Maddox himself checked beneath the rail car he had seen Rush crawl out from under. He managed to find a small immovable rod wedged into the car’s axel. Knowing what to look for, the train engineers quickly located several other rods placed along the train cars.The constables have made progress on negotiations at Citado Cavallo and have foiled a sabotage attempt on the railroad. Questions still remain for the constables though. Has Lya really given up on Citado Cavallo or is this a trick? When and where will the Ob try to sabotage the railroad next and should the constables resort to sabotage themselves? The constables will have to find out next time.[gm]The constables on the railroad split up to cover more of the rail line. This meant only one PC was present at Aigotsura for the bandit attack. I let the other players control railroad guard NPCs for the fight. It wasn’t terribly necessary as Maddox is the team’s explosives expert and made liberal use of grenades to thin the bandit ranks.[/gm]</blockquote>

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