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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cyber-Dave" data-source="post: 6958173" data-attributes="member: 82132">Session #6: Missed, due to real life... Session #7 (Phlan) (Recap Written by my DM)Characters:Old Wan (changeling, Monk 3, Druid 1)Pinky (gnome, cleric 4)Jove (human, wizard 4)Delilah (half orc, fighter 3, barbarian 1 )Alistair (human, fighter 4)Cade and Toothless (halfling, ranger 4, with wolf animal companion)Cade passes through the gates of Phlan just before they close after a few days of exploring the settlements around the town. In town he learns that some of his companions have been staying at the Laughing Goblin Inn, and he heads south on Podol Street towards the docks where the inn is situated. On his way he runs into Alistair and Jove who are also on their way to the Laughing Goblin to meet up with Pinky and Delilah. They aren’t sure what Old Wan has been up to, and none of them are aware that he has taken on the guise of Turk the half orc bouncer.Meanwhile, inside the Laughing Goblin, Turk inadvertently convinces Delgar that he should go talk to Pinky to see if Pinky will help him get Dimble out of Grossettgrottle and lure him into a trap so that he can have his revenge for the theft of Dancing Flame. Turk is worried about violence starting in the inn, especially since Olstag, one of Delgar’s men, is most eager to start a fight. To solve the problem, the “half orc” bouncer decides to try to lure Delgar and his men out of the tavern. He moves to the door and then holds up Dancing Flame. “Is this what you were looking for Delgar?” he calls out.Delgar is shocked to see the half orc holding the enchanted dagger. He turns towards Turk, but before he can say anything, Turk runs out the door into the street. Delgar gives  chase, following after him. He crashes past Alistair and Jove just as they are about to enter the inn. Cade sees Turk run out and notices he’s carrying Dancing Flame. He’s mounted on Toothless, and he wheels his wolf around and starts calling out for Turk to stop, accusing him of being a thief. Jove makes his own attempt at stopping the “thief” by blasting him with a magic missile barrage. A chase ensues with Turk running at uncanny speed up Podol street, Cade chasing after him on his wolf and Delgar running along behind both of them. Turk soon realizes he’s loosing Delgar and he slows down. This allows Cade to close on him, and he quickly informs Cade that he is actually Wan in disguise.Back at the tavern Delgar’s men come out to see what is going on. Alistair and Jove are still standing in front of the doors trying to figure out what is going on when the sell swords step out. Olstag is still looking for a fight, and he immediately starts insulting Alistair. The big north man sees the slim noble as an easy target and throws an unprovoked punch at him. Then Rool the half orc takes a swing at Jove. Delilah and Pinky see the fight starting and move to help their companions. Pinky attempts a couple of hold person spells on Rool, but the half orc resists both of them. Delilah takes a more direct approach and engages the man in a fist fight, allowing Jove to back away.Cade notices the commotion erupting in front of the tavern, and he hurries back down the street to help. He passes Delgar on the way, and he notices that the sell sword has drawn a gorgeous longsword, the blade of which is sheafed in a coating of magical frost. The halfling soon reaches his companions, and he tries to end the fight by raising his hand crossbow and aiming it at Olstag. He orders the man to stand down or be shot. Olstag ignores the halfling, and Cade makes good on his threat. A hand crossbow bolt grazes the man’s neck, enraging him. He draws his great axe. As he does so, Alistair gets his cross bow off his back and loaded with amazing speed. He too fires, but Olstag knocks his weapon to the side and the shot goes wide. Jove then blasts the sell swords with a thunderwave spell, sending some of them hurtling backwards. Rool and Delilah continue to brawl, but the remaining men draw their weapons and a full on battle erupts in front of the Laughing Goblin.While that is going on, Turk sees a patrol of Blackfist guards coming down the wide, muddy street up ahead of him. Delgar sees them as well, and he calls out for them to arrest the thief. Turk ducks into a nearby alley. He alters his form and assumes the guise of harmless beggar. He finishes his transformation just as Delgar enters the alley. In his new form, he convinces Delgar that the half orc thief has run off down the alley, and he sends Delgar after him. The guards then enter the alley and start asking him what is going on. Before they can ask him more than a handful of questions, the guards notice the fight happening down the street in front of the Laughing Goblin, and they hurry off to intervene.By the time the Black Fist get to the inn, Olstag is lying seemingly dead on the ground with a crossbow bolt in his back. Jove, Alistair and Cade are fending off two other sell swords, while Delilah and Rool continue their fist fight. The arrival of the guard ends the fight, as neither party wants to end up on the wrong side of the Black Fist. Alistair’s status as a noble gives him some sway with the guards, and probably saves him from being immediately arrested. It also helps that Olstag is actually still clinging to life. He receives healing magic from the heroes, saving his life and preventing a murder charge. Once he gets back on his feet the mouthy adventurers hurl some more insults at him, and he flies into a rage and attacks again. The guards tackle him and arrest him before he can hurt anyone or get himself killed. Alistair offers them a small sack of gold for their trouble, which helps to placate them, and The Black Fist order both groups to clear the streets and not be found causing any more trouble. and the heroes head on their way. Pinky and Cade end up spending the night at Nat Wyler’s Bell. There Cade inquires with the gnome innkeeper about about the whereabouts of a yellow eyed halfling named Pip Weedbottom. Cade has reason to suspect that the Pip may be his only surviving halfling kin (the yellow eye connection). Yellow eyed halflings are a rarity, and the hostler recalls seeing a halfling that fits Pip's description staying at the inn a few weeks prior. The gnome recalls him mentioning that he was heading for Melvaunt. Why a halfling that has spent the last several years living in the distant town of Dagger Falls, suddenly pick up and head north is somewhat of a mystery to Cade, but one he wishes to find the answer to.The rest of the party, spends the night at the Crooked Crown, and the following morning they gather at the gates to head back to Mill Hill where they hope to aid the Black Fist in fighting the gnoll band that has recently started savaging the region. It is long day’s journey. The monotony of the plains is broken when a pack of death dogs (feral, two-headed hounds) crests a rise and starts running to catch them. Fortunately, they have swift horses, except for Pinky, who is riding on the mule. Pinky hops on Jove’s steed, and they leave Betsy behind. The poor mule becomes the victim of the death dog pack, but her sacrifice allows the heroes to get away and avoid what might have been a deadly fight.By evening the weary travellers reach their destination, and the session ends here.My observations: during the fight, I stayed mounted on my wolf. As a result, the wolf didn't get any of it's attacks in. Other characters were, by far, the bigger contributors. I don't have much else to say about this session, but we did level at the end of it. I will put a report up about session 8 soon.</blockquote>

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