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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rhenny" data-source="post: 6775112" data-attributes="member: 18333">Session 1 (1 hour and 15 minutes)Before we began, Aedd’s player wanted to change Aedd to a Barbarian at first level instead of a Wizard.  He wanted to be from a clan of Dwarf that shunned magic, but since he found a strange tome that he is now guarding with his life, he’s been trying to read from it and cast magic.  Unfortunately, he hasn’t quite mastered the art of magic yet.  I let him change.So, now Aedd Felspard is a Hill Dwarf Barbarian.That didn’t change their current situation.  The two Dwarves, Aedd and Clean Baldy awoke in a prison cell in a dank and stinky dungeon.  They saw two guards about 15’ from the cage they were in.  The guards were rolling dice, gambling and cursing each other out.  In a cage next to them they saw another Dwarf.  All of the prisoners had their armor, weapons and other possessions taken from them.  Fortunately, they could see a huge pile of their stuff on a rectangular table outside the cell area near where the guards were seated.Aedd and Clean Baldy started to make some racket, so the guard told them to pipe down.  He told them to get some rest so that they could fight better in the arena.  Then, Aedd and Clean Baldy, looked over at the Dwarf in the next cell and that Dwarf put his finger to his lips, motioning for the others to keep quiet.  Then he gave them a wink and opened his closed hand to reveal a palmed holy symbol of Moradin as he whispered that his name was Rawth. This heartened both Aedd and Clean Baldy.  Eventually, one guard exited the jail room.   Then a few hours later he returned pushing an old man who was raving about “the new master”  “Farbough Farms” “Beats at Goodroot’s” The Spring of Blessed Life” and other things.  He seemed crazed and out of control.  He was clutching a parchment that the guard took from him and threw on the table with all the other equipment.  Then the guard locked the man into another cell.  In a few minutes, the crazy man went dead quite.  The others could see that he stopped ranting and stopped moving entirely.  That’s when the Dwarf in the next cell told the others that he thought the old man had just died.In another few hours, after the Dwarves healed a bit, the guard opened their jail door a crack.  Clean Baldy sprinted straight at it and knocked the door back into the guards head surprising him with his quickness.  Then Clean Baldy smacked the guard 3 times with his lightning fast fists, knocking him to the ground, unconscious.  Meanwhile, Aedd was able to run out of the cell to find his rapier, then he held it to the other guard and told him that he should not make him use this blade.  Both Clean Baldy and Aedd intimidated the guard and told him that they’d kill him if he drew his scimitar against them.  After a tense second, the guard stood down and allowed Clean Baldy to knock him out.  With that they let Rawth out of the other cell and they all collected their equipment.  Then Clean Baldy went over to inspect the old crazy dead guy.  He saw that the man had horrible purple, black welts on his skin, kind of like pustules.  He could not tell what type of wounds they were so he asked the cleric to take a look.  Rawth could tell that this was some type of disease or curse, or a combination of the two, but little else.  Fearing contagion everyone stepped away from the body.  Then Rawth told the others that he knew a way to get into the sewer system, which might help them escape this prison.  Before they left, they also took the parchment that the old crazy guy had and they looked it over.  It seemed to be some kind of list of prophecies or ideas in not so random order.  The first part said, “there is a message from the land’s new master, but it is hidden five-fold.”  Then the second part said, “The first is at the place where dandelions rise above and cover people.  The virile and the virulent can be one and the same.  The hell-tinged one is lost, and then several are found. – Farbough Farms.  It must be!”  There were 4 more sections written on the parchment, but the group didn’t waste any more time.The others followed Rawth and after sneaking down a few corridors, they came to grate in the ground.  Aedd tried to pull up the grate, but alone, he could not do it so Rawth helped.  Unfortunately they both needed a little more help, so Clean Baldy stepped in.  The grate was heavy and as they strained to lift it, the Dwarves heard two voices from around the corner.  Before they knew it, two more guards turned the corner and saw them at the grate.  Clean Baldy melded into the shadows, but the other two were right there in the middle of the corridor.  As the guards drew crossbows, Aedd went into a rage and charged one of them with his rapier, skewering him with one blow.  Clean Baldy tried to tell the other to drop his weapon and live, but that guy was too scared so he tried to fight back, dropping his crossbow, drawing his scimitar and slashing Clean Baldy on the right arm.  Soon after, the Dwarves dropped the guard, lifted the grate, and climbed down into a 20’ wide sewer system.Rawth pointed to the east, down hill, following the running water, and the Dwarves trotted down the sewere system.  At one point, they came to some alcoves and giant rats surprised all but Clean Baldy.  Baldy moved fast and smashed two of the four rats with his quarterstaff, killing them each with two separate blows.  The other two rats jumped on Rawth and one bit him pretty badly.  Before more harm could be done, the Dwarves took down the two remaining rats and continued down the sewer.  At one point after about 20 minutes, they saw a lump in the middle of the sewer way with two giant centipedes gnawing upon it.  Clean Baldy moved quietly toward the insects and readied his staff.  One of the centipedes heard him and attacked, but before it could bite, Clean Baldy smacked it with his staff.  The creature did not die.  Instead, the insect bit Clean Baldy for some horrible damage, taking the monk down.  Quickly, Rawth dragged his fallen friend back and used a prayer to stabilize him.  Aedd jumped up and skewered the injured centipede while Rawth created sacred flames to incinerate the other creature.  With that, Aedd and Rawth dragged Clean Baldy down the sewer system for another 20 minutes until they saw sunlight streaming through a large opening that led to a small hill outside the city of Hillsfar.  The Dwarves continued for into the fields toward the forest for another 2 hours and finally found a copse of trees that seemed a little protected.  There they set up camp even though it was 1 pm in the afternoon.  At this point, Clean Baldy regained consciousness and the group rested.CommentsThe players rolled much better during this session and all their plans seemed to work.  The danger of 1st level was mitigated a bit now that we had worked out the proper AC for the PCs, and since Aedd was a barbarian, he had many more hit points, which came in handy.Since the party is small, I gave them enough xp to level up to 2nd level so that when they start their exploration and the real adventure of “Harried in Hillsfar” they will be a bit more prepared to face the dangers that await.  Aedd has now learned some magic use and Clean Baldy has become a more proficient monk (still deciding what path he will eventually follow) while Rawth continued to pray to Moradin to help him become a war cleric.</blockquote>

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