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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brakkart" data-source="post: 1763909" data-attributes="member: 19617">DM's Log of Session ThreeDawn of the 27th Eleint saw James arrive at the warehouse to open up for the day, to be greeted by the smiling faces of the victorious group, and several large bloodstains on the floor of the building. The party informed him of what was in the cellar and he said that the bodies and captured cultist would be turned over to the first Flaming Fist patrol that passed by.This caught the attention of Jebodiah, a dwarf guard employed at the warehouse across the street, and he wandered over to inquire as to what was going on. Filling him in on the situation, he nodded, saw that things seemed to be well in hand and headed back across the road, where he too was relieved of night duty by the arriving foreman. As coincidence would have it, he also had a room at the Leaping Leprechaun (simply because they didn't water their beer), and so he tagged along with the rest of the group as they bid James a good day and headed back to their Inn for breakfast and sleep.In the afternoon they pondered over taking the note with the watermark to Tanthar, but remembering that he considered his debt to Buckman paid, they recoiled at the idea of how much a sage might cost to hire. Elena having struck up a camaraderie of sorts with the dwarf, convinced the rest of the group that they could use someone like him along, and the others agreed.The pirate and the barbarian headed to Buckman's store, and were let up into his office upstairs, where Elena asked for him to add Jebodiah to the payroll. Buckman was a little hesitant as he rightly pointed out that thus far the group had easily handled the burglars. Elena retorted that the last time they had come with double the original numbers, and that should this pattern continue, the party would be completely overwhelmed. That swayed the merchant and he agreed to add a 7th member of the group to the payroll, starting on a half weeks pay as the tenday was halfway through already.Noob, unbeknownst to Elena and Jebodiah had followed them, to see if they were being stalked, and was sure that he saw someone tailing the pair, but lost them before he could follow them. On returning to the Inn, he advised that no member of the group was to travel alone from now on.That done, the group headed back to the warehouse in the evening for another nights watch duty. Jebodiah stopping in at his old employers to resign his commission there. The groups vigilance though was not to be tested this night, and come morning of the 28th Eleint, they packed up the dummy, caltrops and other sundry defences they had put in place, before James arrived to open up.After breakfast and sleep, Elena and Jebodiah headed out to have a few drinks around town, Noob decided to trail them to see if they were being followed, and Aeron and Zamtap took the note and headed to Buckman's office.The pair were indeed being followed, but after a while, their tail headed off, closely followed by Noob at his stealthy best... but not quite good enough, as he found out after rounding a corner, as the cultist flew out of a doorway at him. Unfazed by this sudden attack, Noob calmly battled the Fang assassin, hurling weapon after weapon at him, darts, shortswords, the works, whilst dodging the majority of the stabs aimed at him, finally felling the thug. He then made himself scarce, hearing from the next street, the sound of a Flaming Fist patrol approaching.Aeron and Zamtap had better luck though, as Buckman was easily able to identify the watermark as that of Broca House, a trading coster that dealt in rare woods from the Tashalar region, mostly mahogany. He was baffled as to why a lumber company would be stealing from him though, until Aeron pointed out that the Tashalar region was known for its Yuan-ti infested jungles. Buckman was duly worried about sending the party to infiltrate the Broca compound however, as if it were to get out that his employees had broken into another coster's property, it could trigger a trade war, or rioting, both of which were bad for business.Aeron suggested publically firing the group to cover up his involvement in the matter, whilst still keeping them in his employ, as they continued the investigation beyond their simple guard duty. Buckman agreed to do such the next morning, and they left his office, heading back to the others at the Inn to brief them on the new information.After another uneventful nights watch, the group were met at the warehouse by Buckman who (loudly) proclaimed that thier services were no longer required, as his wizardess, Rowena Mostana had arrived in the city late last night, and would today be placing the wards on his building that would annihilate anyone setting foot in it after dark. He handed the party their severance pay and bade them goodbye. The group trooped off back to their Inn, and walked inside to be met by nearly a dozen Viper's Fangs in an ambush.Before the group had even made its way fully into the building, half their number still in the street outside, they were in pitched battle as armour-clad fighters and nimble thugs tried to prevent the others from forcing their way in, while they worked to slaughter those already inside the building.Jebodiah was having none of this, and spotting who was giving the orders, a mighty rage came upon him and he hurlked himself forward, cutting a swathe through the enemy ranks to reach the cleric of Sseth at their rear. Zamtap too made his way further into the building, but after being severely injured, running across the taproom to put some distance between himself and the cultists swords, while he healed his wounds, closely pursued by a scalemail clad Fang soldier.Elena was not so lucky, being hit by the Hold Person straight away, and remaining as still as a statue, while a cultist cut at her with his sword, and magic missiles slammed into her also. Outside, Noob ran down the street, aiming to get into the Inn via the backdoor through the stable yard and catch the cultists in the flank. Gylippus and Ki battled in the doorway, pushing to get inside, even as across the room, Jebodiah was surrounded by foes...DM's Notes:Well the best laid plans and all that... I had plotted this session, to go roughly more as "party take note to Buckman, find out about Broca House, launch attack on the House". To this end I had spent more than 4 hours putting together a map and stats for Broca House and its occupants. Ohh well, hardly time wasted, as after all, they will be doing that next week. I threw in the fight at the end, mainly as Dan and Matt, sat down the end of the table looked a little bored. As I later found out Dan was in pain from a bad back, and Matt is a near total newbie to D&D, so was a little confused as to the goings on. Both have reassured me since that they were anything but bored, which is a relief. A shame the session had to end before the fight was concluded (the Games Club we play at closes at 9:30pm), but will mean an all action session next week, with concluding this battle and raiding the Coster.Added a 7th player this week, a friend of Dan and I from work by the name of Matt. A relative newbie to the hobby, I felt obliged to add some new blood to the group, as I personally feel that teaching new people to play the game is the responsibility of every D&D group. Phillip being the last such addition to our group a few years back. His character is:Matt        Jebodiah Bugman    CG    Dwarf        Barbarian3</blockquote>

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