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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brakkart" data-source="post: 1829512" data-attributes="member: 19617">DM's Log of Session NineDawn came to Marpenoth 6th and with it the power of the Morninglord flowed through the ruins of Jebodiah's body, mending broken bones and rendering the corpse fit for his soul to once more inhabit. Waking on the altar again, he was greeted by Elena who thanked Brother Geven and helped her comrade through the village to the Inn, whereupon she used her wand to restore him to full health, Zamtap looking on but not offering any healing himself.The group decided to set off back on the trail the next day, several of them nursing hangovers anyway from the drinking session the night before. Taking the opportunity to study Broca's spellbook, Aeron takes the day to copy Protection from Normal Arrows into his own spellbook from that tome. Meanwhile downstairs, the Innkeeper announces that he will be sending the dragons head to Baldur's Gate to get it properly stuffed and mounted and wanted to know the groups name so that he might have it put on a plaque under the head, commerating the heroes victory.This immediately produced a lengthy argument, as Gylippus was insistant that the group did not need, or indeed want a collective name, as such an appelation would make them easier to locate. coming down for dinner in the midst of his scribing, Aeron weighed in that he liked the name "Serpent Guard" for the group, but his suggestion met with no approval from the others, and he took his meal back up to his room to carry on writing in his spellbook. When the debate finally subsided, it had been decided, not to decide on a name for themselves. Thus was The Party With No Name born!On Marpenoth 7th, the group saddled their horses, made their goodbyes and rode northwards out of Talbott, once more bound for Waterdeep. The next few days passed uneventfully, with no notable encounters, save for a slight slowing of the pace as they rode along a stretch of the trail where they could see the ruins of Dragonspear Castle from. On Marpenoth 10th the party rode into Daggerford and made their way to the Daggerford Inn. Deciding on spending some of the money they had gained of late, they booked rooms for three days, checked their bags in, and then the group promptly split up and headed to the various stores, all except for Aeron who stayed in his room, having bought plenty of special inks and such back in Baldur's Gate, and decided to add the spells Ray of Enfeeblement and Alter Self to his growing repertoire.Gylippus, found his way to Oleg's Weaponforge and after some inquiry, handed over the gold to have his rapier enhanced with magic, the half-orc smith getting right to work on it, letting him know that it would be ready to collect in a couple days time, he not getting much in the way of business. Zamtap however, went to a rival smithy, the famed Derval's Bright Blade where he stumped over the funds to buy himself superior quality breastplate, a large shield and a new warhammer. Elena visited several temples, and purchased herself some new potions, while Noob, Ki and Jebodiah kept the barmaid in the Inn busy, ferrying drinks to their table! In the couple days that followed, Gylippus also purchased some inks and set about adding Ray of Enfeeblement to his own spellbook, scribing it across from Janesh Broca's.On Marpenoth 13th the party bade farewell to Daggerford, rested and re-equipped and spent an unpleasant day riding past the stinking mounds of the Rat Hills, the massive refuse tip of Waterdeep. Making camp for the night beside the Trade Way, they decided to enter Waterdeep in two seperate groups, several hours apart, not knowing whether word of the massacre at Broca House in Baldur's Gate would have reached the City of Splendors as yet, and not wanting to take any chances. They agreed to meet at noon at The Yawning Portal on the 15th, as that was a tavern where adventurers were the norm, and they could easily blend into the crowd.The 14th of Marpenoth dawned and at noon Zamtap, Jebodiah and Aeron were the first to approach the Gate of the South, one of the many huge fortified entrances to the great northern metropolis. thinking it a good idea to disguise his air genasi heritage, Aeron cast an Alter Self on himself. The trio passed easily into the city, handing over the gate toll on the way in, and they made their way to the Safehaven Inn on Slop Street, taking rooms there, it being a fairly low key place to stay. They resolved to wait there until the next day, much to the dwarfs aproval, as the place served really quite good ale.Towards late evening, Gylippus, Elena, Ki and Noob approached the same gate, with Gylippus also in disguise and following Elena's lead they made their way into Dock Ward, and took up residence at The Sharkman's Revenge, a new tavern named after the assault the sahuagin had launched on the city in 1369DR, it being late at night when they get there, they head straight to their rooms for rest.Having agreed to meet at noon on Marpenoth 15th, the party made their way through the streets towards the tavern, apart from Elena and Jebodiah, who each made a significant detour. Elena headed to the Harbourmasters offices on the dockfront, and inquired into whether her old ship the Fardale had been in port recently. To her surprise, the clerk went and fetched a book on known pirate vessels and she suddenly found herself under scrutiny, only narrowly managing to bluff her way out of a prolonged stretch in the cells, giving a false identity in the process.Jebodiah meanwhile after a few inquirys found his way to the small temple to Clangeddin Silverbeard and paid his respects to the Dwarven Lord of Battles, donating a thousand gold pieces to the shrine to the amazement and appreciation of Brant the very old warpriest who tended the shrine. Receiving a couple potions of healing "to help keep you on your feet lad" after telling of his recent double brush with death, Jebodiah headed on his way to the Yawning Portal, meeting the others already gathered there and sitting down at a corner table to discuss what they should do next.Aeron put forward the idea of heading to a temple of Oghma to see if they could research the couple leads they had, and Zamtap and Gylippus agreed to go with him, the other electing to stay put and drink beer. On the way to the temple, Gylippus vanished, and went off to wander about the city for a while.Reaching The Font of Knowledge, the remaining pair headed inside and contacted a Binder, handing over funds for a search and copies to be made of anything that would turn up. They were immediately in luck with regards to their questions about Wolfhill House, the priest of Oghma finding them an old journal recovered from the house by an adventuring group who had visited there a few years ago. Though heavily damaged by water, a few of Hezekiel Wolf's entries were still legible and the priest and wizard pondered over the meaning of the things written by the long dead builder of the house. they also paid for a map to the house, as well as inquiry into Serpentes, as they had no real idea what or where it was, other than both of them were certain it was a place somewhere, that was in some way connected with the Yuan-ti. They were told to come back in a few days time.The pair made their way back to the Yawning Portal, Gylippus arriving a short time later and related what they had found to the party, telling the others of the strange growth effect that seemed to blight the house, Aeron muttering about cursed wild magic areas being a stain on the Weave all the while.DM's Notes:A session without a single combat encounter, a first for this campaign. The party are now in Waterdeep, and pursuing inquiries prior to setting out for Wolfhill House itself, so Chapter Two of the campaign is well under way. Also Matt gave me his characters background to post, so the experience points from that will go a long way towards him regaining the couple levels he lost.</blockquote>

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