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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ancalagon" data-source="post: 18924" data-attributes="member: 23">Greetings Here is the third session, where Cedric apears and I finaly get to play Grass rootssession three DM: Since the chronicler missed the end of the last session I will fill in some of what is missing. The men the party overpowered in the cave were woodsmen coerced by a more powerful group of slavers into helping them. The woodsmen where to meet these slavers in a glade with 4 slaves. The party disguised themselves as the slaves and slavers and ambushed the true slavers when they came to collect. Most of the slavers went down easily, but their leader, an expert swordsman, and his second, a powerful half orc, gave the party a brief scare. The party captured all of the slavers and hauled them back to the cave. 4 Patchwall 580 CY Oliver's Journal As the rest of the party went off to follow the directions of the woodsmen, I stayed behind to watch the remaining peasants and keep watch at the camp. At nightfall the group returned with more prisoners than they left with. A few scrapes and bruises to show for it as well, and we were without a healer. The prisoners were chained and manacled in the rear of the cave. Right after that, Ryvvik showed up with a glowing disc loaded with the prisoner's equipment. We divvied up the gear and turned our attention to the unconscious prisoners. The leader of the slavers is a man of indefinite breeding, and he appears to consort with a massive half-orcish fellow who wields a vicious axe. Both are massively built. The leader was arrayed in scale mail. We bedded for the night, waiting until the morning to decide what to do. 5 Patchwall 580 CY By morning we had decided nothing and checked on our prisoners. The leader was awake. We hauled him out of the cave and asked him some questions. When he was silent, Isaac and Ryvvik put the boots to him. I thought that reasoning with him would lead to more success. So to that end we made him comfortable and spoke with him civilly. His stock answer was that 'We would answer to his lord. We were brigands in his eyes, waylaying travelers in the wood.' When we asked him about the manacles he was carrying and the accusations of the woodsmen he became silent, insisting we were the criminals. He would not part with the name of his 'Lord', but told a story that he was on a mission to clear the Adri of rogue serfs. He finally stopped talking altogether and we put him back in the cave with the rest of the prisoners and set two serfs to watch them while we discussed our options. After debating what to do, I headed back into the cave to check on things and before my eyes had fully adjusted to the gloom, a dagger flashed out of the darkness. Going down in a heap, my eyes blacked out and I saw nothing. **** After I fell, some little time went by and it wasn't until Ryvvik came to check on me and what was taking so long. Galen followed close behind. Ryvvik advanced into the cave as Galen dragged my body out of the way. Inside the cave were the crumpled forms of both the peasants we set to guard and further investigation revealed all the prisoners throats were slashed. The leader was missing and our gear had been rifled. Piecing together the evidence, the group figured out that the leader had strangled the peasants and then grabbed a knife from our gear and killed his compatriots, ostensibly to prevent them from talking. Slinking away from the cave the leader made a break for it. Leith used his dog to track the man and Darcius and Isaac gave chase. Still not beaten, the man laid an ambush for Isaac and buried a knife up to the hilt in his shoulder, almost killing him too. The distraction proved disastrous for him though. Darcius barreled in and crushed him up against a tree, knocking him unconscious. 1 **** I swam back up to the world of the living, looking up at the concerned faces of my friends. Leith had used his healing powers to revive me from death's doorstep. He also fed some magical berries to Isaac, and generally patched us back together. Galen had taken charge of things by this time and ordered the lone prisoner shackled and bound, and thrown over the back of the mule. I was also put on the mule because my condition really wasn't great for traveling. I was coughing up blood fairly regularly. Leith escorted us to the edge of the wilderness, and then went his way, giving us his blessing. We arrived in Kleese near dusk and Cedric was there waiting for us. He had been called away for an important mission for Prince Herrell and could only now join us. I was put in bed and the prisoner was thrown into the local jail.  2 The Reeve, Marok, was informed of our mission's results and the innocence of the druids. We have been charged with taking the prisoner back to Munevar to be tried by the Prince. 6 Patchwall 580 CY Waking at the <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />'s crow (silly filters!  rooster darn it!) I felt stronger and Cedric called upon the miraculous powers of St. Cuthbert to heal me. He also set to work healing the prisoner enough to stand trial for his crimes. Seems that Darcius hit him pretty hard, and he was hovering near death for most of the night. He was still unconscious so we tied him to the mule again and set off after breakfast. When we arrived in Munevar, we handed over custody of the prisoner to Stewart the Steward 3 , sheriff of Munevar. Galen went in to speak to his father, and we accompanied him. Telling our tale with only the minimum amount of embellishment, we were proud to receive the thanks of the Prince. Then he dismissed us as if we didn't exist. Well, so much for our fifteen minutes of fame. We headed back to the inn after cleaning up and started in on what we did best: drinking and wenching. **** Ryvvik, Cedric and Isaac took it upon themselves to question the prisoner further. With the blessing of the Prince, they were to determine whether the man was a serf, in the employ of another Prince, in which case a magistrate must be consulted; or if he was a freeman, in which case the Prince could dispense final judgment.   It went like this: Cedric: Can you speak? Prisoner: You must free me. C: Name of employer? P: You must free me. C: We will kill you if you don't name your employer. P: Go ahead, kill away. Ryvvik: You want a trial? Are you a freeman? Being silent will not help you. P: Won't help you either... R: You'll be drawn and quartered unless you talk. C: If you speak the truth, we will give you a quick death. If you have a Prince, he must send someone to deal with a magistrate. R: You'll be drawn and quartered in two days. C: Do you have anything to say? R: Put him back, he dies in two days... P: Wait. Tasos. C: What about Tasos? R: The word is meaningless. P: He is my employer. C: Your lord is Tasos? P: You could say that. I wouldn't. He's a woodsman. Isaac: A slaver? P: You could say that... R: Where? In the wood? P: A few days into the forest. C: We have assets in the forest. P: The druids are no help. C: They know more than you think. P: I can lead you. R: Tell us more about Tasos. P: He's a simple woodsman. R: Where did you meet him? P: He has an encampment. He fears no one, he has a militia. R: Woodsmen? P: More trained. R: Describe him. P: Small man, muscular, fights well. He has long black hair, black leather armor studded with teeth from his enemies. R: He answers to no one? P: Not that I know of. R: Where do you meet him? P: His camp. R: How large is the camp? I want numbers. P: A few score. R: Tents? P: A stockaded fort in the woods. R: How many other slavers operate in the woods? P: Several, including a priest of Erythnul. R: Near here? Not nearby? C: What happens to the slaves? P: They vanish. They're taken away and not seen again. Whoever needs slaves. C: The people you deal with, what do they look like? P: Dunno. R: What's the price per head? P: 5 nobles. I: I think we need to concentrate on where. R: Could you point out the camp on a map? P: Only know it by sight. I: Why'd you kill your men? P: Thought I'd get away. R: Any regrets? P: Only that I got caught. C: You'll burn in hell for your crimes. P: I hear it's nice this time of year. **** 7 Patchwall 580 CY Ryvvik wrote a letter detailing the important bits of their interview. It included the fact that the prisoner is a freeman, and that there would be no need for a magistrate. He also recommended an easy death. Cedric presented the prisoner his crimes and offered him a chance to repent. Isaac executed him and buried the body. And that was the third session. That rogue spooked us badly, we were sure that as soon as he gained contiousness he would escape in a flash or something. DM notes:  1: The man was a rogue and made liberal use of his sneak attack ability. Man I love that ability.  2: The party was afraid that the Rogue would try to escape again once he regained consciousness. That is why they risked their companions life taking him back to the town. 3: a regretable choice of a name...Ancalagon ------------------Visit our campain site at <a href="http://orderoftheraven.50megs.com/" target="_blank">http://orderoftheraven.50megs.com/</a></blockquote>

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