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<blockquote data-quote="The Green Hermit" data-source="post: 7910326" data-attributes="member: 6999735"><p>Adventuring Group</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Thoradin Ironfist -- Shield Dwarf, Paladin, Alignment: Lawful Good -- Level 2</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Criella -- Tiefling, Rogue, Alignment: Chaotic Neutral -- Level 2</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Andry Thorngage -- Lightfoot Halfling, Druid, Alignment: Lawful Good -- Level 2</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Kaya -- Uthgardian Barbian: Elk Tribe, Ranger, Alignment: Chaotic Good -- Level 2</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Kung Lao -- Human, Fighter, Alignment: Lawful Good -- Level 1</li> </ul><p></p><p>Left the Group</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Thokk -- Half Orc, Fighter, Alignment: Chaotic Neutral -- Level 3</li> </ul><p></p><p><u>2nd Day of Kythorn, Cont.</u></p><p>Eventually, Thoradin got bored of waiting and splashed water on the prisoner’s face until he woke up. This eventually worked, but the prisoner was mostly incoherent and upset that he was being splashed with water instead of wine. Saying his name was Melshas, he claimed to be forced into the cult through blackmail. He wanted out, and trying to earn the group’s trust, told them that there were three leaders: Resmir, Frulin, and Cyanwrath (who the kobolds seem to be in love with). Melshas also claimed that there was a rearguard checking for followers. Although they didn’t trust him, the adventurers decided to bring Melshas along -- although Thoradin insisted that his hands remained bound behind his back, along with having a rope lead. (Kung Lao thought the rope should be tied around the prisoner’s neck, but Thoradin grudgingly conceded that would be going too far.)</p><p></p><p>Before heading out, Kaya dug a small pit behind a large boulder (the very one the weapons had been leaning on) and buried the raiders’ four scimitars. They also hid the bodies in the grass after deciding that it would take far too long to dig graves with their swords and battleaxes. Then Melshas led them around the ambush and to the edge of the raiders’ camp. Along the way, they saw a flock of vultures feasting on another dead raider, but that was all the excitement they had. When they safely reached the camp, Criella snuck closer to get a sense of where everything was. After she reported back, Thoradin took Melshas aside, talked to him quietly for a bit, and then slit his throat (keeping Melshas’s pocket change for himself). The adventurer’s were conflicted on whether or not they should have killed their prisoner, but they all agreed that they couldn’t take the chance of leaving him unbound and that they would probably be captured immediately if they attempted to bring him into camp as their prisoner.</p><p></p><p>Around 8:00 in the evening, the adventurers snuck into the raider’s camp and pretended to be part of the cult. They were so successful that they all got conscripted into chore duty:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Thoradin & Andry helped prepare a late meal in the cook tent. (Since the raiders had been trickling in all day, they were well behind schedule and hungry raiders are dangerous raiders.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Kung Lao was ordered to weapons drill. While there, he got challenged to a duel to the death by a one-armed man. Kung Lao was disarmed almost immediately, but got saved at the last minute by a sergeant hauling off his challenger -- apparently he had killed off too many of the other raiders and his superiors had had enough.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Criella and Kaya had to help tend the animals.</li> </ul><p>After everyone was finished with their chores and they had eaten, they successfully snuck off to an uninhabited cave to sleep.</p><p></p><p><u>3rd day of Kythorn</u></p><p>After an uneventful night, the adventurers decided to roam around the camp, eavesdrop, and possibly find a way to get to the leaders in the big tent. Thoradin and Kaya decided to watch a card game before splitting up. Unfortunately for Thoradin, he got hauled off for guard duty in the northern tower. The rest of the group continued spying on various dice games and whatnot. (More people seemed to be relaxing than actually working.) During this time, Criella and Kaya learned that the monk Leossin was with the prisoners, but they did not learn where the prisoners were actually being held. All they knew was that there weren’t very many, which is why they kept getting dragged off for chores. Criella eventually got hauled off for guard duty as well (this time in the southern tower -- the kobolds were not to be trusted). Shortly thereafter, Kaya got shanghaied. This time it was her turn to help prepare a luncheon for the hungry raiders.</p><p></p><p>During all of this, Kung Lao somehow managed to avoid any chores at all and he continued to eavesdrop. When the meal bell rang, he met up with Criella -- who was shirking guard duty. The two kobolds she was supposed to be on guard duty with had attacked her, and she had run away in fear. If caught, she planned to lie and say she had been sent off. Since the kobolds were clearly not trusted allies, she felt that there was a reasonable chance that her tale would be believed. Fortunately, this theory was not put to the test, because after Kaya was finished cooking, she came over and sent Criella to the cook tent to help prepare the evening meal.</p><p></p><p>Kaya was then sent to the kobold tower since Criella was no longer there. She too was attacked by the kobolds, but instead of running away, she killed them where they stood. She then quickly abandoned her post, hoping that everybody would assume that the kobolds killed each other. Figuring she had pressed her luck enough for one day, she headed to the cave, where she was soon joined by Andry and Kung Lao who had reached the same conclusion. Eventually, Thoradin furtively snuck in as well.</p><p></p><p>His guard duty had gone no better than Criella’s or Kaya’s. Fortunately, in a heroic battle, he had managed to kill his two human attackers, even though he had to use his Lay on Hands and Cure Wounds (twice!) in order to do so. Also, unlike the southern tower, the northern tower was away from the camp and he had been able to hide both of their bodies. Then he stayed put until the next watch took over. When questioned about the missing guardsmen, he played dumb, saying that nobody had been there when he got there. He was convincing enough that his replacements decided they must have abandoned their posts. (Actually, it wasn’t hard to convince them. These raiders didn’t seem very organized.)</p><p></p><p>Criella was the last one to return to the cave. After discussing their many close calls, they decided to sneak out in the middle of the night and head back to Greenest. The adventurers have not seen any prisoners, let alone Leosin, but it seemed to them to be too dangerous to continue searching. They have at least discovered that he was in the camp and presumably still alive. They also have discovered most of the information Governor Nighthill had sent them to gather. Before leaving though, they a long rest was greatly needed in order to heal and regain spell slots.</p><p></p><p><em>DM's Note: Since I know that my players are still learning how to take effective notes, I made use of Criella's backstory of being a con artist. Her history makes her know how important it is to convince marks to pay up, so she "took copious notes" (that I conveniently handed to her) to pull out if Governor Nighthill proves to be leery of paying them the full amount.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Also, if they end up not discovering the prisoners from Greenest and rescuing them, there will be a bit of fallout back in town -- especially since one of them is a 6 year-old boy. I figure they need to have some incentives to start asking more questions.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Green Hermit, post: 7910326, member: 6999735"] Adventuring Group [LIST] [*]Thoradin Ironfist -- Shield Dwarf, Paladin, Alignment: Lawful Good -- Level 2 [*]Criella -- Tiefling, Rogue, Alignment: Chaotic Neutral -- Level 2 [*]Andry Thorngage -- Lightfoot Halfling, Druid, Alignment: Lawful Good -- Level 2 [*]Kaya -- Uthgardian Barbian: Elk Tribe, Ranger, Alignment: Chaotic Good -- Level 2 [*]Kung Lao -- Human, Fighter, Alignment: Lawful Good -- Level 1 [/LIST] Left the Group [LIST] [*]Thokk -- Half Orc, Fighter, Alignment: Chaotic Neutral -- Level 3 [/LIST] [U]2nd Day of Kythorn, Cont.[/U] Eventually, Thoradin got bored of waiting and splashed water on the prisoner’s face until he woke up. This eventually worked, but the prisoner was mostly incoherent and upset that he was being splashed with water instead of wine. Saying his name was Melshas, he claimed to be forced into the cult through blackmail. He wanted out, and trying to earn the group’s trust, told them that there were three leaders: Resmir, Frulin, and Cyanwrath (who the kobolds seem to be in love with). Melshas also claimed that there was a rearguard checking for followers. Although they didn’t trust him, the adventurers decided to bring Melshas along -- although Thoradin insisted that his hands remained bound behind his back, along with having a rope lead. (Kung Lao thought the rope should be tied around the prisoner’s neck, but Thoradin grudgingly conceded that would be going too far.) Before heading out, Kaya dug a small pit behind a large boulder (the very one the weapons had been leaning on) and buried the raiders’ four scimitars. They also hid the bodies in the grass after deciding that it would take far too long to dig graves with their swords and battleaxes. Then Melshas led them around the ambush and to the edge of the raiders’ camp. Along the way, they saw a flock of vultures feasting on another dead raider, but that was all the excitement they had. When they safely reached the camp, Criella snuck closer to get a sense of where everything was. After she reported back, Thoradin took Melshas aside, talked to him quietly for a bit, and then slit his throat (keeping Melshas’s pocket change for himself). The adventurer’s were conflicted on whether or not they should have killed their prisoner, but they all agreed that they couldn’t take the chance of leaving him unbound and that they would probably be captured immediately if they attempted to bring him into camp as their prisoner. Around 8:00 in the evening, the adventurers snuck into the raider’s camp and pretended to be part of the cult. They were so successful that they all got conscripted into chore duty: [LIST] [*]Thoradin & Andry helped prepare a late meal in the cook tent. (Since the raiders had been trickling in all day, they were well behind schedule and hungry raiders are dangerous raiders.) [*]Kung Lao was ordered to weapons drill. While there, he got challenged to a duel to the death by a one-armed man. Kung Lao was disarmed almost immediately, but got saved at the last minute by a sergeant hauling off his challenger -- apparently he had killed off too many of the other raiders and his superiors had had enough. [*]Criella and Kaya had to help tend the animals. [/LIST] After everyone was finished with their chores and they had eaten, they successfully snuck off to an uninhabited cave to sleep. [U]3rd day of Kythorn[/U] After an uneventful night, the adventurers decided to roam around the camp, eavesdrop, and possibly find a way to get to the leaders in the big tent. Thoradin and Kaya decided to watch a card game before splitting up. Unfortunately for Thoradin, he got hauled off for guard duty in the northern tower. The rest of the group continued spying on various dice games and whatnot. (More people seemed to be relaxing than actually working.) During this time, Criella and Kaya learned that the monk Leossin was with the prisoners, but they did not learn where the prisoners were actually being held. All they knew was that there weren’t very many, which is why they kept getting dragged off for chores. Criella eventually got hauled off for guard duty as well (this time in the southern tower -- the kobolds were not to be trusted). Shortly thereafter, Kaya got shanghaied. This time it was her turn to help prepare a luncheon for the hungry raiders. During all of this, Kung Lao somehow managed to avoid any chores at all and he continued to eavesdrop. When the meal bell rang, he met up with Criella -- who was shirking guard duty. The two kobolds she was supposed to be on guard duty with had attacked her, and she had run away in fear. If caught, she planned to lie and say she had been sent off. Since the kobolds were clearly not trusted allies, she felt that there was a reasonable chance that her tale would be believed. Fortunately, this theory was not put to the test, because after Kaya was finished cooking, she came over and sent Criella to the cook tent to help prepare the evening meal. Kaya was then sent to the kobold tower since Criella was no longer there. She too was attacked by the kobolds, but instead of running away, she killed them where they stood. She then quickly abandoned her post, hoping that everybody would assume that the kobolds killed each other. Figuring she had pressed her luck enough for one day, she headed to the cave, where she was soon joined by Andry and Kung Lao who had reached the same conclusion. Eventually, Thoradin furtively snuck in as well. His guard duty had gone no better than Criella’s or Kaya’s. Fortunately, in a heroic battle, he had managed to kill his two human attackers, even though he had to use his Lay on Hands and Cure Wounds (twice!) in order to do so. Also, unlike the southern tower, the northern tower was away from the camp and he had been able to hide both of their bodies. Then he stayed put until the next watch took over. When questioned about the missing guardsmen, he played dumb, saying that nobody had been there when he got there. He was convincing enough that his replacements decided they must have abandoned their posts. (Actually, it wasn’t hard to convince them. These raiders didn’t seem very organized.) Criella was the last one to return to the cave. After discussing their many close calls, they decided to sneak out in the middle of the night and head back to Greenest. The adventurers have not seen any prisoners, let alone Leosin, but it seemed to them to be too dangerous to continue searching. They have at least discovered that he was in the camp and presumably still alive. They also have discovered most of the information Governor Nighthill had sent them to gather. Before leaving though, they a long rest was greatly needed in order to heal and regain spell slots. [I]DM's Note: Since I know that my players are still learning how to take effective notes, I made use of Criella's backstory of being a con artist. Her history makes her know how important it is to convince marks to pay up, so she "took copious notes" (that I conveniently handed to her) to pull out if Governor Nighthill proves to be leery of paying them the full amount. Also, if they end up not discovering the prisoners from Greenest and rescuing them, there will be a bit of fallout back in town -- especially since one of them is a 6 year-old boy. I figure they need to have some incentives to start asking more questions.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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