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<blockquote data-quote="The Green Hermit" data-source="post: 8028761" data-attributes="member: 6999735"><p><strong>Adventuring Group</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Thoradin Ironfist -- Shield Dwarf, Paladin, Alignment: Lawful Good -- Level 4</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Kaya -- Uthgardian Barbian: Elk Tribe, Ranger, Alignment: Chaotic Good -- Level 4</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Thokk -- Half Orc, Fighter, Alignment: Chaotic Neutral -- Level 3</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Thia “Goldpetal” Xiloscient -- Drow, Monk -- Level 3</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Del “Diamonddew” Holimion -- Drow, Warlock -- Level 3</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Darrak Fireforge -- Shield Dwarf, Fighter -- Level 3</li> </ul><p></p><p><u>25th Day of Kythorn</u></p><p>As the adventurers prepared to begin their six day trip toward Elturel and Leosin, they were met by Governor Nighthill. Wishing them well, he wanted to see them off on their journey. He also mentioned a tournament that was going to be held in Scornubel about the time they were passing through. Some knight was getting married and was throwing a giant party. Ears definitely perked up when he mentioned that many of the prizes were magical in nature.</p><p></p><p>Much to Thoradin’s disgust, Moira also saw them off, proclaiming her undying love and begging him to come back to her. As Thia and Del were snickering, Thoradin swiftly rode off with the rest of the party swiftly following -- leaving Moira sobbing broken-heartedly behind.</p><p></p><p>The road was kind to them that day. However, the innkeepers were not. Upon seeing Thia and Del, they quickly shuffled them off to a small room and were heavily advised to eat dinner in their room. Much to their surprise, Thokk was also there. Apparently, this was the room for all the undesirables.</p><p></p><p><u>26th Day of Kythorn</u></p><p>As everybody met up in the morning at the stables, Thokk decided to join up with them again. He had nothing better to do and the lure of magical prizes at the tournament peaked his interest. Besides, it was probably wise to move further away from the area with his “found” horse.</p><p></p><p>This day also passed uneventfully. As they entered Berdusk, however, they were met by Shaena Greenbottle. Leosin had asked her to meet them and put them up at her inn, The Running Stag. She did that cheerfully enough, but not everybody in the party got off easily. She thoroughly interrogated Thia, Thoradin, and Thokk when they didn’t answer her questions easily enough. Thia and Thokk survived unscathed, but Thoradin was warned that if he was going to be running errands for Leosin he needed to stop acting suspiciously. There may have been some smirking from his comrades at that one.</p><p></p><p><u>27th Day of Kythorn</u></p><p>So far the trail had been boring and monotonous -- just how most of the party liked it. However, on the way out of Berdusk they ran into a human blockade. As they rounded a bend in the road, a group of men with mismatched clothes aimed their crossbows at the adventurers, demanding that the group pay 10 gold and pass, or fight and die. Thia, who was at the front, was thinking of a way to go past without paying when Thoradin, impatient at the delay, came over, and asked whether it was 12 each, or 12 total. (He had horrible bargaining skills.) The bandits were more than happy to change it to 12 each. Kaya refused to pay more than one gold, Thia was willing to pay 5, and Thokk would pay one so he wouldn’t have to wipe the blood off his weapons. Del, Darrak, and Thoradin were stubborn, and refused to pay any. Thokk, impatient, went up to the raiders and paid them one gold for only him to pass. Kaya did the same. After they threatened to ditch the others, Thia also paid. The remaining three were still stubbornly holding out, but Del also didn’t want to be left behind, so she reluctantly paid her piece. Thoradin and Darrak were bitter about giving up their gold, so they decided to place theirs on the ground, making the bandits go fetch them.</p><p></p><p>Later that night, the group camped outside a small roadside inn, mostly because they didn’t want to pay for lodging, but also because the drow and Thokk weren’t sure of their reception. As they were eating dinner and setting up the watch rotation, a small halfling called Simon Sack-of-Potatoes came up to their fire, and gave them a note he had picked up by the trash bin. It discussed how someone named Felix was going to die in the melee at the end of the tournament and was signed, “K”. Thoradin and Darrak also quickly noted that the script was blocky, as if the writer was used to writing in dwarvish runes. Simon definitely did not want this unknown Felix to die, but he was also well aware that he did not have the skills needed to fight in the melee. When he saw this heavily armed group, he decided to dump the problem in their laps. The group agreed to take the halfling along to Scornubel with them and save the unknown Felix. In return, he promised to give them his prize in a pie contest as a reward for saving whoever Felix is -- assuming he won, but he assured them that he usually won.</p><p></p><p><em>DM's Note: This session was pretty choppy. After taking two months off to move, everybody took a while to sink back into their characters, plus we had to reintegrate Thokk into the group. It also ended abruptly, because my husband started falling asleep. (He is truly talented at this and has been known to fall asleep while singing or playing the drums in Rock Band -- very amusing and irritating at the same time for everybody else in the family.)</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Green Hermit, post: 8028761, member: 6999735"] [B]Adventuring Group[/B] [LIST] [*]Thoradin Ironfist -- Shield Dwarf, Paladin, Alignment: Lawful Good -- Level 4 [*]Kaya -- Uthgardian Barbian: Elk Tribe, Ranger, Alignment: Chaotic Good -- Level 4 [*]Thokk -- Half Orc, Fighter, Alignment: Chaotic Neutral -- Level 3 [*]Thia “Goldpetal” Xiloscient -- Drow, Monk -- Level 3 [*]Del “Diamonddew” Holimion -- Drow, Warlock -- Level 3 [*]Darrak Fireforge -- Shield Dwarf, Fighter -- Level 3 [/LIST] [U]25th Day of Kythorn[/U] As the adventurers prepared to begin their six day trip toward Elturel and Leosin, they were met by Governor Nighthill. Wishing them well, he wanted to see them off on their journey. He also mentioned a tournament that was going to be held in Scornubel about the time they were passing through. Some knight was getting married and was throwing a giant party. Ears definitely perked up when he mentioned that many of the prizes were magical in nature. Much to Thoradin’s disgust, Moira also saw them off, proclaiming her undying love and begging him to come back to her. As Thia and Del were snickering, Thoradin swiftly rode off with the rest of the party swiftly following -- leaving Moira sobbing broken-heartedly behind. The road was kind to them that day. However, the innkeepers were not. Upon seeing Thia and Del, they quickly shuffled them off to a small room and were heavily advised to eat dinner in their room. Much to their surprise, Thokk was also there. Apparently, this was the room for all the undesirables. [U]26th Day of Kythorn[/U] As everybody met up in the morning at the stables, Thokk decided to join up with them again. He had nothing better to do and the lure of magical prizes at the tournament peaked his interest. Besides, it was probably wise to move further away from the area with his “found” horse. This day also passed uneventfully. As they entered Berdusk, however, they were met by Shaena Greenbottle. Leosin had asked her to meet them and put them up at her inn, The Running Stag. She did that cheerfully enough, but not everybody in the party got off easily. She thoroughly interrogated Thia, Thoradin, and Thokk when they didn’t answer her questions easily enough. Thia and Thokk survived unscathed, but Thoradin was warned that if he was going to be running errands for Leosin he needed to stop acting suspiciously. There may have been some smirking from his comrades at that one. [U]27th Day of Kythorn[/U] So far the trail had been boring and monotonous -- just how most of the party liked it. However, on the way out of Berdusk they ran into a human blockade. As they rounded a bend in the road, a group of men with mismatched clothes aimed their crossbows at the adventurers, demanding that the group pay 10 gold and pass, or fight and die. Thia, who was at the front, was thinking of a way to go past without paying when Thoradin, impatient at the delay, came over, and asked whether it was 12 each, or 12 total. (He had horrible bargaining skills.) The bandits were more than happy to change it to 12 each. Kaya refused to pay more than one gold, Thia was willing to pay 5, and Thokk would pay one so he wouldn’t have to wipe the blood off his weapons. Del, Darrak, and Thoradin were stubborn, and refused to pay any. Thokk, impatient, went up to the raiders and paid them one gold for only him to pass. Kaya did the same. After they threatened to ditch the others, Thia also paid. The remaining three were still stubbornly holding out, but Del also didn’t want to be left behind, so she reluctantly paid her piece. Thoradin and Darrak were bitter about giving up their gold, so they decided to place theirs on the ground, making the bandits go fetch them. Later that night, the group camped outside a small roadside inn, mostly because they didn’t want to pay for lodging, but also because the drow and Thokk weren’t sure of their reception. As they were eating dinner and setting up the watch rotation, a small halfling called Simon Sack-of-Potatoes came up to their fire, and gave them a note he had picked up by the trash bin. It discussed how someone named Felix was going to die in the melee at the end of the tournament and was signed, “K”. Thoradin and Darrak also quickly noted that the script was blocky, as if the writer was used to writing in dwarvish runes. Simon definitely did not want this unknown Felix to die, but he was also well aware that he did not have the skills needed to fight in the melee. When he saw this heavily armed group, he decided to dump the problem in their laps. The group agreed to take the halfling along to Scornubel with them and save the unknown Felix. In return, he promised to give them his prize in a pie contest as a reward for saving whoever Felix is -- assuming he won, but he assured them that he usually won. [I]DM's Note: This session was pretty choppy. After taking two months off to move, everybody took a while to sink back into their characters, plus we had to reintegrate Thokk into the group. It also ended abruptly, because my husband started falling asleep. (He is truly talented at this and has been known to fall asleep while singing or playing the drums in Rock Band -- very amusing and irritating at the same time for everybody else in the family.)[/I] [/QUOTE]
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