Kythorn 10
Kythorn 10, 1370:
High = 70, Low = 50
No precipitation
Wind gusting to 6 mph from the prevailing direction.
Cloudy.
The next morning, the party gets their chance to pay for Detect
Magic and Detect Lie and is eager to be questioned about their
side of the story. Oddly, the local constabulary seems less
interested than they did the night before. Eventually the party
is released and Safoin and Throlmo, who were less talkative around
the Detect Lie spell are not (although fines/bribes seem a more
likely outcome than jail for them). While collecting their things
and heading out, the party picks up enough snatches of information
to suggest that the Sea Vault leadership left in the early morning
hours, taking their promise of large bribes for the Coronet with
them.
Session ends with:
* Dexter off in the wilderness alone.
* Steve and Ag with Omagni's caravan, heading towards a possible
rendevous with the Sea Vault.
* Henkles, Darius, Denyae, Maanamere, and Tristan standing outside
of the courthouse in Fireshear with rumbling bellies.
* Mrap-M'rap hopefully about to rejoin the caravan.
* Staric lost at sea
* Brogan and Ursula (remember Ursula? This is a song about - no
never mind that) on DRG.
Start of 2018-12-29 Game
Dexter flew through the night to where the trail meets the road
from Hundlestone to Luskan and then found a copse of trees to hide
in about .7 miles to the North. He dug a shallow pit and curled
up in it under his cloak after setting a Wyvern Watch. He spent
the day sleeping and hanging out. His only encounter was with a
curious deer just after dusk in the evening.
At the Caravan, Mrap-M'rap came flying in as people were breaking
camp acting agitated and got Steve and Ag's attention. Then he
proceeded to scratch a picture in the dirt. Steve and Ag were
agreed that there was a spider, probably giant, in the picture
with a possible rider - or a drider. At any rate, they wrote out
a warning about a possible giant spider aon the trail between the
caravan and Fireshear and Steve summoned a gargoyle to find the
rest of the party and let them know.
In Fireshear, the party bought breakfast and then riding horses
and rode out of town again. They got about a mile out of town
before they met the gargoyle and read the note. Maanamere checked
the trail and discovered that there did seem to be giant spider
tracks on top of the tracks from the guards who brought the party
back to Fireshear.
Steve relayed this to Ag and Mrap-M'rap, but Mrap-M'rap couldn't
believe that the gargoyle had failed to spot the spider in broad
daylight and flew off to look for himself.
The caravan arrives in a small fishing village and spends an hour
or two trading with the locals.
On the trail, Darius's horse gets spooked by giant centipedes, but
no one is hurt and they ride around the centipedes and continue.
A while later they meet up with Mrap-M'rap and find a place where
the spider trail goes off the path a bit just before where the
caravan camped for the night. They follow the spider trail but it
stops abruptly. There are three boot prints where it stopped.
Mrap-M'rap explains to Darius that the spider was ridden by a
skinny dwarf with a pistol crossbow and a warhammer.
The party continued and the caravan did likewise. Eventually the
horses caught up to the mules a few miles west of the Iceflow
river. Scouting ahead confirmed that the Sea Vault was anchored
in the mouth of the river and there were about 20 dwarven marines
with the ferryman.
The party decided to head upstream and see if the Sea Vault had
sent a boat to guard further up so they could steal it. About
that time, the marines started heading towards the party, even
though they were fully out of sight. When the party started
moving, the marines turned to keep heading towards them.
The party had about the same movement rate as the marines, so they
were able to stay ahead of them. Omagni cast Wyvern Watch behind
them, which paralied the lead dwarf. A Dispel Magic attempt was
made by a dwarven cleric wearing a silver circlet with a few of
the gems missing, but it failed. Another dwarf was apparently
left behind to watch the paralyed one. In the mean time Henkles
tried shooting at the dwarves, but missed.
A while later the party found an area with a lot of large
boulders, so they set up an ambush there. When the dwarves got to
the boulders, two Rockbursts were the signal to start the
festivities and much fighting ensued. In the end, many party
members took damage, with Maanamere taking the most, and most of
the dwarves were killed. The dwarf cleric with the circlet
(nicknamed "Weeble") escaped, as did the two who stayed behind.
One dwarf Harigni "Stoner" of the Sea Vault was felled by a
Weighty Chest spell from Brogan and was captured despite trying to
crawl away invisibly. Doc (Leftenant Tuverrir, Granddaughter of
Murmain Nehrdudithun) was found to be unconscious at 0 HP and was
also captured.
21,845xp to Ag, Brogan, Darius, Denyae, Henkles, Maanamere, Omagni,
Steve, and Tristan for the Battle of Iceflow Ford
A boat was seen to be leaving the Sea Vault and heading upstream
towards the paty's location. Nevertheless, they stayed to loot
the fallen:
The Dead:
"Modwarf" Moderf of The Sea Vault - df
Studded Leather, +1, +2 in daylight
Long sword
Hand crossbow
Dirk
Net
Club
Scroll (C) 3) Abbathor's Greed
4gp 12ep 17sp
Sargent "Max" Thrarardoin, Great-Granddaughter of Tudesgno Starask - df
Brigandine
Battle axe
Heavy crossbow
Net
Dirk
Javelin +2
1 500gp Euclase, 18 10gp Goldlines, 7ep
Sargent "Wabbit" Turdir, Great-Grandson of Ovoin Reldekis - dm
+2 Brigandine
Battle axe
Heavy crossbow
Dirk
1 500gp letters of credit, 4 100gp Angel's Skins, 9 10gp Wonderstones, 4 Toals
"Cover" Duarrdin, Granddaughter of Dofin Dhephorakos - df
Brigandine
Sling w/bullets, +2
Battle axe
Heavy crossbow
Net
Dirk
potion
2 100gp Jargoons, 7 Toals, 33sp
Orur of the Sea Vault - dm
Brigandine
Broad sword, +1
Battle axe
Heavy crossbow
2 potions
1 50gp Witherite, 5pp
Halmain, Nephew of Durdain Raardothrakker - dm
Brigandine
Battle axe, +1
Heavy crossbow
Dirk
1 50gp Hypersthene, 7 Toals, 17sp, 8cp
Sargent "Grumpy" Turmir, Grand-Nephew of Fordir Aldeskker - dm
+1 Brigandine
Long sword, +1
Battle axe
Heavy crossbow
Dirk
Scroll of Protection - Breath Weapons, Non-dragon
Magic Ring
4 100gp Jargoons, 5 10gp Chrysocollas
"Bashful" Thirdir, Great-Grandson of Tumn Arkadrin - dm
+1 Brigandine
Battle axe
Heavy crossbow
Net
Dirk
Magic Ring
3 Crossbow Bolts +2
3 100gp Ulvaens, 4 10gp Varscites
Leftenant "Hover" Dursu, Nephew of Thormi Eremarask - dm
+2 Brigandine
Warhammer, +2
Club, +1
Battle axe
Heavy crossbow
Dirk
Scroll of Protection - Demons
4 Crossbow Bolts +2
potion
Magic Ring
1 1000gp letters of credit, 10 10gp Corstals, 20sp
Sargent "Merl" Muri of the Sea Vault - dm
Brigandine
Battle axe, +1
Heavy crossbow
Net
Dirk
4 potions
Magic Ring
1 1000gp Moonbar, 6 100gp Angel's Skins, 7gp
Sargent "Gundrin" Tursar, Nephew of Turur Rativerach - dm
Brigandine
Composite short bow, +1
Bastard sword, +1
Spear, +1
Battle axe
2 potions
Magic Ring
1 500gp Sphene, 4 100gp Jades
Satignin, Niece of Duverri Markker - df
Brigandine
Footman's flail, +1
Battle axe
Heavy crossbow
Net
Dirk
2 potions
1 100gp Laeral's Tear, 8 Toals, 39sp
"Hopeless" Hophorir of the Sea Vault - df
Brigandine
Morning star, +1
Battle axe
Heavy crossbow
Net
Dirk
2 potions
1 50gp Clelophane, 7pp, 4gp, 6sp
"Daffy" Dofar, Son of Thordi Valdaticap - dm
Brigandine
Battle axe
Heavy crossbow
Net
Dirk
Scroll of Protection - Gas
Scroll of Protection - Poison
1 100gp Tourmaline, 4 10gp Turquoises, 7gp
Staff Sargent "Sarcasm" Dodirsin of the Sea Vault - df
+3 Brigandine
Broad sword, +2
Heavy crossbow
Net
Dirk
3 Crossbow Bolts +2
4 100gp Brandeens, 6pp, 5ep
The Captured:
"Stoner" Harigni of the Sea Vault - df, captured with Weighty Chest
+1 Brigandine
Battle axe
Heavy crossbow
Net
Dirk
Scroll of Protection - Lycanthropes
2 Magic Rings
1 50gp Dioptase, 4 10gp Tiger Eye Agates, 4gp, 5sp
Leftenant "Doc" Tuverrir, Granddaughter of Murmain Nehrdudithun - df, brought to 0 HP
+3 Brigandine
Club, +2
Battle axe
Heavy crossbow
Net
Dirk
Scroll of Protection - Lycanthropes
3 Crossbow Bolts +2
potion
1 1000gp Ravenar, 15 10gp Oolites
Start of 2019-05-04 Game
Present at start: Darius, Mrap-M'rap, Henkles, Steve
The party used a spyglass to watch a small boat from the Sea Vault
- the Brandeen (10 rowers, 4 armored others) - approach the
fleeing dwarves on the shore. The party moved further from shore
and up river while the dwarves had a brief powow on shore and then
all returned to the Sea Vault.
A while later, the party spotted a second boat from the Sea Vault
- the Amethyst - patrolling further up river. Around that time
they also saw the Brandeen returning from the Sea Vault. The
gargoyle and Mrap-M'rap head out to try dropping rocks on the
boats, but are set apon by 8 eagles.
Omagni & Denyae come off DRG.
They retreat while the eagles try to swarm them and Henkles
provides some covering fire. Henkles loses two +2 crossbow bolts
and Mrap-M'rap sustains heavy damage but makes it back to the
party. 7 eagles are slain or consumed by carnivorous river squid.
Darius cures some of the damage to Mrap-M'rap.
1225xp to Darius, Denyae, Henkles, Omagni and Steve for feeding the squid
Henkles demonstrates his impressive range with a few pot-shots at
the crews of the Amthyst and Brandeen. They move off to near the
opposite shore. The party moves further from the river and
further inland (about .4 miles).
The two boats were eventually joined by a third further upriver -
Laeral's Tears. The gargoyle drops a rock through the hull of
Laeral's Tears but the crew compensates. After some apparent
discussion, all three boats discharged passengers - 13 of them on
the near shore. Those 13 dwarves started marching resolutely
towards the party.
Omagni sends the rest of the caravan on ahead and stays behind
with Ameewle Ordermarrethfeet, a female halfling with some minor
thief abilities, Althun Trollstature a male human fighter from
Calimsham, and Amnge RedShade a female human fighter from
Silverymoon.
Tristan comes off DRG and is handed the spyglass to learn what he
can about the approaching dwarves while the gargoyle adds a second
hole to Laeral's Tears and Henkles shoots the first dwarf for 8hp
and AFAL assigns nicknames to the dwarves for convenience:
- "Pincushion" (female): nonmagical brigandine, +3 warhammer (Cleric?)
- "Alfred" (female): FD +3 studded leather, +2 shield, nonmagic warhammer, +1 short bow (Fighter/Thief?)
- "Beeble" (male): Nonmagic full plate, shield, +3 warhammer (Cleric?)
- "Charles" (male): +1 brigandine, battle axe, heavy crossbow (Fighter?)
- "Dweezle" (male): Studded leather, shield, +1 long sword, magic knife? (Fighter/Thief?)
- "Ernest" (female): +1 full plate, +1 shield, +2 footman’s flail, magical warhammer, Crossbow of Speed (Fighter/Cleric?)
- "Floyd" (male): Brigandine, +1 battleaxe, +1 short sword, +1 warhammer, (Fighter?)
- "George" (male): +1 brigandine, +1 heavy crossbow, nonmagic melee weapons (Fighter?)
- "Min" (male): +2 Brigandine, +1 scimitar (Fighter?)
- "Henry" (male): Field plate ,shield, +1 belaying pin (Cleric?)
- "Ivana" (female): Field plate, shield, +4/+5 vs orcs warhammer. (Cleric?)
- "Jhormi" (male): +1 brigandine, +1 footman’s pick (Fighter?)
- "Tuf" (male): +2 brigandine, magical sling, 2 +2 javelins. (Fighter?)
The party takes advantage of their greater movement rate to
maintain distance from the advancing dwarves, but they are set
upon by various summoned animals:
- 6 Skunks
- 5 Foxes
- 8 Goats
- 2 Porcupines
- 1 Wolverine
715xp to Althun, Ameewle, Amnge, Darius, Denyae, Henkles,
Omagni, Steve, and Tristan for most of the small local fauna
While that was happening, the dwarves took advantage of the
distraction and sprinted closer, getting to a distance of 540yards.
The party notices one of the dwarves turning invisible and then a
giant owl is flying at them. The gargoyle attempts to intercept
as it attempts to drop a rock on the party. The owl takes enough
damage to force it to land, but it turns into a normal owl and
flies away.
Mrap-M'rap reports an invisible dwarf (Min) flying towards the
party. Min fires on Denyae, becoming visible (and missing).
Henkles returns fire before Mrap-M'rap can report that the real
invisible guy is still invisible and flying closer to the party.
When he closes to within 180 yards, he drinks a potion and becomes
visible. (The party doesn't know why at this point, although the
players know it was Human Control, as several of them had to save
and Denyae failed.)
Start of 2019-06-15 Game
Present: Henkles, Brogan, Maanamere, Steve, Mrap, Denyae, Tristan, Omagni&Co.
Min is about 180 yards away. Min gets shot and Denyae reveals her
charmed status by shouting "Don't shoot my friend!". Tristan uses
a wand to negate all charms. Gargoyle grapples Min, which allows
people to keep shooting him even though he turns invisible.
Gargoyle takes enough damage to get unsummoned while Min takes
lots more.
At this point 6 moose with 2 dwarves mounted on each come charging
towards the party. General melee ensues. When the smoke clears
Ernest has surrendered, the moose have mostly fled (1 dead) and
the other attacking dwarves are dead.
14,520xp to Althun, Ameewle, Amnge, Brogan, Darius, Denyae, Henkles,
Maanamere, Omagni, Steve, and Tristan for the Second Battle of
Iceflow
Start of 2019-07-20 Game
Present: Maanamere, Brogan, Denyae, Omagni&Co., Steve, Mrap, Henkles, Tristan
"Ernest" (Thukarmo of the Sea Vault) was interogated and tied up.
The party learned that the leader of the Sea Vault - "Dermoan of
the Sea Vault" - had some means of tracking the party but Ernest
had no idea what.
Meanwhile, looting of the latest group of dwarves (including
Ernest) happened. The loot list is in Google Docs.
Members of the caravan were called back and some treasure was distributed:
- Omagni gets the +2 sling (1st battle) and a +3 warhammer (2nd battle)
- Ameewle gets Omagni's +2 warhammer and a +2 shield
- Ameewle's old +1 shield goes to the party
- Brogan gets the +4 warhammer, +5 vs. orcs
- Henkles gets a hand crossbow
- Steve gets the javelins
After some discussion a plan to capture the three boats is formed
and executed. Amnge kindly loans her Type C Bag of Tricks to
Darius who uses it to throw a tiger and an ostrich into the mix.
All three boats are captured and the sailors surrender. Weeble
fails to escape using poly self.
The boats are put to work ferrying the caravan across the river.
The Octel approaches from the Sea Vault but backs out of range
when signaled to surrender. Meanwhile, Mrap-M'rap reports an
invisible dwarf "tumbling" through the sky towards them. A
gargoyle is sent to intercept and it becomes clear that this is a
levitating dwarf being propelled by a Dust Devil. The dust devil
is eliminated and the dwarf then resorts to getting a river squid
to tow it across the water. Many hit points are lost on both
sides before the dwarf, Thiphof, surrenders.
The party takes her stuff:
- +2 studded leather
- +1 shield
- +1 club
- +2 short bow
- +3 warhammer
- 1 potion
- 1 scroll (C) 5) True Seeing
- Fire Resistance ring (goes to Maanamere)
- Invis Ring
- 1000gp LoC from Zhentarim
- 11 100gp varsites
- 5ep
Bandaging happens. Thiphof does not know how the party is being tracked.
Once the caravan is across, Thiphof and the sailors are released,
with each sailor getting 1gp for their troubles.
The party continues down the road and leaves Doc, Ernest and
Stoner tied up beside the road after half a mile.
Eventually, Weeble the seagull/Dermoan of the Sea Vault turns back
to dwarf form and gets looted (+1 studded, +1 shield, +3 staff
sling, +3 warhammer, Magical circlet [which he refers to as "Get
Stuffed"], potion, 1000gp LoC Bank of Calimshan, 12 x 10gp
Webstone, 5ep, 5cp). Dermoan will only explain that the Circlet
is Church Property and the party Had Better Give It Back.
The party travels another 4 miles and makes camp, Dermoan is
securely tied up, especially after using a Command spell in an
escape attempt.
Dexter spent the evening chilling out under his cloak and cast
Wyvern Watch and went to sleep at dawn the next morning.
