commit 8acde65604364fc89087911c4a4daf9e032f0aff
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Author: pyratebeard <root@pyratebeard.net>
Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 23:06:15 +0100
session 4
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diff --git a/d_and_d/dragon_heist.md b/d_and_d/dragon_heist.md
@@ -120,6 +120,83 @@ dm - conor
- raiann and donaar appear in a pub and get free drinks from ronar
- rubick lands in a garbage pile
+#### session 4
+- unicorn picked up by benfactor
+- about a week has passed since session 3
+- pair of halflings arrive at the tavern (potentially siblings)
+ - kelso and dannicka
+ - looking for a job
+ - previously worked at red larch
+ - bryn hilltopple is a good cook
+- heading to the opera in sea ward to meet mert
+ - formal clothing required (need to shop for some)
+ - donaar and rubick go to two shops (gowns, and formal wear)
+- private box c in the opera house
+ - mert tells us there is a cart pulled by talking horse named maxine, find her to see if there are any zenterim operatives in the town
+- the next day go to southern ward to meet the talking cat raiann met
+ - groundskeeper tells us to go and stop a menacing scarecrow from killing livestock
+- head out of the south gate and up the southcliff way
+- see a scarecrow in the corn fields
+- guldur and donaar head to a house after guldur hears some clattering
+ - donaar kicks the door in
+ - noise sounds like it's coming from under the stairs
+ - guldur casts yellow dancing lights
+ - scratching behind a door
+ - donaar kicks down another door
+ - they find an injured crow
+ - donaar then sees a tall figure in the darkness behind guldur
+ - donaar and guldur hear a thunderous boom from the field
+ - they both run up to the figure in the dark and attack
+ - in the figures straw head there is a light
+ - guldur casts chromatic orb (fire) but scarecrow isn't affected
+ - wild magic causes guldur to turn into a potted plant
+ - donaar has no idea where guldur has gone, he goes into rage
+ - donaar hits it with his maul but only feels the snapping of twigs, not the same feeling of hitting a real creature
+ - scarecrow claw attacks donaar and causes damage
+ - guldur is no longer a potted plant
+ - guldur casts chromatic orb (fire)
+ - the scarecrow explodes into flames and tries to embrace guldur (like a lover) but disintegrates
+ - donaar remembers the thunder noise so sprints out of the house to find the others
+ - guldur chases after donaar
+ - donaar is no longer raging, he sprints and smashes the rotten pumpkin scarecrow with his maul, causing it to completely cave in. this releases rubick from the fright
+- raiann, nix, and rubick head for the scarecrow
+ - trying not to get lost in the corn
+ - rubick figures out we're walking in a circle
+ - we stop and get our bearing
+ - nix hears a shuffle of feet in the corn briefly then it stops
+ - nix casts thunderwave to clear the area of corn and alert the others in the house
+ - something grabs raiann
+ - rubick casts sacred flame
+ - the figure lets go of raiann (it's another scarecrow)
+ - raiann attacks with whip
+ - the scarecrow looks straight at raiann and causes fright and paralysed
+ - it starts to move closer to raiann and brushes her face
+ - nix hits it with witch bolt
+ - nix notices the pole where we saw the other scarecrow is empty (uh oh!)
+ - something ploughs into rubick, it's the other scarecrow with a rotten pumpkin head
+ - rubick uses guiding bolt and destroys the pumpkin scarecrow's face
+ - the scarecrow holding raiann rips against her abdomen
+ - nix continues to cast witch bolt, the hood is starting to smoke and char
+ - second scarecrow slashes at rubick
+ - rubick fails a wisdom save so is paralysed and frightened
+ - first scarecrow attacks raiann again but does no damage
+ - nix continues with witch bolt, the scarecrow explodes into flames and falls into a heap, this releases raiann from the fright
+- after the fight we search the 'corpses'
+- donaar takes some of the straw to show the groundskeeper
+- we head to the house to investigate
+- the crow is dead
+- the house is completely empty, no belongings at all
+- the party heads back to the groundskeeper
+- donaar presents him with the straw from the dead scarecrow
+- it's "just straw"
+- from nix's studies he knows the scarecrow is an animated evil creature
+- groundskeeper is very pleased with our work, offers to 'repay the debts' in the coming weeks
+- we all head back to trollskull
+- the tavern is clean and tidy, there is no sign of the halflings but they may just be asleep
+- as we start pouring drinks and standing around the table nobody notices the seat next to guldur pulls itself out on it's own for guldur to sit down
+- donaar rolls '23' for the week of business in the tavern
+ - we pay the full 60 and make 0
+
## character notes
[character_sheet](character_sheet-nixolaus)
@@ -142,6 +219,13 @@ dm - conor
- witch bolt (1)
- thunderwave (1)
+##### the tavern
+costs 60 gold every week in expenses
+ - 50 for maintenance, wages
+ - 10 for guild
+every week we roll 1d100 + 10 - that's the base roll for the week of business
+we can spend coin to promote business
+
## treasury
| amount | from | reason |
|------------------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
@@ -162,9 +246,11 @@ dm - conor
| moon touched elvish scimitar (raiann) | floating platform | |
#### spent
-| amount | to | reason |
-| --- | --- | --- |
-| 50 gold | potion keeper | potion of healing |
+| amount | to | reason |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| 50 gold | potion keeper | potion of healing |
+| 100 gold | formal wear shop | opera |
+| 400 gold | gowns shop | opera |
[spell list]: http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/spells:wizard
