Location: C3's House
Date: Sat Mar 16 2024
Audio: dnd.012.mp3
Borin Ironheart, Fighter 1 (David S)
Johnny, Halfling 1 (Jonathan)
Khidell Krisra, Lawful Cleric 2 (David W)
Kit, Lawful Magic-user 1 (Christopher Jr)
Megolas, Neutral Elf 1 (Christopher Sr)
Myrbelle, Lawful Dwarf 1 (Corina)
Thunder, Neutral Thief 2 (Sophia)
(Lost my notes so this will be what I remember.)
Varka Goldring hires PCs to investigate her sister's murder from the last session.
Much discussion ensued. Myrbelle got bored and went to the tavern to drink. She met the red-haired barmaid Sonya. Myrbelle pretended to love Chaos and Sonya invited her to a special rave happening in the basement of the tavern that night. Meanwhile the others talk to Celie and find that the tavern bought Ship's rope a week ago.
Kit: trades the bloody rope for a cup of salt and salt shaker.
Myrbelle: comissions Owl Bear Cloak Hoodie (+2 to see/smell checks), ready on Day 29.
In the afternoon Kit goes into the swamp looking for a giant alligator/dragon, the other PCs tag along. The gator charges Kit who tries to hug it. It runs right over him and runs off. The PCs don't find its eggs.
That night Myrbelle goes in. The other PCs stake out the front, back, and cellar entrances. Myrbelle joins the meeting which has a couple dozen cultists. Much talk about taking down the Church. Myrbelle decides not to join the cult but stick around for the rave. Afterwards she leaves to report.
PCs call the guard. They arrest the cultists as they try to sneak into the Church. The leader and his bodyguard make a break for it and fight the PCs who kill them. The leader is... Rudyard Hynge the taverner. Sonya is also arrested.
Having saved the Church the Castellan, Norworth Koln, allows the PCs to take over the tavern in lieu of other rewards.
I used B6 The Veiled Society: the first chapter (searching the cellar caves and finding the body), some of the investigation section, and the last chapter (cultist lair). Didn't do the riot (which takes a surprisingly lot of pages) nor the assassination (which pits the PCs against each other).
All fully healthy.
Group luck: 7 +1 = 8
Borin: 2
Johnny: 2
Khidell: 2
Kit: 1
Megolas: 1
Myrbelle: 1
Thunder: 3
Leader (lvl 3 Magic User) = 50 xp
Bodyguard (lvl 3 Fighter) = 35 xp
Cultists (lvl 1 Fighters x 20) = 200 xp
Varka Goldring (140 gp) = 140 xp
Tavern ownership = 500 xp
Total = 925 xp / 7 = 132 xp each
140 GP = 20 GP each
Dagger +1 (to Kit)
Ring of Protection +1 (to Borin)
Scroll: Ventriloquism (to Kit)
Tavern ownership
Borin: 2
Johnny: 0
Khidell: 2
Kit: 2 (+1 spell)
Megolas: 1
Myrbelle: 2 (+1 pending: Owl Bear Cloak)
Thunder: 1
Day 2/1: Myrbelle's Owl Bear Cloak Hoodie (+2 to see/smell checks)
Day 1/27: Plate Mail Barding for Bam (Borin's dog)