Unedited mess of notes below, will fix formatting shortly.
Session Notes 12/13
by: Tomoe (Mickinzee)
Day 27-47:
- Party stocks up, retrains as needed
- Erol stays at Thurmaster to retrain with Tauster
- Shopping list passed off to rest of party
- Remaining party travels to Baldur’s Gate to retrain and buy supplies
- After which Ortree returns to Milborne to stay at temple
- Jobin, Rogtar, Cowl, and Tomoe reunite at Parlfray’s Keep
- Lyntern informs party of a magical relic in Great Rock Dale
- Rosestone
- Probably located in NW corner
- Parlfray gives party a magical ring
- Acts as “sending” once per day to duplicate ring (in Parlfray’s possession)
- Party travels onward to the Murder Glade
- Area seems to be troubled by blight, no further information about specifics
- Shallow, muddy pond > nothing of significance found
- Paladin magic armor probably underground not enough magic to uncover or detect
- Defeated, party returns to Milborne
- Party seeks out Darius
- Reward mire flooding discussed
- Letter from Parlfray given to Darius
- Land granted
- Land “sufficient” reward for mire, no money recieved
- Darius willing to send guards and servants for new property
- Land use/name TBD
- Rogtar wants a bar for a second banjo duel
- Party sets out to the Great Rock Dale
- In NW corner, party descends
- Tall, dense forest covers ground
- Unable to detect the Rosestone from above
- Party descends (Cowl climbs, Rogtar & Tomoe use knotted rope fastened at top, Jobin uses Boots of Levitation)
- Trail soon found
- Tomoe finds small humanoid tracks, identified as hobgoblin
- Stealthing ahead Tomoe spots 6 hobgoblin further up the trail
- Cowl takes to the trees, Tomoe the woods, HalfOrcs the trail
- Failed bluffs lead to “surprise” betrayal
- Encounter: 5 hobgoblins killed, 1 captured
- Around twilight (post encounter) party travels off path to make camp
- Tomoe covers trail and scouts around
- Rogtar interrogates captured hobgoblin
- Rosestone is considered a sacred relic to Bane, located in a cave by village
- Village about 3 hours further down the path
- Tribe called Blackfoot
- Prisoner tied to tree left until party returns
- Tomoe stealths and scouts out camp
- Visable threats: 7/8 warriors & 3 archers in outposts
- Children and females seen milling about
- Village consists of ~7 relatively small buildings, cave into cliff behind village houses Rosestone
- Party waffles on how to approach/attack hobgoblin camp
- Tomoe stealths ahead (Cowl follow in trees at a distance)
- Encounter: 10 hobgoblin warriors
- 1 archer successfully stealthed and sneak attacked
- 2nd attempt fails, HalfOrcs come charging in
- One male (super unconscious) and one female (conscious) warrior left alive
- Party approaches Rosestone, touching it finds that it has healing properties
- Magic cabin summoned, Rosestone placed inside
- Female elder approaches party, asks if children should be murdered
- Agreed upon they shouldn’t, not agreed upon what should be done
- Tomoe Leave them be
- Rogtar Farmers
- Jobin Orphanage
- Elder tells party that she believes that the village will be unable to provide and protect itself from orc tribe, as the warriors were responsible for both
- Villagers sent out to retrieve hobgoblin tied to the tree
- Rest in cottage
- Party continues to debate what should be done with hobgoblins
- Party finds cave of orc tribe
- Rogtar really hates the orcs, convinces Jobin to feel the same
- Party decided to eliminate warriors of orc tribe for balance, supposedly
- 2 guards at mouth of entrance
- Halforcs charge in again
- Inside 5 more orcs encountered (1 bard, 1 magic user, 3 warriors)
- Jobin charges in
- Rogtar, in challenge to the other bard, sings a song that proceeds to set
- Tomoe acrobatics into place and sneak attacks
- Cowl gets to try out his new dragon claws people on fire
- After looting, party decides to leave both the hobgoblin village and orc tribe be
- Party returns to Milborne
More Session Notes By Tomoe (12/27)
Day 53:
- All of the party reunites in Milborne
- Ortree introduces Holyhew
- Holyhew trying to bulid a poor house in the name Tymora, requesting a donation 300 gp/PC
- Ortree 600 gp; Tomoe 200 gp; Joobin 10 gp; Party funds 690
- Each PC receives one d20 reroll
- Holyhew agrees to drop off food periodically to hobgoblin tribe while party is away
- Ortree pays 75 gp for food
- Party goes to check out new estate
- At estate, 3 guards and 3 servants are waiting
- Ingrin (head of guard) introduces and informs party of situation
- Servants: Stevens (Elf book keeper), Carrie (Halfling housekeeper), Sven (Human maintenance) 1 GP/day per servant (90 GP/month)
- Guards: 5 GP/day (150 GP/month)
- Darius paid for the first month’s service
- Party pays for an additional month in advance (240 GP)’Paid through Day 113
- New servants used to move and install the Rosestone onto the estate
- Estate name and function still TBD
- Party returns to Garlstone Mines
- Tomoe stealths and scouts ahead to find a party of (will be determined to be) orcs
- Party attacks orcs (1 cleric, 1 bard, 3 axe, 1 javelin)
- Party takes orcs by surprise
- Cowl proceeds to make use of his new claws
- Party unlocks the double door to walk into an army of orcs
- 15 minions, 2 casters in back
- Rogtrar sets nearly everyone on fire
- Jobin, Rogtar, and Tomoe proceed to clean up those who don’t burn to death
- After ~3⁄4 of orc forces finished, voice from back calls for a retreat
- Voice belongs to Garundzer (an orage) riding a large frilled lizard (called Skiz)
- Garundzer holdling an evil looking spear
- Jobin becomes large proceeds to hit Garundzer hard
- Tomoe falls unconscious in time for Rogtar to flank
- Ortree heals and Tomoe sneak attacks Skiz
- Garundzer attempts to flee
- Taken down with Tomoe’s flying dagger
- Spear: Tomoe identifies it belongs to something from the underdark, and somehow broken/corrupted, Jobin identifies “eye of Grummsh”
- Snagger (Drawf, grandson of Old Grizzler) found in cells of Orc tribe
- A human also found, appears to be catatonic
- Imprisoned for ~45 days, used for manual labor
- Saw Jellenith and halflings
- Speaks of seeing tentacled creatures (Mind Flayers)
- Party debates what to do with orc tribe
- Snagger want to kill them
- Party continues to waffle
- Seeks Parlfray’s advice, bows to party decision
- Ortree writes an ultimatum on his chalkboard in Orcish
- “Lay down your weapons or die”
- When no response, Ortree crits a small child
- Tribe much more willing to obey
- Tomoe finishes off male warriors
- Rogtar wanders off, only to find his brother (Magtar), missing all limbs, tied to a post
- Magtar begs for mercy, to end this embarrassment
- Rogtar disregards request, seeks to redeem via the pumpkin patch
- Magtar turned into a backpack for Rogtar
- Ortree debates on how to best equip Magtar with alternative false limbs
- Party travels deeper into mines only to be stopped by Carmerin, a deep gnome
- She is willing to help the party via info dump, if the party can prove it’s worth
- She has witnessed previous parties fail
- Worries that it draws the attention the Mind Flayers (Illithids) closer to the surface
- Asks the party to return in 7 days (about when the Illithids are expected back) with proper equipment
- Trip to Baldur’s Gate to restock
- Carmin sends party to deal with trolls
- Topknots: Lesser in number, stronger, smarter
- Leader 2 headed and magic
- Slaverers: More in number, less intelligent
- Ranged acid spit attack
- Decided as first target
The Ramblings of Jobin
Ortree's Journal 12/27 Session Only
Requesting cash for a poor house. (1875 GP) (75gp for the food for hob goblins)
Players donated this amount
675 OrTree
200 Tomoe
10 Jobin
990 Party
Party Gives him gold ( received 1 Free D20 Re-Roll)
While visiting the Homestead
A group of mercenary lead by Ingram greets the party and offers to protect the homestead.
Three servants - Stevens, Carry, Sven.
The Party heads back to the mine in order to head down further into the mines.
The Party entering the mine notices a group of orcs in the mine that had been previously cleared
- Five orcs ( 3 Great Axe wilders 1 caster 1 unknown)
Party finds - 25g, and drums that appears to have the cover made of fungus.
After clearing the orcs the party decides to continue heading back down into the mines.
The party Stealthily heads down the mines
Opening the door using the keys the party found reveals a large group of orcs
The orcs are lined up behind three rows of cover - the far ranks are using javelins and in the rear of the orc party is two unique orcs - An orc Bard & and an Orc Cleric
Rotgar charges forward and spits hot fire (curses at the orcs) he successfully catches almost all the orcs one fire the orcs start taking burn damage as the party begins to cut through their ranks
When eight of the orcs including the bard are slain a loud voice yells "ENOUGH" from deep within the mine. The orcs dropped their weapons and darted away down the mine.
From the mine a giant gilled lizard being rode by an orage( Orc+ Ogre) wearing a glowing full plate mail with spikes sticking out of it wielding two lances.
The mob enters the room and thanks the party… for killing the weak orcs. He introduces himself as "Garundzer" and tells the party that he is happy the party came, to die.
After a rather lengthy fight Gardundzer and his month Skizz perish. The orcs that ran are in wonder of the party defeating the Gardunzer, after his defeat they appear to be coming out of some magic effect as they look around at the party.
Looking around the room the party sees a pin containing a dwarf (Snagger) & a human who is crouched on the ground non-reactive to the party. Snagger says the human has been silent since they arrived. He congratulates the party for killing Garundzer. Snagger was captured while on his way to Melbourne one month ago, he has been used as a slave to bring things up and down out of the mine. Snagger is Grizzliers Grandson.
Snagger saw Jenalith (the Mage that went missing during the first session). He was imprisoned with her forty days. She was carried off into the depths. Snagger also saw a party of halfling carried down as well. Snagger Also saw an elf man as well, carried down the mine as well.
An orc priest that survived the encounter told the party that the orcs were trading the captives with tentacle man beasts from below. The same priest is asked to return Snaggers equipment to him & does so.
Ortree- Crits a small child.
Rogtar uses his impressive intimidate skill to get the remaining orcs to lay down their arms
Rogtar discovers his brother drawn and quartered, he ties him to his back. Rogtar takes Mogtar with him (tied to his back)
Loot:
Spear - Eye of Grunch on the spear - This Spear appears to have some strong mind control effect & grant those aligned with the user a morale bonus.
+1 Fullplate (Large)
Bag of Coins - 955 gp 65 pp
Trade goods - 265 gp
After looting the party reaches out to Parlafray to give him an update. The Part decides to head further into the tunnel. After a few hours into their journey a deep gnome Carmenarin a priestess of kaleradin smooth hands stops the party. She tells the party of a race of evil oppressive mind controlling aberrations that have been directing orcs to captures humanoids above. She warns that the illithads have defeated other parties before and does not want to earn their wrath by providing aid to the party. She does not want to tell the party anything without the party proving their worth/strength.
Carmenarin provides the party with a map of the area and some caves and gives the party their first task. Carmenarin asks the party to clear out troll caves nearby. She identifies two types of troll clans:
Top Knots - Have a knot tied into their hair on the top of their head, they are led by a two headed troll
Slather Tribe- are capable of spitting an acidic substance.
Carmenarin asks the party where the party is heading, they responded with the slather.
Rosestone Session
Hobgoblin Patrol in Great Rock Dale (6) - 370 EXP
Hobgoblin Village Racial Cleansing (10 hobs of varying ability) - EXP 700
Orcs in GRD (2 guards, 5 inside) - 500 EXP
Depths of Garlstone Session
Garlstone Mine Orc Guards (5) - 400 EXP
Orcs behind the door (15, 9~ish slain) - 700 EXP
Garundzer and Skizz - 1035 EXP
