Session 2 - 14OCT2023
Attendees
- Tim ✅
- Walter ✅
- Erica ✅
- Jin ✅
- Nick ✅
- Alex ❌
Copy/Paste Source: ✅ ❌
Recap to Current Situation
- Group finished quest and got on retainer with the Council of Few
- Figuring out what to do from here
- Group leveled up to Level 2
Session Notes
- The group has decided to go to Rizz's Provisions to follow up on Cloc following them on the previous quest
- Once at Rizz''s Provisions, the group asks Rizz about why Cloc was following us
- Rizz claims that Cloc was being a bit over-exuberant in his pursuit of the group
- Rizz actually has a proposition for work for the group
- There is a shipment she is expecting that is a couple weeks late
- It was coming from the west, the village of Wudu
- It was a shipment of arms
- Should have taken 7 days to get here, it is now 15 days later
- It was packed in several large wooden crates marked with Rizz's Provisions
- The group decides to take on the quest and sets out in the Western direction
- The group also decides to check in with the inn to see if there is anything Rory wants in the western direction
- Rory wants cool artifacts to use as display pieces in the inn
- He is aware of several burial mounds that may contain artifacts
- The group lets him know that if they find anything, they will bring it back
- The weather is a slight drizzle
- We encounter several other caravans of goods traveling the trade route
- Nick asks travelers about Eknon the Vex
- He learns that there are rumors of hobgoblins causing problems in the far western region of Acium
- We notice that some plant growth along the road was smashed down and is starting to grow back
- The track is heading south toward the river
- We follow the tracks, Nick is taking point
- We reach the river and find a sandbar that is fordable by a wagon
- After crossing the river, we hear some clamoring and yelling
- We see four humans in leather armor that appear quite desperate and they attack!
- ROLL FOR INITIATIVE!
- Erica kneecaps the first bandit
- Nick tries to trick them into giving up using a disguise, but it doesn't work because it was a ridiculous and bad plan
- Walter one-hit KOs a bandit
- Jin kills a bandit and his body begins floating away in the river
- Nick knocks out the last bandit
- Two dead, two alive (one unconscious, one kneecapped)
- END COMBAT
- The group questions the kneecapped guy for information about the missing shipment
- Jin persuades the guy to be helpful
- The bandit claims that our party is with "the others"
- The Others here sound like a group of mercenaries that had attacked their bandit group and killed almost everybody
- We find out that this bandit group did steal from Rizz's Provisions
- A group of mercenaries showed up and slaughtered the bandits to take back the shipment
- These bandits managed to escape
- He will help show us back to his camp, but won't take us farther
- The bandit camp is tucked between some hills, and there is the scent of a recent campfire in the air
- 15 dead bandit bodies are in the remains of the camp
- We find some partially emptied boxes marked with Rizz's Provisions
- Our arcana investigation revealed that one of the mercenaries cast the spell Fireball
- The investigation of the battle scene revealed that the attackers were highly skilled and dispatched the bandits extremely efficiently
- We manage to find 10 gp each and load up four crates on a cart
- Nick decides to talk to a nearby bush and see if he can find out if there are any horses nearby
- The holly shrub he is talking to shakes a little bit, leans to the northeast, shakes, and then releases a sulfuric smell
- We decide to take the crates back to Rizz
- However, we decide to omit the details about the other mercenary party
- Rizz is happy to see us and gives us 20 GP each
- We also get a 10% discount on future purchases at Rizz's