For this session the party consisted of 5 adventurers:
Cerrac, an Elven Rogue - Level 3
Griff Roaringbell, a Dwarven Barbarian, Level 2
Osfrid, Crusader of Mitra, Cleric, Level 2
Drogo Steelhelm, Dwarven Fighter
X, a human Wizard, Level 2
Day 13, 24th of the Month of the Crimson Dragon
The party spent most of the day taking inventory of
their prizes and making purchases around town. X
tried to get appointment to meet Tavel, Master of the
Wizard School, in order to get some items identified.
However, Alf and Brogan, two of the King’s Guard
watching the gate to Tavel’s keep, rebuffed X and
Osfrid. Later, back at the Inn, Grisha confirmed the
group’s suspicions concerning the rogue guards as
Captain Bralan is having discipline problems with them.
Gani showed up at the tavern and mentioned about slow
progress in the mines, so the party set out the next
morning. [Gani replaced Lagleddin as head of the Mining Guild.]
Back to Level 3 of the Gannu Mine where the party
defeated Narzy the Gnome Necromancer. All in all, the
floor seemed deserted since Narzy’s demise. However,
in their search for a way to the fourth level, Cerrac
found a chute in the ceiling of a storage room that
led to an undiscovered secret room on the second
floor. Climbing alone up the chute, Cerrac found an
amulet and a treasure map to the Stoneheart Dungeon on
the long-dead body of a Halfling. [Plot hook to Tomb of Abysthor]
Eventually, they discovered the ladder down to 4th
level. They battled 2 wererats at bottom of ladder,
and killed a goblin that appeared to be sick in the
next room over.
A little uneasy after seeing the condition of the sick goblin,
the party happened upon Hogah in his lab. Griff ignored
Hogah's shooing and charged the wizard. Fortunately,
Drogo barreled into him disrupting his lightning bolt spell.
Next X, cast a sleep spell that did nothing but put Drogo to
sleep right in front of Hogah, and Griff's charge missed its
mark. On the next round, the old goblin backed up and
cast a lightning bolt; Cerrac and X made their saving
throws, but poor Drogo was unconcious and bleeding
once the ozone cleared the room. By the end of the
round, Osfrid and Griff had finished him off. Osfrid
quickly revived Drogo, and checked on the health of
his comrades. The rest of the party looted Hogah,
walking off with his Amulet of Natural Armor, and a
silvered dagger. X loaded up on spell components from
the jars in the lab.
[I think all the players knew they should just leave Hogah alone, but Griff's player roleplayed Griff appropriately and charged the goblin.]
A little shaken, the party pressed on. Defeating 4
dire rats in the next room encountered.
Finally the party came to a gilded door, and beyond
this they encountered Lawrence Gannu, the Rat King.
He was sitting on his throne playing a flute to 2 pet
Dire Rats. Following a quick introduction on
Lawrence's part, the party charged. Lawrence played
his pipes to summon more rats and, using a feather
from his hair, summoned a magical whip that attacked
Griff without success. X and Cerrac fire magic missiles
and arrows at the Rat-King while Griff pressed closer.
Drogo and Osfrid dispatched one of the rats. On the next
round, Lawrence created another whip, but neither of the
animated weapons had any success attacking the PCs.
By this time, Lawrence had taken a bit of damage from
more magic missiles and arrows, and Griff finished off
the Rat-King with a blow to through the clavicle.
The Rat-King lay dead, and the PCs had hardly broken a
sweat.
Not wanting to push their luck, the party moved back
to Hogah's lab, and held up for an 8 hour rest.
Nothing molested the PCs during their rest since they
where the only beings left in the mines.
[Well, except for Serrena, but the DM was the only one aware of that fact.
]Day 14, 25th of the Month of the Crimson Dragon
Beyond the throne room, the group searched through
Lawrence's library. Cerrac discovered some notable
texts:
_Decline of the Thracian Empire_ which hinted at
vast treasures still undiscovered and left behind by
the Thracian emperors after losing their kingdoms at
the hands of the cult of Thanatos and their
rebellious, beastmen slaves.
_Legend of Rappan Athuk_ which described the
origin of the Dungeon of Graves, and main stronghold
of the priests of Orcus.
[Not very subtle plot hooks.]
Cerrac picked the lock to the vault beyond Lawrence's
bedroom. Next the party thief earned his keep as he
successfully foiled the traps on the three of the four
treasure chests contained in the vault. Fearing that
he may have missed something on the fourth coffer,
Cerrac had Drogo open the final container. A sharp
blade came swinging out of the ceiling at the dwarf
who managed to avoid losing his beard (or worse). All
in all, the party had discovered the following loot:
* 1050gp
* +1 Light Mace
* 6 Potions of Cure Moderate Wounds
* 600 pounds of stolen silver ore.
Next they headed back to town to claim their reward
from Gani. He was happy to pay them, and also bought
back the recovered ore at the agreed rate. Fisk
Hardseed beamed at the successful adventurers, and
again offered them a job as escorts for his next
caravan out of town. Upon hearing that Dwarfport was
offering bounties for dead goblins, Griff signed on as
caravan guard. Osfrid agreed to go as the caravan
would eventually get back to Thunderhold where he
wanted to speak to Br. Kaak regarding the Shrine of
Thyr.
Before leaving town, Griff decided to throw a party
for the village. He paid Grindan [owner of the Silver Cup Inn] handsomely for his catering and brewing services. Osfrid turned
his reward money over to Renna to build a shrine to Mitra.
The priestess of Athena agreed as the two gods are
known to be friendly to one another.
[Well, that wrapped it up. The party left plenty of loose threads behind in Anvil/Silverton; so they'll have a reason to come back if they want. In the meantime it's off into the Wilderlands for them.]
