First dive
First short attempt at getting in the city.
Tis but a flesh wound (S2 - 03/03/2024)
- Emberwood
- Bark and Buzzard
- guided by Emma
- cozy rustic establishment
- place is run by a friendly couple
- Karin and Holger Alsberg
- a group of adventurer
- named the Lucky 7
- there are only 6 at the table
- cursed to lose 1 of them
- they stole a cursed scepter made of delirium
- Emma tries to make a bet
- 5 gold that you make it back alive
- Quake counter offer with 2 gold every time the party comes back if Emma gives info
- it is accepted
- Emma peer pressures Paracelsus into do a spit hand handshake
- Paracelsus wipes his hand after
- Emma grins as the peer pressure worked out
- the tour ends here as Emma can't go in
- Quake tells Emma to be careful in the forge when learning with her dad in the forge
- party goes in
- Herton gets a table and invites the first round
- meads, ale and food
- Karin takes the orders
- Karin asks what the party does here
- Herton raises his voice saying that we are going to Drakkenheim
- Snakebite of the Lucky 7 comes to the table
- tries to insult the fact we are greenhorns
- Paracelsus takes the metaphor literally
- Herton asks for advice
- Snakebite scoffs
- Baz sees an animated scarecrow out in the window
- Baz asks if it is normal to be here
would you like to kick the can
- there is a lot of challenges in the town arround kicking Rattlecan
- Snakebits tells he wont have the guts for it
- more banter
- Snakebite asks what names to write on the wall when we die
- Quake asks if they have experience writing names on the wall
- Paracelsus states that's the case as they are called the Lucky 7, completely oblivious to the fact it was implied
- the Lucky 7 asks where that information was procured
- Herton lets it slip
so you got that information from the brat
- more banter
- the party is not worthy of recriuting
- Holger brings the meals
- says that we can go at Rattlecan
- Baz and Quake go outside
- Baz asks if it is normal to be here
- Herton gets a table and invites the first round
- outside
- Rattlecan fences salute and asks if they want a go
- he is a Monty Python Black Knight
- Baz aggrees to it
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fight script
- Baz gets the first shot with his rapier and his claws
- Rattlecan knocks Baz out
- Rattlecan heals instantly
- Paracelsus comes over it
Fascinating... how do you do that ?
- Rattlecan replies that Paracelsus needs to best him to know
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fight script
- asks if Rattlecan would let Paracelsus have the first strike
- Paracelsus throws a vial of poison but it doesn't affect Rattlecan
- Rattlecan knocks out Paracelsus
- Quake asks Snakebite to show if he can do it
- after a few rounds Snakebite wins
- Rattlecan got its arms chopped
- Snakebite might have a bruised if not broken nose after a headbut from Rattlecan
- Paracelsus studies the lobbed of arms of Rattlecan
- it flies back to it
- back inside
- Quake intimidate Snakebite to shut up over the bar activity
- Herton breaks a match outised
- it doesn't come back toguether
- not an effect of the backside of the tavern
- one of the green cloaks come to the party
- name is Jakob Slovak
- is more amiable than the Lucky 7
- part of the Hooded Lantern
- liked how Quake shut Snakebite up
- next round of drink is on him
- Karin comes back
anything i can help you with ?
- Herton asks if there are lodgings
- Karin has a few cottages
- 2gp per cottage
- all of us can fit in it
- Herton takes it
- Karin gives the key to the cottage nº2
- to be returned before going adventurin
- replacing keys is expensive if ppl don't come back
- Bark and Buzzard
- cottage nº2
- it's night outside now
- small run down building
- inside is clean
- not well stocked
- no toilets
- porch
- 2 rooms
- bedroom
- the Twins jump on the bed
- main room
- the rest of the party sleeps here
- door opens inwards
- Baz rigs the door with bells to warn for intrusions
- bedroom
- night watch
- Herton
- nothing happens
- Baz
- falls assleep on the porch
- doesn't wake up Paracelsus for the next watch
- wakes up with a back ache
- Herton
- next day
- preparing alarm now
- wondering how to gt the Drakkenheim
- Baz knows the way to it
- Quake knows the way in the lower wards
- Paracelsus knows his way in the inner wards
- Baz goes to Armin
- checks on his supplies bought by Emma
- Armin tries to give a pamphlet about delirium
- Baz takes the second edition
- costs 1gp
- Orson would buy the delirium extracted
- 2500gp for a geao
- 500gp crystal
- 250gp shard
- 5gp for a chip
- Paracelsus would be interested in studying them
- Quake asks for a map
- not updated since the disaster
- also sells cartographers instruments to update the map
- only taking the map for 2gp
- Herton takes it
- on to Drakkenheim !
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desc
- nestled in a valley
- straddles the Drann River
- 4 bridges
- rocky outcrop with the castle
- slate spires
- outer walls
- dome of the cathedral south west of the castle
- market square
- amethyst academy
- obsidian academy
- still up witha huge hole inside
- billowing clouds of purple and violent
- continual dismal gloom
- rarely sun rays pierce the vail
- lvl up to lvl2 !
- haze blocks the vision
- <150ft vision ok
- 150 to 300ft lightly obscured
- >300ft completely obscured
- corpses around
- smells of ozone
- rare barks and screams can b carried by the wind
- party starts looking through the first houses
- chairs knocked over
- food is intact
- half eaten
- should be rotten
- Paracelsus looks at it very intently and does a Detect Poison and Disease ritually
- still has calories
- foul stench when the food burns
- maybe not a good idea to eat
- Herton goes and takes a look at the bedroom
- clothes in the wardrobe
- bad is made
- no valuables
- looks like people went out in a hurry
- propably when the meteor fell
- before leaving Baz marks the house in thieves cant
- Quake has her claws out
- in the streets
- Baz a bit ahead on the roof to scout
- Quake hears skittering noises ahead
- it goes quiet
- Quake peeks around the corner
- a rat creature is running in the building
- Herton peaks in a room
- there are quite a few ratlings inside
-
fight script
- 3 ratlings attack Herton
- 1 ratling poke his head out and slings Quake
- Quake uses hellish rebuke on it
- a fourth ratling attacks Herton and misses
- Herton kills it with an opportunity attack
- another ratling misses a sling on Quake
- Quake runs to the aid of Herton and claws one down
- Baz
- hides behind a wall
- opens window
- kills a ratling
- 2 ratlings sling Paracelsus
- Quest misses an eldritch blast on a ratling
- a ratling misses Herton
- Herton uses the cantrip battleaxe and kills a ratling
- Paracelsus flings a poison needle at a ratling
- a ratling
- dives out of the windows
- tries to run
- Baz misses an opportinity attack
- 2 ratlings bite Paracelsus
- nearly down
- a ratling bites Herton
- 2 ratlings attack Paracelsus
- one after he was downed
- Quake kills a ratling
- Baz
- zooms to the pack around Paracelsus
- skewers 2 ratlings with his rapier due to momentum
- 2 ratlings shift focus to Baz and bite
- Quest kills a ratling around Paracelsus
- Herton breaths out a line of poison on 2 ratlings near Paracelsus
- a ratling bites Baz
- Quake takes down a ratling near Paracelsus
- Baz kills a ratling near Paracelsus
- the last ratling dissengages and tries to flee
- Quest rifles through Paracelsus's kit for something to help
- Herton stabilizes Paracelsus with Paracelsus's healer's kit
- the party brings Paracelsus inside to rest
- Baz keeps watch
- Baz crafts a healer's kit with clothes and rags lying around
- Quake and Herton search the other building
- it's medical facility
- bodies in the bed
- rat gnawed
- well preserved
- various states of pain
- surrounded bymedical equipment
- a glyph is on the ground
- necromantic symbol
- Herton copies it for Paracelsus when he wakes up
- the rats stayed here as the bodies were a food source
- Paracelsus is not awake after 1h (rolled a 2 on the d4)
- Baz tends to Paracelsus wounds
- the party but Paracelsus gets a short rest
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desc
Excuse Me ? Do you Know Oscar Yoren ? (S3 - 10/03/2024)
- Drakkenheim
- ruined house
- Paracelsus is not awake after 1h (rolled a 2 on the d4)
- Herton and Quake come back from their scouting in the other houses
- Herton inspects the still unconscious Paracelsus
- wounds were treated well
- a scar might linger
- just need time
- Baz did a good job
- Quake spots a wounded ratling that scurries away
- Herton asks if the Quest and Baz want to see the findings
- Baz is not a man of magic
- Quake goes to inspects the room on the right
- Baz takes on the lookout meanwhile
- Quake finds
- ruined scraps of armor and weapons
- a bottle one wine
- the party remembers that comsuming things from here is a bad idea
- Paracelsus wakes up
that hurts like hell
- cure wounds himself
- Herton tells paracelsus about the magic symbol
- Paracelsus traverses the street to look at it
- party follows so he doesn't kill himself
- Herton mentions what he deduced out of it
- Paracelsus takes a look at the circle
- this is new magic
- this is most likely research sketch
- Paracelsus wonders how old that circle is
- Quest, Herton and Paracelsus investigate it
- it is about 10 years old
- 5 years after the meteor arrived
- Quake and Baz keep watch
- the injured ratling that keeps looking around
- Quake goes closer
- there are 2 others that are bullying it towards the party
- Quake warns the rest of the party
-
fighting script
- Baz slides off the roof and sneak attacks one down
- Paracelsus runs out of the building and asks to keep one alive
- Quest runs out of the building
- Quake goes to the ratlings and misses
- icy ratling bites Quake and pulls out a horn
- concern ratling bites Quake and escapes from Quake
- Herton runs out of the building
- Baz kills the icy ratling before it blows the horn
- poison needles the last one
- stable
- paralized for one hour
- Baz brings the paralizeds ratling in the building
- examination of the ratling
- purple-ish hue to the blood
- the party leave Paracelsus to it
- Paracelsus examines the still alive ratling very closely
- quite swole and athletic
- underneath the armor and the mask
- circular dot between his eyes
- Paracelsus asks the rest of the party to check on the dead ones
- the dead rats have different symbols
- they have daggers on the same spot
- Baz loot them
- faintly glowing purple stones in a bag
- Baz bags the bag
- enlarge cranium
- old battle injuries
- can be poisoned
- no resitance to necrotic and poison
- party takes a loop around the block
- Paracelsus takes that time to fix the horn with mending and gives it back to Quake
- Herton notices a glow from one of the sidestreets
- potted with small craters
- party decides to take a look
- Baz and Herton notice a lot of hazehusks
- party backs away
- noted location on the map
- Quake see a shrine in a building on the side
- looks abandonned
- a potion in the center of the shrine
- left as some kind of offering
- Quake goes in
- temple with a serpent shrine
- retracts her claws
- her legs bend
- still no to experiements with Paracelsus D:
- after Paracelsus mentions poisons Quake protects herself
- Quake rushes in snags the potion and runs out
- odd noises here and there
- walked about 6 hours in total
- ruined house
- party walks back to Emberwood
- greencloaks are on the bridge
- water and cat talk
- Paracelsus mentions he might hav someone he needs to talk to there
- party tells him to try to not be too weird
- Watch tower
- 2 figures leaning on the fence
- more ppl inside doing drills
- Paracelsus goes and asks a question to the door guard
- Paracelsus is allowed in
- Paracelsus avoids being shot by approaching the archer not by the shooting range
- Paracelsus goes to everyone one by one and asks
hum... excuse me ? I'm looking for someone that apparently works for the Hooded Lanterns... Would you by any chance know someone named Oscar Yoren ?
- he continues inside
- most of them don't know
- Jakob Slovak direct Paracelsus to the captain
- Paracelsus goes to the captain
- talks to him
- the captain is not plase about it
- he knows Oscar Yoren
- doesn't trust Yoren or Paracelsus
- Paracelsus makes a conversational faux-pas
- seeing it goes nowhere tries to go to the nxt person
- the captain drags Paracelsus in a hallway
- Quake and Quest go inside
- Baz and Herton stay in the range
- hallway discussion
- the captain asks more details about Paracelsus
- Paracelsus answers in his weird ways
- Captain goes after Quest to get better answers
- tl:dr Paracelsus is weird and not social
- captain asks the party to get dinner with him
- Paracelsus goes up to the officer mess door
- there is a dead bold
give me 5 minutes and i'll open
- Paracelsus starts waiting exactly 5 minutes
- there is a dead bold
- Quest gets the rest of the party
- after 8 minutes and 57 seconds the captain opens the door
- officer mess
- the captain gives a pitcher of mead fo Paracelsus hold
- Paracelsus after some consideration pulls out a beaker and starts to drink from it
- the captain tralks to the rest of the party while Paracelsus is occupied with his drink
- talks about what the party found in the city
- the rats and all
- Paracelsus talks about the purple blood and is asked to stay with his drink
- the captain wants to hire the party
- off the books
- people from his family were taken by ratlings on a supply run
- asked the higher ups for help
we don't send futile help attemps
- he needs the party for that
- captain was wounded by a purple sling bullet
- Paracelsus tries to investigate it
not now
- Paracelsus tries to investigate it
- the captain offers a reward of 250gp
- talks about what the party found in the city
- back and forth about trust between the captain and Paracelsus
- the captain's sister is his twin
- to recognise her
tell her i would have been here had it not been for our adoptive father
- the father is the lord commander
- if we are corrupted got to the chaplain
- the captain marks the rat nest on the map
- all the way on the other side of the city
- need to enter from somewhere else
- the captain gives a pitcher of mead fo Paracelsus hold
- Baz gives Emma and Sybil slings
- Paracelsus buys a herbalism kit
- the potion is identified to be a Potion of Greater Healing
- Herton buys components for a spell scroll
- Baz goes to Orson to see if he will buy the purple rock
- after some unfruitful negotiation the final offer is 20gp
- greencloaks are on the bridge