# 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 - outside - Rattlecan fences salute and asks if they want a go - _he is a Monty Python Black Knight_ - Baz aggrees to it - _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 - _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 - 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 - 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 - 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 ! - _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 # 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 - 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 - 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 - the captain offers a reward of 250gp - 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 - 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