session 1 (25/02/2024): Road to drakkenheim
- left Altbruke 2 weeks ago
- desc
- last city standing before Drakkenheim
- working as caravan gards for Aaren Marlowe
- only ruins on the road
- drizzling raing
- crows can be heard
- desc
- night making camp
- Baz'suras
- Stephens character
- 4ft9
- a bit hunched
- blue jacket
- well worn rapier
- daggers
- uncomfortable cart ride
- Herton
- Callum's character
- dragonborn
- investigator of sorts
- looking for company
- Quake
- Gayle's character
- Tiefling
- bright red skin
- has a twin sister
- looks nothing like her
- Quest
- Jaeme's character
- dark skin
- glowing veins
- spiral horns
- the twin sister
- same height
- looks nothing like her
- Aaren asks Baz what he is doing around the "kids"
- made a couple deliveries for Paracelsus
- not sure for Herton, maybe deliveries
- Baz didn't want to come but needed the gold
- Herton seeks a place hidden from him in Drakkenheim
- Baz visited from time to time
- apparently Herton has pigs now
- Aaren is here to bring provisions
- Quake and Quest
- wearing fancy clothes
- childs of chlothe merchants
- were in Drakkenheim at the wrong time
- parent died
- Paracelsus
- looking for his granfather
- stopped sending letters recently
- Aaren mentions he might be in the Emberwoods
- the Emberwoods had a boom of population
- it's the closest place to Drakkenheim
- Baz is whittling a wistle
- Paracelsus makes an infusion
- Chamomille based with other herbs
- Quest and Baz are hesitant at first as always
- Quake and Quest have twin can't
- Baz'suras
- watches for the night
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order
- Twins
- Herton
- Paracelsus
- Baz
- quiet night
-
order
- next day
- there is a tree in the middle of the road
of course it's an ambush there is no treestump nearby....
- Paracelsus points out at the person on a horse
- Quest uses bragging rights to one up her sister
- Herton goes to the leader
- Quake grips the sides of the cart with claws
- Herton and the leader talk
- Herton blatently ignores the subtl threats
- the Twins start to show a bit of muscle
- the ambushers have a patch of a card (faction)
- the leader doesn't back down yet
- Baz chimes in and asks how much he values his life
- the leader backs down
- the ambusher put the logs away
- one of the patches fall of a bit
- a camp is set for the night
- Aaren prepares the food tonight
- Paracelsus and Baz look for edible greens
- the curse o DRakkenheim made stuff inedible
- looks like if it died yesterday
- 3 figures emerge from the darkness
- torn clothes
- looking gaunt and despaired
- adventuring gear
- Herton hails them
- they are fleeing from the horrors of Drakkenheim
- leader man in torn wealthy clothes
- woman with a bloody bandage on the arm
- last man has a limp and a big cloak
- they are seeking shelter for the night
- Quest asks if they can share knowledge
- leader Ludwig von Graff
- female Endra Jansen
- cloak man Rikard Vos
- no sign of a tongue
- Quest asks what happened
- recent wound in the city
- when he picked up some delirium of the ground
- started to change when he touched it
- skin greyed and tongue fell
- his arm also has changed
- Quake and Paracelsus close in to get a better look
- Paracelsus bombards him with questions about this "fascinating" limb
- Quake is more gentle in her approach
- Ludwig says that this is not fascinating
- Paracelsus handwaves that remark as "morals" in front of research
- the twins and Ludwig talk about the disaster
- Rikard went back to search for his family
- the Twins lived the disaster and their apparence is a sequelae
- Ludwig and his group was here to restore family honour
- they were 5
- they were ambushed by mutant sewer rats
- he is the last of the von Graff, an influencial family
- Ludwig dissuades the party from going in the city and more specifically in the slaughter square
- Endra joins in
- many were lost
- not even the hooded lanterns go that far
- she used to work for them before
- Baz takes a look at the injured woman
- bleeding is stemmed
- Ludwig pulls Paracelsus away from Rikard
- the Twins still refuse to do some small experimentation with Paracelsus
- night watch
- Baz goes first
- Vos is having maybe a nightmare
- Twins
- Quake hears a female scream in the direction of the 3
- Quake wakes the rest of the group and runs over
- a tentacle monster flies into a rage and tentacles Endra
- Quake pulls out her claws
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fighting script
- Endra brakes out of the grapple and moves away
- Quake slashes out at Vos and misses
- the dreg misses Quake
- Ludwig
- asks to not kill the mosters
- hit it with the rapier
- Baz
- rushes out to the monster
- crits it for 24 at level 1
- downs it instantly
- Endra worries about the monster that once was Vos
- Herton start going to the fight
- Quake tries to wrap it in rope
- Paracelsus starts going to the fight
- Quest starts going to the fight
- Ludwig asks what to do
- Baz tries to stabilize Vos
- crit fail
- Vos is woken up by it
- Endra tris to talk to Vos
- Herton pins Vos to the ground
- Vos retaliates and tentacle and grapples Herton
- Quake odg piles on top
- Paracelsus prick Vos with a poison needle
- paralized
- poisoned
- stable
- Paracelsus poking at Vos
- he is stopped as people would mind
- the rest of the party offers to kill him
- Ludwig does it himself
- the party offers to burry him
- Paracelsus asks if it would be inconsiderate to examine the body now
- it would be
- Quest says that i is not the moment to dissect him
- Paracelsus answer that he can't right now anyway as he lacks the tools
- the Twins asks more questions about the timing of his corruption
- about 2 days ago he way corrupted
- first true rest tonight
- Baz asks about mementos before burning the body
- Endra take soldier tags
- he was a soldier during the civil war
- Baz burns the body covered in a bedroll for kindling
-
first bedroll of the campaign destroyed
fire burn it - Ludwig
- Paracelsus notes it burns normaly, no apparent fire resistances
- Baz engraves the symbol of the sacred flame on the tomb
-
first bedroll of the campaign destroyed
- Paracelsus
- offers to mending the tent as a "token of apology"
- not sure of why but it wouldbe the thing to do in these situations, seeing the looks of the rest of the group
- Herton
- Baz goes first
- there is a tree in the middle of the road
- last day of travel
- Ludwig gives a last tip before leaving
- the walls of the city have gargoyles
- climbing activates them
- arriving at Emberwoods
- Aaren thanks the party for the travel
- opens the stash under his seat in the carriage
- pays the party 25gp each
- word of advice, don't mess with where you sleep
- opens the stash under his seat in the carriage
- the Twins and Baz know the place a bit already from old jobs
- a small figure is dangling upside down on the dead tree up ahead
- small girl
- maximum 10 years old
- dangling by a feet
- drops with a hero pose
- red hair with freckles
Emma Crowe tour guide extraordinaire, for the low low price of 1gp a piece
- behind the tree there is a smaller version of this girl
don't forget me...
- Sybil Crowe
- about 6 years old
- they are the girls of the blacksmith Crowe and sons
- they can't learn smithy even if the want to
- Quest and Baz object and say that they will talk to father
- Quest asks about the manor on the side of the road
- the rich guy here
- Emma thinks they are plotting to steal the town
- she has a 5 step "flawless" plan
- it involves bribing ghosts with cake
would doesn't like cake
- it involves bribing ghosts with cake
- Quake encourages her but suggests to iron out the kinks in the plan
- thegirls start guiding the party to the smithy
- Paracelsus asks to the party if it's the moment to say he doesn't like cake
you don't like cake ?
- Sybil asks Paracelsus who confirms
well you stink
- Paracelsus ponders
that's fair, it's been a while since i was ablt to take a bath
- Emma whispers that is when he was supposed to say that she was the one who stinks
- not even whispering in return (not knowing he should)
oh thanks, i'll take notes for later. I'm not good at these interactions...
- Sybil asks Paracelsus who confirms
- at the smithy
- the smith mumbles about a stuck up noble named Jupiter Jones
- Baz is irritated by the name of the noble
- starts aggresively whittling
- some light slandering ensues
- Quest confronts their father about the fact he doesn't let his daughters try the forge
- he let his son start at 9 but refuses her 10 year old daughter try
- Quest point he should let her try
who are you to lecture me about my daughter ?
- Quest answers
someone who wished her father was still alive to let her try things
- the name is Tobias
- he asks that Quest doesn't lead his daughters astray with her adventuring
- Quest gives some more arguments
- Tobias agrees to ler Emma try
- the wife Moira is making soup listening at all that
- the smith mumbles about a stuck up noble named Jupiter Jones
- Paracelsus asks for a place to clean up
- because stinking with the travel
you too to be fair Quake, but that is besides the point
- Emma gives Paracelsus a thumbs up
- thumbs up back
- not the Red Lion Hotel, too fancy
- Paracelsus asks if Emma knos someone
- needs to be more precise
- the name is Oscar Yoren
is he hiding from you ? are you seeking him ?
- Paracelsus.exe has stopped working
- skull & sword tap house
- bark & buzzard
- this one
- because stinking with the travel
- passing through the caravan court
- don't mess up with the big man selling magic items
- Aldor the Immense
- the chapel of the village is of the sacred flame
- run by Hannah
- gold teeth guy buys delirium stones
- Orson Fairweather
- the one that looks like Jammy sells climbimg stuff, googles and misc equipements
- Armin Gainsbury
- Gilded Lily
- "performance" hall
- it also has some normal performance stuff from time to time
- and yes Quest, Paracelsus knows what it is...
- don't mess up with the big man selling magic items
- Aaren thanks the party for the travel
- Ludwig gives a last tip before leaving