From there, we proceeded to another farmstead. Faeron knocked the door and a woman's voice could be heard. She was shouting to her husband to open the door. An old farmer opened the door and greeted us. His name is Steven, he seemed like a cheerful person. Faeron asked him about the figure and Steven said it might be the ranger from Jolton. After that, we bought some tomatoes from him went to the agreed place to wait for Quanta, Kim and Rohan. We roasted tomatoes while waiting for them. I'd prefer to eat it raw though....
Later on ,we met Quanta and Kim and they updated us about what they knew. However, Rohan is not with them. What is he planning to do alone? Urghh... At least we now know who the ranger that Steven mentioned is. His name is Cleon and he was sent to track us down. The rest of the party then somehow agreed to meet him. What the drok? Shouldn't we be running away from him? After that. they chose me and Faeron to do the negotiation with Cleon. Not the best idea as I was so confused about the plan. We knew that Cleon was told by the mayor to head south so we waited for him at south. Ryotine, Quanta and Kim hid themselves somewhere behind us while me and Faeron waited for him.
After a while, we can finally see Cleon approaching our sight. Before I could start throwing all the nonsenses that I thought of to persuade him to join us, Faeron shouted "Cleon", powerfully and clearly. Drok! Cleon immediately pulled out his bow and questioned us, "how do you know my name?" There goes our plan... I tried to bluff my way out but Cleon didn't buy it and ran away. Faeron looked frustrated and tried to shoot him. Luckily he missed it. Ryotine reacted immediately by casting her entangle spell but it failed to catch him. We quickly gave chase hoping that we could catch him before he reaches Jolton. Kim, with his superhuman speed caught up with him easily and stunned Cleon with his powerful blows. Cleon surrendered and Ryotine healed him. He agreed to cooperate with us to track down another set of tracks which Faeron failed to do so in the beginning.
So, the other set of tracks were headed southeast. We followed it and reached an old abandoned cottage. The cottage looked suspicious as hell! My gut is telling me that something will happen if we walk up to the house nonchalantly. But before I could check for any traps, Faeron walked towards it and triggered a sort of alarm. Immediately, kobolds jumped out of the bushes behind us. It's weird that they didn't try to prevent us from entering the shady cottage when they'd go as far as to set an alarm for this cottage... I quickly alerted others not to go near the cottage. While we were slaying kobolds, Kim went too close to the cottage and triggered a trap. A javelin was fired out of nowhere and hit Kim. Now that's why the kobolds didn't want to go near it...
After we killed the kobolds, Ryotine went into the cottage only to find that the ceiling collapsed on her and arrows was shot from the left and right side of the hallway. It's surprising that she's alive! There were three rooms in this cottage. We opened it one by one starting from the left. The first one had nothing in it. The second had a locked chest. But it wasn't difficult to pick lock it. We screamed in joys when we saw the content of the chest. There're around 1000 golds in it! The third room, we found an unconscious lady with her hands tied on her back. We woke her up and she told us that her name is Reen and her husband, Seamus is a farmer. She told us that she got attacked in her house and was brought here. Anyways, the ropes were tied in a very unique way. The only way to undo the ropes was to cut it. But why all the traps and ropes when she's just an ordinary girl... I asked the team whether it is safe to cut it off but they did it before I finish asking. Well, nothing seemed to happen. Time to leave I guess. Me, Quanta and Faeron went out from the cottage while Ryotine and Reen were still inside.
When we came out of the cottage, we could see Rohan approaching us, "Rohan!" we shouted. But he ignored us and went straight into the cottage with a barbarian. A barbarian? Did Elyl Shona and Sollek found out that we're innocent? We had no idea what was going on. We just stood there hoping that Rohan would clear up our confusion. But nope, he went into the cottage and told the barbarian, "get the girl, she might be the one". "What girl?", the barbarian replied. What? There were 2 girls inside the cottage and the barbarian couldn't see anyone? Then, Drake started barking at the door and we heard footsteps around us even though none of us were walking. Suddenly, Kim was stabbed by a dagger and a smoke mist was formed in front of him. It was Reen! We tried to finish her before she could escape.
The mist finally faded and we realize that Reen was a shapeshifter. In addition, my dagger would start humming whenever it is bought close to the shapeshifter's dagger. I told Ryotine to hold the shapeshifter's dagger and kept some distance with me so that my dagger wouldn't make any noise. The barbarian proceeded to grab the girl and we headed back to Jolton. On the other hand, Cleon and Faeron took a detour to follow another set of footsteps. On our way back to Jolton, Rohan explained to us about what he encountered in Jolton. After that, we waited for Faeron and Cleon's return. They didn't return with good news though. They saw a group of kobolds gathering in a cave and Cleon suspects that they might be preparing for a war. We were then dismissed. I took the shapeshifter's dagger and brought it closely to my dagger. What followed was a loud explosion and the shapeshifter's dagger disintegrated.
Finally, we were proven innocent! We still don't know why the shapeshifter poisoned the well though. Not to mention a war is coming soon.... Urgh, why can't things end happily?
After we killed the kobolds, Ryotine went into the cottage only to find that the ceiling collapsed on her and arrows was shot from the left and right side of the hallway. It's surprising that she's alive! There were three rooms in this cottage. We opened it one by one starting from the left. The first one had nothing in it. The second had a locked chest. But it wasn't difficult to pick lock it. We screamed in joys when we saw the content of the chest. There're around 1000 golds in it! The third room, we found an unconscious lady with her hands tied on her back. We woke her up and she told us that her name is Reen and her husband, Seamus is a farmer. She told us that she got attacked in her house and was brought here. Anyways, the ropes were tied in a very unique way. The only way to undo the ropes was to cut it. But why all the traps and ropes when she's just an ordinary girl... I asked the team whether it is safe to cut it off but they did it before I finish asking. Well, nothing seemed to happen. Time to leave I guess. Me, Quanta and Faeron went out from the cottage while Ryotine and Reen were still inside.
When we came out of the cottage, we could see Rohan approaching us, "Rohan!" we shouted. But he ignored us and went straight into the cottage with a barbarian. A barbarian? Did Elyl Shona and Sollek found out that we're innocent? We had no idea what was going on. We just stood there hoping that Rohan would clear up our confusion. But nope, he went into the cottage and told the barbarian, "get the girl, she might be the one". "What girl?", the barbarian replied. What? There were 2 girls inside the cottage and the barbarian couldn't see anyone? Then, Drake started barking at the door and we heard footsteps around us even though none of us were walking. Suddenly, Kim was stabbed by a dagger and a smoke mist was formed in front of him. It was Reen! We tried to finish her before she could escape.
The mist finally faded and we realize that Reen was a shapeshifter. In addition, my dagger would start humming whenever it is bought close to the shapeshifter's dagger. I told Ryotine to hold the shapeshifter's dagger and kept some distance with me so that my dagger wouldn't make any noise. The barbarian proceeded to grab the girl and we headed back to Jolton. On the other hand, Cleon and Faeron took a detour to follow another set of footsteps. On our way back to Jolton, Rohan explained to us about what he encountered in Jolton. After that, we waited for Faeron and Cleon's return. They didn't return with good news though. They saw a group of kobolds gathering in a cave and Cleon suspects that they might be preparing for a war. We were then dismissed. I took the shapeshifter's dagger and brought it closely to my dagger. What followed was a loud explosion and the shapeshifter's dagger disintegrated.
Finally, we were proven innocent! We still don't know why the shapeshifter poisoned the well though. Not to mention a war is coming soon.... Urgh, why can't things end happily?
Eh btw, I think it's supposed to be "Session 5" instead of "Day 5" as your title lol - more than 5 days have passed since the beginning of the campaign.
ReplyDeleteTrue for the rest of your posts also me thinks.