D&D campaign: week 4
Sorry for the slowness in updating. Have been in a bit of a flare.
We decided to make good our exit from this town, as some of the corrupt and less-than-pleasant people in the town were aware that we were sniffing around. Alan and Thomas were going to try to obtain the other 2 relics that we knew were in the merchants' houses; we headed off out of the town and walked for the best part of an hour before setting up camp in a secluded area. We took it in turns to keep watch. Nothing much until Gresha was on watch. Wolves. So she woke the rest of us up and we prepared ourselves for our first real fight. There were 3 wolves. We injured 2 of them quite badly and they scarpered (though not before one of them had bitten Gresha's leg) and killed the other one. Battle over, I made a Survival check and rolled a 20, so Rhodri declared that I made a delicious wolf stew, one of the best meals we'd ever eaten. Unfortunately I wasn't able to salvage the fur, but to be honest I prefer the combination that way because at least we were able to have a decent meal. Then we resumed sleep.
We woke up and continued on our way to a little hamlet that we knew was being affected by bandits. It took most of the day so we were pretty knackered by the time we arrived. There were only a few houses and one pub (more a pub than an inn); we were able to crash on the floor of the pub. We decided to try to get a good night's sleep.
This we managed. Early next morning, we woke up before anyone else in the hamlet. Gresha, Scan and Runa stayed at the pub while Shepard and I went for a bit of a wander. During the course of which we made a Listen check - and then turned round to see this bloke in a black cloak pointing a crossbow bolt at us. I asked him what the heck was going on, but he didn't answer, so I fired one of my arrows at him (and missed). He then rushed up to us and stabbed me. Shepard decided to disable him. The conversation went like this:
Sam: Can I freeze his nuts off?
Rhodri (checks PHB): Yes, you can. It'll kill him...
Sam: I'm totally freezing his nuts off!
So that was the end of him. We looted the body, naturally, and took the black cloak he was wearing. We then decided it was probably best to head back to the pub.
While this was going on, one of the others who'd stayed behind (can't remember who now) heard a noise on the roof. There was another black-cloaked man on the roof, obviously looking for them. So they end up taking this guy out. Runa and Gresha, being of the religious sort, buried the bodies. By this point the other people were up, so we had some breakfast and then made a move, off into the forest.
This passed uneventfully for a while, but then we got set upon by 5 bandits. More combat! We killed four of them and wounded the one who was obviously the leader of the little group - we wanted him alive so we could question him. The session ended with Scan tying him up.
We decided to make good our exit from this town, as some of the corrupt and less-than-pleasant people in the town were aware that we were sniffing around. Alan and Thomas were going to try to obtain the other 2 relics that we knew were in the merchants' houses; we headed off out of the town and walked for the best part of an hour before setting up camp in a secluded area. We took it in turns to keep watch. Nothing much until Gresha was on watch. Wolves. So she woke the rest of us up and we prepared ourselves for our first real fight. There were 3 wolves. We injured 2 of them quite badly and they scarpered (though not before one of them had bitten Gresha's leg) and killed the other one. Battle over, I made a Survival check and rolled a 20, so Rhodri declared that I made a delicious wolf stew, one of the best meals we'd ever eaten. Unfortunately I wasn't able to salvage the fur, but to be honest I prefer the combination that way because at least we were able to have a decent meal. Then we resumed sleep.
We woke up and continued on our way to a little hamlet that we knew was being affected by bandits. It took most of the day so we were pretty knackered by the time we arrived. There were only a few houses and one pub (more a pub than an inn); we were able to crash on the floor of the pub. We decided to try to get a good night's sleep.
This we managed. Early next morning, we woke up before anyone else in the hamlet. Gresha, Scan and Runa stayed at the pub while Shepard and I went for a bit of a wander. During the course of which we made a Listen check - and then turned round to see this bloke in a black cloak pointing a crossbow bolt at us. I asked him what the heck was going on, but he didn't answer, so I fired one of my arrows at him (and missed). He then rushed up to us and stabbed me. Shepard decided to disable him. The conversation went like this:
Sam: Can I freeze his nuts off?
Rhodri (checks PHB): Yes, you can. It'll kill him...
Sam: I'm totally freezing his nuts off!
So that was the end of him. We looted the body, naturally, and took the black cloak he was wearing. We then decided it was probably best to head back to the pub.
While this was going on, one of the others who'd stayed behind (can't remember who now) heard a noise on the roof. There was another black-cloaked man on the roof, obviously looking for them. So they end up taking this guy out. Runa and Gresha, being of the religious sort, buried the bodies. By this point the other people were up, so we had some breakfast and then made a move, off into the forest.
This passed uneventfully for a while, but then we got set upon by 5 bandits. More combat! We killed four of them and wounded the one who was obviously the leader of the little group - we wanted him alive so we could question him. The session ended with Scan tying him up.