Session 20: The Phantom Raid Report

General Summary

The party knows it only has till tonight to deal with the smugglers. It is going to be dangerous, and it doesn't help that information is low for this venture. To that end, Erland spends the day getting his business in order, while Catalina scribes one more spell into her book of secrets. Reza and Norm take a more practical approach and con the local potion seller to discount their potions even further.   Eventually, the guards arrive and its time to begin the raid. For the most part, everything goes well: the party finds the location that they give the signal and give the correct signal. Unfortunately the party approached from the coast, guaranteeing them being spotted. The party was able to salvage the situation by disguising Catalina as one of the Ironshadows beforehand, convincing the smugglers that the party was indeed here to load the smuggled goods as they assumed the rest of the party were newly blackmailed recruits. with Erland and Norm climbing into a nearby compartment unnoticed, The sneak attack was prepared.   The fight was an all out brawl that presumably alarmed the entire boat. The captain and the ship-wizard quickly scrambled to assist the other topside pirates. There was a close-call with Erland, and the guards that rowed became ice sculptures after the wizard blasted the main deck with frost. The captain was fortunately captured, and interestingly the rest of the crew did not join the commotion on top. It remains to be seen what this will lead to next session.