Session 11: Murder Hoboing 101

General Summary

Whistlestick pulled a wand of eye poking from his magic cape
Before meeting up with Vex Ironhide The Order of the Freeheart stock up on gear
Potion of healin from The Alchemist in the market. Got 4 for price of 3.
Bolts from the grumpoy armorer
He did not like the group and Poppy swiped some sling shot as they left
Poppy studied her Ioun ston of mastery and that is powered by the god of knowledge.
along with Vex and Boley the group head off for Atwoodgraben
Boley was off with Poppy and the rest
later find out her mind is on her sister who was taken a month ago to the mines where our group almost ended up.
Boly follows the God Tyr and is a Paladin
on the road the adventurers dealt with a few things of interes
just in the Whispering Woods find a human sized sculpture made entirely of a mirrored surface, to reflect the forest around them.
Vex points out where a cockatrice lair is, he heard the creature on his last night walk.
took 2 waterskins of it
Near Attwoodgraben, three farmers pass by with a small herd of goats and a cow. Several minutes later a man comes running along with a black eye, roughed up clothes, and holding a rake pleading with the party to tell him where the bandits went with all his livestock.
hunted the thieves down and returned the livestock
farmer promised to help the order in anyway he could
his farm is just north of Atwoodgraben
A Woodland Pixie appeared and rewarded the group for their kindness with a large red berry
returning to Atwoodgrabenthe group go and collect Poppy's Badger hat
she tries to sell it back through guilt, buut the price is not good enough
also buy a small childs toy that Valen can light up as a torch

she appears to know allll abouut the group
Valen senses both pure good and terrible darkness corsing through her
she reveals she needs the group to retrieve a relic to help her battle the curse.
speaks seperately to Vex
Vex leaves group on the approach to the cave to carry out another task
Group easily dispatch the guards and their dogs in the forest, allowing them to approach the cave entrance uunseen
Take out the two longbow carrying lookouts above the cave entrance and slowly head inside
Whistlestick sets off a boulder trap which also sets off an alarm
pull Whistlestick out he only took minor damage
head into one of the rooms nearest the entrance and then proceed to take out
dog handlers
Dogs
Bandits
a Seargant tof the shrouded sepant
One smuggler
the others fled and warned of the party coming
following the water north the group suprise a pair of sergeants
one with his pants down
Finn and Valen don the spare shrouded sepent cape
use the Fairy's magic Berry
turns finn 's hair yellow and he grows antlers (3' long)
The contents of Poppy's backpack spill upon the ground. It is now filled with cabbages. Each cabbage’s weight and external appearance is normal, but damaging the cabbage reveals that it is hollow and filled with butterflies.
two Ghoul are released from the room opposite
the first eats a bandit
the group then kite them both to fall into a bottomless waterhole
back in the room they were released from they find two cultist acolytes
they found the ghouls in an abandoned woodland graveyard
experimenting to try and control the Ghouls
they lock them in the empty ghoul cage and head on
Dreessed as SHrouded serpents find the captain
Poppy bets she can take out everyone
her finn and valen play act
WHistlestick shoots the other bandit
Captain Striker then fights the group
whilst formidable he cant handle being outnumbered 5-1
opens the treasure room in exchange for freedom
flees
take treasure and relic and Vex meets the group
Returned to the Queen's tower
the group do not trust the Queen, particularly Poppy who challenges her to why they should hand over the relic.
She wins Poppy over by turning her Druid staff into a wand of magic missile by embedding a special Crystal intoit.
Queen explains they need to use Lord Reginald Blackthorne as a way to get an audience with the Emberfall Noble Council who can help take down The Sanguine Seraphs
he will pass by in 2 weeks after his dueling tournament
The Queen says she will call on them again
Head to The Cup and Toad while Vex goes on another task
Vex gave Boley the keys to The Gilded Pickaxe basement
See Gini The Gnome who requuest his knife back or Vex's belt
return knife
Queen Lydia Ravenlockhas told Athel the innkeepershe will foot the bill for the group.

I shall give you everything in the treasure room if you allow me safe passage to leave
— Captain Striker

Rewards Granted

NEEDS DOING

Reward	Who
Magic Red Berry	Poppy
Two Shrouded Serpent capes	Finn & Valen
668 cp	The Order of the Freeheart
518 sp	The Order of the Freeheart
46 gp	The Order of the Freeheart
four gold lockets with painted portraits inside	The Order of the Freeheart
two black velvet masks stitched with silver thread	Finn & Valen
Two potions of healing	The Order of the Freeheart
a potions of clibing	The Order of the Freeheart
1000sp	The Order of the Freeheart
Enough XP to level up to lvl2	The Order of the Freeheart
Wand of magic missile	Poppy
bone scroll tube with two spell scrolls: sleep and zone of truth.	@val