6/20/23

Downtime: Bridge building & river exploring. 410xp for exploring around, din't find a ton of useful.
 
Quest: go explore, given autonomy by Lord Marshall
 
Vanessa: Jamaican forest gnome in trouble for stealing, Pip
Dick: Glogmealk the bugbear, bigger than he looks, gangly n sneaky
Tom: Orc articifer named Moth, introvert
 
Empty glass vial, matches, articifer junk in Moths pocket. Pip's got luxury smoke kit, not the type a street urchin'd have. Gotta steal both later.
 
Heading NW, rugged foothills, plains n prairie, river valley, wide blue sky, Montana vibes
 
Building on cliff, Shok flies by, entrance to open air building built into foothill amphitheater. Closer look: abandoned, decorated with large bearded faces
 
Notices weird pendant, necklace thing under glogmealks robes
 
Enter monastery, old dwarven ruin, search around
 
Find 8sp and 5 candles
 
Attacked by bird people inside ruins, kill 1/3, rest flee.
 
Camp outside ruined temple thing.
 
Visited by bird person blue heron type with big book at campfire, starting to understand. Nakaw he says, bird person is nakaw. Warns of Cat enemy, branch snaps, he flies away. Bird person from the hut, warning of cat danger and bird people to west, footprints in temple
 
Inform Marshall, gain 500 xp