DW Session 13: A Hodgepodge of Problems at Hedgpeth

General Summary

12/2/896

• Party travels to Hedgpeth
• Adam finishes writing his play, lots of explosions in it
• Cassandra says she could help him get it produced in Noggin
• Wilbur does some research on the Elflands government
• He learns about its history
• Founded over three thousand years ago
• It’s had eight monarchs in its long history
• Recent victories: defended against tiefling invasions from Rakka in 740's
• Recent defeats: dragonborn independence in 760’s
• Party gets near Hedgpeth, is stopped by a band of goblins
• A hobgoblin named Goodberry leaves the pack
• He accuses Characters of interfering with their plans
• Elven guards are being murdered
• The Accuser convinces Goodberry to let them into town
• He leads them into town, takes them to goblin hideout
• There’s a recent murder for them to investigate
• Adam falls on ass trying to climb building
• Amara finds scratch marks, elf’s face eaten off
• They follow tracks down to the riverfront
• The clawmarks end at a drainage pipe
• So party travels down into sewage pipe w/ a goblin named Rockthorn
• Rockthorn grew up in sewers, so he’s an expert guide
• A couple of piercers fall from ceiling, pretty easy to kill
• They do run into an Otyugh though
• Amara frightens it, but it KO’s Adam
• Wilbur delivers killing eldritch blast
• Even Rockthorn fires some shortbow shots!
• Down at the end of pipes they find Helix, the chuul from the temple!
• It wants to eat Adam, but Amara and Wilbur stop it
• It has trouble understanding distinctions between elves
• Wilbur and Amara convince him to hold off on attacks
• They suggest he tries destroying dams for Sunken God instead
• The party leaves the sewers, covered in raw sewage
• They tell Goodberry that it was an Otyugh that was killing the elves
• He believes it, starts working with Characters
• Adam tries to help Rockthorn get a sorbet
• It fails terribly, Adam gets KO’d again by elven guard
• Rockthorn has to drag him back to hideout
• Party has to take long rest and clean up

12/3/896

• Wilbur makes a scroll of Suggestion for the goblin resistance
• Amara goes to Sorbet Store to get some for Rockthorn
• It’s 150GP for five sorbettes, she fails to negotiate discount
• She pays 120GP, runs out of store
• She also steals a customer’s sorbette
• When elven guard rushes after her, she throws him in river
• It’s the same guard that KO’d Adam, and he drowns
• Adam does some more scriptwriting
• He tries to get Rockthron to help him work on the play
• A kenku from the Shroud stops Amara one day
• She hands her an imperial letter, authorizing one exorcism
• The ceremony is performed by Elsinore, priestess of Ageless One
• Her exorcism is scheduled for 13/4/896

Report Date

24 Nov 2019

Primary Location

Hedgpeth