DW Session 15: Much Ado About Veridan

General Summary

13/1/896

• Party still reeling from Amara’s death
• Adam and Wilbur debriefed by Cassandra, recount events leading to Amara's death
• Adam blames himself, takes body to be embalmed and preserved
• Wilbur suggests that Amara could be resurrected as a wight
• Cassandra’s unsure, but Adam flat-out refuses
• He knows Roland would hate to see his daughter as an undead
• The Sunken God is displeased by this development
• He wants a champion/fighter for his cause
• Wilbur assures the Sunken God he’ll find a suitable replacement
• Party gets paid for Battle of Hedgpeth, spends a few more days in town
• Adam stops by sorbet store, it’s run by Rockthorn now!
• The food’s cheaper, but it tastes much worse
• Wilbur goes to potions store, buys Oil of Taggit
• Merchant wants 600GP, Wilbur casts Suggestion and gets it for 150
• The Accuser and Cassandra tell party about their next assignment
• Veridan’s still on the run, haven’t been able to hunt him down
• But he has valuable secrets about the Characters
• Especially The Mariner’s identity
• An Elflands royal family member named Banquo was spotted leaving Kassadeia
• He was headed towards a small tavern named Much Ado on the way to Kassadeia
• As head of intelligence for Elflands, Banquo may be meeting with Veridan
• The orders: go there, break up meeting, kill Veridan if you can
• The party also gains a new barbarian-fighter in its ranks
• A stout and hearty-looking Sardivelian by the name of Jax
• He likes a good drink, and he’s from a minor noble familly

13/3/896

• Party travels towards Kassadeia, Amara’s casket in the back of wagon
• Jax fills party in on his life of sailing, living with orcs, joining Characters
• And no, he has never met Paoli personally
• The party finally makes it to a small tavern named Much Ado
• About a couple weeks away from Kassadeia
• Only a couple of patrons sitting around that night
• An elven guard stands watch at the top of the stairs leading to bedrooms
• Jax goes up to bar, flirts with bartender and drinks a ton of dragonshine
• Adam has a couple glasses of Sardivelian Snakebite
• Cassandra has some wine, Wilbur doesn’t drink
• Wilbur’s thoughts detect people upstairs discussing war plans/Characters
• He begins mentally tormenting the guard upstairs
• The guard freaks out, heads downstairs for a drink
• Wilbur poisons a drink with Oil of Taggit
• Jax tries to give it to the guard, but he spills it on him instead
• The guard passes out instantly, mouth foaming and unconscious
• Clementine, the bartender, has to take guard to nearby elven barracks
• She gives keys to a female patron, she locks the tavern up
• The female patron insists that everybody should stay downstairs
• It’s been a couple hours, but there’s still a meeting upstairs
• The party gets suspicious, gets antsy and wants to go upstairs
• When Wilbur mentions Banquo’s name, she attacks
• Turns out she’s an assassin!
• Tavern Brawl: Veridan, Banquo, and Izzara the Assassin
• Izzara deals a devastating attack to Wilbur, piercing and poisoning
• First person to deal damage to him!
• Four satyrs show up in the tavern as music plays upstairs, a gift from Veridan
• The satyrs attack Adam, putting him to sleep
• Wilbur summons eight Deep Ones in retaliation
• A couple of them start nibbling on Adam
• Jax rushes the upstairs door, breaks it down and goes inside
• There’s a table in the back where Veridan and Banquo are hiding
• He pushes Banquo down the stairs, jumps onto table
• He lands several good blows to Veridan
• Veridan loses concentration, satyrs disappear
• So he turns invisible and runs downstairs
• At bottom of the stairs Banquo gets attacked by Deep Ones
• Adam, awoken by Deep Ones bites, fights again
• He fires off his longbow, kills Banquo
• Veridan thinks he’s in the clear, but Wilbur senses his presence with his mind
• He fires off a bunch of Eldritch blasts, killing him instantly
• In the fallout Wilbur decides to pick up Veridan’s soul
• He gets an idea of the kind of intel he was selling
• Something about how ‘Your boss isn’t who he says he is’, referring to the Mariner
• Clementine will return soon, so party packs up and leaves tavern
• Wilbur decapitates Banquo’s head

Report Date

10 Dec 2019

Primary Location

Much Ado