Session 25: Wine-y Orcs Report

General Summary

The twenty fifth session, taking place on the 27th of April in 2024, involved the characters of Ausie (Primolasp), Bemma (Meeko), Sensu (BloodMary), Ziros (Mr Bibbles), Xelfy Zippletopple (Yeti) and Red (Erasmas). The session lasted from 19:17 British Time to 23:30 British Time.
Starting midway through the journey from Salthaven, the party had just gone offroad, riding horseback to Hertbury. After a rather prolonged party bonding time, where they braced and then informed Bemma about the nightmare that is nobility taxes, prompty followed by Bemma questioning their non-existent history of townbuilding.
Although slightly unnerved by a keratin-covered reminder of their newbie, and now taxable, status, the party reached the town of Hertbury without trouble. Fortunately, despite many of the townsfolk staying indoors and watching from afar, the party managed to encounter Estel, their contact from past dealings with Hertbury, who was more than eager to repay the favour with information, explaining that Hertbury's shipment had arrived, and that the caravan that took over from the usual sea transport should've arrived at Salthaven by now.
Motivated by built-in plot progression and the prospect of reclaiming the bountiful reserves of alcohol, the party set off back the way they came, planning to rest at Winkleigh and ask the locals some questions to locate when the caravan went missing. After some questioning, the party discovered that the caravans heading to Winkleigh had also not arrived, and that the party's target hadn't passed by at any point. Now certain of where to search, and powered by the oh so motivating taste of dry medieval hardtack biscuits, the party once more rode away, this time searching the road for any caravan wagons.
Unfortunately, it took the party a while to finish searching the road, but at least the town could look after itself (after all, they have labourers to work Salthaven for a reason). But what they did find was the dessicated remains of a horse and an abandoned, although untouched, wagon. The quiet respite didn't last long however, as the sound of distant warhorns erupted through the forest and before long a group of ogres and an orc were upon them.
During the process of combat, not only was Aussie's face very intimately acquainted with a solid metal orb but the party managed to recruit one of the ogres and capture the orc. Despite the orc's firm resistance initially, to the point of making sure Ausie's entire body didn't feel left out by causing a fiery explosion to surround him, he eventually grew to be quite cooperative when he discovered that Ausie was a half-orc, quoting about his need to regain his honour and presumably seeing it as necessary to repay Ausie for his mercy, despite the fact that Bemma was the one actively on the brink of executing him.
Eventually, the party decided to have Sensu, Thud (the Big Friendly Ogre) and Rev Mal (the Orc) stay with the wagon whilst they went to quickly search for the escort, well aware of the many orc forces patorlling the woods. Much to their gain, they eventually reached ruins that Red had spotted earlier and, after searching them, almost got his head removed by Daiven, who had been keeping him and his group hidden there with the two remaining horses. After a short catch-up, the party brought Daiven and Co. back to the wagon and hastily set off, seeking to return to safety before the Orcs closed in.

Campaign

World of Maqbara Campaign

Protagonists

Xelfy Zippletopple

Neutral Good Forest Gnome (Hermit)
Sorcerer 7

51 / 51 HP

STR
8

DEX
14

CON
16

INT
14

WIS
8

CHA
16

Eshemi Sahar

Oliver Felixis

Cord

Neutral Pox Walker (Bio weapon)
Druid 4

35 / 35 HP

STR
8

DEX
15

CON
12

INT
15

WIS
16

CHA
10

Red

David Friedrich

None Variant Human (Exiled Solider)
Paladin 3

28 / 28 HP

STR
16

DEX
10

CON
14

INT
8

WIS
8

CHA
16

Sensu

Chaotic Evil Variant Tiefling (Charlatan)
Bard 9

66 / 66 HP

STR
8

DEX
14

CON
14

INT
14

WIS
9

CHA
20

Ausie

Report Date

30 Apr 2024