(Continued from Session 010)
Let’s go to see the council members!
(Conversation derailed into teeth and identical twin naming)
Kiiv and Whipp are made invisible and Enna wild shapes into a mule, and Gulden disguises self so our party of 7 appears as a party of four (within curfew limits).
We start to head westward in the direction of Jalabard. A bribe is necessary to get out of town.
We venture off the road to avoid being seen — and through the various fields for approximately 8 hours. Gulden then casts Tiny Hut to cast a dome over all of us so we can rest in peace. Early in the rest Whipp, who is taking watch, notices light coming from a distance away. People approach us and inspect the dome. They hear our voices while under discussion and then we quiet. They wait for awhile and eventually leave — around 2am.
We abandon the hut and start walking via the moonlight. Gulden gets us slightly lost and we continue walking (perhaps in the wrong direction). Nothing specific happens as the sun starts rising behind us (we are continuing westward).
We continue walking through fields of gourds and subsequently wheat. We decide to rest starting around 5am. We are now exhausted 😦.
We start resting in the wheat field for 24 hours. The order of the watch is:
We now continue to relax and pensive after 8 hours of rest.
Orla hears the slight sound of whistling. We start to hear footsteps and a 14-year old with a scythe comes into view.
Morrow: what brings you hear?
Boy: I live here!
Morrow: we are here resting
Boy: do mom and dad know your here?
Morrow: yes
(Gulden persuades into agreement)
Boy: do you need anything?
Party: nope
(The boy’s name is Jimmy — he cracks corn and he doesn’t care)
Several minutes later more footsteps are heard. Jimmy is there with his parents. Gulden recognizes them, but they don’t recognize him.
Gulden has a conversation with them and had positive interactions.
20 minutes later we here footsteps YET AGAIN. Jimmy brought us wheat biscuits 🥺
Around 7 in the evening Jimmy shows up again (while whistling). We entertain him with stories for an hour. We start to prepare for sleep with watches. We wake up 8 hours later and nothing interesting has happened.
We split into two groups:
We walk for a little while and we see soldiers on the road. They also see us. They call Kiiv over and ask what he’s doing. The soldiers interrogate both groups and eventually are coerced into letting us advance.
Around noon we reach the property of the second-most important person of the county. We head up toward the house.
Gulden: We are here to see Samantha (the second most important person in the county).
Samantha comes to see us a few minutes later.
We try to understand if any information regarding the current invasion occurring and try to gently press Samantha into sharing anything known about it.
“It’s not great but what can we do?”
“No taxes have been collected from us (rich)”
“They’ve made it very clear that they are in charge now”
“They’d rather have a bloodless, peaceful takeover than a hostile one”
“Why would such an outstanding person like Jeno be killed?”
Samantha allows us to stay and ultimately retreats upstairs. Enna shapeshifts into a mouse and attempts to follow Samantha upstairs. She goes into a room and closes the door behind her. Enna sneaks under the door into a bedroom and overhears a conversation with a well-dressed man. Samantha states some concern of the party being spies, but they note that Barstonians aren’t so likely to work with others. Enna follows her as a mouse and notes that Samantha has innocent conversations.
We decide to stay for dinner.
Around 5pm we head toward the dining area. Samantha introduces us to her husband Samuel. We all go around introducing ourselves to Samantha and Samuel.
Salad, soup, steak, etc — come out for dinner.
Samantha brings up what was mentioned regarding rebellion. Samantha says we cannot trust anyone, but also mentions that her goals align with ours.
Samantha has been distributing food to neighboring areas but hasn’t done much in terms of a plan. She states it would be nice to know if we have any allies.
Gulden shows the list of names to Samantha and she says that they are all people she is aware to have magical abilities. She states it would be nice to know if there are people in other counties or areas, but she has no idea who would come to our aid.
The rules:
I do have a person in Jalabard you can trust — her name is Tonya. Francesco and Georgio frequently go to Jalabard. Otherwise I have no way to ensure communication.
We agree on a special seal (a loaf of bread) to be made which we can share for communication purposes.
We are encouraged to look for a tunnel system but cannot find anything connected to Samantha’s cellars.
Kiiv requests a pair of breakaway cuffs.
Kestyn requests horses for the party.
We request uniforms if possible (and ultimately laundry service on the uniforms we do have).
Tonya is part of the small governmental system in Jalabard. (Low-level bureaucrat)
Party Experience Before Session: 12,874XP
Experience Earned:
Party Experience After Session: 14,424XP
Needed For Level 4: 6 * 2,700XP = 16,200XP
Note: Gulden is already level 5 because he needs to be for his profession. He won't gain experience until the rest of the party catches up with him.