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#16 Next time, skip the side quests
The Hook
Hobgoblins have raided the village and several search parties have been lost.
Prelude
A group of hobgoblins came to the new town and they took a dozen prisoners, including several attractive women and 2 children.
Summary
The party returned to the new town to find them in high alert. Hobgoblins had created a fire as a distraction and stolen a dozen people. It didn't take long for the group to decide to rescue them.
They borrowed an airship and when in the one direction from which no searchers had returned. As they flew up the mountain, they had difficulty generating lift due to frigid temperatures and less dense air. Just as they were contemplating hoofing it, the ship was attacked by a white dragon.
It breathed on the ship, harming the crew and leaving the decks covered in ice. Speaks leapt from the deck hoping to land on its back but miss4ed. Ferric responded by hitting it with a fireball, and Peeter tried to blind it with divine light but failed.
Injured it circled back to the ship thirsty for revenge. Speaks, also hoping for revenge leapt onto its back and pounded it. It responded by going inverted hoping to drop him, but he held on. Ferric cast slumber and the thing succumbed and fell to the ground, its spine cracking as it did so. Speaks leapt free and finished it off.
They investigated a nearby cave where they freed a human and a dwarf and collected a small amount of treasure and the information that there was a tougher creature nearby. They helped the men build a fire to get warm, then headed off to the next challenge.
This was some kind of polar worm. Luckily, they were well-prepared with fire spells, but it was not an easy fight. In fact, when they finally managed to kill the vicious beast, it exploded leaving both Peeter and Ferric bloody and broken. Luckily, Speaks acted quickly to save Peeter who ion tun saved Ferric.
Night fell as they headed to their ship and the waning light allowed them to see the shadows of the hobgoblins trail. In the morning, Gord joined them as they headed after the hobgoblins.
The hobgoblins lived in a surprisingly warm valley though they were surrounded by ice on all sides. They made their way down to the settlement and were surprised to see it seemed well organized and well-run. They did see humans and others being force to work as slaves under the leadership of a human overseer.
They made their way to the headman and negotiated the release of the slaves for a price of about 1000 gold (most of which they'd taken from the dragon). The women were missing, he said he'd sold them to Salamanders and he wanted another 500 gold for directions to them.
The party declined his offer taking the 15 or so people they'd freed and heading towards the ship. Once they were a few hundred feet away, Ferric launched a fireball at the chief's hut. A group who were following launched arrows but were mostly destroyed when Speaks through a fireball bead at them.
They headed down and killed a few more before the tribal shaman ordered them to throw down their weapons. After some discussion, the shaman asked for peace and promised not to raid again. He was given 500 gold toward his plans to make a new settlement.
The group and their refugees headed back to the ship and from there back to town.
Quotes
Ferric: Speaks, if you want to bungee, you need the cord.
The Spoils
Ferric: chain +2, Aquatic cumberbund, Pouch of alarm "help, help i'm being stolen. guards help."
Peeter: +2 shield
Greta: +1 Sling, +1 chain, +1 sword, flaming great sword
Gord: +1 chain, +1 sword, +1 Shield
Speaks: Potion of Cure moderate wounds, luck blade +1 (short sword) with one wish.
Unclaimed
sword +1
cold iron sword
Ivory brush/comb hair color changes for 24 hours.
oil of slipperiness
4 Gems
Experience Points
| Character | Previous | Bonus | Base | New Total |
Part 1
| Character | Previous | Bonus | Base | New Total | |
| Ferric Stegazi | 54313.0 | 1600.0 | 8400.0 | 64313 | Need 6687 for level 10 |
| Roleplaying +1600 | |||||
| Klynt | 15816.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15816 | Need 7184 for level 7 |
| Mordak | 53333.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 53333 | Need 17667 for level 10 |
| Peeter the Faithful | 53813.0 | 1600.0 | 8400.0 | 63813 | Need 7187 for level 10 |
| Roleplaying +1600 | |||||
| Speaks with Reason | 54313.0 | 1600.0 | 8400.0 | 64313 | Need 6687 for level 10 |
| Roleplaying +1600 | |||||
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