Entry 46 - Diplomacy with Goblin Shaman (session LVI)
We waited long, with torches dim,
For goblin chief to speak with him.
The half-orc spoke of druid’s crime,
And justice bound by Enclave’s time.
Draxon pledged his mighty hand,
For Burrell’s aid, we took our stand.
While waiting, wisdom filled my sight,
I wove the spell and birthed True Light.
Then Uttu stirred—his warning dire,
A shaman’s voice rose through the mire.
She bade us yield, or face her wrath,
But I would forge a different path.
“If not your chief, then he shan’t mind,
When we cut down your wretched kind.”
Steel was drawn, the battle came,
And Felonious struck true his aim.
An arrow keen through throat did slide,
And from the fight, she turned to hide.
Yet Jean Marie gave chase to fell,
And Misty Step did break her spell.
With Uttu’s aid, the deed was done,
The shaman lost, her life undone.
Her hand I claimed, to weave my rite,
With Dead Man’s Tell, I read the night.
The bodies hid, the path we tread,
Toward kobold lands with caution fled.
But noise betrayed, our stealth was torn,
And chains ahead by goblins worn.
So raise the call, let battle sing,
For fate is forged in war’s cruel ring,
Where prophecy and blade entwine—
And chaos marks this path as mine.
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Time drags as we rest, awaiting the return of the goblin chief. In the quiet, we confer with our half-orc ally, who speaks grimly of Bealox—a renegade druid, marked for justice by the Emerald Enclave. His deeds demand reckoning.
Draxon pledges aid to Burrell, honoring the assistance he has given us, and the rest of us follow suit.
During our wait, I call upon the wisdom of Savras, casting Comprehend Languages, ensuring that no tongue shall obscure truth from my sight.
A warning—Uttu stirs at my side, alerting me to movement in the shadows. Goblins approach. Their shaman steps into the dim torchlight, her voice cutting through the gloom. She carries orders—whether by our own will or by force, we are to be taken before Bealax.
We attempt reason, claiming our allegiance to her chief, but she cares not for his will. She is here on another’s command. I answer coldly: “Then Durel won’t mind if we kill you.”
The goblins do not take kindly to my resolve. Steel is drawn, battle erupts.
Felonious moves like a specter, his arrow finding its mark—a clean shot through the throat of the shaman. She stumbles, blood pooling at her feet, then turns to flee. Jean Marie gives chase, and I illuminate Meapo’s sling bullets with Light, guiding our strikes in the fray. Felonious, ever the hunter, summons the magic of Misty Step, vanishing and reappearing beside the fleeing shaman. Uttu distracts her, and Felonious seizes the moment, his blade finding home in her flesh—ending her struggle.
The others make quick work of the remaining goblins, steel flashing in the firelight.
With the battlefield stilled, I approach the lifeless shaman and command Uttu to tear free her finger, though he struggles with the task. Felonious, ever efficient, carves it free and tosses it my way. Channeling divine sight, I invoke Dead Man’s Tell, seeking hidden passageways and secrets buried within these halls.
Satisfied, we drag the corpses away, erasing evidence of the blood spilled here. Then, we move—toward the kobold domain, where Meapo believes a path to the druid may lie.
Yet, fate turns fickle. In our march, my footstep misplaces itself, echoing loud against the stone. Ahead, movement stirs—a line of kobold slaves, bound in chains, herded by goblin taskmasters.
And so, another battle awaits.
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Continue reading...
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Entry #1: Our journey further into The Cave of the Foulwater Goblin Tribe
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Entry #2: In and out of the lair...
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Entry #3: Out of fire and to the Inn - blasted guards
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Entry #4: Respite in Phlan
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Entry #5: Jean-marie the dead-riser
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Entry #6 - a riot begins
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Entry 0.5 - the party forms then splits
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The battle of Phlan continues
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Entry #7: the riot escalates
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Entry #8: Jailbreak attempt
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Entry #9: confined to a nice jail cell - jailbreak#2?
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Entry #10: Down the well - ruins in labyrinth
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Entry #11 - out of the tunnels - finally rest!
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Entry #12 - finding the Harper agent
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Entry #13 - Evening entertainment (i.e. barfight)
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Entry #14 - to the lighthouse
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Entry #15 - exploring the island
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Entry #16: into the depths of the island
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Entry #17 -Down into the dark bowels of Toril
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Entry #18 Battle at jade totem
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Entry #19: Solving Igon's murder
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Entry #20 - Grim's guilt assured - attack from the sea!
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Entry #21: the relentless attack from the sea
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Entry #22: escape from Sokol Keep
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Entry #23 - Escape to Melvaunt
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Entry #24 - the trade bazaar
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Entry #25 - Trade bazaar continued...
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Entry #26 - Regrouping at the Inn, then going separate ways
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Entry #27 - 1st attempt at securing the purse
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Entry #28 - Next morning, next pursuit for the purse
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Quest list
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Entry #29 - Jean Marie's gold is recovered (partially)
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Entry #30 - To the pub, an orb breaks
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Entry #31 - Lightning!
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Entry #33 - What to do with Tret
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Items for "sale" from Church of Gond
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Entry #34 - Illusndra & the church of Ghond
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Entry #35 - search for the cult
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Entry 36 - Battle with the Leucrotta
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Entry 37 - Decent into the Sunless Citadel the sunken tower
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Entry #38 - further into the Citadel
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Entry #39 - Fel's luck, discovery of ancient chamber
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Entry #40: The Chamber of Secrets and Perils
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Entry #41 (session L) - Retreating from the Kobolds
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Entry #42 (Session LI) - Negotiations with the Goblin Chiefton
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Entry #43 (session LII) - planning for battle
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Entry #44 (Session LIII) - Battle with the Kobolds
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Entry 45 - 2.7 Session LV - Discussion with Goblin Chief
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Entry 46 - Diplomacy with Goblin Shaman (session LVI)
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Entry 47: Liberation of the Kobolds (session LVII)
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Entry #48 - Descending into the mines - the hunt for Belak
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Entry #49 - The Haze and the Goblins’ Secrets (Session LVIII)
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The Journal Entry’s title
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Entry #50 - The Tendrils of Fate (Session LIX)
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Entry #51 – Ashardalon’s Whisper (Session LX)
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Chapter 52: Shadows Beneath the Grove (Session LXI)
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Chapter 53: The Withering Blight Tree (Session LXII)
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Entry 54: The Fall of Durnn and the Liberation of the Kobolds (Session LXIII)
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Entry 55: Oaths in the Ruins, and a Kobold’s New Road (Session LXV)
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