Session 12

General Summary

03/30/1493

Session 11

With only an hour of daylight left and Big Al's life possibly in their hands, the party waste no time. After peeking through a couple windows, they discover there are still orcs inside. At least the one sleeping in the dining room. Slowly, and quietly, they push the front door open just enough to slip in unheard. Balasar crosses the room in 3 steps. Standing behind the sleeping abomination, he turns his hammer around, and with the claw he makes one smooth motion across the orcs throat. The creature awakes, surprised, trying to yell for back up. But he can't. With 1 hand on his throat, the other swings wildly trying to hit anything that comes in it's path. Frantic, fear fills his eyes, when he sees no one in the room. Until he does. Thia, steps from around a corner with her bowstring pulled tight. She releases and her arrow strikes the orc in the eye. At such close range, the shot goes though the back of his skull and with a thud, pins him to the wall as the life leaves his body.
Room by room, they search. Finding more orcs in the kitchen and again upstairs. In the master bedroom, they search the dresser in the closet. A false bottom is discovered with a small chest. Balasar smashes open the lock to find a beautiful Tiger Fur Belt of Deflection. In the office, amongst the invoices scattered on his desk, BIg Al has a small bag of gold along with a list of 5 farm hands and their weekly wages. In the upstairs lounge area, the party also gathers up a deck of 3 Dragon Ante Playing Cards and a Dragonchess Set.
Once the group feel certain there are no more orcs inside the upper levels of the farmhouse, they make their way out the back door headed towards the cellar. In the back yard lay 2 dead orcs and 5 dead humans. The poor ranchers stood no chance against the onslaught they faced. The cellar door has a padlock on it. Too strong to be broken by Balasar . While they stand trying to figure out how to get into the cellar, a small figure sprints up to the party. It's brown cloak dragging the ground around it, one would wonder how it doesn't trip. The figure takes hold of the lock and after hearing a few clicks, it turns to Thia, looks up to her with wide eyes and a toothy grin, as it quickly turns and darts away back into the fields.
With the lock no longer an issue, the party quietly enters the cellar. They've been heard! A farmer lays on the floor with a broom handle held over his head in as threatening a manor as one can with broken legs and hips. BIg Al attempts to drag himself towards the party, but is unable to move more than a few inches due to the extreme pain. He tells the group about the invasion and if they can help him rid his property, he will stay and fight with them. As well, he has something hidden in his closet he thinks would be of use to the fighter. The group, sadly, tells him the orcs have taken everything. His lovely chest was smashed to pieces and whatever was inside is gone.
Thia tends to BIg Al's injuries as he sits stunned. As the shock of the last few days begins to wear off, he wants to help these kind people who saved him from certain death. "I don't have much, but there is a few gold pieces in my office, and I do have some deliveries that need made to Phandalin. Perhaps, i can offer you folks use of my cart to speed up your travel, if you could drop my deliveries in town, and you can have what little gold I had intended for wages." The party lowers their eyes as they tell the heart broken man that that too, had been stolen by the orcs. BIg Al briefly looks defeated. He pulls himself back to full height, "As long as I still have petunia and my horses, I'll be able to continue my work here. Without Petunia, I wouldn't even be able to work. Did you see? Do I still have a cow and horses or have they been slaughtered as well?" Relieved about the news of his animals being safe, he sits on the cold floor, feeling slightly more confident that he has not lost everything.
The party and BIg Al hunker down in the relative safety of the cellar for the evening with plans of finding the horses in the morning, meeting with Jarvis Connely at Conyberry and delivering both he & BIg Al's butterskulls to Phandalin.

Session 13

Rewards Granted

Tiger Fur Belt of Deflection (Balasar )
3 Dragon Ante Playing Cards (Jeffroy)
Dragonchess Set (Jeffroy)
125 gold pieces (party)

Missions/Quests Completed

Butterskull Ranch

Character(s) interacted with

BIg Al

Related Reports

Session 11

Report Date

12 Dec 2020

Primary Location

Butterskull Ranch