Session 1 Report
General Summary
The Girls take a job together in Neverwinter for Gundren Rockseeker to escort a wagon of supplies to Phandalin. He rides ahead of them with a warrior named Sildar Hallwinter. After several uneventful days, the Girls approach a section of the Triboar Trail perfect for an ambush, complete with two dead horses in the middle of the road that match the ones Gundren and Sildar were riding. Book and Ashlyn approach the bodies carefully and are not surprised in the least when 4 Goblins jump out of the bushes to attack them. A fight ensues and they manage to kill all 4 goblins. The goblins carry nothing with them but the black arrows for their bows that match the ones that killed the pair of horses. Examining the area closely, they confirm that these horses are indeed the ones that Gundren and Sildar were riding and all the saddle bags have been emptied. Ashlyn spies an empty map case near Gundren's horse. Book is able to figure out that Gundren and Sildar were both taken captive by the Goblins while Mist finds the trail the Goblins have been using to get in and out of this area. After a brief debate, they decide to continue on to Phandalin and turn over the wagon before heading up the northern path and finding Gundren and Sildar.
In Phandalin, the Girls meet Elmar Barthen at Barthen's Provisions and receive their 10 gp each for completing their job. Elmar encourages them to go rescue Gundren. He tells them how Gundren has two brothers that are camping outside the town and that the three of them recently found the legendary lost mine in the nearby foothills of the Sword Mountains. None of the brothers are in town, but are due to show up any day now. He directs them to the local Stonehill Inn to rest up and tend to their wounds before once again asking them to go rescue his dwarven friend.
At the Inn, Mist spends time to commune with the spirits of nature while Book and Ashlyn head to the common room to see what the locals know about the goblins, and it isn't much. One farmer mentions that Sister Garaele recently returned to the Shrine of Luck looking wounded and exhausted. A miner they asked about the goblins told them about the Orc Raiders to the east and how the townmaster is looking for someone to run them off. Everyone seems uneasy about the Redbrand Ruffians who have been a nuisance in town lately.
In the morning the Girls head back to the ambush site and follow the trail north. With Book in the lead she easily spots both the snare trap and the pitfall trap they encounter along the way. While trying to edge around the pitfall, Mist get's wacked in the head by a branch and nearly falls in, grasping the edge and shimming around until Ashlyn and Book could pull her out.
Five miles from the ambush site, the trail ends at the mouth of a large cave in the side of a hill. The Girls cross the shallow stream and manage to surprise the pair of guards in the thicket blind, killing both before either could raise an alarm. Ashlyn leads the way in the cave and spots three wolves in a room just to the right inside the cave. She was able to calm them down and explore the room a bit more, finding nothing but trash that had piled up at the base of a fissure in the wall leading up to another room.
Because the wolves seem to think Book looks very tasty, she darts around the corner to the north and spots a bridge further up the cave. She tries to take a shot at the lone guard goblin but misses, thankfully the sound of the rushing water covers up the arrow plunking down into the waves. After a quite discussion and realizing that they'd have to help Mist through the cave or light a torch, they decide to try and get past the wolves and try to climb the fissure. Unable to further calm the snarling wolves, Mist runs out to drag one of the dead goblins inside to feed to the wolves. This WORKS!
With the wolves busy devouring the goblin, the Girls are able to sneak around and climb up the fissure into another room. This room contains all sorts of stolen cargo as well as a Bug Bear, a snoozing wolf, and two goblin guards. The loud sound of crashing water fills the cave enough to cover up their entrance through the fissure, allowing them to get the jump on the nearby Bug Bear. Each of the three girls get's a hit in, with Book double shoving both her swords into the creature and bringing it down with a gasping, "Klarg can not die here...."
Immediately the wolf goes in for the attack, jumping over the smoldering coals of the firepit to attack at Book. Between Book and Ashlyn they take out the wolf quickly. The two goblins barely have time to register what's going on when Book shoots an arrow at one of them. That spurs the pair into action and he charges her recklessly, managing to get a swipe on her before Book and Ashlyn take it down, Mist doing her best to use her magics to keep Book alive. Seeing both his partner and his boss dead at the hands of these adventures, the second goblin drops his sword and runs for the door, not managing to make it the door before Mist caused roots to reach up and slow it down so Book and Ashlyn could take it out.
Liah Liadon
Book
Ashlyn
Level 2
Half-Elf
Chaotic Good Monk
(Sage)
(Sage)
/ 15 HP
Mist
Report Date
29 Jun 2019
Primary Location
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