09.06.Thunder

General Summary

Still bad connection somehow, so probably missing stuff

• Heading towards the small town, Bricot, close to Tideshaven
• Not heading into it, as we don't want anyone to be recognized
• Rather popular road, passing other travellers
• Caravan in front of us. Troupe of entertainers
• The Happy Minsterels
• Nearing hill with smoke from the other side (smoke like from a cooking fire)
• It's the tax collector
• We find a different campsite, with water and some trees
• T hits two geese with a single shot
• S cooks them w/Searing Smite instead of a campfire
• A plan to do something to the other camp
• S needs honey or something for his dragonfly
• T first watch (while A does his thing), S second, A third, M fourth
• A's adventure
• Guy crouching on top of the hill, mostly looking north
• A cobble the horses to their cart, releases them from the rope binding them down and runs (really fast with Step of the Wind). Gets noticed
• Runs towards our camp
• Shoots his Lion Roar Arrow
• S has a vivid dream about metal and forging (?)
• T hears to owls, one from the west one from the north.
• They are approaching before they suddenly og quiet
• Rusteling in the grass by a figure the size of a large dog
• It imitates the lion roar
• Is scared away by T's warning shot
• Nothing happens at S's watch
• A's watch
• Something in the grass to the north
• Does not fall for his ration bait
• A goes back to his post
• Sad whine/whimper (almost sounds human) comes from it.
• A approaches
• Nothing happens during M's watch
• Random metal stuff is missing from the cart (nails, S's spoon, M's handaxe)
• Scratch marks where the nails where jerked out
• S makes new nails, and we head out
• not taken any of S's armour, or anything from the chest
• S lets the dragonfly hunt for some food
• Taxcollector camp gone
• Keeps walking
• See them in front of us on the road.
• They've recovered one of the horses
• Rider to the south-west
• looking towards the taxcollectors
• Well armoured
• Notices us, and backs a bit away into the forest
• No disernable crest or symbol
• Notice another figure on a horse by a lone tree further along
• Well armoured, full plate
• War horse
• Crest: green eagle in flight on gray (?)
• Lance
• Watching the tax collectors below
• A didn't have a mother
• Died from a spider, when A was young
• When we can see the tax collectors again, we see they have been stopped by another green knight
• They are from the Order of the Green Eagles
• Almost religious military order
• Traditionally serves only the king
• Often vanguard or strike team
• The guy by the tree is the former marquees of Eaglewater
• Last known leader of the order
• Ledgendary person
• The order sided with the Mountains in the war
• Was disbanded after the war
• Erivale is told to put her scarf on her head to be a bit disguised
• We pass the taxcollectors to try to continue our journey, ask what's wrong
• Will pay us hansomely if we help them
• Tax collectors for Earl Fullwell
• We agree to help
• Knight ambush
• Lots of knights (12!) hidden in the forest on both sides as well as the two riders and Eaglewater
• Three guardsmen are immediately killed
• A sneakily throws a piece of paper in the wagon
• M manages to get Eaglewater off of his horse with his glaive
• M does a lot of dmg
• The tax collector is dragged into the forest and tied to a tree
• S runs away from the rider leaving A, T and Erivale open and alone against half the knights and one of the riders
• A and T teamwork: A blueberry arrow -> adv. means lots of dmg from T
• The two remaining guards actually manage to kill one prone knight, and injure another
• Eaglewater yields
• M breaks his legs
• One knight goes into the forest for some reason…
• The knight comes back from the forest with a horse, hitches it to the tax collectors wagon and drives it into the forest
• One knight pummels Erivale and her skin starts crackeling
• S cast heat metal on that knights armor

Thunder has only hit twice this entire fight…. but hasn't rolled insightful fighting under 25. Very frustrating… Was only hit once tho (10 dmg hit)

The alchemist who T stole the book from (that taught her some alchemy symbols) is a bald halfling male called Marrin Finfire

Report Date

04 Dec 2022