Guardians of Devotion Session 10 Report
Old Paths, New People, Part 1
General Summary
Chester sends the Blue Berry Gang to the other side of the planet at the strange and vague request of Harbin Wester, Town Master of the small village of Phandalin. Upon arriving in Phandalin, the party is immediately met by Sister Garaele, head priest to the Shrine of Luck, dedicated to Tymora the goddess of Luck and Good Fortune. Thalia immediately approaches the priestess and asks for her blessing. Flo and Thalia notice a hand drawn picture of a Dragonborn adventurer with a Goblin in his backpack. When asked, the sister explained that a long time ago, this adventurer made a large donation to the shrine. Thalia, smitten with this image, and not to be outdone, Thalia also makes a sizable donation, to the tune of 1,000 gp, to the shrine. Sister Garaele expressed deep gratitude. Flo and Thalia also noticed a small, silver pin in what may have been the shape of a heart with some lines through it? When asked, Garaele says that it is a mark of her station as head priestess, but something was off about this response.
The party explains that they are here to meet with Town Master Harbin Wester. Their new friend is happy to escort them to Town Master Hall. On the way, several party members notice a symbol that is on several buildings, a circle with a line through it, the whole icon in red. Reaching the front door of the Hall, the party is met by Harbin Wester who ushers them inside and dismisses Sister Garaele. After getting everyone seated, Harbin begins to explain why the party is here in the most manic manner possible. Flo attempts to calm him through the use of her magic, but his anxiety is too strong.
Harbin explains that Phandalin has grown a lot recently and has exceeded the limitations of the small, ad hoc government which had been set up originally. The Town Master sent for help from Neverwinter and was sent a magister who could help improve the governmental infrastructure. Two days after he arrived, the new magister disappeared! So Harbin sent for more help from the large northern city. Neverwinter sent word that they sent a new magister, but he never arrived. He was supposed to be here two days ago. Town Master Wester suspected that some entity within Phandalin is working against the good of the town, so he went as far outside of this area as he could find, the Guardians of Devotion.
While explaining the dire straights the town is in, a loud knock on the door interrupted things. A man named Barthen is apparently missing a shipment and expecting Harbin to do something about it. After dismissing him, Wester explains that he would like the party to back track the rout the magister from Neverwinter would have taken and see if they can learn about what happened. Thalia generates an herbal remedy to help Harbin relax and the party makes their way out of town and towards the open road. As they pass through Phandalin, they continue to notice the red mark of a circle with a line through it.
After about half a day of travel, the party comes upon two horses, clearly killed by arrows, blocking the road. Thalia was able to tell that the horses were moved into their current resting place and that they had been shot from up and in front of them. Flo searched and found empty saddle bags and an empty map case. While the party did look around they were unable to spot the ambush laying in wait for them.
A Goblin Hexer leads a group of Goblins and a Giant Spider in an attack against the party, opening with a grease attack and forcing the party to make Dex Saves. After several comical failures, slipping and sliding around in the grease, the party succeeded in subduing their attackers and taking a Goblin Warrior hostage. This happened after several notable events during the course of battle. First of all, the Goblin Hexer yelled, Jinx, and attempted to prevent Flo's attack from landing true, but Flo's wisdom was great and that attack hit its mark. JohnySlays took a running jump in an effort to clear the gap between the high grounds, and got close, but was not able to make the distance. Falling through the air he landed on the body of the dead spider, bounced and flipped and crashed into the body of a dead horse and slid to the ground, landing on his feet unharmed. This all happening as Thalia, in their snake form, ate a Goblin Minion they had killed.
JohnySlays and Thalia were able to capture a Goblin Hexer and Flo was able to end the fighting and get the Goblin to share what information that he knew. Despite the arrogant and pervasively defiant attitude, the Goblin shared that he works for a Bugbear named Klarg who is commanding a group of about 20 Goblins in a cave not far from the road. Klarg answers to King Grol who rules the Cragmaw Goblin Tribe from a Castle about twenty miles from where they are at this time. Recently Klarg had received instructions from King Grol to start attacking travelers. Specifically, they were looking for a Dwarf. A couple of days ago, the Dwarf was taken along with a Human that was traveling with him. The Dwarf and his beongings have been sent on to King Grol and the human is being held in the Eating Room of their cave nearby. The Goblin also said something about a Black Spider, but wasn't sure because he's too low in the pecking order.
The party bound the Goblin and he lead them to a trail, hidden from the view of the road. Traveling down the road, the Goblin made no efforts to inform the party of the two traps that were present. Fortunately, Zaynathan was able to notice the traps and avoid them. Thalia administered a healing potion after the Fighter knocked the Goblin Warrior out on account of his bad attitude and defiance. Coming back to full health, the Goblin continued to mouth off which prompted Zaynathan to strike him again. The party asked JohnySlays' chat to decide the Goblin's fate. A noticeable majority of 100 responses called for the Goblin to live, with several calling for him to become a regular NPC and one trying to boost #Goblinlives4eva. The party honored the chat and didn't kill the Goblin, but did further bind and gag him with a dirty sock that he didn't seem to mind.
The session ended with the party reaching the mouth of a cave with a thicket and a small stream coming out of the opening.
Rewards Granted
Missions/Quests Completed
Investigate the Disappearance of the Magister from Neverwinter: Progress
Character(s) interacted with
Flo (Flurkin_Owner247)
Cleric 3
14
8
14
12
17
10
Thalia Ancunin
Druid 3
11
12
11
16
16
17
Zaynathan
Fighter 3
17
13
15
14
12
12
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