The Main Campaign!

TIME FOR ACTION! INVESTIGATE!

Phedre had just managed to fall asleep before the activity was pointed out to her. Looking longingly at the warm nest she had made in the hollow she sighed and started to pack up. The first day had been an easy one and she could short herself one night of rest. Don't expect her to be happy about it, Phedre can be a crank when she's short of sleep.

Sure, let's check it out.

Metah Fore wrote: With mild annoyance at all the pecking Metah wakes up and checks in Yquity's saddle bag before joining the rest of the crew on their investigation.

Inside the saddlebag you find a narrow, wrapped gift box. Confusion doesn't stop you unwrapping it, however, and inside you find a hand-written note. It appears to be a surprise gift from Ten, wishing his brother/sister well on their quest. Under a few sheets of tissue paper you find Ten's prized short-sword, a family heirloom named "Anah'logy". Even under a cloudy sky, the blade's silvered edge gleams brightly in the moonlight.

Metah has acquired ANAH'LOGY (+1) !
(It is a short-sword, so it deals 1d6. It is in your character sheet. Also, it is silvered.)



You travel in to the early morning, heading south-west towards Woodsdale. The forest begins to steadily slope downhill as you reach the edge of the forest. Soon, you don't see as much snow, and than less mist. Finally, you leave the Untamed Forest behind you! Before you lie large fields of yellow, dried grass. It shocks you how much of the landscape you can see when there isn't a dense redwood forest in the way.

You travel a little ways longer, trying to catch up on any rest along the way. It is still dark outside, causing Woodsdale to become clearer and clearer as you approach. This can't be good, the large oak in the center of town is on fire. Finally, you reach the welcome sign on the outskirts of town..

Someone had smeared purple paint across it. It reads,
"Welcome to Woodsdale
GOBLINVILLE"



Uh oh.

Your party can safely circle the edge of town without being seen. From the darkness, you can spot maybe two-dozen goblins walking around, who have seemed to have taken over. From the looks of it, it seems as though Woodsdale's militia didn't stand a chance.

The weird thing is.. you don't see of the townsfolk..

This is all I will provide initially for this quest. As I have said in the descriptions, you can fly safely around the outskirts of town (hiding in the night) without being spotted. The marker I have placed for you to move around. Otherwise it is up to you to decide how you move about town, trying to find out where, or what happened, to the village!

The flag icons represent each individual goblin you spot when flying around.

Vasani spots a nearby wheat field. Hmmm... After making some vague hand gestures at the others, she darts into the field of tall wheat and stays close to the ground. She scoots her way inward to try and get a view of what's going on in the town center.


Stealth: +3
Perception: +1

The member 'Vasani Shepard' has done the following action : Roll them dice!

'd20' :

Vasani Shepard wrote:Vasani spots a nearby wheat field. Hmmm... After making some vague hand gestures at the others, she darts into the field of tall wheat and stays close to the ground. She scoots her way inward to try and get a view of what's going on in the town center.


Stealth: +3
Perception: +1

Since you are using not only the wheat, but the darkness to your advantage, I say you have ADVANTAGE to both checks.

Advantage rolls, GO!

The member 'Vasani Shepard' has done the following action : Roll them dice!

'd20' :

Tabitha cocks her head at Vasani's signals. She had no idea what they meant. But she knew her well enough to get the general idea of her intentions.

After growing up in the Untamed forest, and especially the encounter a few nights before with the goblin raiding party, Tabby felt she could make a pretty good guess at who was behind the town's management change. As she waits for Vasani to (hopefully) report back, she tries to remember any of the stories she grew up with about the forest's Goblin King.

~History: +1~

The member 'Tabitha Oakenfleur' has done the following action : Roll them dice!

'd20' :

Interesting rolls! Have Vasani do an insight check for me, too.

Insight: +3

The member 'Vasani Shepard' has done the following action : Roll them dice!

'd20' :

Vasani Shepard wrote:Vasani spots a nearby wheat field. Hmmm... After making some vague hand gestures at the others, she darts into the field of tall wheat and stays close to the ground. She scoots her way inward to try and get a view of what's going on in the town center.


Stealth: +3
Perception: +1

YOU MADE THE EASY DC!

For the most part, you are pretty safely hidden. If the goblins were actively searching for an intruder, you would be spotted. But you didn't roll low enough to be seen outright. So you should have nothing to worry about! You like some good foighten anyway.

Goblins, goblins, goblins. A lot of goblins. Your eyes dart back and forth, trying to make sense of the situation. Suddenly, you notice two villagers! Damn.. just missed where they came from. You notice they are being led on chains toward City Hall. You.. think you notice something painted on them? Weird.

As for the goblins, they seem awfully busy. A number of the patrols are also carrying building materials around. They seem to be preparing to retrofit and redesign the homes in Woodsdale. You do notice that there are a lot more of them near the entrance of City Hall than there are spread around town. Maybe there is something good in there? You bet there are more inside, too. Hmm.. maybe a little chaos might help stir them outside of their improvised fort? Or maybe you can try and eliminate them one by one, before the sun rises. Options, options, options. You can't seem to grasp what exactly they are doing here, beyond painting the town a little more green.

Heh. Nice. Green.

Tabitha Oakenfleur wrote:Tabitha cocks her head at Vasani's signals. She had no idea what they meant. But she knew her well enough to get the general idea of her intentions.

After growing up in the Untamed forest, and especially the encounter a few nights before with the goblin raiding party, Tabby felt she could make a pretty good guess at who was behind the town's management change. As she waits for Vasani to (hopefully) report back, she tries to remember any of the stories she grew up with about the forest's Goblin King.

~History: +1~

YOU MADE THE MEDIUM DC!

The Goblin King. There were a lot of old folk songs about him back in Red Terrace.. probably due to the fact that his great empire was hidden deep within the Untamed Forest, on the western side of the river; your side of the river. Most of the time the stories were for scaring children in to going to sleep. The Goblin King is a well known entity, yet his goblins are rarely, almost never seen outside of the Untamed Forest-- wait a minute. We ARE outside the forest.

When you try and think about it, not a lot of folk lore actually speak about the Goblin King himself, but focus on what his minions do for him. A lot of stories like to talk about their simpleness, savageness, and desires to eat people. You feel like there was another element to the King's stories.. but you can't seem to remember...

What are they doing with those villagers?

Vasani wanders closer to the town hall, trying to get a peak inside. Maybe through a back window?


Stealth?: +3
MOAR PERCEPTION: +1

The member 'Vasani Shepard' has done the following action : Roll them dice!

'd20' :

Ah I guess another insight roll as well?

+3

The member 'Vasani Shepard' has done the following action : Roll them dice!

'd20' :

Metah slides into another patch of wheat and decides to wait for the perfect chance to cause a little chaos.
"I am the night! *whisper*"


Stealth +8

The member 'Metah Fore' has done the following action : Roll them dice!

'd20' :

Hmm those trees over there might be big enough for me and Zenith to roost while we wait for the scouts to report back. Meanwhile I'd like to keep an eye out for the villagers and see if I can overhear what the goblins are saying.

Stealth (hiding in the tree for as long as I need to) +0

Perception (seeing or hearing anything) +1

The member 'Phedre nicEssus' has done the following action : Roll them dice!

'd20' :

Phedre nicEssus wrote:Hmm those trees over there might be big enough for me and Zenith to roost while we wait for the scouts to report back. Meanwhile I'd like to keep an eye out for the villagers and see if I can overhear what the goblins are saying.

Stealth (hiding in the tree for as long as I need to) +0

Perception (seeing or hearing anything) +1

You made the EASY DC(s)!

You find a nice spot to perch, watching intently for anything suspicious.

Metah Fore wrote:Metah slides into another patch of wheat and decides to wait for the perfect chance to cause a little chaos.
"I am the night! *whisper*"


Stealth +8

You made the HARD DC!

Vasani Shepard wrote:What are they doing with those villagers?

Vasani wanders closer to the town hall, trying to get a peak inside. Maybe through a back window?


Stealth?: +3
MOAR PERCEPTION: +1

You made the HARD and MEDIUM DC!

You slip by the goblin patrols so silently, you even surprise yourself. While on your stealthiness high, you peer in to the back window of City Hall. You see.. goblins. Walking around, carrying building materials. You see a few with a set of blueprints.. perhaps they are getting ready to construct something? You see the two prisoners, it seems like they are workers themselves of some kind.. they seem like farmers, but seem to be talking with the goblins about engineering schematics as opposed to farming. You also see the mayor! It looks like he is being pushed and prodded about, most likely being forced to collaborate..

Wait, what?

You see a massive cauldron, with a goblin stirring an awful glowing green goop inside. That's.. ugh.

Cameron watches as Phedre perches on a far tree. Poor girl.. she really thinks Vasani is gonna come back? He shakes his head, figuring she'll figure out soon enough. Plus, she can make an excellent scout in case we don't see something coming our way.

In a quiet voice, he calls toward Tabby. "Hey Tabby, let's go catch up!"
Cameron takes Tabby's hand, and drags her with him as they fly over towards Vasani. They let themselves off outside the city, and creep in closer next to Vasani on foot.

Stealth check! , +2 to stealth!

Hey. Make Tabby do one too.