After nearly getting slaughtered by those owlbears, everyone managed to recover fairly quickly thanks to a sudden unexplainable increase in health and strength. Eddi the cleric healed the bulk of the party's wounds with his remaining daily spells and everyone managed to regain full health with a good night's sleep. To the relief of all, they weren't ambushed at night by more owlbears. In the morning, Andy the anonymous druid mentioned the prospect of an owlbear cave where there might be owlbear loot left unguarded. K'Phalvius' superb tracking skills lead them straight to the lair, where they found four recently deceased owlbear chickcubs, either starved or frozen to death without their parents to care for them. However! Huddling beneath their dead siblings for warmth were two living chickcubs. Knowing that owlbears fetch a hefty price as guard animals, the party opted to capture them. Eddi managed to talk Auren the monk into using his unarmed attacks to knock one unconscious. The cleric himself attempted to knock out the second, and not without taking a beak to the face a couple of times. As Eddi tied up the chickcubs and fashioned a sled to drag them along with, Andy or K'Phalvius, I forget which, searched the cave for other valuables. Amongst the remains of chickcub feasts he found the corpse of a traveling wizard, a fact garnered from the man's travel log. Upon this corpse was a spell scroll for casting the arcane spell mage armor. The diary explained that the wizard made a living by traveling from a southern town to the northern city of Burlingham (Bill Beard and the party's ultimate destination) and selling his spell scrolls there. He left a wife in his hometown and upon hearing this Auren decided that he would take any reasonable opportunity to inform the wife of her husband's death.
Finally, the party was ready to move on. They continued their journey north to Burlingham. After an hour's walk slash owlbear-dragging, they arrived at the path leading to the small village of Byron Valley, a hamlet nestled in the hills beneath the shadow of the Maurick Mountains. Eddi recalled the goblin map he procured earlier that marked a mysterious location west of the village. It was about 8:30am when they entered the village, a quaint place with a natural aesthetic to its sparsely dispersed buildings, obviously built from the local woodland. It was a pleasant village. A quiet village.
TOO quiet. The place appeared to be a ghost town with no sign of human life, but as they listened carefully they could hear gruff voices coming from behind a nearby structure. Auren ran forward to investigate while Andy attempted to sneak around the other side. As Auren came to a halt at the corner of the building he came face to face with an orc who had been carelessly turning the corner! The orc was so taken aback that he couldn't quite react except to yelp to his hidden comrades. The two parties rushed at each other and one of the orcs managed to wound Auren WHEN SUDDENLY the windows of the tavern across the street swung open and a group of goblin archers opened fire! Pathetically, their aim was so bad that they couldn't hit anything and no one could tell if they were shooting at the orcs or our heroes, but the distinction was made when a hobgoblin burst out of the tavern and levered his sword at one of the aghast orcs. With the help of the goblins' surprise attack, the orc party was made short work of. As the hobgoblin gutted the last of them, he turned to our heroes and belted out a single word in Common: "Hold!"
And then everybody had to go home 'cause it was just about midnight in the real world.
THE PLAYERS:
Sango.....The DM
Adam.....K'Phalvius Hardun the half-elf ranger.
Andy.....Andy the anonymous human druid.
Brian.....Eddi the human cleric.
Chauncey.....Chauncey the anonymous elf wizard.
Sarah.....Elya "Lucky" Nearhit the halfling rogue.
Former players:
Nigel.....Auren the human monk
Adam.....K'Phalvius Hardun the half-elf ranger.
Andy.....Andy the anonymous human druid.
Brian.....Eddi the human cleric.
Chauncey.....Chauncey the anonymous elf wizard.
Sarah.....Elya "Lucky" Nearhit the halfling rogue.
Former players:
Nigel.....Auren the human monk
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