Day Four
Village of Briarsgate
Evening. Wednesday, October 19th, 576 CY
Cold, Thunderstorms
Within
the Golden Grain Inn, among the clawing, screaming, raging villagers, one dangerous old harridan (
01) shouts,
"'Ere now! This one 'found what they sought'!"
The other rampaging townsfolk harken to her chilling, hatefilled words.
Hoom Feethos says to the remaining foes,
"That's right! We found what we were looking for. Your plans are in ruins. Your master is dead. Lay down your arms or lie down on the pile," as he runs his shortsword through a leather breastplate and deep into a maniac's chest (
17), adding to Telkis' wall of pain!
"Master?" shrieks the bloodthirsty harpy (
01) with hateful derision. Like every villager in this inn, she seemingly has no fear of death.
"You lot've no earthly idea what you've gotten yourselves into! But you soon will, my dearies, you soon will!"" she cackles with malicious glee.
"...When you become one of us!"
Telkis bares his brass fangs as Cranach hammers the old crone (
01) like a runaway bull! She slams into the inn floor, silent and unmoving.
Pelias strikes down the murderous traveling merchant (
07) with a fell handed blow that knocks him from atop the bar, crashing down through two bar stools into unconsciousness.
The two remaining patrons, fearless and ferocious, do not relent. Their vicious blows deflect off the armor of Telkis and Pelias.
Telkis regards his final foe, the villager with the vein-riddled nose who had helped bring down Grothnak (
04) and finishes him with a thunderous blow of his morningstar.
The last man standing, the third generation corn farmer (
13) who, before this season had no history of violence in his life, lets loose a bloodcurdling scream and lunges at
Pelias like a feral animal! The paladin bludgeons him out of the air, sending him through shelves of glasses behind the bar and into oblivion.
KRASH!!
The battle was ended. After nearly ten minutes of life-and-death warfare and the deafening discord of that wild mayhem, the abrupt silence was overpowering, softened only by the continued deluge outside these walls. Two dozen bodies lay broken, beaten and bloody across the common room of the Golden Grain Inn, including among them Long Bo the druid and Grothnak the warrior.
KRAKA-BOOM!
Actions?
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DM Notes:
Meanwhile, the escaped prisoners of the dungeon beneath the
Golden Grain Inn (
6) take shelter from the thunderstorm in the stable behind the inn.
As the queasy, dazed Vodarte tries to catch his breath, Grey Mouser begins to don his armor. Ingrid stashes her armor on her horse. She confirms an unobstructed path from the stable, but between the downpour, the mist, the darkness, and the unfamiliar terrain, the horses would not be able to move much faster than a walk. The priestess scans the dim stable for hiding places and sees the shadows of the rafters, a dark mass of hay bales, and six unlit horse stalls of which two are empty.
Then Ingrid and Mouser turn and see Elden Vodarte laying on the ground in the darkness. His possessions are on the earthen stable floor beside him, and he isn't moving.
Actions?
Status:
The Grey Mouser, Half-Elf Magic-User/Thief 1/2: AC 4, HP
1/10, Spells: 1/1 1st lvl.
Groggy
Grothnak Uthglukh, Half-Orc Fighter 2: AC 4, HP
-3/17
Unconscious
Hoom Feethos, Elven Magic-User/Thief 1/2: AC 3, HP
6/8, Spells: 0/1 1st lvl
Ingrid Esthof, Human Cleric 3: AC 3(1), HP 14/16, Spells: 2/4 1st lvl and 2/3 2nd lvl.
Very groggy
Long Bo, Human Druid 2: AC 6, HP
-2/15, Spells: 3/4 1st lvl and 1/2 2nd lvl
Unconscious
Pelias Blanchflower, Human Paladin 2: AC 2, HP
2/19, Laying Hands: 1/1
Telkis Brassfang, Gnome Fighter 2: AC 0, HP 15/19
Groggy
Magic:
Protection from Evil (Pelias): -2 to AC and +2 to saving throws against evil, in a 10 foot radius around Pelias.
Map of Briarsgate
NPC List for Briarsgate
it should've taken another round to do so, though. Can't waste time now.
