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Clay is agreeable to trying the spider barn. He wonders if anyone has a decent plan though. He doesn't relish getting poisoned.

Lug sighs heavily—and overdramatically. "Well, if we're gonna go, let's go then. Time to cart this guy's stony butt back to town already if that's what we're doing."

"Least splitting the loot'll be easy. What's my share of bupkis?"

With Blackjack's goal of collecting the winching gear met and Rhybek's unfortunate fate, the party defers to Blackjack's direction and hauls them back towards town. You pick your way carefully over the fallow and overgrown former-farmlands at the slow pace of the wagon's axles, getting back to Beith's Watch after midnight but before the dawn without further incident. You're able to unload the statue that was Rhybek at Beith's Watch's meetinghouse, then you can get some rest.

Date: 3:20am, 19 July 2021
Light: Lanterns
Distance: None
Injuries: Rhybek (Dead), Amistad (minor damage)

Moving ahead, as it's been almost a week. I'm pausing the clock at Beith's Watch in case you want to add an action there.

• You can all take a nap, drop Rhybek here, then decide to go back to the woods.
• Amistad can send the equipment and wagon back with Achaedany and go adventuring with you. Or, he can leave the horse and wagon safely at Beith's Watch and they both go with you. Or, he can take it back to the lumberyard himself and leave the expedition or you wait for the 21st.
• You can decide not to go further on this now, as it seems gridlocked. In that case, we can end the expedition here. You can re-enter town evening of 19 July and respond to Baxtaw's recruiting about the dragon instead.

'Blackjack' Amistad

Well his objective was to salvage the winching stuff which he is happy about though the demise of Rhybek dulls the expedition.

I think Amistad will return to the logging yard prior to further expeditions or joining a dragon hunting crew.

Everyone gets a nap and is refreshed. The statue of Rhybek is unloaded and provides a sturdy decorative accent for Clay's meetinghouse. Blackjack and Achaedany hook up Chocolate to the wagon and depart back through town to the lumberyard with the winching equipment.

Blackjack can return in two days on the 21st. Or, the rest of you can be in Gaul this evening. Make IC decisions.

Date: 11:20am, 19 July 2021
Light: Daylight
Distance: None
Injuries: Rhybek (Dead), Amistad (minor damage)

The statue still wears his shield and amulet of Moradin and also brandishes his axe, none of which are stone. You have his broken belt, crossbow, quiver, dagger, and pouch, which fell off him.

You can take your share of treasure from the equipment of Rhybek. The mundane equipment is worth 30gp, the enhanced shield and axe and amulet more.

Amistad will go to his logging yard.

Lug snorts at Amistad, who he clearly doesn't like. "I don't think it's right to treat Rhybek's stuff like it's loot. Don't the dwarves got their own ideas 'bout who owns a dead guy's things? But, yeah, fine. Take your stuff and go away."

"Jerk," he adds as Amistad and Archedany leave.

"So, are we gonna do something fun now, or what?"

Lug is currently armed with Reason, a big two-handed sword. He has no use for a shield. An axe might or might not be an upgrade, depending on the bonus. He also has no use for the amulet, most likely.

Do we have enough people left to go anywhere other than back to town?

Battle axe.

Neegan got the Kobold chieftain's hand axe, not Rhybek. This is:

A castle-forged battleaxe made of dull black metal.

Marullus wrote:Neegan got the Kobold chieftain's hand axe, not Rhybek. This is:

A castle-forged battleaxe made of dull black metal.

OOC: Ahhh... his original axe. Gotcha. Sorry.

Lug looks around and realizes that with Blackjack and Archedany gone and Rhybek turned into statuary, it's just him and a bunch of animals. One of whom talks.

"Guess no one else can use this stuff," he says, taking the shield, axe, and amulet. He tries the axe. "How do them little dwarves use this and a shield at the same time?" he wonders.

I don't suppose Lug is big enough to use a battle axe one-handed?

"I'll give you a boost up to the cocky trice if you want to try sweet talking it out of some feathers," he tells the badger. "If not...well, I still wanna meet the centaurs, and it might be fun to do with with a bunch of animals. Or we can go back to town and see if anyone wants to buy Rhybek's old stuff."

We might be a little light for a trek to the centaurs, but Lug is up for anything. Anything except fighting a cockatrice, that is.

Summary:


Encounter: Hungry like the Wargs
Encounter: Interrupting the Rats Meal
Encounter: Swan-lizards Rookery in the Tower
Encounter: Pit Traps at the Pavillion
Encounter: The Moose-goose Flock
Encounter: The Cockatrice and the Golden Eggs

0 New Hexes Explored
4 Days of Expedition
Treasure: Winching Equipment Acquired

Total: 5,375

Blackjack Amistad, Clay Weatherwax, Lug: 1,344 character XP / 659 Item XP
Achaedany, Clarabelle: 672 Character XP / 330 Item XP