Dramatis Personae:
| * Lucius of Hollesary Stoke – A tiefling Cleric of Sharess * Welsh – A human Circle of the Moon Druid * Tezir Iejir’Vrak – A bronze dragonborn Blood Hunter * Placeholder Nameless – A dark-elf Ranger * Jane Doeg – Placeholder Nameless’ trusted animal companion * Mother – A half(?)-orc Inkeeper * Godefridus and Godefroi – Shopkeepers with a problem * Don Osiris – A mountebank * Wild Dog – (Lycaon pictus), the largest wild canine in the Central Continent, and the only extant member of the genus Lycaon, which is distinguished from Canis by dentition highly specialised for a hypercarnivorous diet and by a lack of dewclaws | * Rhea Six-Toes – A mysterious figure with a limp * Rhea’s companion – a large man of few words and great hillarity * Bandits – Hapless foot-soldiers of Scarlet Garvin * Bee-Eaters – Merops apiaster, richly colored, slender near passerine birds in the bee-eater family, Meropidae * Hornbills – Southern ground hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) one of two species of ground hornbill, and the largest species in the hornbill order worldwide * Jostri Fenrick – (not appearing) A missing Caravaner * Scarlet Garvin – A Bandit Leader * Wasps – An insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant |
Session Summary – “Wasp and Circumstance”
The party’s ambush of the Redbrand hideout succeeded with clinical precision. Welsh released swarms of wasps—estimated between 5,000 and 10,000—into the hideout through a breach in the roof, triggering immediate chaos within.
Within a few rounds, the first bandits fled the building in panic, only to run headlong into Welsh’s waiting Spike Growth trap. Several bandits fell to the combined effects of stings and thorns before they made it far. Eventually, Scarlet Garvin emerged, attempting to disperse part of the swarm with a Burning Hands spell, but was only partially successful. Before the swarm could overwhelm him, he was subdued by Welsh and Lucious and secured with the other captives.
With the situation under control, the party searched the hideout, recovering a substantial cache of valuables, trade goods, and peculiar curiosities. They also secured the small black silk pouch promised to Rhea Six-Toes.
Loot Recovered
Coinage & Trade Goods
- 575 gp in assorted coins and cut gems
- 1 Celestis (arcane currency of the High Elves; ~9,000 gp equivalent)
- Caravan goods worth approximately 750 gp
Weapons & Armor
- Masterwork ornamental scimitar (75 gp)
- Masterwork heavy crossbow with 4 silver-tipped bolts
- Ornate silver parrying dagger (50 gp)
- Longsword +2
- Set of 4 throwing knives of returning
- Antique war pick +1 (possible historical relevance)
Luxury & Personal Items
- 3 bottles of spiced plum brandy (15 gp each)
- Masterwork leather boots (20 gp)
Curiosities
- Glass eye with copper iris
- Two letters written in the Dwarvish script but encrypted in an unknown language
- Correspondence linking Scarlet Garvin to smugglers and fences in Donbeg, Alkhuzh, and Sarahden
- Antique dwarven puzzle box, possibly a stasis container
Notable Quest Items
- Small black silk pouch recovered for Rhea Six-Toes
- Left Handed Whizbang recovered for Don Osiris