Detour from the Wind Temple: Rescue Mission!

Session 6:

I'm still excited from all the fun things that are happening and that are about to happen! I can't wait 'til next session when Liyl's big secret comes out; Maybe I'll release a lot more info on his background then ;).

Unfortunately Ryan was late and Jake had to go early, both for personal reasons, so goes life! And it was not a big loss either way because both got some good game time in (and no exp loss for being late or leaving, haha)!

On-forth-with-ward-to-the-show! Again, let me know if I get details wrong; especially if I give credit to the wrong person.

Between Sessions:

Day one on the pirate ship on the way to Wherst; Also, romantic feelings between two party members!

I'm really loving these RP sessions ladies. Men, step it up! (just kidding XD). Let me know if you are interested in anything outside the game so I can cater to you too. RP is easy because I don't have to do anything but moderate, and even then, lightly so!

Plans and Pirates:

On the fourth day on-board the ship sometime about noon the sky ahead was unnaturally dark. Robyn laid out the map of Wherst detailing some of the more important locations within the town. The party took this in and prepared themselves for an inevitable battle.

The ship came in from the north and waded into place among the other ships at the docks. Everyone stepped lightly onto the pier and noticed 6 occupied guards in place before 3 ships. Kintel in a rage charged after them. Xanandethis tried to stop him but decided against it due to the shouts accompanied by Kintel's rage. Aurelius dimension hopped behind one of the drow and tossed him into the water. Xanandethis moves to the other drow that was near Aurelius and did the same to him. Naonomi skillfully shot through one guard's skull and injured another. Kelch went invisible at the beginning of the fight but ultimately did not get a chance to take advantage of his situation. Kintel continues charging at the first drow pirate slices through the middle with his dwarven war-axe and cleaves into another severely injuring it.

Aurelius casted two seeking rays at the pirates in the water frying them in the water causing steam to rise up for a moment and killing both. Gerdrex runs up and finsihes the drow that Kintel had cleaved into. Xanandethis runs up behind another one and grabs it. Naonomi shoots two arrows into the same drow's side.

Xanandethis keeps ahold of the drow while Kintel in a fury tries to kill it. Xanandethis successfully keeps Kintel from harming it. Kelch knocks Kintel out coming out of his invisibility. The group tries to get information from the captive it kept spitting out undercommon curses. They give up and kill him. Cryllise decides to join the party while Aurelius guards the ship.

The party searches through the streets and decides to enter a house. Inside they find a frightened villager. Kintel start spouting what seems like non-sense to the scared people, but he is silenced by the paladin who asks if they know where the slaves are being kept. They respond that they are being kept near the town hall.

The group journeys out to the streets again. Xanandethis starts down one road as a lookout but is spotted by a group of patrolling pirates. He easily out runs them, shouts to the party to run, and they all escape around the corner and into another abode... Wherein more pirates awaited!

The group made short work of them, but two archers came from a back room and poisoned Kelch and Naonomi who felt weak during the battle. Soon after the battle they were knocked unconscious from the poison. The paladan and monk both tended to Kelch and Naonomi's wounds taking the poison out skillfully. They searched the house for clues but only found the dead bodies of the previous inhabitants.

The party decided to disguise themselves as pirates and slaves to enter the town hall without being suspected. Robyn, Gerdrex, Xanandethis, and Cryllise dressed as pirates while the others dressed down as slaves.

As they approached the town hall the party noticed along-side the pirate guards, a large spider-like being with drow upper-body and a spider abdomen, a drider. One of the guards let them into the building without much hassle.

Once inside Robyn was offered an invisibility potion so she could stealth around and look for Liyl. A bit later a guard shows them to a back room where they were to put the "slaves." Once in the room the group noticed about 7 slaves, 2 guards leaving, and a weathered-down elven figure, Liyl. As soon as they guards exited the area they closed the doors and Xanandethis barricaded the room.

Gerdrex healed Liyl, Kelch opened the lock to the cage and shakles, and the other helped heal and free the captives.

Liyl told the party a few things he learned while captive:

"Kelch and friends! What are you doing here? I bet Robyn sent you to get me..."

Robyn appeared out of hiding no longer invisible, "It is true. I could not leave you after all you have done for me."

"Stupid girl," Liyl stated, "The guild could have had no leader, but... thank you. And thank you all... I have found a few things out concerning the reason I came here. Not only is my father not a captive here... The bastard is the leader of this damned fleet! If I could enlist your aid, I would be grateful. Do not feel obliged to help though; I still have the rest of my guild to request aid, and I still owe you my life for this."

The party mulled this over and decided to help him out. They all started helping the captives escape out the back window, but about this time there was a knock on the door. One of the pirates outside said, "Is everything alright in there?" Kintel responded, "Everything is fine. We are interrogating the captive further."

The pirate responded, "We have new orders. We are to bring the half-elf/half-drow to the captain. The group breathing a sigh of relief at the pirate's footsteps retreating decided to do as instructed and bring Liyl to the captain to ambush the captain when they arrive.

Rewards:

5000 exp (1800 for fight 1, 1200 for fight 2, 1800 for fight 3, 200 for overall RP). No XP penalty for leaving early or arriving this time ;)
4 scimitars
two +1 leather armor
8,000 gold worth of gold, gems, and jewelry (divided by 7 = 1142 gold 8 silver and 6 copper per person)