Tuesday, 2 April 2019

Game Over

Last session also marked the end of this campaign, at least for the time being. I hope you enjoyed reading about our adventures... :)

Sunday, 24 March 2019

Port Damali City Watch

The City Watch of Port Damali serves as the police force within the city. Its strict code of conduct and well trained operatives made the Watch one of the most trusted police forces on the coast.

Krentz

A thug working for the Xanathar's Thieves' Guild. The Heroes spared his life twice.

Nihiloor

Nihiloor is a mind flayer who works for the Xanathar's Thieves' Guild, by creating and spreading intellect devourers throughout the sewers of Port Damali.

Floon Blagmaar

Floon is a socialite in Port Damali. He's a handsome human male in his early thirties with wavy red-blond hair. He works as an escort in a feasthall. The heroes rescued him from the Xanathar's minions.

Session 3

Heroes: Cade, Drageth, Finn, Jorg, Psol

Together with Ranaer, the party enters the sewers of Port Damali, still on the search for Floon. Drageth scouts ahead in rat form, eventually spotting a tentacled, flying creature (a gazer) guarding the tunnels. The PCs attack the creature and kill it. Not far from that position, they find the entrance to the Xanathar's hidehout.

A couple of goblins hiding behind arrow slits pellet them with bolts, but the PCs rapidly find cover and enter the hideout. They fight a few members of the guild, among them a dark dwarf and a human named Krentz, a thug they met a few days back in the White Duke Tavern. The PCs kill the dwarf and capture Krentz. From him they learn that Floon is indeed kept prisoner in a nearby room.

The PCs find Floon tied to a chair, while he's been interrogated by an half-orc wizard named Grum'shar. In the same room, an aberrant creature with a tentacled head (the mind flayer Nihiloor) witnesses the scene, holding in his hands a disembodied brain with legs (an intellect devourer)!

The mind flayer seems bored by the whole situation, and leaves the room, to then activate a teleporting device in an adjacent room. As he leaves, Grum'shar and the intellect devourer attack the party. After a deadly fight the heroes emerge victorious, and free Floon. 

The party leaves the sewers, and after some rest (and a long bath) they go to meet Scanlan at the White Duke to collect their reward. But Scanlan has a surprise for them.

It seems the gnome doensn't have the money he promised them, but something even better. The deed to Trollskull Manor, a vast property in the North Ward. Rumors say that the former tavern and house are haunted by ghosts, something the Heroes only learn after they've signed the deed, becoming the new owners of the manor.

Trollskull Alley

T1. Trollskull Manor
T2. The Bent Nail
T3. Steam and Steel
T4. Corellon's Crown
T5. The Tiger's Eye
T6. Book Wyrm's Treasure
T7. Sewer Access

Trollskull Manor



A historic building in the North Ward of Port Damali. Four stories tall and boasting balconies, a turret, and five chimneys, the abandoned building is one of the grandest in Trollskull Alley.


Sunday, 24 February 2019

Session 2

Kenku Ambush!
Heroes: Cade, Drageth, Finn, Jorg, Psol

The party leaves Old Xoblob Shop, and proceed to the Skewered Dragon. The tavern is a ruin, and its patrons are all thugs and criminals. The Heroes ask a few questions around, still searching for Floon. After an "interesting" round of Three-Dragon-Ante, the party is directed to a warehouse on Candle Lane.

When the party reaches the warehouse, they pick the lock to the main door, and enter. Inside they find four kenku (raven-folk) ready to ambush them. They defeat the kenku and capture one. Following a short interrogation, they notice several corpses littering the floor of the warehouse, both Myriad's and Xanathar's thugs. It seems they have arrived not long after a fight between the two gangs.

They also discover a young man imprisoned in a storage room. This is Renaer Neverember, son of the former Open Lord of Porta Damali, and a good friend of Floon. Renaer recounts what he knows:

"The Myriad thinks that my father embezzled a large amount of gold while he was Open Lord, and that he hid the dragons somewhere in the city. They think they can find it by using an artifact called the Stone of Golorr, which was in the hands of the Xanathar Guild until recently. Apparently, someone stole it. The Myriad thought I knew something about all of this, but I don't. My father and I haven't spoken in years."

He fears Floon was abducted by the Xanathar due to his resemblance to Renaer. He has overheard that the Xanathar brought him somewhere in the sewers. 

While the PCs discuss things with Ranear, the City Watch arrives on the scene, led by Captain Hyustus Staget. Thanks to the presence of the nobleman the party is let go with a warning to not interfere further with the official business of the Watch. The party retires for the night, planning their explorations of the sewers.

Hyustus Staget

Hyustus Staget is a captain of the City Watch in the Dock Ward of Port Damali. He truly believes in his work to protect the good people of the Dock Ward. He does not care if the Myriad and Xanathar minions kill each other.