Bridge Materials & Engineer Escort for Three Rivers

Submitted by dracon on Mon, 08/23/2021 - 00:09
Session Dates
In Game Start Date
Sieratag, 1st prime post-Cat 1054
Days in Game
16 days
Location
Record Kept
  • Garmir felt that there was more to life for him than his situation and wanted to try Freelancers.
  • Go to Arnari asking if there's appropriate work
  • Somewhere in there we retcon in the Freelancer Badge of Supercoolness
  • Choose one of these three:  
    • Guard the Pilot's Guild stables for a weektenday - 100gp150gp
    • Investigate and find the vandals at the Sky Guard outpost - 150gp
      • The vandals have been graffiti the place, which is in city governance section
      • Find/stop the vandal and turn into the city guard
    • Escort a wagon of bridge materials & an engineer to Three Rivers, a town in the mid-skylith.  100gp each
  • Everyone would prefer to get out of Cliffshadow, so will escort.
    • Report to Kaiea, the mayor of Cliffshadow, the next morning
    • They will provide food & water for the route
  • People prepare for a ground travel from Cliffshadow
  • Next day: the Mayor's Office!
    • This is in some government building in the center of town
    • It has a statue in front of it
  • Escorted to his office.  Kaiea is a Fire Sagani, much younger than expected
    • Also a human woman there, his "friend" Lizzie Brannan, the engineer to be escorted
    • They explain there will also be a driver, Adam
    • "Kind of wet" not sure what this means
  • Walk down to cart, and Adam
    • Cart has kind of a cover and two mules pulling it
    • Ask Lizzie about Adam.  He does carting work for city of Cliffshadow
    • Insight.  Seems OK.  Adam and Lizzie are catching up on fambly
  • Day one - raining.  Halflings do not like, cannot see much.  Adam points out cattle.  "Oop, cow"
    • Road has half-shelters for overnighting.  Pick one.
    • Watch order:  Garmir, Tahu, Kalleth, Cathance
    • Garmir stares at the stars, Tahu sees a fox, Kalleth sees other wildlife, Cathance sees stars and the Eagle Eye Watching too
  • Day two - moar rain, lightning in mountains to the north.  Clears in the afternoon.  Kalleth, who is originally from Gemhallow, is fascinated by the lightning
  • Stay in The Hippogryph's Wing in Cliffgate. 
    • Tap room has furniture sized for any peoples.
    • Cathance knows halfling carters hauling fruit from the Haven orchards to Cliffshadow.  She relaxes & gossips
    • Tahu talks to Lizzie about her background.  She's from Lakeview and talks like from the movie Fargo.
    • Garmir is very serious and takes watch.  He does not relax, he is nervous about proving himself
  • Day three - cloudy, more storms in the north.  Hills give way to farmland.  "Oop cow"
    • More ranchland near the evening
    • The halflings notice weird small footprints.  They are not halfling, maybe grblin?
    • Tahu and Cathance note - any grblins should be in the mountains, much farther west.
    • Tracks are milling around.
    • On Duquesne, the grblins are hostile to the other peoples.
    • At campsite, notice there are tracks brushed out.
    • Double the watch
      • Tahu + Garmin, then Kalleth + Cathance
      • Cathance sees something skulking!   She gets Kalleth
      • He has darkvision and sees 4 grblins!
      • Kill 2.  17sp on them total, split 4ways
  • Day 4 - Morning is sunny.  Find out the mules' names are Sunny (blond) & Snowy (white).
    • Tahu reinspects the killed grblins.  One has a badge with a skull and a scimitar.
    • Grblins attack while on the road!
    • They attack Snowy!  Snowy kicks one.
    • They are defeated!   I did not write it down.
    • 24sp.  Another one had that same badge
  • Rest while trying to heal up Snowy.   Talk briefly about what to do.
    • Build cairn next to road with grblin bodies
    • Make a sign over the cairn.  HERE BE DEAD GRBLINS to warn other travellers, and also the grblins.  Had to use the grblin blood becuase no other writing liquid.
  • Sunny day holds and make it to Three Rivers.
    • Stay at Mule's Rest.  All 6, including Adam & Lizzie.
    • Lizzie pays 100gp each and says "Don't forget to give your cut to the Freelancers."
  • Is there Freelancers in Three Rivers?  Seems pretty big
    • No nor at Hindmarsh either.  
    • Seek out City Guard and tell them about the grblins.  Show badge Tahu took.
  • Ask Adam if he needs to go back to Cliffshadow
    • Yes, but wants to make sure the mules are ready to go
  • Escort back w/no incident, get dropped off at Freelancers' Hall
    • Tell Arnari the story
    • Give her 40gp (10 each)
    • Tahu gives her badge.  She does not recognize it and frowns
  • All remain level 1.
Loot
  • Coin: 41sp
  • Mission pay: 100gp each (10% to Freelancers)
Log Entry Type
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