WANDERING LANDSLOTH

Dungeons of Thistlemoor 13 // Fighting for Cash 💰

SESSION 13

Adventurers

Later

EXPEDITION 13

4th day of the 3rd week of Winter. Flurries.

In the Moorland Magpie, the party recognizes their desperate need of cash. Bjork has only 15 gold pounds. They discuss their options, hear that Reinheld is out with some of his own hirelings and decide to take a look at his war wagon again. They hire Sidwel, Nadia, and Thime (who is now a Warden Ranger).
Once they arrive at the wagon pass the homes they notice there has been activity: picking around the wagon locks and doors, and small footprints. In the second house (where they found the ruined family) blue caps and a strange song is heard. Bjork recognized some of the words in dwarvish but couldn’t tell the dialect. He hailed them while the rest of the group hid and a blue-capped gnome spoke with him. The party saw two other gnomes set an ambush above the porch for Bjork, but once they find out his party is not just dwarf, the lead gnome called it off.
The gnome told them they are tracking a dwarven force from the north country. Apparently, the dwarves have been taking their growing caves and driving them out. “We’ve counted 4 war wagons and a small fort east of here. It’s been a mess.” They found the house and harvested the rot. Üthred trades his shatter-stick with a pot-bellied gnome for 2 healing potions in taxidermic chicken skins and a telepathic resin in a fist-grub.
From there, they look over the war wagon and Greedo sets on putting a stick bomb in the locking mechanism. They blew it open and spent the afternoon looting it.

They bring a worm rocket (10dmg, missile) 4 boom barrels (4dmg, blast) 10 dwarven javelins, and 2 axe grenades back to Fourtower which they sold to Pinky Preston’s auction house (1400gp). He convinced them to pay a 140gp discretion price since people know Reinheld and will know this cache came from his wagon. Athalgrim is the only other person to know after questioning Greedo directly. Üthred tries to get Athalgrim to come with them on another expedition but he blows him off. “I remember when I used to go out like you lot. A bit too old for that now.” Üthred also bought one of Preston’s rings: a ring of glove protection that when the user says “Protego” it completely shield their hand from all harm.

That dusk, Bjork heralds passerbys for a prize fight starring his champion Üthred. Hal the Carpenter challenges him. They placed bets and Silar (who has an ogre-like bodyguard) raised it to 200gp if the carpenter would be given a cudgel. Üthred agrees and they fight. Hal lands 2 blows before the fight turns the other way. Üthred let out a flying kick to disarm him, then with two strikes sent him sprawling. Silar loses his bet. Spirits are high and the party spends the night at the inn enjoying their coin and revelry.

EXPEDITION 14

5th day of the 3rd week of Winter. Cloudy. First snow.

Bjork buys new chainmail and they set back out to hunt the gnolls. Bjork sees Reinheld back in the inn and they get out quick. They hire Sidwel, Nadia, and Thime and head to the game trail by the wood lodges. At the end of it, they find a desecrated shrine of lunasol and a dwarf hanging from a log pole. Bjork pays Sidwel 50gp to get him off while they form a protective ring. 3 gnolls rush out with javelins.
The party holds their own until another wave runs out at them. Bjork tries to take down a stunned gnoll but it was ready for him and tears out his throat. Then Thime loses his fight. The gnolls are relentless and the party runs for it, taking the still alive dwarf that Sidwel knocked down. He proves to much to carry once they realize more gnolls are chasing them and they throw him in the woods. Greedo prays to Lunasol for protection in desperation. 2 gnolls catch up and fly at the party at a 15 foot moss-covered dolmen. Nadia hits one with an arrow. Üthred’s flail misses its target in a surprise attack. Sidwel desperately stabs at one. Finally, Nadia slays the one pressing Üthred and he follows up by pulverizing the one that originally killed Bjork.
They breath heavily and then run again until they reach the kings road. There they meet Morgan the Caravan guard (Bodyguard 1) with a merchant couple heading to Fourtower. That night he hears their tale and shares his own. He spins a song on his flute based on their tale for Üthred by the fire before they head to bed.

The following day, Greedo pays for a slab of stone to be erected by Grimnîr’s funeral mound. There he inscribes two names in the common tongue: Bjork. Thime.

Expeditions 13-14

Player: TM
Character: Üthred

In the middle of the wood we broke through, we stole. A united team will never be defeated!

In the midst of fire and smoke, we entered.

We thought the first trip would be the same as the second...

The first brought gold, the second death.

There were many, but we separated... A disunited team will be defeated.

The sun rose, but not for everyone.

I still dream of the gnolls chasing us. The sun rose, but not for everyone.