Desperate Measures: Episode 05

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==Recap==
===25th February, 1512===
Our party of Latrineian Scavengers are in the ruined town of Tassel, resting along with other Mistryan Scavengers. During the night, Ebnur sees that the goddess of hope, Matrigal, has disappeared from the sky. Ebnur thikgs either hope is gone or Matrigal has come to the world to bring hope.
The dawn comes and it is a clear day. The party decide that day to head out to Hillsborough. Before departing, Ebnur does a divination reading to see if Hillsborough has been destroyed and draws the visage of a Demon. The party set out regardless, but before they leave the edge of the ruins of Tassel, the party see 20 refugess on the road, coming from a village north of Stromheim. The siege of Stromheim has been occurring for the past couple of months. Members of the army are clearly undead.
Garrett comes over to get rid of the refugees. Ebnur, knowing hope has left the sky, decides to help out the refugees. He says he can set up the refugees in the town of Cauldron aka Jacuzzi and teach them how to hunt. The refugees agree. 
===26th February, 1512===
The party arrive in Jacuzzi at the end of the day. Ebnur divides the refugees into groups: one group to hunt (with Jebediah), one group to gather lumber, and one group to fish. Ebnur stays in town and takes care of the children and the elderly. The river turns out to be useful since it is super hot from the thermal heating. Ebnur considers moving the group further east for easier fishing. While hunting some Deer, Jeb trips over a half-buried skeleton and is unable to catch anything.
The party decide this isn't working and will head to Misty Rapids to see if it is a more viable resettlement site. 
===28th February, 1512===
The party arrive in the ruins of Misty Rapids. Joka & Vaughn go fishing with the fisherpeople, Jeb goes hunting with the hunters, and Ebnur goes scavenging with the elderly and young. The pickings are slim.
===29th February, 1512===
Joka takes a group out foraging and Jeb takes a group out endurance spear hunting. Joka's group manages to find some berries that day.
Jeb's group comes across an elephant and the party give chase to tire it out. The party chase down the elephant for hours, trying to drive it northward towards the river. They keep giving chase for the rest of the day and through the whole night.
===29th February, 1512 (paradox)===
The exhausted elephant collapses and Jeb & the hunters slay it. The party take the meat back to Misty Rapids. Jeb loots the elephant's tusk.
Satisfied that the villagers are set up and not in danger of dying, the party will head to Thornwood tomorrow.
===1st March, 1512===
The party head along the road to Thornwood. At the edge of the Thornwood Forest two Task Master Demons approach, matching the drawing that Ebnur had made back in Tassel.
Ebnur hits a demon with a sun-scorch, blinding that demon. After Jeb hits that demon with an arrow, the Demon retreats. The other Demon charges Vaughn, cutting him hard with its obsidian sword, knocking him out. The blinded demon is no longer blinded and charges Joka. Ebnur heals Vaughn back up. Jeb & Joka take out one of the demons. The 2nd Demon hits Joka again and Joka takes down the demon.
The party drag the 2 demon bodies a mile away from the forest. They then make a litter and drag them back into Misty Rapids. The party rest in town.
===2nd March, 1512===
The party head back towards Tassel, hunting along the way. 
===6th March, 1512===
The party arrive back in Tassel in the evening and meet up with Fizzip. Fizzip pays the party 1000 copper for the demons. The party then sell the Ivory Tusks to Garrett for 2000 copper and tell him about the Demons they found. The party then sell a demon sword & demon shield for 400 copper.
The party decide the next place they should travel to is Kneecap, a town north of Tassel. The party gather supplies and leave. They soon enter the Dalag Woods.
===8th March, 1512===
The party hear the noise of frogs and run from it and keep moving, fearing they are bullywugs.
By the end of the day the party leave the Dalag Woods and see Kneecap in the distance. 2 riders come and approach the party, with short bows in hand and with spears on their saddle. Ebnur greets the riders, saying they have come for trade. Ebnur says he is from Hillsborough, not Mistrya. The rider says Kneecap was attacked by Scoria 6 months ago. The riders reluctantly invite the party into the town, suspicious of all outsiders.
Within the town walls, the party see a lot of rubble, but the streets are cleared. The party are led to the ruined temple in town. The town's cleric was killed in the attack. Alone at the temple, the party talk about their plans to exchange their gold joins for silver coins to give to Scoria.
The party go to the town market and the people see the party as outsiders and become the centre of attention. The party see the town's keep is destroyed as well. They are told there is a town council and no lord or clerics anymore.
Ebnur asks a local, Brittney, about moving some people over, but is told that some people from Longcast pretended to be refugees. In the night, they attacked the town guard, but were ultimately defeated by the head of the guard, Captain Grace.
Ebnur meets with Grace and suggests the refugees who are in Misty Rapids come and move into Kneecap. Grace is suspicious of outsiders, so Ebnur suggests a vetting process. 
===7th March, 1512===
It is a cold & overcast day. The party find a ruined cart, but Vaughn is able to repair it. The party take the cart and set out southwards back into the Dalag Woods. 
===9th March, 1512===
The party arrive back in Tassel and get the money that Garrett owed them. Then, they head towards Misty Rapids.
On the road between Tassel & Cauldron, the party see a pack of 6 Gnolls crossing the road ahead, going south to north. The party wait for 15 minutes and then proceed.
The party get to Cauldron without incident.
===11th March, 1512===
The party reach Misty Rapids and hear the sound of wolves or coyotes. The party get to town and find out that Misty Rapids had been attacked. It looks as though people have been dragged off. 2 nights ago something south of town, a formless mist, had been moving around.
Ebnur convinces the refugees to move to the safety of Kneecap. The party will set out tomorrow; for the night, they camp out with the refugees in the largest building in town.
During the night, something outside in the adjoining ruins makes clicking noises.
==Experience==
1606 exp each
*Ebnur levels to level 3
**From 15 HP to 21 HP
*Vaughn levels to level 3
**From 17 HP to 22 HP
*Joka levels to level 3
**From 18 HP to 28 HP
===Battle Stats===
 	DamageSustained	DamageInflicted	Hits	Misses	Crits	CritMisses
Ebnur 	0 	20 	1 	0 	0 	0
Jebediah	0 	15 	2 	1 	1 	0
Vaughn 	17 	10 	1 	0 	0 	0
Joka 	16 	12 	2 	0 	0 	0
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