Tombs of Scoria: Episode 02

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== Synopsis ==
The McGary brothers use a secret route to enter the royal castle in Wikkthronrarenta and meet with Clertus, who informs them about valuable magical items buried with Terra Nickles, daughter of the Baroness of Bergshire. Disguised as hunters, they travel to Bergshire and search the Baroness’s keep and cemetery for Terra's tomb, encountering obstacles and traps. They find no immediate success and rest at the Red Rooster inn. In their continued search, they engage with locals, including an architect and a guide, to gather information. Their investigation leads to a kobold ambush, revealing their determination despite setbacks. They gather more clues from a local woman, Hecka, uncovering the tomb's secret location. Their journey blends subterfuge and combat as they seek Terra's hidden resting place.
==Recap==
===26th June 1511===
The McGary brothers take their secret route into the royal castle in Wikkthronrarenta. Past the dungeons under the moat.
They meet again with Clertus but not Queen Wikk this time. He has gotten a lead, a good lead he says. The Baroness of Bergshire, Lady Nickles. Her eldest daughter, Terra Nickles, was killed in combat in the ruins of Halfhill, Mistrya, 6 months ago, and has been buried outside of the town.
The magical items buried with Terra should be of great value to them. An axe made out of glass or crystal, a static axe, can be charged with electricity, and unleash shocks on enemies. Whilst at least one charge is in the axe, the wielder has resistance to electric forces. Also with Terra should also be a cloak of protection, a new moon dagger - thrice as effective against lycanthropes, and a coin purse of holding that can hold 50 lbs. Terra was renowned for intense strength, and so had a bow made specifically for her.
Terra's tomb was hidden, with the Baroness going to great lengths to hide it. There might also be traps, Clertus believes that the traps might be mostly physical, with possibly fake walls, and other types of illusions. Their only issue is finding the tomb, and possibly overcoming the protection of said tomb.
Anton mentions that they shouldn't go as nobles, but in disguises, as snooping around and asking questions might draw suspicion. 
Anton shakes Clertus's hand, jokes about the bag of holding, then the McGary siblings leave, and head out through the secret route out of the Castle.
Imrik takes his siblings to his favorite bar, The Gilded Chest, the finest bar for merchants. They sit at his reserved table, unfortunately for Imrik no woman comes flocking to him. They discuss various details, such as what kind of disguise they will take. And what their plan of action should be. They talk and decide to have Tyrael follow the Baroness if she goes to visit her daughters grave, they could also talk to the stonemason in town, their excuses if anyone asks them why they are in town is that they are going to hunt, maybe spiders or basilisks, in Silkwood.
=== June 27th 1511 ===
They take the road in the carriage to Bergshire.
=== June 28th 1511 ===
They arrive in Bergshire.
They wait for dusk, and head to the Baronesses keep. They follow the path back over the first bridge that goes over Upper Berg River, and following the path that leads to the keep, walking parallel about 50 yards out. They do need to be careful, as the area around the keep would be the protected land, the Baronesses private wood. They look for a grave marker or carriage tracks. They don't find anything on the way. When they see the keep, they try to circle around it keeping a fair distance. It's getting dark so they need artificial light to see anything. Anton gets the idea of using the light stone with the darkness stone. So people manning the walls of the keep, won't notice them.
Circling the keep, they find a path large enough for a carriage, but probably made for riding, it's placed directly behind the keep. They follow the path and find a small brass bronze fence going around the square, they find a cemetery, which seems to be a family cemetery. Instead of using a light stone, they pull out the ever-burning candle. Imrik checks for graves related to Terra, but find only the recent being the husband dying four years ago while Terra died 6 months ago. There's a gate around it, Tyrael picks the lock. Anton binds the gate, so it doesn't lock behind them and isn't very noticeable.
Inside the mausoleum, they check for false walls finding none, they follow the spiral stairs leading down. Downstairs, there's this large 20x20 stone chamber. With bodies in stone sarcophagi, they find 5 bodies, as they are supposed to. They pry open the sarcophagus of the husband, and Anton wants to take the rings, they don't really fit him well, Anton argues that these rings on his finger are magical. But Tyrael doesn't want to steal a dead man's wedding ring. Anton also takes the gold amulet around his neck. 
They go to check the other two mausoleums, not finding Terra.
They circle the rest of the keep, with the light stone and darkness stone. Finding nothing of value.
They go back to the inn of Red Rooster and sleep.
=== June 29th 1511 ===
In the morning they talk a bit about hunting in Silkwood, laying the groundwork for their disguise. Imrik casts on the rings and the amulet, taken from the father/husband, they are not magical.
They plan out the conversation they are going to have with the stonemason. They find the stonemasons guild. With a clerk in the front, 23-year-old guy, probably an underpaid apprentice. They talk for a bit, unfortunately, he can't show them Terra's grave, since they don't know where it is. 
They want to find a guide to lead them through The Pocket. They talk with a lady that's a guide, Marigold. And plan to meet with her on the east road, the next morning.
=== June 30th 1511 ===
The next morning they meet up with Marigold the guide. On the east road. One of their servants, haul their bedrolls, rations, etc.
They explain to Marigold, that they are looking to kill kobolds. They try to extract more information, out of her, but she doesn't know where the grave is buried either. 
They find a pile of sticks a totem, a marker of kobold territory. They prepare an ambush. But during the day no kobolds come. So they decide to wait for night, and then they notice a pack of a dozen kobolds. Anton casts and catches 7. One of the kobolds breaks out of the entangle. Tyrael fires an arrow and kills a kobold, dead on the spot. They fire with slings back, missing greatly. Anton runs forward. And Imrik fires arrows as well. Some of the kobolds flee. They kill the kobolds, Anton running up and thrusting his spear into him, and the other two brothers firing arrows.
=== July 1st 1511 ===
Anton and Imrik head out in the morning to find Boris Dickman, the architect, who might know something about Terra's grave.
They approach the building of Dickman Architecture. A two-story building 25x30. Imrik knocks on the door, a servant opens and greets them. They sit in a small room waiting for Borris. Borris and what looks to be his daughter enters the room. Borris says that they should discuss business over some food. On the way out of the building, Anton signals to Tyrael, that there's one left inside and he should get in the building. They eat at a local finery called the Hodgepodge. This place is actually designed by Borris himself. They chat about architecture. Imrik also encourages them to drink, though only Hecka feels the pressure. Imrik tries to see if she fancies meeting up later, they decide to meet up at the Red Rooster.
Meanwhile, Tyrael sees them walk out, and down the street. Tyrael checks for a backdoor, but the only entrance is the front entrance. Tyrael waits for the Clerk to leave. And attempts to pick the front door, he can't quite pick it. He instead tries to climb up the wall, but on the last stretch, he slips and falls 15 feet. He attempts to tumble, twisting his ankle, and fails, making it awkward to walk, take a few days to heal. He makes it away before anyone spots him, though a guard got alerted, but he made it away before. Back in the Red Rooster, Tyrael is grumpy and laying in bed. 
Later that day, Imrik meets up with Hecka in the Red Rooster, and Anton sits in a corner watching this with amusement. They talk about various different things, drinking and hanging out. Imrik tries to get information out of her about the tomb of Terra. Finding out that it was built a fair bit out, it was secret and such. Talking about Imrik's life. They have a pleasant evening. And she drinks quite a lot, more than Imrik, and she weighs less. Imrik walks her home.
=== July 2nd 1511 ===
The brothers discuss their plans. They want to look for hills, but they can't quite ask a guide, since they don't want people to know. They lie to a guide and say they are looking for kobolds in hills since they said that they interrogated a kobold and it says that their camp was in the mountains.
Recap done by Odysseus
== In Retrospect ==
The second episode is a less action heavy continuation of the first episodes resulting in a great RP heavy episode. Neal's variation on the low level goblin slaying advanture gives the players and watchers pleanty opportunity to get to know the brothers better. The brothers heasitant and carefull planning works well in combination with them stumbling into looting random graves to show that they do not know how they got into their dragon slaying quest. Surely one of the advanture setups many DM's might lift as inspiration for their own games. 5/5 episode
== Experience ==
485 each split between their classes. (242 to each)
* 150 fighter exp each (30 exp per hit die defeated)
* 50 priest exp (50 exp per useful spell level cast)
* No wizard exp (50 exp per useful spell level cast)
* 200 rogue exp from lock picking.
* Clever Idea Exp: Anton gets 150 exp spit between his two classes.
* Clever Idea Exp: Imrik gets 150 exp spit between his two classes.
* Tyrael's rogue experience gets a 10% bonus for having 16 dex.
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