Desperate Measures: Episode 03

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==Recap==
===30th January, 1512===
It is a new day and the party hear Ebnur return to Tassel, as he climbs up the stone stairs from the Docks on the Grand Canal bellow. Ebnur explains he had gone back to Latrine to oversee the birth of a new Tempos Cleric named Neal.
After some discussion of their next action, the party of Latrineian Scavengers decide on going forward with their plan to exchange gold coins for silver coins in the Eridonian Capital of Stromheim. The party set out east from Tassel.
Along the road to Cauldron, the party discover the aftermath of a battle between fellow human scavengers and kobolds. They find evidence showing the humans had lost the battle, with their bodies having been looted. The party head north towards Mirand Lake, following the tracks of the surviving Kobolds.
In the evening, the party arrive near Mirand Lake. Joka spots a cave at an inlet on Mirand Lake. Outside the cave, 10 Kobolds are drinking from the lake, with some Kobolds on watch. The party plan their assault and methodically move forward. They quietly kill 2 Kobolds on watch duty, then move in to attack the Kobolds on the riverbank. The kobolds knock out Ebnur, but the Kobolds are all slain. Jebediah stabilises Ebnur. 
The party move Ebnur a distance away near some trees and inspect the Cave where they discover it is the residence of a Leucrotta. The Leucrotta jumps out and attacks the party, knocking out Jeb. Vaughn almost kills the Leucrotta and Joka finishes him off.
Joka and Vaughn rest with their unconscious comrades in the stinky Leucrotta cave.
===31st January, 1512===
Joka and Vaughn loot the cave, finding many dead bodies the Leucrotta has left behind. Joka finds a bejeweled necklace (Quartz Crystal), shield, hatchet, 2 sets of leather armor, hatchet, short bow, short sword, and 10 arrows in a quiver. 
===5th February, 1512===
Ebnur & Jeb wake up and Ebnur casts some healing spells. 100 yards off in Mirand Lake is a large creature that appears now and then. The party avoid the lake, skin the Leucrotta, and behead it.
===6th February, 1512===
The party return to Tassel. The party sell some goods to Garrett and get 3200 copper. Jeb then gets to work making some Leather armor for Vaughn.
===8th February, 1512===
Fizzip returns to town and the party sell him the Leucrotta parts. He doesn't really need them, but gives the party 2 silver coins for the trouble.
===9th February, 1512===
The party leave Tassel and head towards Cauldron. 
===11th February, 1512===
The party arrive in Cauldron and stay there overnight.
===12th February, 1512===
The party head north up the road towards Stromheim. Towards the evening, the party encounter a blockade across the road near the tree line. 10 feet beyond that is a skull on a crossbeam, with a flag attached. There is no sign of anyone around. The party take it as a warning, and act like they are heading towards Limestone, then circle around the outside of the Forest. 
In the evening, the party camp in the plains.
===13th February, 1512===
The party head in from the plains. Along the way across the plains, a pride of 6 lions appear from the hills to the north a mile away. The party decide to avoid the lions and keep heading east.
The party reach the road and continue back north towards towards Stromheim. Some time later along the road they come across a unmoving person, possibly a scarecrow. The party avoid getting close to the person.
The party keep moving and towards evening they see the smoke from many campfires just outside of Stromheim. The party camp out a distance away without a campfire. 
During the night a Swarm of Bats attack the party. The party all take cover in their tent. After half an hour the bats leave. 
===14th February, 1512===
The party head up to the walls of Stromheim. They see an Army surrounding Stromheim. Seeing this, the party turn around and retreat back south into the woods, fleeing from some riders. 
The party continue into the Wisp Wood. After some distance, they find a stone shrine. On each side of the shrine is a life-sized stone dwarf. The party, afraid of whatever turned the dwarves to stone, head west out of the forest.
Before they leave the woods, they see the Riders patrolling the road. The party sneak past the riders and head west towards Mirand Lake.
===15th February, 1512===
The party return to Mirand Lake and camp. The party hunt some Animals and run into some Hyenas and skin them. 
===16th February, 1512===
The party arrive back in Tassel and find Fizzip in an argument with an adventurer, Bart, over the price of something he is trying to sell to Fizzip. Bart draws his dagger to attack Fizzip, but Fizzip shoots 3 magic missiles first. Bart falls to the ground, dead. Bart's 3 friends draw weapons.
The party go to calm down Bart's friends, but they aren't listening, wanting to avenge their friend. Ebnur casts darkness on the 3 hostile adventurers while Vaughn & Jeb step in front of Fizzip to defend him. Fizzip creates some small meteor spell and throws them at the 3 hostile adventurers inside the darkness. The adventurers flee from the darkness, on fire. One of the adventurers burns to death. The party loot a dagger and mace that the hostile adventurers dropped on the ground.
The party talk to Fizzip about the siege. They describe the banner and are told it is the banner of Count Vicious. The party tell Fizzip there were no siege engines, just camps outside the town. The party also ask about the bats that attacked them. Fizzip suggests maybe the bats were infected with rabies, but he describes it as a curse. 
The party go over to Garrett and sell the weapons they got off the dead adventurer for 750 copper. The party show Garrett the Quartz Crystal from the Leucrotta Cave, and he offers 5 gold and 2 silver for it. The party hold on to the necklace for now. The party sell the Hyena pelt for the 1000 copper. 
With only 12 days left to the deadline, the party decide to go looking for the Mad Minotaur in the Bogwood and his Labyrinth. 
===17th February, 1512===
The party arrive at the edge of the Bogwood and make camp.
===18th February, 1512===
With the new day, the party enter the Bogwood in search for the Labyrinth. The party try to avoid wet areas in the bog to avoid the giant leeches.
===19th February, 1512===
They find some places where a tree has been felled and the log dragged away. The party follow the drag marks, but they lead across a watery section of swamp. The party avoid going across the water and search around for a few hours for another way around and get across. The party find many log drag marks converge to create a path.
The party camp for the night before heading in. 
==Experience==
500 exp each
Category:Desperate Measures Episodes