Pawns and Patrons: Episode 06

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==Characters==
Anna: Babs (level 1 Rogue) the Brewer (and drunkard). Level 0s: Scribbles - Female Human Scribe, Hawkeye. Henley - Non Binary Human Chicken butcher, seventh son
Gen: Streje Dude (level 1 Spell Sword) the jester Frog-humanoid. Level 0s: Bescri - Female Human Scribe, Survived a Spider Bite. Ler Jwee - Female Human Jeweller, Survived the plague
Neal: Sky (level 1 Warrior) a surfer bro. Little Jimmy (level 1 Warrior) a street urchin. Level 0s: Dee - Female Human Gardener who was raised by Wolves, Kate - Female Human Squire, born on the battlefield.
Rachel: Agnes (level 1 Wizard) is a seller of chests (owns a dog named Steven). Level 0s: Evelyn - Female Human Noble, raised by Wolves, Fiona - Female Human Forester, survived the plague.
===Significant NPCs===
* Court Wizard Augusta: Wizard Frog. Party have quest to find them because they disappeared with the Eldritch Scroll of Zocarzan.
==Recap==
===Preparations===
The party are in the City Great, Lothpurtinance / Eminaxes making their final arrangements before heading on their quest into Swampe Dude. Their target is the missing Court Wizard Augusta who has the Eldritch Scroll of Zocarzan who disappeared in the swamp.
Babs goes back to Orin Fernard (called Sparky here) to ask about the strange black liquid she found last adventure. Orin says to return in a day for the results. As Babs goes to leave she runs into a large burly man with an eyepatch. Babs argues with the eyepatched man (with a bushy handlebar moustache) about who should get out of the way before leaving.
Dee finds a 2 handed sword in an allyway and equips it. Evelyn sells her 10 gp ring to get the funds to buy a warhammer and padded armor.
The next day Babs returns to Orin to find out about the liquid as the man with the eyepatch is leaving. Orin explains it is lotus oil, which can be of help to arcane spellcasters, and offers to purchase it for 10 gold pieces. Babs declines to sell the oil, but pays Orin a silver piece for his trouble.
Fran leaves the horse named Neal and Goatviev with House Teotwaki, taking Anna & Rachel the dogs. Streje Dude buys a mule named Chatuga to haul things for the party. 
The party then depart Lothpurtinance. The party's departure doesn't go unnoticed, with the eyepatched man along with 6 other thugs watch the party leave, they go to follow.
===Encounter outside the City===
After traveling a few miles from Lothpurtinance's city walls the party are confronted by the group of thugs. The party are told their group is called the Chunder Boys, lead by the eyepatched man named Milber Chunder along with Deekan Chunder. One of the Chunder Boys, Sword, says that the sword Dee found is his and wants it back. Milber Chunder demands 1 coin payment from everyone in the party. The party refuse.
Agnes casts enlarge on Henley, but only by 10%. This doesn't impress the Chunder Boys. Streje Dude then casts Sleep on Milber, Deekan & Sword. The remaining Chunder Boys retreat.
===The Mincing Mule===
The party travel down the road from Lothpurtinance towards Mordland (the Frog Kingdom).
Along the way the party rest at an inn, The Mincing Mule, along the road. Sky tries to negotiate for free lodgings in exchange for some work with Mincing Mule's proprietor, Izkilies. Izkilies insists it will cost a silver coin each. Streje Dude the jester ends up performing for the inn in exchange for lodgings for the whole party. He performs a new song.
:THE MIGHTY VINE DUDE
:Let me tell you Ze tale eh… 
:Ze tale Ze tale in great detail… 
:Ze tale of ze Froje-eh…. 
:The tale of ze vine-version-of-Froje Dudeh! 
:Froje, blank stare, looked Streje in his eyes …
:Beware, beware, Dunnaetouché the wise
:No shame, backstabbed to Froje’s surprise
:Beware, beware the Froje’s demise 
:I just told you Ze tale eh… 
:Ze tale Ze tale in great detail… 
:Ze tale of ze Frog eh…. 
:The tale of ze twice-dead Froje Dudeh!
Izkilies tells Streje Dude that swamp has problems with leeches that the city hasn't taken care of in a while.
During the night Judge Leowin and four knights in service for Justice Snish demand entry to the Mincing Mule. Snish was the previous employer of the party before episode 1 and the lord of hamlet of Oakwell who the party disobeyed when they went to the ruined keep. The knights demand rooms to stay in, but Izkilies instead gives them space in the common room with the party and other travellers.
Before people can settle down to sleep, some people in the common room begin to repeat Streje Dude's new song. Streje Dude gets up and heads downstairs to perform an encore. Streje Dude retreats back to his room after the song having noticed Judge Leowin.
Judge Leowin asks about Streje Dude and Babs claims his name is Mobo Chumber of the Chumber Brothers, not to be mistaken for the criminal Chunder Boys. The judge asks for details about the Chunder Boys. Bescri and Scribbles both offer to help the judge scribe down information about the Chunder Boys, with Scribbles's better notes winning out. 
Section 103-B.3 of the Tax Code says that Taxes and Fees can only be collected by those who hold a noble writ of office.
Scribbles and Judge Leowin bond over the judge's traveling unfolding desk. Judge Leowin gets Scribbles to write down the lyrics of Streje Dude's latest song, which includes Dunnaetouché & Streje Dude's real name in the lyrics. Judge Leowin says that Dunnaetouché & Streje Dude are wanted criminals and offers a reward for either of them, the reward being 25 gold coins alive, 30 gold dead.
Agnes wants to hand Streje Dude in, Henley wants to kill the judge and his knights, but Dee steps in and tells them that they should just hide Streje Dude so others in the tavern don't go after him. Dee goes upstairs and warns Streje Dude. Streje Dude changes out of his silk clothes and goes out the inn window with Spider Climb and hides in the barn.
In the morning Izkilies tries to turn Streje Dude in, only to find his inn room empty. The party leave the inn, collect Streje Dude from the stables, and walk down the road.
===Into Swamp Dude===
Streje Dude leads the party off the main road into Swamp Dude towards the village of Blobutant in Swamp Dude. It has been some years since Streje Dude has been to Blobutant, but he remembers the way. On the path the party spot some deep hoofprints along the marshy trail which lead down the path for some time then into the swamp off-road.
The party discuss if they should follow the trail to Blobutant or the hoofprints into the swamp. Fiona finds a gold coin and a ripped silk cloth. Fiona pockets the coin and reveals the silk to the party. The party decide to follow the hoofprints instead of heading into the village.
Agnes's Find Familiar spell finishes casting and she is on the lookout for the creature. However Agnes is suffering from some stat penalties for casting this spell for some time with spell burn.
The party hear the cries of a voice in the swamp. The party investigate and see a frog sitting in the swamp dressed in fancy clothes. The frog, Bellon, is very upset by his situation, his horse, Dartanion, has passed away, having sunk into the swamp. Streje Dude greets the Bellon and Bellon is "pleased" that someone in the Dude family is alive. Bellon explains he was carrying spices across the swamp on his horse across the swamp. Bellon offers to pay the party 1 gold coin each to dig out the sunken spices. The party accept the job.
Dee remembers the warning about leeches at the tavern, but Bellon says that those rumors are exaggerated. Streje Dude whispers to Scribbles about writing the name "Streje Dude" on Bellon's back to mislead Judge Leowin. Scribbles pins a piece of paper to Bellon's back with Streje Dude's name on it.
The party go over to the "dead horse" and find it is very much alive, just stuck in the swamp. Bellon still calls out that Dartanion is dead.
Sky strips off his gear and tries to make his way to Dartanion the horse and sees the 2 barrels are still tied to the horse. Sky returns to solid ground, borrow's Ler Jwee's knife, and swims back to the horse to cut the barrels free, but is interrupted by the appearance of crocodile.
Sky retreats back to shore. Babs casts Magic Missile at the crocodile as it approaches the horse. A second crocodile appears, this one is larger but only has one eye, and it moves towards the party.
Scribbles throws a dart at the smaller crocodile, but misses. Henley throws chicken meat at the smaller crocodile and successfully distracts it away from the horse. Babs tries to cast colorspray but the spell fails and she forgets the spell for the rest of the day. Dee attacks the one-eyed crocodile with his 2 handed sword and Sky attacks with his short sword. Kate only has a hammer so stays out of the fight.
Agnes goes to cast Enlarge on Evelyn's torch as Fiona lights it. Agnes's spell fails and the enlarge spell is forgotten for the day. Evelyn then kills the one-eyed crocodile with her warhammer. The smaller crocodile continues to leave, eating the chicken meat it was thrown.
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