Shenanigans: Episode 053

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==Recap==
The party are in Shenanigans. The Wrok is weight lifting using Droopy holding a 50-pound weight. Maximilian is failing to understand the Fireball spell as an Illusionist. Zen heads to the General Store and finds out his Continual Light Stone has sold. Zen sells the General Store 10 more Light Stones. Zen heads to Cogwrench Hammerbench to make a hooded lantern with a light stone inside it. Cogwrench charges Zen 50 Gold for the prototype. 
Lizzy comes up to the party and asks them to stop the moon-shine operations of someone who sold sold moonshine to her daughter, Layla. The party accept the job for 100 gold, and free board for a week.
The party go talk with Layla at Lizzy's house. Layla says that Cletus sells moonshine from some guy who lives in the woods. Cletus sells to students of the wizard tower, Woghorts behind the red oak tree during lunch. Layla asks to learn Metamorphose Liquids from Zen, but Zen says he'll ask her father first.
Since it is a Sunday, the party decide to spend the rest of the day searching for some poisonous plants for Droopy.
In the woods the party come across 3 Bugbears. The party start a fight right away and kill the bugbears. The party find the bugbears had a gnome prisoner that the party free. The gnome is a cousin of Cogwrench Hammerbench, in the woods to look for some obsidian for the lantern project.
The party continue to walk in the woods and find some Milkweed and harvest it.
The party come back to Shenanigans and see some jugglers are performing outside. Inside Droopy makes a waterskin full of milkweed.
The next day the party at lunch time go meet with Cletus, a 20-year-old man with a sharp fashion sense. Zen buys a glass bottle for 750 ml. Cletus says he is the middle man and Til Rexlerson who lives in the woods makes the stuff. The party drug Cletus with some milkweed, but The Wrok also drinks some.
The party move to a safe distance and spy on Cletus. They observe students going over and buying moonshine from him. Cletus gets drozy but stays awake to do business during the lunch break. When the lunch break is over, Cletus passes out under the red oak tree. The party go over and take the unconscious Cletus outside of town into the woods. The Wrok then finally passes out after carrying Cletus.
Cletus eventually wakes up, tied up. Cletus points out selling moonshine to kids isn't illegal. The party explain that he just sold to the wrong kid so they are sorting things out, and want to meet with Til Rexlerson. Cletus agrees to lead the party to Til's Log Cabin.
The party meet with Til Rexlerson. They explain they were hired to stop the Moonshine being told to Woghorts. Til Rexlerson complains this goes against the free market, but agrees to the party's strong arm tactics. Til Rexlerson and Cletus won't sell at the Wizard Tower anymore.
Til Rexlerson then gives the party a tour of the distillery. During the tour Droopy starts a fire outside, casts darkness, then sneaks away. Zen canceled the darkness with a light spell. Til Rexlerson finds the fire and puts it out. Til Rexlerson tells the party that he has competitors in the woods and they probably stared the fire. A family of gnomes. Til Rexlerson hires the party to burn down the Gnome distillery. 
The party travel and discover the Gnome Family's residence, a underground hobbit house. Zen opens the front door and webs the 3 gnomes inside, a child and their parents. Zen sets the web on fire, murdering the child, but the parents survive. A child gnome dies instantly in the web fire, but the gnome parents survive. Droopy murders the mother gnome. The Wrok murders the father gnome.
Droopy is the only one who can fit inside, so she searches the house. Droppy finds the distillery, a fancy gnome machine. Droopy searches the rest of the house for valuables and comes across a baby gnome. Droopy gives the baby some Milkweed and then leaves the house with the loot. Droopy doesn't tell the rest of the party about the baby. The party then collapse the front entrance to the hobbit home.
The party return to Til Rexlerson and he says he will have the payment of the distilled moonshine delivered by Cletus when it is done.
The party head back into town. The party visit Cogwrench. The invention is complete. A small hooded lantern that the light pebble can fit inside. The obsidean is used to make a focusing mirror to project all the light out when the shutter is open. Cogwrench demonstrates the lantern in his basement where no light leaks out while it is closed. The Wrok compares it with his hooded lantern that does leak out some light. Zen wonders about producing more, but the supply of obsidian is the problem. If the supply issues are solved, the lantern will only cost 8 gold now he has made the prototype.
The party return to Shenanigans and they report in to Lizzy. She then pays the party 25 gold each gold, but then charges them 25 gold for their bar tabs.
Lizzy then gives the party job as debt collectors for her. The first target is Bash, a dwarf who has been here 6 months who owes 215 gold. The party go over and have an awkward conversation with Bash. Bash goes over to Desmond and pays his tab with his armor. The party are paid 25 gold each for doing this.
Zen then gets permission from Desmond to teach to Layla Metamorphose Liquids. Desmond insists on 10 armed guards be with the 2 at all times.
 
==Experience==
806 exp each
* Droopy levels to level 2
** Max HP +1
== Significant NPCs ==
* Cogwrench Hammerbench - Gnome Inventor in Bergshire
* Lizzy - Co-Owner of Shenanigans, Hires party for the quest.
* Cletus - Human Male in his 20s, sells Moonshine to teenagers
* Til Rexlerson - Human Male in his 60s, lives in log cabin outside of Bergshire, makes moonshine.
* Halfling Family - Moonshine Rivals of Til Rexlerson
== Significant Locations ==
*Bergshire - Shenanigans
Category:Shenanigans Episodes