Shenanigans: Episode 031

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==Recap==
Desmond and his family are out of town on Vacation and Hank has been left in charge of Shenanigans. A nervious-looking elf joins the party at the bar. He wants to hire the party to escort his wagon back to Bergshire, which contains some magical cargo. Naina Thermon says the cost will be 15% of the cargo's worth (120 gold) plus 10 gold each per day. The Elf agrees to the rate, and pay up half the cost up-front.
The party then speak with a servant of the Elf, a Human Male named Clancy. Clancy says the wagon is east of town in the woods 8 miles away, and starts leading the party to it. Dar gets his camel and the party leave Bergshire. Charger asks Clancy why the wagon is out in the woods, and Clancy is cagey about giving clear answers, and just leads the party, following directions on some paper.
After 7 miles the party go off the main road and down a game trail northwards. As they travel Charger hears the sound of a Ettercap in the distance and freaks out, but no one else in the party takes him seriously so they keep going along the trail into a clearing and Naina sees moving moving out of the clearing in the distance. In the clearing is a old dried-up well. There is no attack, so the party continue following the directions.
The party then each a knocked over massive tree, the next landmark on the paper. Around the back of the felled tree is a underground tunnel. Charger & Naina stay outside to guard the perimeter while Dar & Clancy head inside. Down the tunnel leaves to a cavern. Dar spots a dead owlbear, killed by a crossbow. After Clancy picks up something in the corner of the room he also spots the owlbear, freaks out and flees from the cave and into the woods, not listening to Dar. 
Dar meets up with the party and explains what he saw. Naina tracks after Clancy who has run off. The party catch up to Clancy and explain the Owlbear was dead. Naina then leads the party back towards the road. 
Along the way towards the road the party encounter the Ettercap, and they attack it with javelin & bows, killing it outright. Naina inspects the corpse, and sees is a human in costume with a crossbow, a glass potion, food supplies, and some platinum coins. The party then notice that Clancy has run off. Charger and Naina hear Clancy is talking with someone else a short distance away.
Charger goes investigate Clancy and sees him trying to reason with a Hobgoblin named Clayton who is welding a staff of wood & metal at Clancy. Charger charges in at Clayton with his 2 lances, slaying Clayton him instantly. The rest of the party catch up and help Charger get the dead hobgoblin off his lances. The party explain to Clancy the Ettercap was just a person in a costume and he should stop running off. The party look the money off the hobgoblin, who also has platinum coins and supplies as well as Iron Splint Armor & Steel Mace. Iron is valuable and expensive in Arcadia, so that armor is looted immediately.
Clancy is still very cagey with his answers, but claims he only knew Clayton though reputation alone as "The Hunter". Clancy claims that Clayton got greedy, but doesn't explain why.
Naina leads the party back towards Bergshire, avoiding backtracking and taking a direct path.
After some time the party arrive in a glade with a pond with a waterfall leading into it. In the pond frolicking is a Hippocampus and a what appears to be a female human. Charger and Clancy get charmed and are drawn into the pool. Dar & Naina resist the charm and see the woman and the hippocampus for what they really are, a monster made of plant. Dar switches personality to Bob. The plant entangles Charger & Clancy underwater. Naina & Dar then save the two of them from drowning, however the contents of Clancy's backpack are damaged.
The party then keep travelling and arrive back in Bergshire. The Elf who hired the party is very disappointed that his cargo was destroyed. He refuese to pay the party the rest of the gold, and goes off to punish Clancy for all his mistakes.
Charger sells the iron splint armor for 200 gold. The steel mace is sold for 20 gold. 
==Experience==
*Combat: 510 exp each
*Bob/Kelur/Dar: 50 exp (spells cast), 20 hit die worth of exp, 50 exp bonus on top
**Fighter levels to level 2
**Druid levels to level 2
*** Max HP from 4 to 9
*Naina: 390 exp for hit die killed
**Levels to level 4
*** Max HP from 16 to 24
*Charger: 15 hit die worth of exp
**Charger Levels to level 2
***Max HP from 10 to 16
== Significant NPCs ==
* Elf - Male Elf, nervous looking, Hires the party for the job
* Clancy - Human Male, works for the nervous elf
* ?? - Man wearing a Ettercap Costume
* Clayton - Male Hobgoblin, known as "The Hunter"
== Significant Locations ==
*Bergshire - Shenanigans
Category:Shenanigans Episodes