Pawns and Patrons: Episode 08

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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. Level 0s: Kate - Female Human Gardener who was raised by Wolves, Dee - Female Human Squire, born on the battlefield.
Rachel: Agnes (level 1 Wizard) is a seller of chests (familiar is Senga, an elderly miniature version of herself). Level 0s: Evelyn - Female Human Noble, raised by Wolves, Fiona - Female Human Forester, survived the plague.
===Significant NPCs===
* Naverst Brow: Groundskeeper of Dude Estate. Elderly Male Frog.
* Rehborah: Naverst Brow's assistant. Adult Male Frog, tall and strong, speaks with simple words.
* Court Wizard Augusta: Wizard Frog. Party have quest to find them because they disappeared with the Eldritch Scroll of Zocarzan.
==Recap==
===Hall Dude===
The party are in the ruined Hall Dude. The groundskeeper Naverst Brow and his assistant Rehborah say there is a test that Streje Dude must pass in order to prove he is a true Dude. The test will require a few days to gather all the items needed for the test. As the party are lead to their rooms, they pass another portrait of Lord Sterin Dude. The rooms the party are offered rooms to share, while Streje is given a room to rest in on his own.
Naverst tells Streje that he should have been paid a stipend, but Streje says he hasn't. Naverst says the money must be being stolen. Naverst says the lineage is important and the people of Blobutant have lost their way without their noble leadership. Naverst offers to host a feast, gathering things from Blobutant to celebrate after the test is done.
Henley was gravely injured by leeches on the trip to Hall Dude. Naverst says he thinks Henley has the leech-fever, and there might be someone who can help Henley in Blobutant.
Fiona asks about the large lotus flowers, and Naverst says the great white tadpole can be found near those so it is dangerous to approach. 
While Naverst is gone to Blobutant, Rehborah is left at the estate and explains the eastern hall of the estate has sunken into the swamp and you can't enter it. Rehborah also shows the estate's ballroom, kitchens, and parlor. Fiona starts working in the kitchen on some chicken soup.
===The Hunt===
The party (except Henley & Fiona) and decide to hunt some game for the feast, maybe some Moss Elk. Babs joins the hunt so she can tame the Moss Elk instead of killing it. Babs tries to lead the hunt but it goes poorly, so Babs asks Scribbles for help.
Senga, Agnes miniature duplicate familiar, confidently insists the Moss Elk is a certain way, and charges off towards it on top of the horse, Dartanion. The party follow after.
A colossal leech then leaps out of the swamp water and tries to attack Dartanion the horse, but misses. A second colossal leach also attacks the party.
Combat: Party VS 2 Colossal Leech
* Babs attacks one, killing one of the colossal leeches in on one blow with her pitchfork.
* Agnes protects Senga and the horse from the remaining colossal leech as Senga lands a hit with her club. The rest of the party try to attack the colossal leech but do no damage to it.
* The Colossal Leech attacks Dee and attaches itself to her.
* Bescri lands a hit with her dart. Senga gets the killing blow on the colossal leech.
* Level 1 Characters Each Gain: 2 Exp
Combat: Concluded
===Hall Dude (while party is away)===
It has been 2–3 hours since the party set out. Henley is lying in bed, still weak. Fiona has made the chicken soup in the kitchen. Rehborah is making something called 'sticky glutenous stew'. Fiona feeds Henley some of the chicken soup and Henley enjoys it. Henley has a nap.
Fiona heads outside the escape and looks in the nearby swamp and finds some poppies behind the old chapel. Fiona puts some of them in Rehborah's stew. Rehborah enjoys his stew, feeling no effects from the poppies.
Rehborah then gets back to work, filling in a soggy pit with a shovel. Fiona sees nothing in the hole. Rehborah says there was just mud & dirt inside and he is doing this as work, with no further explanation.
===The Hunt (continued)===
Babs pours some ale on Dee's wound from the leech to try to prevent leech-fever. The party then return to their hunt, with Babs leading the way. The party soon find a Moss Elk. Babs casts Charm Person on the Moss Elk and the Elk ends up dominated for at least the next month. As a sign of its charm status, the Elk act drunk like Babs. Bescri asks if they will eat the Moss Elk and Babs says no, that the Elk is her best friend now. The name for the elk is Jager Mosster.
Bescri then spots the catfish. The party capture the catfish together after some effort. 
===Hall Dude (while party is away continued)===
Fiona investigates the servants quarters, and finds the corridor has an armoire squeezed into it, and only 6 doors available.
She finds Rehborah's quarters are a mess. Fiona cleans the room as she snoops, using the cleaning as an excuse if needed in the future.
Fiona goes into Naverst Brow's room and finds a writing desk with a sharpened dagger laying on it. Above the writing desk is a crude painting of Lord Sterin Dude. Fiona opens the draw of the writing desk and finds a journal. She takes the journal.
She then investigates the armoire and finds it locked. Fiona heads up the stairs at the end of the hall and it leads back to the ballroom.
Fiona checks in on Henley before reading the journal out loud. (Text of Journal Here: Pawns and Patrons: Episode 08 Handout). The journal speaks of the fall of the House Dude and his taking care of the estate in the aftermath. Also there is mention of an invitation to a location called the Frogomance, with a map to it. Later the journal says that the discovered surviving members of the Dude family have no place here at the estate. WHEN THE BLOOD OF DUDE FLOWS IN MY VEINS THEN SHALL THE HOUSE HAVE ITS TRUE HEIR.
Fiona looks out the window. Rehborah is finishing filling a hole, looking grave-shaped. Also Fiona sees the party returning with the catfish and elk. Fiona also sees Naverst coming back towards the estate with 2 elderly frogs carrying a large trunk.
===Hall Dude (everyone back together)===
Fiona rushes downstairs to meet with the party, but meets with Naverst first. Naverst introduces the other frogs as Fallow and Edwina. The three then head down to the servants quarters. Fiona makes her way to the party and updates them on what she found out in the journal. Streje is sceptical until he reads the journal for himself.
The party is concerned the blood ritual Streje is meant to take won't do what they expect. Streje thinks he can change Naverst's mind and make him actually friendly. Sky thinks the party just go along with whatever happens and fight off the bad guys if they are betrayed.
Streje Dude goes up to Naverst and tries to be friendly as equals, but the 3 elderly frogs finds the idea of equality with the nobility an error. Edwina says that Streje has to learn his rightful place in all of this. Edwina then asks for 15 gold coins to pay for the medicine for Henley. Henley pays up 10 gold. Fiona pays up 2 gold. Babs pays 3 gold. The party don't ask Streje to pay anything since he hasn't confirms he owns the estate yet.
Edwina goes upstairs to treats Henley. Edwina mixes a tonic for Henley, which Fiona approves of. Henley drinks the tonic and cures Henley of the Leech-Fever. Henley then falls asleep in the bed.
Chicken Stew and sticky glutenous stew is served for dinner. The servant frogs decline to eat with the party and eat in the servants quarters instead, despite Streje's offer for them all to dine together.
The party go to their rooms for the night. During the night Bab's hears a large thing outside the house go up to the house then leave.
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