Session 02 "Below The City"

D&D RECAP from 9/24

We spent the night in Muggy’s Tavern. Rhys and Tanekshared many drinks and Tanek filled Rhys in on his plan to build a revolver pistol he calls the “Magnum Opus.” The bar became crowded and the locals began talking about the “High Harvest Tide” festival, which would be held in four days. The other topic of conversation was the numerous city nobles which have gone missing over the past weeks. After a lively (if mediocre) improv performance by six goblins and more drinks everyone turned in for the night.

At breakfast the next morning Dorn rejoined the group. They agreed to take Lady Divandra Kravandros up on her offer to find her missing father, also a noble. Dorn revealed that he used to be a member of the “Shadow Thieves” a guild that ran the criminal underground of the city until several months ago, when a rival group, the Giant’s Legion, moved in on their turf and took over. Their enforcers killed many of Dorn’s colleagues, and he suspects they may be responsible for the disappearing nobles.

Muffy and Dorn got into a heated argument over Dorn’s criminal past, but Rhys and Tanek argued that, at least for now, a truce be called, referring also to Dorn’s selfless actions when fighting the wolf like creatures.

Rensig and Kohlam eventually emerged from their respective rooms at Muggy’s and the group decided to begin their investigation by talking to Lt. Tordek Bofdann, but on the way Tankek noticed two children seemingly pickpocketing Dorn and brought it to his attention. Dorn immediately gave chase, his pouch containing quite a large sum of gold, and the whole group followed.

The kids led them on a merry chase through the city, ending in a run down house, where the group once again met the mysterious woman who (unbeknownst to all) had aided them in their fight against the wolf like creatures whilst hidden inside a tree, and who had just the night before damaged Dorn most severely with a thrown bucket. The nickname “Bucket Girl” quickly took root.

Still on the trail of the pickpockets, Rensig said he would search the upper floors and Kohlam said he’d take the alley the house was on while the rest of the group descended into the basement the most likely path the children had taken given Muffy’s discovery that the boards blocking the stairs down were not affixed to anything. At first they found nothing but cobwebs until Tanek noticed dust marks on the floor where a crate had been moved and behind the crate was a hidden room. Thus began the descent down three levels of progressively more run-down floors, ending in a drop into a foul-smelling river. Tanek’sdwarven knowledge of masonry confirmed that they were wading in the city sewer.

By torchlight the group wormed their way through the wet labyrinth, coming to a waterfall drop of about 10 feet into a black pool. Tanek, Rhys and Dorn went below, while the rest stayed above. Dorn was grabbed by a tentacle from some unknown beast underwater and the group engaged it.

The tentacle beast was fought with weapons and magic and Rhys sliced off one of its tentacles with his flaming sword, freeing Dorn. When the wounded beast discharged ink to cover its retreat, Dorn dropped bottles of oil into the water and scurried to higher ground. Tanek followed suit and tossed a burning torch down into the oil to light the beast on fire.

This surprised everyone, especially Rhys, who had positioned himself most heroically to fight the beast, but was now cut off from his companions by 20 sq feet of awall of flames on the surface of the water. Muffy cleverly passed a ring of protection to him via her magic hand, and he swam underneath the flames unharmed, and rejoined the party.