Through Piss and Providence

"**Through Piss and Providence**" (1x04) is the fourth session in the campaign Crusade on the Underdark.

## Players Present

Breean Arrant, Charlie Williams, Harlow Hurley, Ian Vizcarra, Izzy Dudley, Madeline Park, Max McGuire, Myles Lechler

## Synopsis

* A dazed Bharaash awakens back in the room he was left in by the other party members at the Inn. Confused about his location and having freshly remembered a memory of his childhood, his home village razed by humans, Bharaash is urged by the priest to head downstairs and aid his party members in the fierce battle with the Worm occurring outside. In the tavern portion of the Inn, Bharaash meets Kerstin, who is sobered up with a strong shot of Orc's Blood before the two rush outside to join the battle.
* The party engages in one full round of combat + one turn to defeat the Worm and goblins. During this round: Athens is struck and falls thirty feet from Wisdom's back, hitting the ground; Nortumal decapitates a goblin with his greatsword thanks to a critical hit; Kerstin casts Cloud of Daggers on the worm; Wisdom swoops down from the sky and kills one of the goblins; Willip casts booming blade on the worm; Friday engages it in melee combat; and Caraway finally slays the worm thanks to a critical hit with his rapier.
* Nortumal enter's the dead worm's body in hopes of finding its heart. The rest of the party reels from the battle, several members having received serious acid burns.
* The town bursts into celebration, lifting several party members onto their backs, and Caraway is proclaimed the savior of the battle much to Friday's annoyance. The party heads back to the tavern to celebrate as the owner pronounces free drinks, while Friday heads upstairs instead to her room to sulk and treat her wounds.
* A huge celebration starts in the bar with drinking, dancing, music, and food made by the Innkeeper's son. Caraway enters a drinking contest with a townsperson and succeeds by a long shot, with Willip and Isaiah as onlookers. Several of the party members here find themselves getting extremely drunk.
* Kerstin goes upstairs to her and Friday's shared room. While Friday is at first extremely hostile, Kerstin offers alcohol and water to clean her wounds, as well as sympathizing that Caraway doesn't deserve the huge uproar. The two agree that he's an asshole and Friday cheers up, going back downstairs to seek Orc's Blood from Nortumal and get extremely drunk.
* Caraway goes outside to find Athens and asks him if he can take a ride on Wisdom. Afterwards, Willip does the same. Friday comes outside to find Caraway laying on the ground, and kicks him. When she picks him up by the shirt, Caraway vomits onto Friday's chest, causing her to throw him through the Inn window in a drunken rage. She leaps in after him and when Caraway tries to flee up the stairs, Friday grabs him causing the two to fall down the stairs together. The townspeople in the tavern take on an air of drunken fighting and the energy in the room changes to become much more reckless and hostile. Willip, unsure of what to do, asks the Puppet Master for help, who casts Calm Emotions to settle down Friday and Caraway.
* The two are dragged to their respective rooms, where Friday and Kerstin have a drunk breakdown and Willip and the Puppet Master try to treat Caraway's wounds. It's a very rough night for all of the party members.
* Early the next morning, Nortumal heads downstairs to speak with the Innkeeper and apologize. He's furious with the party, and explains to Nortumal that they're going to need to pay reparations for the damage done to the tavern, 100GP to be exact. Nortumal apologizes on his party's behalf and tells the Innkeeper he'll speak with them about paying back the damages. A pissed off Isaiah wakes up Friday, Kerstin, Caraway, and Willip by pounding on their doors. He expresses disdain at their behavior, and as they all meet in the hallway, disheveled and hungover, Nortumal tells the party about the costly damages.
* When none of the party members have enough gold to pay for the damages, Friday heads downstairs and shells out 100GP for the Innkeeper. He isn't satisfied though, and after some tense talking back and forth, he pulls out a mug and fills it with his own urine, instructing Friday to drink it. Stone-faced, Friday does so, and due to her smart remarks, the Innkeeper gives her a second mug, while Caraway, Willip, and Isaiah watch from the stairwell out of sight and in horror. Friday downs the second mug and finally leaves the establishment to find Athens and eventually vomit around the corner.
* Caraway attempts to escape the tavern without being seen but is stopped by the Innkeeper, who, along with Kerstin's recommendation, expects him to drink his own mug of urine. Instead, Caraway turns the mug over and pours it on the ground. He resists intimidation and leaves the establishment, a bit shaken. Isaiah approaches the counter and apologizes deeply on the behalf of Caraway and Friday, and Willip tips the Innkeeper a few gold, who discourages Willip to view Caraway as a role model. As the party joins together outside, the Innkeeper angrily scribbles a picture of Caraway and sets it on his bar for all to see.