Rescue

## Summary

Dr. Gerark notes that Garrett is quieter than usual but Durian pays it no mind. The doctor asks Cora Treecreak who's in charge using a riddle much like tetris while Durian and Jojo talk about dwarves and ale.

They find a group of cultists roaming about and the group fights. Cora takes out one by forcing them to relive their worst childhood moment. Durian gets the attention of a lot of cultists but they keep missing him. Jojo counterattacks with a flurry of punches taking down three cultists at once. Dr. Gerark takes advantage of the shock and skewers another with his javelin. Cora traps the last cultist in an illusion while Garrett shoots him and Durian beats him down.

After the fight, Jojo mentions that he overheard the cultists talking about burning down the church. A bunch of citizens were trapped in the local church. The group heads over there after some banter. They save some citizens from burning buildings along the way. They came upon a large army of cultists and kobolds ready to burn down the church as Jojo heads back with a small group of civilians.

The smaller party engaged in battle with large army. Durian fell unconscious during the battle briefly. The group bottlenecked the enemy team into a small space so they could gain the upper hand. Jojo eventually returned to finish off the last few. Both he and Cora got to know each other while Dr. Gerark, hulked out, grabbed a prisoner and strangled it to death. Dr. Gerark feels remorseful for his actions while Cora and Jojo sift through the bodies. They find 24 gold, a bottle of poison, a scroll and an invitation to an event. Jojo puts out the remaining smolders and rests up with the others.

After the rest, the party delivers the group held in the church to the fortress. They're about to rest up when they hear of an attack on the local mill. The group hurries but Jojo runs into a small group of kobolds. After a scolding from the team, the group heads southwest to find a guard being chased by cultists. Jojo runs in like usual so Durian tries to stop him. However he fails and Jojo goes in for a sneak attack on a cultists. He doesn't take out any of them but weakens three of them. The others hurry to help and take out the cultists. The guard joins them temporarily to take back the mill.

The group arrives at the mill not knowing that it was a water mill and not a windmill. They find six cultists ready to set fire to the water mill but don't. Jojo sneaks inside and finds a trap waiting within.

Thankfully the group turned it against the enemy by dressing up the guard and luring the cultists outside away. The plan works with four cultists so their two friends run for it. Jojo and the guard catch the other two before they get away and take them out getting 60 copper in the process. Jojo finds a net in a nearby house to throw on the enemy party and asks Cora to lure them out with her vocal mimicry and minor illusion.

The plan works and Jojo uses a bag of marbles for good measure. Durian knocks down several of them easily (4 nat 20s what the heck?) and the rest of the cultists begin fleeing. Garrett takes out one while Jojo knocks out the other but the friendly guard tells the party to let the last guy go.

## Notable Events

* This session was split into two videos because of technical difficulties
* The party saves more villagers including an entire church and the water mill
* Because Rabbidluigi didn't make it to this session, Joshscorcher played his character