PCs Present & Played:
Travel Summary
Tenkos, Cleric [plague doctor kit] (Sugarplum)
Teake's Teeth
Tinslee & Therese, Teamsters
Viggo Pyreborn, ?? (Peanut Butter)
Teake's Teeth
Tinslee & Therese, Teamsters
Viggo Pyreborn, ?? (Peanut Butter)
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| Expedition into Ghallia-That-Fell Day 8 |
Travel Summary
Expedition Day; Season Day; Weather; Hexes; Expenditures; Notes
Expedition 7; Fall 59; Flash Flood; 0426; no rations spent; Cloudy but warm
Expedition 8; Fall 60; Rain; 0426; 1ea ration/feed; rain effects but didn't go anywhere
Expedition 8; Fall 60; Rain; 0426; 1ea ration/feed; rain effects but didn't go anywhere
Sidenote: I've already removed the rations/feed listed out above (1ea) from all character inventories.
Next Watch Sequence
Night 8: DABC
Marching Order
Ashley 30+ feet ahead
1/2 of Teake's Teeth
PCs + teamsters
1/2 of Teake's Teeth
Watches
A. Tenkos, Timothee (I1), Indira (I2)
B. Viggo, Yvonne (I3), Basile (I4)
C. Barthelm, Joseph (A1), Sacha (I6)
D. Lucien (for Claus), Rosaline (P1), Cyril (P2)
Camp Setup: Horses in the barn, party split between the barn and the church, ratfolk out in the woods.
Last time the party had a mostly uneventful journey through the woods trailing behind their ratfolk guide until they encountered a tree with bright red fruit that jumped around and blew up with magic fireworks when they shot it with a flaming arrow.
We jumped back into things with a bunch of ratfolk running and pointing and yelling at Ashley in their language. As they got closer the party could see that the seven ratfolk were collectively dragging an old woman and the front-runner was shouting "Help!" As they got even closer they could tell that the woman appeared to be quite dead.
The ratfolk started shouting at Ashley and she started shouting back, not seeming very pleased. She managed to tell the party that Edward was not the brightest and that he was in some kind of trouble before they saw a half dozen people come running through the trees after the ratfolks. The lead runner shouted "Stop them!" in Ghallian and then they themselves skidded to a halt. It was something like this:
Teake's Teeth, Party || ratfolk with corpse || Blonde smoothies
Sidenote: "Blonde smoothies" is what Ashley called them and it's as good a name as any.
A middle-aged man called out from the group of newcomers and said that his name was Léon and thanked the party for stopping the ratlings. They stole his auntie on their way to perform the funerary ceremony! But also oh my what a large group you have and have you come from across the river?
Edmond answered that yes, they had come from Lenticot and asked if that meant that they came from this side of the river. Indeed they did! Léon and his family were on their way to the river so that their dear auntie might be close to the promised land in death.
Party had a lot of questions now about the river, and the "promised land", and what these people were doing out here. They lived here, they were loyal to the king, and dearly hoped to be able to one day cross the river and live in the promised land. The PCs also privately wondered if these people were actually the same kind of creatures that they had fought before.
Léon in turn was curious what such a large group was doing across the river. Normally their former countrymen across the river only burn the lands, never venturing into the wood.
Sidenote: There was a lot of talking here, it was really wonderful. I'm late on this one and tired so cliff notes is that Léon wanted the "ratlings" to execute them for taking his auntie's corpse, the party wondered if these folks were the monsters they had previously fought, and the smoothies were very excited to meet the party and learn more about them.
"Why do you want help the ratlings anyway, they're just dirty meat."
Claus indignantly exclaimed that these were sentient (sapient?) creatures and they were NOT food!!
This time it was Léon's turn to be disgusted. "Food? Food?! They are not food!"
"You just said they were!"
"I said MEAT, they are not food. How revolting!"
Jehan was a young man when Ghallia fell but he was from the south and so familiar with these lands. His mind was racing, trying to figure out if any of what they were saying made sense. He had never heard of a king in Ghallia. When they told him that their ruler was King Thessel the XV he became even more confused. The XV? And why did they seem to reverse the sun?
Jehan: "And what lineage does King Thessel the XV hail from? What house?"
The blonde smoothies seemed genuinely confused. "What's a lineage?" Jehan explained a bit but they still didn't grasp it. King Thessel was king and the kings and queens of his family always were.
Eventually the smoothies left after a veiled implication from Barthelm that these ratfolk would have a "cultural misunderstanding" of their own with the party. Niala and her cousins took their auntie and carried her back the way they came while Léon called out a final farewell and a promise to tell King Thessel of their visit, that he might welcome them in the capital! Of course Barthelm gave his name as "Polde from Lenticot" so we'll see.
The party had no desire to stay in this spot so they decided they wanted to push on. Ashley refued to lead them anywhere however until the party had extracted something from Edward and his crew. "You promise food, safety, don't get anything. Half barter is no barter, not right, have to finish the barter."
The party generally settled on the idea of meatshields (because of course). They were able to convince all but one of Edward's party to accompany them into Guillaume le Galapiat's "well". Percival, the holdout, was too scared to go into the place that "Crazy Brian" went into so instead he volunteered to serve as an advance scout through the woods.
Satisfied that a complete barter was executed Ashley took up her position ahead of the horses and led the group the next five or six miles through a rapidly darkening wood. They arrive at a small group of dilapidated wooden buildings with a stone church in the center. They could smell the rain on the air so quickly moved forward to investigate.
Most of the buildings surprisingly had intact rooves, despite the general decripitude and overgrown nature of the site. They scouted a barn where they could house their horses and made their way to the church. It was squat, a single room, but made of stone. There didn't seem to be much in side but the door was intact and there was still some wood from the pews.
Satisfied that they weren't in immediate danger they packed all their horses in the dilapidated barn and split the posse between there and the church. They sent Edward and his crew out into the woods to keep a perimeter. It was moderately effective.
Barthelm and Jehan took turns posting up in the top of the barn to keep and ear out for anything suspicious. They heard terrible animal noises followed by ratfolk screeching during one of their watches. Realizing that the commotion wasn't getting any closer, Barthelm tried to go back to sleep and suggested that eveyone else do the same. Shortly the sounds faded to gurgles and then quieted altogether.
Sidebar: The little goobers didn't even have names yet but they still count for a death tag all the same.
Later the three surviving ratfolk (Edward, "eye-goober", and Percival) came knocking on the dor of the church. They didn't use the special knock that Tenkos had established but they let the drenched, terrified rats in anyway. Ashley scolded them in their language (or at least it sounded that way) and everyone again tried to rest.
In the morning the rain was going full bore, heavy and fat. Viggo (or Tenkos) noticed the ratfolk eating some kind of meat to which Ashley confirmed "Yep, we still taste best."
She showed them how to move the church's altar and asked if there was anything else she could tell them. Barthelm asked if Ashley wouldn't come with them into the well but didn't get very far.
"I'm an old lady! Smart, not dead! Not going to be dead either. Our barter was for information and I give you all I know. Even gave you where we live! But not going down there like Edward, he's not smart, won't be old man. Maybe you get old though, try not to die in that hole."
And with that she left, quickly disappearing into the rain. One of them remarked that she was "the most trustworthy rat." The players were geniunely sorry to see her go and at least one said that they'd better see her again! Since I follow Papers and Pencils encounter table design it's certainly possible if that 7 comes up.
Ended the session late morning on the 8th day of their expedition, poised to head into what they believe to be the laboratory of Guillaume le Galapiat, aka Wilhelm the Wily.
We jumped back into things with a bunch of ratfolk running and pointing and yelling at Ashley in their language. As they got closer the party could see that the seven ratfolk were collectively dragging an old woman and the front-runner was shouting "Help!" As they got even closer they could tell that the woman appeared to be quite dead.
The ratfolk started shouting at Ashley and she started shouting back, not seeming very pleased. She managed to tell the party that Edward was not the brightest and that he was in some kind of trouble before they saw a half dozen people come running through the trees after the ratfolks. The lead runner shouted "Stop them!" in Ghallian and then they themselves skidded to a halt. It was something like this:
Teake's Teeth, Party || ratfolk with corpse || Blonde smoothies
Sidenote: "Blonde smoothies" is what Ashley called them and it's as good a name as any.
A middle-aged man called out from the group of newcomers and said that his name was Léon and thanked the party for stopping the ratlings. They stole his auntie on their way to perform the funerary ceremony! But also oh my what a large group you have and have you come from across the river?
Edmond answered that yes, they had come from Lenticot and asked if that meant that they came from this side of the river. Indeed they did! Léon and his family were on their way to the river so that their dear auntie might be close to the promised land in death.
Party had a lot of questions now about the river, and the "promised land", and what these people were doing out here. They lived here, they were loyal to the king, and dearly hoped to be able to one day cross the river and live in the promised land. The PCs also privately wondered if these people were actually the same kind of creatures that they had fought before.
Léon in turn was curious what such a large group was doing across the river. Normally their former countrymen across the river only burn the lands, never venturing into the wood.
Sidenote: There was a lot of talking here, it was really wonderful. I'm late on this one and tired so cliff notes is that Léon wanted the "ratlings" to execute them for taking his auntie's corpse, the party wondered if these folks were the monsters they had previously fought, and the smoothies were very excited to meet the party and learn more about them.
"Why do you want help the ratlings anyway, they're just dirty meat."
Claus indignantly exclaimed that these were sentient (sapient?) creatures and they were NOT food!!
This time it was Léon's turn to be disgusted. "Food? Food?! They are not food!"
"You just said they were!"
"I said MEAT, they are not food. How revolting!"
Jehan was a young man when Ghallia fell but he was from the south and so familiar with these lands. His mind was racing, trying to figure out if any of what they were saying made sense. He had never heard of a king in Ghallia. When they told him that their ruler was King Thessel the XV he became even more confused. The XV? And why did they seem to reverse the sun?
Jehan: "And what lineage does King Thessel the XV hail from? What house?"
The blonde smoothies seemed genuinely confused. "What's a lineage?" Jehan explained a bit but they still didn't grasp it. King Thessel was king and the kings and queens of his family always were.
Eventually the smoothies left after a veiled implication from Barthelm that these ratfolk would have a "cultural misunderstanding" of their own with the party. Niala and her cousins took their auntie and carried her back the way they came while Léon called out a final farewell and a promise to tell King Thessel of their visit, that he might welcome them in the capital! Of course Barthelm gave his name as "Polde from Lenticot" so we'll see.
The party had no desire to stay in this spot so they decided they wanted to push on. Ashley refued to lead them anywhere however until the party had extracted something from Edward and his crew. "You promise food, safety, don't get anything. Half barter is no barter, not right, have to finish the barter."
The party generally settled on the idea of meatshields (because of course). They were able to convince all but one of Edward's party to accompany them into Guillaume le Galapiat's "well". Percival, the holdout, was too scared to go into the place that "Crazy Brian" went into so instead he volunteered to serve as an advance scout through the woods.
Satisfied that a complete barter was executed Ashley took up her position ahead of the horses and led the group the next five or six miles through a rapidly darkening wood. They arrive at a small group of dilapidated wooden buildings with a stone church in the center. They could smell the rain on the air so quickly moved forward to investigate.
Most of the buildings surprisingly had intact rooves, despite the general decripitude and overgrown nature of the site. They scouted a barn where they could house their horses and made their way to the church. It was squat, a single room, but made of stone. There didn't seem to be much in side but the door was intact and there was still some wood from the pews.
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| Like this church but squatter and made of stone. This is apparently from Dodge City. |
Satisfied that they weren't in immediate danger they packed all their horses in the dilapidated barn and split the posse between there and the church. They sent Edward and his crew out into the woods to keep a perimeter. It was moderately effective.
Barthelm and Jehan took turns posting up in the top of the barn to keep and ear out for anything suspicious. They heard terrible animal noises followed by ratfolk screeching during one of their watches. Realizing that the commotion wasn't getting any closer, Barthelm tried to go back to sleep and suggested that eveyone else do the same. Shortly the sounds faded to gurgles and then quieted altogether.
Sidebar: The little goobers didn't even have names yet but they still count for a death tag all the same.
Later the three surviving ratfolk (Edward, "eye-goober", and Percival) came knocking on the dor of the church. They didn't use the special knock that Tenkos had established but they let the drenched, terrified rats in anyway. Ashley scolded them in their language (or at least it sounded that way) and everyone again tried to rest.
In the morning the rain was going full bore, heavy and fat. Viggo (or Tenkos) noticed the ratfolk eating some kind of meat to which Ashley confirmed "Yep, we still taste best."
She showed them how to move the church's altar and asked if there was anything else she could tell them. Barthelm asked if Ashley wouldn't come with them into the well but didn't get very far.
"I'm an old lady! Smart, not dead! Not going to be dead either. Our barter was for information and I give you all I know. Even gave you where we live! But not going down there like Edward, he's not smart, won't be old man. Maybe you get old though, try not to die in that hole."
And with that she left, quickly disappearing into the rain. One of them remarked that she was "the most trustworthy rat." The players were geniunely sorry to see her go and at least one said that they'd better see her again! Since I follow Papers and Pencils encounter table design it's certainly possible if that 7 comes up.
Ended the session late morning on the 8th day of their expedition, poised to head into what they believe to be the laboratory of Guillaume le Galapiat, aka Wilhelm the Wily.
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