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Pretty in Pink
Roleplay Experience from the previous Session (Session 35)'s votes were allotted as follows: Brent - 60xp, Elestar - 24xp, Jarel - 80xp, Leon - 27xp (Leon also received 76xp for Journal Write-ups he did for the 1st of Harvester and the 28th of Goodmonth), Pandora - 0xp (Not present), Sabrina 0xp (Not Present), Snape 0xp - (Not Present).
This Session's role-play vote points will be added to Session 37's XP. The results were: Brent - 72xp, Elestar - 28xp, Jarel - 28xp, Lance - 2xp, Leon - 36xp, Pandora - 0xp (Not present), Sabrina 60xp, Snape 44xp.
Meanwhile, Sabrina is put out with her sister. Pandora insists on checking herself in mirrors everyplace they go, and Sabrina has finally ahd enough. She storms out of the Draco Verde, where the party still has rooms, and wanders off into the night.
The party arrives back in town, and Jarel mentions that they need to get the newest in a series of evil magic items to the church as soon as possible.
From the Journal of some random character:
Fleet is Chosen by Pholtus
Roleplay Experience from the previous Session (Session 36)'s votes were allotted as follows: Brent - 72xp, Elestar - 28xp, Jarel - 28xp, Lance - 2xp, Leon - 36xp, Pandora - 0xp (Not present), Sabrina 60xp, Snape 44xp.
Session 37's role-play vote points will be added to Session 38's XP. The results were: Brent - 0xp (Not Present), Elestar - 16xp, Jarel - 115xp, Leon - 36xp, Pandora 39xp, Sabrina 48xp, Snape 36xp.
Reuinion with Sergeant Steele. He mentions that while he was being raised the estate that he and Lady Titania live at (which was bought with some of the gains from Sergeant Steele's early life as an adventurer) was robbed by a somewhat infamous thief known only as "The Jester".
4th of Harvester
Trial is in two days.
From the Journal of some random character:
Bookkeeping
Roleplay Experience from the previous Session (Session 37)'s votes were allotted as follows: Brent - 0xp (Not Present), Elestar - 16xp, Jarel - 115xp, Leon - 36xp, Pandora 39xp, Sabrina 48xp, Snape 36xp.
Session 38's role-play vote points will be added to Session 39's XP. The results were: Brent - 108xp, Elestar - 4xp, Jarel - 50xp, Leon - 32xp, Pandora 12xp, Sabrina 64xp, Snape 56xp.
Party trades plate mail to Fandrula for Leon's debt of 50gp. Lots of discussion on what to do with the loot gathered thus far.
Bartok has determined the potion is a Potion of Comliness. It makes a person look more beautiful when drunk. Bartok adds that the effect is permanent. The party sells him one for 500gp, but he only has 300gp. He owes the party 200gp.
From the Journal of some random character:
We've Been Robbed!
Roleplay Experience from the previous Session (Session 38)'s votes were allotted as follows: Brent - 108xp, Elestar - 4xp, Jarel - 50xp, Leon - 32xp, Pandora 12xp, Sabrina 64xp, Snape 56xp.
Session 39's role-play vote points will be added to Session 40's XP. The results were as follows: Brent - 32xp, Elestar - 8xp, Jarel - 80xp, Leon - 40xp, Pandora 68xp, Sabrina 28xp, Snape 80xp.
5th of Harvester
Party discovers their treasure is gone.
Search for the lost loot reveals an evil rat and some sort of undead thing that looks like a tattered cloak. Both are defeated, but Jarel feels the icy lutch of the tattered cloak's unearthly fingers tighen around his heart, and now feels quite woozy and not himself.
From the Journal of some random character:
Can I Get a Witness?
Roleplay Experience from the previous Session (Session 39)'s votes were allotted as follows: Brent - 32xp, Elestar - 8xp, Jarel - 80xp, Leon - 40xp, Pandora 68xp, Sabrina 28xp, Snape 80xp.
Session 40's role-play vote points will be added to Session 41's XP. The results were: Brent - 48xp (plus 20xp for the Roleplay Question of the Week), Elestar - 4xp, Jarel - 80xp, Leon - 108xp, Pandora 48xp (plus 20xp for the Roleplay Question of the Week), Sabrina 8xp (plus 25xp for the Roleplay Question of the Week), Snape 0xp (not present), Peastix 10xp (for the Roleplay Question of the Week).
Jarel has a spell cast upon him by Mother Lewvanos which has no effect. She will try a more powerful spell tomorrow before the trial. She asks the party as a matter of course whether they have their character witnesses lines up.
Party spends the rest fo the day trying to line up character witnesses. They ask Bill Lawson, whose some they saved from the yellow worms. They ask Doc Locknoc, who is having a bad day with losing his buddy and seeing people that have been dead for 50 years, but he agrees.
From the Journal of some random character:
Experience:
Experience is for Fighting 4 Skeletons, disarming the cabinet trap, the encounter with the large mechanism for the gas trap, which apparently was either vastly complex or trapped itself, and the basement investigation.
Brent - 244 xp; was at 8101 xp; - puts him at 8345 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Alora - 0 xp; was at 3780 xp; - puts her at 3780 xp; needs 6,000 xp for 4th level
Elestar - 208 xp; was at 6909 xp; - puts him at 7117 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Jarel - 264 xp; was at 9771 xp; - puts him at 10035 xp; Congrats on making 5th level!
Congrats
Joan - 0 xp; was at 2161 xp; - puts her at 2161 xp; needs 3,000 xp for 3rd level
Lance - 500 xp; was at 500 xp; - puts him at 1000 xp; Congrats on making 2nd level! Please note - Lance did NOT actually earn 500xp. When the game first started, I stated that to make things fair for those who do not regularly attend gaming sessions, the characters would always have at least HALF of the experience of the player with the MOST experience. I would like to amend this to include the following rules: A character with less than 1/2 the LEVELS (changed from XP) of the chaacter with the higest level will receive just enough experience each game session they actually PLAY to take them to the next level until their level equals HALF of the highest character's level (rounded down).
Leon - 287 xp; was at 6148 xp; - puts him at 6435 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Pandora - 0 xp; was at 5317 xp; - puts her at 5317 xp; needs 6,000 xp for 4th level
Preece - 0 xp; was at 814 xp; - puts him at 814 xp; needs 1,000 xp for 2nd level
Sabrina - 184 xp; was at 8305 xp; - puts her at 8489 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Snape - 184 xp; was at 7491 xp; - puts him at 7675 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Peastix - 0 xp; was at 2432 xp; - puts him at 2432 xp; needs 3,000 xp for 3rd level
2nd of Harvester (cont...)
Trudge back from the Ruins.
"Yall know...choppin' wood's a lot more fun," Leon drawls as they trudge back to town in the dark. "You smell cleaner at the end of the day."
As they trudge through the darkened forest, they notice that the night sky has cleared and the rain has stopped. Luna is in her last quarter and Celene is in her first quarter.
"But not the ring, right Jarel?" pipes up Elestar. "I detected it as good magic, remember?"
I suggest we leave the evil holy symbol with Lance and Alora," says Jarel.
Jarel, Brent and Leon head into the church. Brother Drake is there, writing something in a book. He looks up as they approach.
"Is Father Sobir available?" asks Jarel.
"Ah, Jarel," says Brother Drake.
"Yes, we found this," Jarel says, matter-of-factly. "Be careful, it radiates evil. But its not apparently magic. It seems to be a holy symbol of some kind."
Brother Drake looks skeptical, "What am I supposed to do with it?"
"We thought we'd give Alora and Lance a chance to check it out," says Jarel.
"All right, I will get it to them," replies Brother Drake. "Thank-you."
Brent wanders off to pull Father Mulcahie aside for a private chat.
Jarel moves on to lighter matters, "How've thing been in town?"
"Quiet," answers Brother Drake. "The rain today has made the last efforts to clean up the damage from the flood that much more difficult."
Sabrina is around, but Pandora is still more interested in a mirror than in adventuring. Sabrina seems annoyed by this.
3rd of Harvester
Trudge back to the Ruins. Invesigating an area that must have a secret door. It does. Skeletons are fought.
Traps are disarmed. The basement is explored.
Experience:
Experience is for roleplay in kicking back with a beer with Sergeant Steele, and fighting 2 Skeleton Warriors.
Brent - 72 xp; was at 8345 xp; - puts him at 8417 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Elestar - 520 xp; was at 7117 xp; - puts him at 7637 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Jarel - 520 xp; was at 10035 xp; - puts him at 10555 xp; needs 15,000 xp for 6th level
Lance - 44 xp; was at 1000 xp; - puts him at 1044 xp; needs 3,000 xp for 3rd level
Leon - 528 xp; was at 6435 xp; - puts him at 6963 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Pandora - 492 xp; was at 5317 xp; - puts her at 5809 xp; needs 6,000 xp for 4th level
Sabrina - 552 xp; was at 8489 xp; - puts her at 9041 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Snape - 536 xp; was at 7675 xp; - puts him at 8211 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
3rd of Harvester (continued...)
Head back home. Meet up with Pandora. Brent feels ill.
Fleet found dead. Mysterious marks on his body - twin holes on his neck. Seems to indicate a snake attack, but Leon detects no poison. He makes contact with Jarel from beyond the veil. Now Jarel can call him at will.
Lance outfits himself in proper adventuring gear, on credit at Fallosn's (Maerdin's) Trading Post.
Bridge is completed.
Father Sobir asks to come along to the ruins. It is determined this is not the best idea because if anything happened to him while with the party who are about to be tried, this could be suspicious.
Fight two tough skeletons in the Ruins.
Find some magic. A cloak, two Bastard swords and most of a suit of plate armor.
Experience:
Experience is for battling the Troglodyte Barbarian Leader and his 6 underlings. There is also some experience from dealing the merchants, and, of course, bookkeeping.
Brent - 388 xp; was at 8417 xp; - puts him at 8805 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Elestar - 404 xp; was at 7637 xp; - puts him at 8041 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Jarel - 503 xp; was at 10555 xp; - puts him at 11058 xp; needs 15,000 xp for 6th level
Leon - 424 xp; was at 6963 xp; - puts him at 7387 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Pandora - 427 xp; was at 5809 xp; - puts her at 6236 xp; Congrats on making 4th level!
Sabrina - 436 xp; was at 9041 xp; - puts her at 9477 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Snape - 424 xp; was at 8211 xp; - puts him at 8635 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
4th of Harvester (continued...)
Trog fight leaving the cave. Big trog 6 feet tall is tough. Party gains a battleaxe and breast plate and a belt pouch with 50gp in it.
Experience:
Experience is for the trauma of the missing loot, the finding and eradication of the evil rat, and the battle with the tattered cloak-like undead thing.
Brent - 493 xp; was at 8805 xp; - puts him at 9298 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Elestar - 389 xp; was at 8041 xp; - puts him at 8430 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Jarel - 435 xp; was at 11058 xp; - puts him at 11493 xp; needs 15,000 xp for 6th level
Leon - 417 xp; was at 7387 xp; - puts him at 7804 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Pandora - 397 xp; was at 6236 xp; - puts her at 6633 xp; Has not completed paperwork, but is 4th level!
Sabrina - 449 xp; was at 9477 xp; - puts her at 9926 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Snape - 441 xp; was at 8635 xp; - puts him at 9076 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Father Mulcahie - 200 xp; was at ?? xp; - puts him at ?? xp; needs ?? xp for ?th level
4th of Harvester (continued...)
Snapoe is asked to cast detect magic on the defendants before they are tried, and the crowd when they arrive.
Party discusses their charges over drinks.
Heidi comes into Draco Verde while the charactes are having breakfast and tells them to come to the church and to hurry.
Experience:
Experience is for the hunt for character witnesses. Not much done, really, which is party my fault for ending the game early. But I want the trial all together. Slight bonus overall for role-playing.
Brent - 315 xp; was at 9298 xp; - puts him at 9613 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Elestar - 191 xp; was at 8430 xp; - puts him at 8621 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Jarel - 388 xp; was at 11493 xp; - puts him at 11881 xp; needs 15,000 xp for 6th level
Leon - 223 xp; was at 7804 xp; - puts him at 8027 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Pandora - 251 xp; was at 6633 xp; - puts her at 6884 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Sabrina - 211 xp; was at 9926 xp; - puts her at 10137 xp; Congrats on making 5th level!
Snape - 80 xp; was at 9076 xp; - puts him at 9156 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
5th of Harvester (continued...)
Party stumped as to why such an evil "ghost" would be found in the church grounds.