Black Tom's Dragon's Delve

Game Master Black Tom

Perhaps, Mr. Lattimer, if you allow us a few moments to discuss the matter amongst ourselves...?

The man is driving a hard bargain. 180gp each if we agree to the deal. How about it then?

"Lets take it", Makedonia says quietly. "We should get back to the delve and find more treasures there".

Perhaps I was short-sighted to recognize a good offer when it comes rolling. Mr Lattimer, I retract my previous words and accept your generous offer.

Very well, Mr Lattimer says. I'll send some porters for the triptych and you can mention Mr Craddock's name to get credit anywhere in town. If you prefer gold or gems you will have to wait a few days.

You ready to go back into the Delve then? (After you spent some of your new riches of course.)

Actually , I'm waiting to see how Kaduk will tell me the triptych was sold for 1/20th of its value

Well, Kaduk would have said its worth a bit of gold when he appraised it..not exactly how much though, maybe he'd said it was around 3000gp in worth.

Appraise 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6. Still I would like to RP it

Let's hope Valynie bursts in just in time to stop the "deal" handshake.

Oh, feel free to role-play it. The deal doesn't go through unless at least two of you agree and if Valynie has objections, that's enough to stop it in its tracks.

As they part, Kwin will say to Kaduk Let's connect with the others. I suppose until the porters cart it off, we still have options.

Kaduk hesitates bringing himself for the deal making handshake.
You know what Mr Lattimer, much as I would like to seal this and pocket the gold, I know someone on my team is going to get very angry If she wasn't here to have her say. Please, have a drink, I think she's going to be here soon.

Turning to Kwin, Any idea where Valynie is?

If it is morning , valynie should be sleeping in someone else's bedroom recuperating . If it is evening , she is in a bar somewhere and in the afternoon , she can be anywhere in town chatting up a male

Well Mr Lattimer, I suppose you could call in your porters in the morning after. By then if our colleague hasn't dropped in by then I'd think she'd be agreeable to your offer.

Valynie will saunter by by late evening . When told of the price offered , she will laugh saying What a skinflint , Marlena already offered this much. We should have guessed this town was too small to sell this . Ah well , time for a roadtrip then . Bandits , Monsters , Floods , Local yokels but at the end Theaters , Good Bards at good Inns, even maybe Sacred Prostitutes and what's best we'll have the money to lose with them ! "

So are you selling it or leaving town as Valynie suggests? Or will you just leave it for now and return to the dungeon?

Let's leave it with someone we can trust and go back to the Dungeon. One of these days we'll save up some stuff and take a trip to the big city for selling and shopping.

How big, heavy and fragile is this artwork?

I would like a better price for the piece, but getting to the Delve is a higher preference.

Guys , if you put it in out of character lines, Valynie can not react. Otherwise Yurgenn has make a good point

Seeing the elven cleric arrive with her suggestion, Kaduk turns.
What do you propose then? I would have settled the sale there and then, but if there's an option, I'll hear it out. Mind that if we're going on a roadtrip I wouldn't want to go carrying this all the way.

It might be a little cumbersome . Oh I have just the plan ! We go and put it back . It's not like people are going to go there and steal it ! And then when we have enough stuff to go to town , we'll retrieve it. How does that grab you?

Guys , if you put it in out of character lines, Valynie can not react. Otherwise Yurgenn has make a good point

Yurggen repeats his previous thoughts out loud. :-)

"I don't have a problem with carrying it back". "It will be a good warm up". "We just need to make sure no other adventurers come along and take what we worked so hard for". "Maybe we could put it in one of those secret rooms, or re-arm a trap or something". "Then when we get enough loot collected, we'll just rent a wagon, and take it to somewhere we can get what it's worth".

So will you be taking the triptych with you back to the Delve?

Anything else you want to do before returning?

Yes and no

Yes and no

Agreed. We'll take it back with us and we should be ready now.

ditto

Going back? Yurggen would enjoy the backbreaking lifting. Though it probably wouldn't slow him at all.

Who's carrying the triptych then? It's three feet across unfolded and weighs 300 pounds, so I guess two (or more) of you should help carry it. I'd also like to see your marching order while you do so.

Kaduk would likely volunteer carrying it and he'd want to stay in the middle of the marching order doing so.

We could separate each part again

"I say we buy a wheelbarrow before we leave town". "I can push it, so Kaduk can continue to be mobile". "We could also use it to take stuff we find, or corpses for that matter back to town".

BT: would something like this be available? If so what cost?

5 gp will get you a wheelbarrow. How about that marching order?

Kaduk assumes the front of the party, as usual.

Valynie at the back

Kwin will fall in behind Yurggen. So if Selina is willing to back up Kaduk at the front, we would be: Kaduk, Selina, Makedonia, Yurggen, Kwin and Valynie. I'm not missing anyone, am I? If anyone wants to change the order, please just repost it with changes. Otherwise, we can use it as our default.

That is fine, Selina will watch Kwin's back.

Makedonia moves with the group, eager to return to the delve.

As you trudge back to the Delve with your wheelbarrow, you come upon a raiding party, carrying crude emblems of Rovagug, not unlike those you've seen before. They are two hobgoblins, one orc and two goblins.

Roll for initiative. Map coming up.

Initiative 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9 Initiative

Initiative: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Initiative 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

Initiative: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

The monsters win the initiative, and the orc charges Kaduk, slashing him with his falchion for 9 points of damage, as the goblinoids pepper you with their bows and slings. Selina is hit by an arrow for 7 points of damage.

Battle map is up under Campaign Info. You are up.

Kaduk slashes back with his own falchion, wincing at the pain, hoping to give back more.
attack - 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26
confirm - 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
damage - 2d4 + 6 ⇒ (4, 1) + 6 = 11

Yurggen growls deep in his throat at the sight of his hated enemy attacking. Dropping the wheelbarrow handles he charges forth spittle flying from his open screaming mouth. Charges the goblin in O-35

1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27 Charging Warhammer attack

1d8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5 Warhammer Damage

If still alive, apply attack to orc. If down, Selina charges the goblin in M35.

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14 vs. orc, +2 vs. goblin
Damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
AC: 19/17 due to charge
HP: 14/21

Valynie move to I31 and fires at the Hobgoblin in J37
1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 71d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Kwin will move to N32 after casting Mage Armor on himself.