Walking in to the Inn
"Goblins can't throw rock this big, something else hit this town."
looking around checking the goblin
Dalron jumps up and starts to look around with shield up.
"We are not alone here!"
Looking up at the woman
"We mean you no harm, I am Dalron a prest of Ilmater. You are safe now, we are here to help you."
Dalron nods his head and mouthing Thank You
Then whispers
"Aukan, Oghren, Snow there is a goblin in the kitchen."
And slowly makes his way to the kitchen.
Oghren swaps his great axe out with his warhammer remembering Snow wanted to question it. Slowly following Dalron to the kitchen and trying to take a peek.
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You see a goblin is searching through the rubble of the inn’s pantry and stuffing edibles into a large sack that’s almost too heavy for her to drag, let alone carry. The northwest corner of the inn (pantry included) was destroyed by a falling rock. Most of the kitchen, however, was undamaged. Set into the north wall is a stone fireplace, and the floor is covered with broken dishware and scattered utensils.
Mayberry looks all around, at the boulders, at the hole in the ground, and watches the others enter the building and look up. She spots the woman mouthing something to Dalron, and figures they are sneaking up on another goblin rummaging around. Knowing they have this well in hand, she quietly goes upstairs to see if the woman is hurt or needs help, and if there are others.
"May the light burn away the darkness with in you."
If it gets to me again, another Sacred Flame.
Snow moves up the goblin, ”Speak now or face yourrr end rrrat” she says with fury in her eyes.
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If the creature drops, she will grudgingly hit the creature in locations that inflict an enormous amount of pain, but does not kill it.
Bonking goblin on head to knock out.
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Between Snow and Oghren, the goblin squeaks and is knocked unconscious...
What would you like to do? You think that the goblin may be out for a matter of hours.
Inspecting the large bag that she had, you find several muffins, a block of cheese, a cooked chicken, a frying pan, an iron pot, a bullseye lantern, two flasks of oil, a set of cook’s utensils, a jar of cloves (worth 1 sp), a jar of saffron (worth 1 gp), a dented silver jug (worth 20 gp), and a cracked hourglass (worth 25 gp if repaired).
"We'll now that we have one, does anyone know goblin? If no one can, off with its head." Says a smiling Oghren.
” Let us talk to the woman upstairrrs. We need to underrrstand what happened herrre.” Snow grabs the goblin roughly and easily carries it into the next room unceremoniously tossing it on the floor where the woman from above could see it. ”Come down now girrrl. You arrre safe. Tell us what has happened herrre. “
"Yes my lady, we have taken care of the goblin. Please come down, are you injured at all?"
Stepping out so the woman can see him.
Sliver can speak goblin.
Aeshuura, Sliver searched the goblins outside. Any have anything interesting on them? Loot, tribal marking, anything? The same for this one. Sliver will look as he ties it up.
May would be upstairs near or with the woman by now, and would make sure she is okay to come down as well as anyone else up there.
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Aukan's been investigating the rock outside. He comes inside when her hears Dalron start talking.
Friend Dalron. You called?
Then he notices that Oghren and the others took care of the problem.
Hey you shot that goblin didn’t cha? May blurts out.
"Come down here, there might be a goblin up there."
Oghren hears something about a goblin upstairs and runs up to get it!
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Aukan spots the Dwarf heading for the stairs and calls out
You'll not get to them before me Oghren Battlehammer! I am Aukan! My enemies lay before me in ruins! he sprints up the stairs after the Dwarf
"Could everyone be more quiet?" Sliver says angrily in a loud whisper. "There could be more of them." He looks up into the rafters. "Please, whoever you are, what can you tell us of what happened here?" He looks around "Quietly tell us."
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Hesitantly, the blonde woman Pic moves out of view, toward what you would expect to be the stairs.
A few minutes later she comes down the stairs into the dining room with you all. She seems shaken, still, and says quietly, Thank all the gods you are here...
She goes on to explain that she tried to leave with the others, when the boulders started falling from the sky, but in trying gather all of her things, she tarried too long and the goblins trapped her up in her room. She could see the wolves out the window and goblins everywhere.
She had just arrived in town a few days ago, to meet a friend, and has been trying to escape over the course of these past two days, but she could not confidently get past the wolves...
Assuming that you continue exploring, you find that 8C seems to be the innkeep's room and he has a lockbox at the base of his bed that is locked.
8D, E, and F are guestrooms with 8F being Kella's room. Only 8F was damaged by the boulder. The only other difference between the rooms, is that 8D has a bear skin rug.
Where to next?
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She doesn't think that they were related. More like the goblins were scavengers coming to pick the bones of the town. When the boulders came raining down from the clouds, something tore the Nightstone from the town square! She didn't dare peek out and instead, hid in her room, hoping whatever it was that attacked would go.
When she awoke the next morning, she saw a few villagers running out of the gates. As she packed up her stuff, she looked out again and she saw the goblins streaming in!
Coming back down the stairs and asking, "Would you happen to know where the villagers were running for safety? We can escort you in that direction."
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I'm not sure, but I would be willing to bet that their tracks should be easy enough to follow, even after the last couple of days. I think someone local would know... But there are still goblins about, I am sure of it!
Kella thinks to herself for a bit, I think someone might yet live, in the castle! The last two nights, I have noticed that light comes from one of the windows! It cannot be too many, for I never see multiple lights, just the one. But the bridge to the castle was smashed by the boulders and it would take quite a jump to get across...
Were you injured during the attack?
Seeing her pet take a peek.
Miss, you do know that you have a snake up your sleeve don't you?"
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She seems a little taken aback, but smiles and shows off her little pet, Sorry, Slither is a little shy. A friend got him for me. People are sometimes... uncomfortable around snakes, so I usually keep him close. Say hi, Slither.
She holds up her hand and the head of a tiny snake, pokes out of her sleeve, but doesn't emerge fully, flicking his tongue out a couple of times. Sorry, he's a little shy...
As if remembering that you asked another question, Oh, and no. I managed to avoid getting myself hurt...
Aukan too is a little more than disturbed by the strange human Eerie.
This seems like desecration. the stoic Goliath rumbles when he gets back down to street level.
Friends. We go to the Castle now yes?
"We will be going into the castle. You're welcome to come with us. You seem capable enough. But, if you want to go, we didn't see any goblins from the way we came. As far as I know, it will be safe for you."
He then goes through the stuff the group found to see if he can use any of it.
"We should check the other building for other possible survivors and maybe clues why they took this 'Nightstone' from the town square.
Does anyone know what this 'Nightstone' is?
Stepping out of the inn and seeing Eeerie with his 'toys'
"Eeerie you should not play with the dead like that, the spirits of the dead may not like it and could curse you. Please be respectful of the dead."
May gazes for just a few seconds in fascination at Eerie's "play", then seems to realize what precisely he is doing and shudders and looks away. Then looks back, then definitely away again.
I've not heard of an actual 'Nightstone', I thought it was just the name of the town. Does anyone have magic means to traverse the gap to the castle?
"I have some rope and a grappling hook. Have to see what the gap is like."
Snow observed the woman carefully, gaining her measure.
”We arrre capeable people. Let’s us crrross the brrridge when we come to it. Forrr now, let us rrrid Nightstone of it’s verrrmin issues.”
Almost completely covered in blood, Eerie hangs his head, "Eet was full of intrigue...a missing goblin at the party..." Though his energy is a bit muted you are pretty sure his manic smile still remains. He quietly follows the party in their endeavors.
May trusts this woman's story and thinks she has nothing but good intentions in rescuing whomever may be at the castle. Let's head toward the castle, but check around to see if anyone else needs help, or if any nasties need taken out.
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As you head toward the castle, a whole section of the farmhouse to your right (4B) has been collapsed in by one of those boulders. As you peek in, it looks like the house has been ransacked a while ago, and been left alone.
To your left, mounted above this building’s entrance is a circular blue shield emblazoned with a stylized golden lion: the symbol of the Lionshield Coster, a trading company. (9) The door to the trading post hangs open.
The trading post consists of a 20-foot-square store and a 10-foot-by-20-foot side room containing storage shelves and a cot. Inside, most things have been broken, but you can find almost any item in the Adventurer Item section of the PHB worth 10 gp or less. (This is in the Treasure subheading, so if there is anything that you need, you can get it here before moving on.)
Further left is another farmhouse with fields of potatoes and turnips. (4D) The house has been looted and there is not much to find there, other than a couple of minor personal effects.
As you continue South, there is the windmill on a hill to your right (10) and another farmhouse to your left (4G) with a pair of goblins playing what seem to be a blind form of tag, as they are both wearing pumpkins on their heads, running through a squash patch! They do not seem to see you, so again, surprise round.
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Sorry, Snow, I missed your post!
@Dalron, yes, she does have a pack and indeed looks like she was a traveler visiting and it is all packed up ready to go.
By the way, what did you do with the unconscious goblin?
This is what happens when I go to sleep. Sliver wanted to question the goblin. To see if we can find out who directed them to attack here, if they were looking for anything specific, if they planned more attacks, and where is their lair. But in the end, it dies.
in case I get advantage
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Sliver gets close enough to keep from having penalties then fires at the hide and seek goblins.