..."Oh, alright, I'll leave the possessed skull with Valthruun. You know what your problem is, don't you? No sense of adventure, none at all." *whoo* "Oh be quiet."
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She arcs her long neck in the warlock's direction "I now understand the Nerathese expression "an owl's wisdom." I would definatly listen to Archibald over your Ghost King, in fact I am for proposing Archibald for making all the groups major decisions"
She salutes the Owl, the transparent vaneer of military formality failing to hide the cheeky satire undeneath.
Valthruun updates your Nentir Vale Map.
Ahh think we can safely leave tha skull in yer care Valthruun. Then we can get goin. After they leave the wizard he says to the group D'yers mind if we jes have a bit of a hunt around town fer a coupla rituals ta ease our workload. Ah've got one er two in mind
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Huddling with her compatriots around her backpack "Well, comunally we have 1295 in gold..." she hefts a burlap sack that clinks "This nice piece of Jade , and the golden mask which would probably get us a total of roughly 1500, 750 should cover the Rituals Rulf wants ...
... A'loran, any elven majik for you? ...
...and Latro's 360 gold for the majik shuriken (lets ask Valthruun if he knows of one)...
...that leaves ... 185 gold, a piece of jade and this mask in party coffers, plus whatever we have individually" She smiles around the circle, "Any more requests?"
After agreeing upon a meeting place and time to meet, Latro takes some gold and seeks out his magic shuriken in the crowded marketplace.
Rulf also takes the 475gp required to pay Valthruun for rituals and spends time copying them into his book. He also gets 125gp worth of components from him via party treasure and supplements this with another 75gp from his personal cash. This gives a grand total of 600gp from party treasure and 75gp from his own. 200gp of which is various components.
You leave the bustling keep of Winterhaven and head north on the King's Road. Most of the closest outlying farms appear empty, their residents likely in Winterhaven, for safety and news. None of the habitations appear to have taken much if any damage from the goblin raiders, evidence of a well organized force with a clear goal: attack the keep.
Further progress into the low-lying hills and the farms give way to rolling pastures and pens of grazing animals. The homes quickly become further apart, and it has been some distance since the last one when you pass through a crumbling stone wall. An abandoned looking farmhouse sits across the road from a rundown barn and empty pen.
A goblin appears in the doorway to the barn, "Heh, adventurers. I didn't think they'd find somebody so soon."
Quick lads, there could be others in yonder house Rulf says as he heads to the front door of the house loosening his weapon and opening the door looking for signs of more goblins
Latro grabs his shiny new shuriken and moves with Rulf toward the farmhouse. "I'm with you Rulf."
Canas walks beside Kava. "Greetings! Forgive our friends, we just haven't had very many encounters with goblins that didn't end with them stabbing us! No offense meant, of course."
Latro and Rulf make for the house as Kava and Canas walk forward. The goblin grins and pulls a short sword just as the road gives way under Kava's and Canas' feet. "Today just ain't yer day, boys." The door to the farm opens up revealing two goblins with sharpened stone knives.
Kava tumbles down into the pit, but a familiar "hoot" stops Canas before he puts his foot down.
"So, this is how you're going to do this. Why must everyone always insist on violence?" Canas calmly walks past the pit and focuses his gaze on the goblins in the doorway.
well if ahh tol yer once ahh tol yer a thousand times never trust a no good Kord damned stinkin Gobbo, it'll get ya killed every time Rulf says to the group in general. Draws his axe gleefully yells a Warcry at the top of his lungs and charges the nearest goblin.
Canas' eyes glow and a rune appears on a goblin's forehead. A bit more concentration and the goblin's eyes roll up and a rune appears on the other's head.
Rulf runs into the doorway, but his axe catches the frame.
The other goblin walks out of the barn and hustles over to Latro trying to impale the halfling.
A'loran moves up to the farmhouse and slams his staff in the doorway, heedless of Rulf. Both Rulf and the goblin stagger away from A'loran.
"Hello treacherous gobo. Sneakin' up on a fella is just no good! What do you say I teach you a lesson?"
Latro shifts his shuriken to his off hand and draws his short sword in a wide arc. The blade swings up in an attempt to gut the goblin from his stomach to his throat.
Latro's sword sends a line of sparks up the the goblin's chainmail culminating in a deep gash in his chin.
The two goblins inside the farmhouse look at each other then wave Rulf forward.
Sorry Rulf... in my rush to help I used the wrong spell.
Sounds of struggling come from the pit, then a shield lands in the nearby grass. Finally, Kava drags herself out of the pit.
A lean wolf runs out of the barn, jaws open. It runs into the open and cuts back to leap at Canas.
Canas steps away from the pit's edge and fires a bolt of flame at the wolf.
Canas steps closer to Kava and attacks the wolf with infernal fire, but the wolf just barely dodges it.