After leaving the piano shop front for the thieves guild , the group noticed another man leave the same building when question he told the party he was "keeping the store for the owner while he was away." After going back and fourth a bit the party let him carry on.
The mysterious man (Rik / Jason) decided to follow Limura (Chris) to the Claymore inn where Mateo has been doing his recruiting. The master and Breylin decided to follow a scent of herbs the master had picked up earlier.
The master discovered that the center of Torin is built around a relatively untended but also unspoiled druid grove. The master received a vision showing a fine sliver strand extending Westward to the horizon. The druid assumed this must be another ley line weak in power. He spent time in the grove with Breylin gathering herbs and talking, when they were about to leave The master caught sight of a a small herd of spectral elk. It seems he alone could see the Elk and he spoke to the herds elder. The elder spirit thanked him for bringing magic back to the Ley line node in the Careth ruins..Mateo continued recruiting sailors for the sloop. He had reached a total of 15 recruits of varying quality. Chief among the recruits are:
- Leo Furgim an older man but an able cook and experienced ships provisioner.
- Sung-paul, From the land of Min, experienced ocean trader.
- Arddas Another well seasoned sailor. who is also quick to draw her flintlock pistol.
- Ria, The best of the bunch she is a master ships gunner, who .
While recruiting a well equipped and trail worn stranger comes and asks if Mateo had seen a Gnome a Dwarf and Old man and a Priest while he ha be recruiting. The stranger offers gold for information. Naturaly Mateao says no, and Limura get tells the guy to get lost. The new hanger on who has been hired for the crew and calls himself Kip Hudson (Rik) tries to pick pocket the stranger and fails miserably. the stranger shoves Rik and it starts to look like a bar fight is about to go down when the Stranger sizes up the situation and decides to leave.
Rik uses stealth to track the stranger to the docks.
Limura trails Rik.
The stranger goes to a boat down on the docks and Rik eves drops.
The boats captain asks if he had found anything an gets perturbed when it turns out he hasn't. They are sure the Dwarf, the Druid, The priest, and the Gnome must have come here. the Stranger says he will resume his search and leaves only after mentioning that the captain may want to use his "cargo after dark."
Rik now intrigued finds a sack of flower and talks his way onto the boat by convincing a deck hand he was making a supply delivery.
Ric picks the hatches lock to get below decks, somehow he is unseen .. aka rolls his ass off.
Once below decks Ric finds mundane ship supplies and three large magically locked boxes.
He also finds a worn bag containing , a small sturdy boot, a priest's robe, a piece of black cloak and a very small jacket.
The boat captain comes out of his cabin to notice the unlocked hatch he yells at the crew draws his sword and starts toward the hold.
From the city street Limura sees this and takes action. As the captain starts below decks Limura puts an arrow in his back.
On the boat everyone takes cover.
About this moment the Master arrives having found Limura.
One of the deckhands grabs an ax and charges off the boat a crossed the dock and towards Limura.
Limura uses her long bow to gun the man down in the street, in broad day light , in-front of a shit tone of towns people.
Bells and alarms go up.
The City guards start to approach.
Limura takes flight.
The master uses produce flame to quietly start a dumpster fire a subtle distraction.
Back on the boat the captain tumbles into the hold where Rik is ow hiding. Rik jumps o teh guy and snaps his neck then hides again.
A deck hand soon follows. The fellow sees the dead captain and decides "might as well loot the dead captains body "
One sneak attack latter and Rik has killed him as well.
Back on the street the guard question the master who has naturally seen nothing. Then they notice the fire, and call the bucket brigade.
Limura hides out and works he way back to the inn.
The master gets away from the guard by smooth talking and works his way to the boat here Rik is hiding. He is confronted by a deck hand and smites the man with a tremendous thunder clap. Knocking EVERY-thing off the deck cracking the mast and killing the deck hand before he hits the water.
This draws the attention of the guard who this time come with manacles to arrest the master who for the record sees the odds and decides to go peacefully. They take him into custody and begin walking up the street away from the docks.
Limura works her way back towards the boat.
IN the mean time Rik uses a signet ring looted form the body of the guy looting the captains body
In the crate is a very large pissed off and chained up skeletal dog.
In total there are two creates with skeletal dogs and one crate with a large equally pissed off skeletal vulture.
Rik has an idea and takes the back of clothing and lets the skeletal dog "smell" it then unlocks the box. The skeleton with the scent of the master takes off like a bolt off the dock ..In broad daylight.. towards the arrested master and the guards. All hell breaks loose as the skeleton blood hound charges the master only for the master to turn into a raven and fly away...This scares the living hell out of any common folk on the street, and Leeds to another round of guard calling, bell ringing, and general running screaming from the streets and into shelter.
Limura seeing this undead dog looses and arrow that takes the creature right in the head, but does not stop it, the stunned guards flail at it to no avail.
The master lands on a roof top and the hound begins to climb a wall in pursuit of the master, who flame strikes it and it falls to it's second death.
Limura charges back to the docks to see where the dog came from dodging the guards with fantastic athleticism, she arrives at the boat and kills the other two skeletal creatures
When Limura and Rik make to exit (Rik takes a moment to gather up the articles of clothing in the leather bag (the boot, cloak piece, priest robe and small jacket) and to light the boat aflame because "Rik") the boat the are confronted by a well prepared group of Guards there to arrest them.
The master who had worked his way back to the inn, tells Mateo and Breylin to get the crew together and head for the parties ship as fast as possible.
Limura and Ric start to parley wiht the guards , but Rik gets impatient and shoots one whit a cross
bow.
A foot race ensues which Ric and Limura easily win making it to the parties ship just as it "lifts off" to the amazement of both new crew and any onlookers.
An escape from Torin was made....
When next we play the party will be on the ship just after leaving Torin, some where in the sky over the highlands.
This party is a glorified chaos engine.
-Mark.
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