Addermarch Campaign - Session 5

Rescue and Confrontation: in which a prisoner is freed and a queen defeated

Featuring: Yvan Greenrabbit, Drou, Fazoth de Brune
In Taelgar: May 08, 1715 DR to May 09, 1715 DR
On Earth: Sunday Oct 27, 2024
The Highmoor and Roscombe

The adventurers rescue Colette, defeat the goblin queen, and destroy the Serpentine Dagger.

Timeline

May 08, 1715 DR, late afternoon: Masquerading as a goblin, Yvan infiltrates the guardroom, locates captive squire Colette du Bois, and with Drou and Fazoth swiftly cuts down the drunken jailers before freeing her. After bribing the lair’s giant skittering spiders with pantry beef, the party slips through a secret door, battles the goblin queen and her minions in the throne room, and secures both treasure and the stolen glowing-poison recipe.
May 08, 1715 DR, evening: The party returns to Roscombe, stopping in Brantor to exchange the recipe (plus gold) for Caradoc’s completed vial of Trueflame.
May 09, 1715 DR, morning: In the Temple of the Sibyl, Owen Tavish oversees as the heroes use Trueflame to finally destroy the cursed Serpentine Dagger.

Cast of Characters

Drou – elven bard–monk, negotiator with spiders
Fazoth de Brune – human warlock-alchemist; wielder of Witch Bolt
Yvan Greenrabbit – halfling sorcerer; master of disguises and fiery spells
Colette du Bois – missing squire of Sir Gareth Howell, rescued from Goblins
Goblin Queen – leader of the bandit clan, slain in her throne room
Caradoc – eccentric alchemist; supplier of Trueflame
Owen Tavish – priest of the Sibyl who supervises the dagger’s destruction

Places

Goblin Lair – trapped tunnel complex in the Highmoor north of Roscombe, now cleared
Brantor – hillside hamlet and site of Caradoc’s workshop
Roscombe – market town where the party lodges at The Traveler’s Rest

Narrative

Saturday, May 8th, 2 Robert I

Afternoon: We begin in the common room and living quarters of the goblin bandits, the sound of drunken guards talking obvious through a door. Yvan sneaks into the guard room, dressed as a goblin, and convinces the rather drunk guards he was sent to check on the prisoner. He continues down the passage, and sees Colette du Bois, a young human woman, locked in a cage. They speak briefly, and he learns she came scouting, sneakily, to investigate on behalf of Gareth Howell (or at least, with his knowledge), but was caught and now is likely to be fed to the giant spider soon.

With no way to get the key except fight the guards, Yvan engages with the help of Drou and Fazoth. Yvan’s scorching ray, Fazoth’s cloud of daggers, and Drou’s dissonant whispers plus starry wisp make short work of the drunk guards, aided by Yvan’s skin becoming magically resistant to damage. After finding the key, the party frees Colette du Bois before taking a short rest.

Recovered with a short rest, Drou goes to speak with the skitterings, convincing them that a fight is not worthwhile, and feeding them a nice side of beef from the pantry and larder. With the skitterings temporarily at least tamed, the party enters the throne room via a secret door from the prison area.
In the throne room, the party faces the queen of the goblin bandits. She is adept at calling her allies to fight and making them take damage when she is attacked. Drou uses Shatter to destroy many enemies, but is swarmed by attackers once in melee with the queen. Fazoth deals the killing blow to the queen, with Witch Bolt, but is attacked in retaliation. Finally, the minions and allies are defeated, and all is quiet in the throne room, allowing the party to find a treasure chest and recover what they came looking for.

Evening: The party returns to Roscombe, via Brantor where they speak with Caradoc, trading the glowing poison recipe and some gold for the finished Trueflame.

Sunday, May 9th, 2 Robert I

In the morning, the party gathers with Trueflame in the company of Owen Tavish, and destroys the Serpentine Dagger.