- Met Aemaer - private eye, investigating Redbrands.
- (Begin with long rest)
- Sildar - Law's Alliance, goal is ensure safety and prosperity.
- Another agent sent to Phan to help the town set up Constabilary (has failed, bc gang). Lost contact. Keep eye out of him. Human, man, short long dark hair/eyes. Wizard. Yer-something.
- Told everyone about Secret Tunnel (Redbrand)
- Aemaer told us about a basement entrance, to Redbrand Mansion. Effectively the same as the tunnel. Trap door.
- Plan: cut off manor trap door. Enter the secret tunnel.
- Four Redbrands, coming out of the Sleeping Giant. Want us to pay a toll. Belladonna tries to talk past it, but we drew weapons.
- (Cue 10 minutes of us troubleshooting my beyond20 not working)
- Belladonna OBLITERATES w thunderwave (including Emma) (Wonderwall)
- Redbrands start running, two alive, two dead
- Barb javelin'd the last Redbrand from exactly 120ft, killed
- Belladonna disguised self, dyed myself pale. Hands, head, etc. Am in Redbrand cape.
- Halfling and human boys watching us from farm. Emma and I saw.
- Gave them Weasley, and a net. Keep them out of the way. Belladonna said she'd teach them spells, afterward.
- Into the SEKRIT TUNNEL.
- Decaying smell. Dark.
- Immediately found out by a freaky creature. Has deal with Redbrands?
- wants food... not humans, has been fed humans. deer, pigs, birds of flight.
- belladonna tries to sweet talk creature. rolls a nat 20.
- it just wants... cooking implements? and food? it doesn't want to leave the cave.
- Eyezak.
- Chest. Pouches w money. Scroll of augery. Silver sword, bird with outspread. Eldith Tracindar. AKA Black Hawk. 2 potions of healing. 300 gold. 5 malachite gem (25g each).
- Glass-staff is the Redbrand leader, apparently.
- Under mansion, found storeroom/bunks. Belladonna smoothtalked us as newbies. "You're gonna meet the leader?" "Yeah but I can't remember, drank too much." Points us to the path to the leader.
- Continue path, found 3 sekeletons. Barb flapped cloak and they stood down. "Walk in like we own the place, but non-aggreseively."
- That didn't work. Two children and mother, and one more guy opposite. All in manacles, etc. Two Redbrands.
- Sleep. Wake. Barb unlocks everything. Asks about shift change.
- Still morning, evening shift change.
- Adult: Merna. Two children. Also Elmar, old man.
- Barb gets leftover Redbrand, tosses him into cell. Locked.
- Escorts prisoners out.
- Explores a bit more, Kratlyn kicks open a door after hearing Goblinoid on the other side. three distinct voices.
- THREE FUCKIN BUGBEARS
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