View source for Silverwalkers Quest Notes 2011-03-05

== Questing ==
=== In Our Last Episode ===
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* Lizardman leader tells us that ridding the temple of its evil would give him control over the Dragon Turtle protectors
* Mose then gets it into his head that they have to go fight the evil guy in the dome.
* Party buffs him to high heaven and runemaker helps him through the dome.
* Gentle breeze inside the dome, large willow tree, impossibly large tree. 65ft across, 100ft tall
* (Out of character we know the elf is [[Adrillathellior Teldandilion]])
* Epic battle ensues, Silverwalkers are victorious!
* Some loot found and ID'd

=== In this Episode ===
* Party decides to leave the temple to go see Lizardman leader.
==== Displacer Battle ====
* Displacer beast beatdown!
** {{Quinalin}} uses sojourner teleport to get out of grapple when Displacer Lord begins to run off into the swamp with him.
** 4 charges left
** Displacer Lord tries to run off with {{Girl}}, but a magic missile prevents such a fate.
** They (beasts) are killed!
*** 1000 xp for level 8s
*** 750 xp for level 9s
*** Found 2446 gold
*** Found 1258 silver
* Party Rest at lair
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==== Lizardman Camp ====
* Back at Lizardman camp
** Shaman says he might eventually be able to control the turtles after months, will possibly require some sort of major offering to rouse the turtles.
** Turtles currenly gone back dormant
** Have become Turtle Tribe, abandoning their veneration of the Hydra. Will be moving to the temple.
** Lizardmen are interested in becoming allies of Wydmoor now
** Will escort city parties through the swamp, helping to keep the city supplied through Sherdam and the Banditlands, though the thieves guild will be basically in control of this.
* We open discussion with {{Naprid}}
** We tell him of our success
** Could return to the city, through the back entrances
** [[Egg]] has gotten access to the war room (by forging a letter of introduction from Germain, et al.)
** Odessans have been causing diseases on the poor refugees!
** The culprits are basically known, but the Wraiths and City are unable to get relief through the seige lines, and the camps are too weakned and disorgainized - especially with {{Bethanalay}} dead - to do much.
** {{Maggr}} abandoned the council when his mother {{Bethanalay}} died.
*** {{Maggr}} left when he was angry that the Wraiths refused to release soldiers to try and break the lines to get aid to the camp
*** Left the council with his dog, snuck through lines, and gathered his dog riders to become supply line raiders
** As they are being supplied out of the camps, this puts the camps at risk of reprisals.
**{{Bethanalay}} died!
*** She died of disease! (Befoulers, 8 days ago)
*** Caught multiple diseases and died from onset before she could cast the Remove Diseases.
* {{LE}} is cold logical about it, and this angers {{Mose}}
* {{Kimika}} is very sad and sobbing about it
==== Return to Wydmoor ====
* Party heads back to Wydmoor
* We avoid all patrols!
* {{Girl}} stays in abandoned watch tower
* Party goes into {{Edrell}}'s home
* Mat the raven tells us about {{Edrell}} setting up defenses
** Mostly absent from the war room since Silverwalkers left on their mission
** Iron and Clay Golems came with the Mage's Keep, work for Magius
** [[Mat]] doesn't know much about the political status of the town and is actively disinterested. 
* We go to the [[Non-tunnel]] into the cathedral into the city
* We only encounter golems (friendly): Iron, Clay
==== City Research (Azure Geese, etc) ====
* Party is in the city, researching, etc.
* {{Mose}}, {{Kimika}} stay in the temple and pray. {{Mose}} reviews inventory for tithing.
* {{Mose}} tithes all the party's tapestries to the church
* {{Germain}} and company visit Egg and the [[Azure Geese]] and receive news/info:
** Egg has converted {{Germain}}'s apartment into a small office/library. 
** Built up a 2700 gp tab in {{Germain}}'s name using forged IOUs.
*** Was only given one weeks worth of operating capital (300gp) when Germain left. Bought up a *ton* of books from desperate refugees. 
** Recommend trading food/weapons for artwork for long-term profit ("I don't know how you feel about war profiteering, but. . . " were his exact words)
** Azure Geese has 13 people in town guard, 40% our people, 40% thieves guild people, 20% others
** They stopped sending grain to the refugees because the siege lines surround Wydmoor on 3 sides.
** [[Melkior]]?
*** From Egg's Bag of Books
*** alumni almanac for unrekti university
*** Melkior was a graduate from Ubrekti University ~200 years ago
*** Not named by exact same name, around that time though, there was a tale of a Melkior Necromancer (skilled) in Wydmoor which led to a 6-month servitor incursion of the region. Lots of hobgoblins came in town and attacked until Melkior vanished. Egg surmised this.
** Tells Egg about prismatic wall
* We leave our stuff with Egg to appraise, head to Castle Wydmoor
==== Castle ====
* {{Ralth}} thinks the long-term goal is to find some way to beat the Odessans badly enough to draw concessions
* {{Naprid}} thinks we need an indirect/direct way to make them withdraw and thinks that's enough of a goal
* Law in the city right now:
** Uneasy truce between the factions
*** Only noble in the War Room is Burghur, and he contributes little.
*** Whatever is going on with the Monied/Gentry Factions is happening off the radar.
** Nobles and Gentry negotating/martialing troops waiting for the seige to resolve?
*** Bloodletting? New Coalition? Outcome uncertain.
** Post-Siege Power Vaccuum likely.
*** Theives' Guild likely to be strongest single faction, as they will now doubt be entrenching and growing wealthy as the primary suppliers during the seige
*** Unknown what the new Landed Powers coalition will look like. {{Germain}} has his foot in the door with a somewhat marginalized noble family. 
** The guards are keeping marshal law
*** Specifically guarding the bank, which is closed, and the granary. The Warrens are a dark, empty wasteland. Most public business has ceased.
*** Curfew in effect. Severe regulations in place. Morale in the city is also pitiful. 
** Food is given out in daily rations to all city residents. Access to the refugees is generally considered to be too dangerous to attempt.
* War room basically calls the shots now. How the new government will be constituted is unknown, and not much thought about at the present.
* Councils of important people
** {{Oscart}} - Hadriarch, Head of the Church in Wydmoor Region, and currently his cathedral is the only active church left in Wydmoor. 
** {{Elkit}} - Councilwoman, Merchant & Pawnbroker
** {{Haggar}} - exmayor and current councilman, local entrepenuer, owns two brickworks
** {{Fenn}} - thieves guild rep, former Guardsman colleague of Germain's
** {{Teodora}} - interim sheriff, long time guard captain heh
** {{Burghur}} - Councilman and Guild Master, was the Mayor's man & is firmly in the camp of the landed gentry.
** {{Ralth}} - Leader of the Bog Wraiths
** {{Naprid}} - Retired Leader of the Bog Wraiths, Main Advisor to Ralth
* {{Naprid}} and [[Magth]] mercenary make a deal
** Was probably promised a lot of stuff after the war to help us
** Also a skilled engineer in his own right
** His job was to be a runecrafter to make passageways into city for sabetuers
*** He made passageway stones for a small party
*** He does know that there is a mole active in Wydmoor, who has highest access
** Morale is pretty low in Odessan camps, but high among officers
*** Hobgoblins have abandoned Odessans and have taken to harrassing Odessan supply lines
*** Poisoned food stores and traps at Yalmrinth did not go over well with the troops
*** Troops see this as a war of uncertain purpose and objective
*** As of a few days ago, lots of halfling dog riders began attacking supply lines
** Command still very confident that they can win the siege
*** Odessans have intimate knowledge of cities defences, preparations, command structures thanks to highly placed mole
*** No reason to believe Mole is still not providing information to the Odessans, possibly even a member of the War Room
*** Since we poisoned food supply, they started plaguebombing refugees
*** There is an infiltration team of clerics and wererats in the sewers slowly poisoning the water supply of Wydmoor
**** No more teleporting, so they went through sewers using runestones.
**** Lots of wydmoor citizens fled after the fire were unable to return, meaning less filth is going into water already.
**** Otyughs keep the water clean in the sewers, unclear where they come from or how they are replaced
**** Odessans sent in a bunch of clerics to purify the towns water
**** Otyughs will die when the water supply is cleaned-up, then the Clerics can leave and the water will become befouled!
***** Since population is reduced by at least 50%, there is also not nearly as much filth going into the sewers, making the job that much easier
***** ( Egg can tell you about Otyughs: http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/otyugh.htm )
***** They will likely have reduced attribute scores due to persistant starvation
***** They may or may not be hostile to the party.
***** Killing Otyughs, even ones that attack you, is NOT part of the plan!

==== War Room ====
* The party soon meets in the war room and prepares to talk a bit with the council.
** In Wave, Council RP might be easier there: https://wave.google.com/wave/#restored:wave:googlewave.com%252Fw%252BuFp_FQ9JA.5

== Final GM message ==

* Selling in Wydmoor during seige
** Can sell art only at 25% of book value for it at present
** Can sell items at 120% of list price for magic items and weapons
** Can buy chain mail at price ~150%
* End game XP
**Swamp Mission Accomplished: 1000 XP
**Turncoat Acquired!: 250 XP
** Roleplaying Award: {{Kimika}} (10%)
** Introspective Roleplaying Award: {{LE}} (5%)
** {{LE}}: Don't forget all your shadow XP!


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