Athasian Intermission Quest Notes 2016-08-21

The Teamening

•  Camgee - halfling looking for his missing halfling delegation.
•  Utaa of the Rains - exotic human(?) woman that Camgee seems to have hired for his mission. Hired by Camgee as healer for delegation quest.
•  Dancin' Dote - a wiry pit-fighter, arena partner of Ugly 2.0. Hired by Camgee as heavy hitter for delegation quest.
•  Ugly 2.0 - a mul pit-fighter, arena partner of Dancin’ Dote. Hired by Camgee as heavy hitter for delegation quest.
•  Quay the Lucky - A slave owned by Vesa’s family. Also very soft looking. Hired as utility dragoman by Camgee for delegation quest.
•  Vesa - a soft looking noble. Probably useless. Looking for her wayward cousin who has joined a cult that reveres the smell of dead bodies. Freakin’ weirdos. Taken on the delegation quest as a stipulation for Quay's involvement.

Awkward Introduction

•  Ugly 2.0 and  Dancin' Dote walk into The Swinging Sword and are quickly offered a job by  Camgee and  Utaa of the Rains to help him find his lost halfling delegation.  Vesa and  Quay the Lucky overhear their conversation and see that the halfling is flashing a lot of silver around. They decide to go over and offer their services as well in the hopes that the others can help in  Vesa’s quest to find her wayward cousin, lost to a cult.
•  Camgee was understandably skeptical because both  Vesa and  Quay the Lucky look pretty soft, but  Quay the Lucky showed off his knife throwing skills very skilfully and won  Camgee’s respect. * Vesa was accepted into the group only after she told them that they don’t get  Quay the Lucky without her and also that she would not ask for any of  Camgee’s food or money.
• And thus, the group was formed.

Water requirements in the desert

• See: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E0xEP_uNqN-IBGLQYqG-UGOIFgo2jPE3U3sRztNKOy4/edit#gid=713066845
• Sheet is a work in progress. Feedback welcome.
• Medium creatures need 2 gal/day and small creatures = 1 gal/day. So party = 11 gal/day
• Water costs 1 ceramic per 5 gallons
• Water weighs 8lbs for 1 gallon
• Erdlu (a giant bird) can carry 200lbs or 25 gallons of water. - that’s 2 days for the party, including the erdlu.
• Everyone else is to carry 10 gallons of water (80lbs) - except Camgee who carries 5 gal (40lbs), and that will give us another 5 days each. That will cost 2 ceramic per person (or 1 ceramic for Camgee).
• For food, 1 ceramic per lb of food. We need 2lbs per medium person a day. So for 7 days, that’s 14 ceramic and 14lbs of food. Small creatures need 1 lb per day.
• So food and water for 7 days is 94lbs per person (except Camgee who needs 47 lb), not counting the water the erdlu is carrying.

The Quest Begins

•  Vesa then sent  Quay the Lucky off to gather more information about both problems.

The Rumor Mill

• Tarnlar kids at Lance Rock (plagues and hermits) -- both from Kaylessa and Stannon (random rogue)
• Hostel outside / elves - they may know more information
• Haunted Tomb -- probably gith though. (cleared - there was indeed gith as well as an actual ghost and an animated sword)
• Secret tunnel behind the brickyard where hooded folks come and go at night -- possibly cult for quest of Vesa and Quay’s quest.
• Sunder Hills events like fog and cold winds.
• Snake headed rats seen around Kled
• Ghostly flying lizards
• Place with a skull nailed to a boulder - we went out to see the skull. There was a note made out of human skin that says, “The Last Laugh / You’ll be next! / Valklondar”
• Lance Rock - sign that says something about staying away so you don’t get diseased. Go further in and find signs of a defiler as well as 3 zombies and 3 skeletons, which we dispatch. Found a room with a stone slab covered in blood (probably). Ended session there after taking a short rest.

Quests

• Kaylessa, proprietor of The Swinging Sword in Kled, offered 1 sp a person for investigating Lance Rock, which she suspects is the source of all the regions problem.
• Brigands harassing folks on outskirts of Kled -south cairn road out of town, talk to Harbaraak -- may be a reward

Party Common pool

• Erdlu (200 lb capacity)
• 25 gal water (200 lb)

Maps

• Assault on the Double-Defiler

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• Tyr and Surrounds

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• Village of Kled

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