Adventure 11 - An Offer of Service

6th Month (Dark Sky) 30th - 36th

The party were entertained by commander Ardus Thax of the Greywatch in High Point Redoubt. He proposed a contract where the party would be hired into the Greywatch as lieutenants given the PCs' obvious skill and accomplishments. The contract was for half of all days in a normal month to be under the command of the Greywatch. The party did not have to answer right away, but they did take the contract and will decide on it later.

They decided to head west, towards Whitebane woods on their way to the tomb of Brajiva Avan. While in the forest, they happened upon a trap laid by some Ettercaps. The two fighters, Mordin and Ryoma fell down a 30 foot pit. While in the pit, another trap door slammed shut, sealing them off from the other party members. While they were down there, two venomous spiders attacked them while the ettercaps attacked the remaining party members above. After dealing with the spiders and the ettercaps, the PCs crawled out of the pit and continued on.

However, a few days later, they were approached by three other travelers who claimed to be protecting the borders of the Ignem Vipera Empire (which stands for the flaming snake empire in the Eruben tongue). The PCs realized that this was a scam, but at first tried to simply bypass these ruffians. However, they kept at the party, driving up the cost of the toll for passing through their fictitious empire. Eventually, this resulted in combat.

The primary adversary, Gesna, was an accomplished rogue and attacked. They also had a gnome sorcerer and a human barbarian. The sorcerer went invisible and used his powers to enlarge the barbarian. Unfortunately, the PCs were able to take down the barbarian before he was able to do any real damage, and Gesna was in over her head. When the rogue went down, the gnome decided it would be better to cut losses and run away rather than possibly be killed. He turned invisible and ran away.