New Campaign: Athelos Darkening

Newbie Newtype · Post by **Newbie Newtype** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 3:50 pm

"Thanks for reminding me!" He says cheerfully, reaching into his shirt to pull out the necessary coins and places them on the counter.

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:04 pm

Beardthar decides that he likes the Innkeeper, and that the Innkeeper's story makes him feel (slightly) better about trusting Ileran. Beardthar smiles, and thanks the Innkeeper for the story, and then eagerly waits for the food.

BMR · Post by **BMR** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:32 pm

The innkeeper takes the money (6 gp) from Peanut and leaves. Soon, a tray with a leg of lamb, potatoes, carrots, and onions is brought to your table. Plates and knives are brought as well along with a large pitcher of ale and mugs for each person.

The innkeeper also brings over a key and tells you that you have a single room with five beds on the second floor.

Innkeeper wrote:If there's anything else that you need, don't hesitate to ask.

Spoonweaver · Post by **Spoonweaver** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:52 pm

Tim-Tim snatches up the key and heads straight to bed.

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:09 pm

Beardthar eats, and savors it. After he is full, feeling like he is about to fall asleep on the table, he leaves for bed also.

Newbie Newtype · Post by **Newbie Newtype** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:19 pm

Peanut eats, then goes to the room as well.

Post by **Mogri** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:42 pm

Holy Saint Akbar al-Akbar eats a light meal and follows the others to bed.

BMR · Post by **BMR** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 1:42 am

The room looks good enough, but not quite as "large" as the innkeeper made it out to be. The beds are rather close to each other, with only about a foot of space between them. There's a table in the corner with a flower vase on it. Rather, there's a vase that once held flowers, but said flowers have long since died and withered from lack of care.

The beds are, for the most part, clean; though they do smell a bit musty. Despite that, you all settle in for a good night's sleep.

(Everyone heals 3 hp)

The day breaks, and the sun shines into the room. The window and the beds are aligned such that the first rays of light shine full in the face of Tim-Tim, making for a rather pleasant or rude awakening, depending on how one looks at it.

As you wake, you notice that a tray of food (freshly baked bread, honey, fruits, and ale) has been laid out on the table in your room.

Spot (1d20 + Ranks + WIS)

Akbar: 3 + 0 + 1 + 1 = 5 Fail
Beardthar: 13 + 5 + 3 = 21 Success
Peanut: 11 + 5 + 1 = 17 Success
Spittle: 6 + 5 + 0 = 11 Fail
Tim-Tim: 11 + 0 + 3 = 14 Success

Underneath the table, you notice the corner of a slip of parchment. It seems to be stuck to the underside of the table by some adhesive or something.

Newbie Newtype · Post by **Newbie Newtype** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:02 am

Peanut sleeps hanging halfway over the side of his own bed backwards. He wakes up stretching and slowly sliding off onto his hands. He gazes towards the table in question, and from his upside down point of view, can easily notice the paper slipped under the table. "Hey, what's that?" He asks, slowly adjusting back into a standing position and then taking the parchment to read.

BMR · Post by **BMR** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:05 am

Peanut takes the parchment and reads it:

There is more going on than meets the eye. Trust no one.
-Mierdekon Greeneye

Newbie Newtype · Post by **Newbie Newtype** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:13 am

Peanut starts to think of what this might mean. He already doesn't trust the kingdom that thew them all into a prison to serve as entertainment of the week. Oh no! This was already a fear he never made open, but this makes it that much more likely that the king won't hold up his end of the deal to grant freedom.

He sees if anybody else is awake, and hands the letter to whoever wants to take this, "You guys should see this!" He is looking away from the table towards a party member, but his hand is able to reach behind him and find a morsel to snack on.

Spoonweaver · Post by **Spoonweaver** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 12:53 pm

Tim-Tim decides that he might as well explore the town a bit before they leave.

Tim-Tim wrote:I'm going shopping for a bit, I'll be back before you're all done with breakfast.

Then Tim-Tim exits the room, and goes down to the inn keeper to ask if there are any shops nearby that might sell magical items, and buy halberds and tower shield.

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:53 pm

Beardthar awakes groggily. he accepts the paper Peanut is holding, and reads it out loud

Beardthar wrote:
The note wrote:There is more going on than meets the eye. Trust no one.
-Mierdekon Greeneye
Who is Mierdekon Greeneye? Does that name mean anything to anyone?

Post by **Mogri** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 5:47 pm

"Stuck to the bottom of the table? It was probably just left here by a previous occupant." Holy Saint Akbar al-Akbar slathers some honey on a piece of bread and jams it into his mouth. Crumbs fly everywhere as he adds, "Besidsh, shoo should trutht in al-Akbar and not in man." He swallows, gives Beardthar a hearty slap on the back, and says, "Isn't that right, Brother Beardthar?"

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:03 pm

With the back-slap, Beardthar nearly chokes on the fruit he was eating, and ends up swallowing a mouthful rather less chewed than he had intended.

Beardthar, coughing slightly wrote:Absolutely.

Then he hands the note back to Peanut, and says:

Beardthar wrote:Stick it back under there for the next guest. I would say it is rather sage advice for almost any possible situation.