Bandaluthia Session 03

Bandaluthia: Session 3

The gang meet for breakfast in The Whip Inn. They decide to first scout the warehouse to which they believe hold the murderers of Pete & co. Shaniqua and Ratsel set of to the Clock Tower, while Coolio take the ‘heavies’ to act as his body guards to get some money (as they spent their entire stash on two and a half chain shirts with tailoring to fit Hellhound) Coolio returns to The Nebblestone and manages to sell (for 100gp) a worthless piece of junk fake jewellery to a couple of dwarves. He then sets about his next scam on a market trader with 10years experience with fake jewels.
Shan & Ratsel have seen the North Jongerns unloading some questionable cargo from a cart. Having witnessed some servant beating, and a couple of falchion wielding bodyguards, they decide they have seen enough and go to find Coolio and the orclings. They meet at Ruby’s (the 10yr market stall holder) where Shan gets Oscar nominated for a fake bid for Coolio’s jewels of 4.000gp! Ruby is fully aware they are worth 50 at best. Ratsel and Shan have a standing ovation from all the nearby thugs and get followed by several to the ‘vault with 4 grand in’ of course Shaniqua and Ratsel rightly bottle it, and seek shelter in The Sickle & Satyr. The other three catch up, and decide to lunch here. After some discussion of plans and intimidation of the young serving girl, the gang became aware that someone was listening. It transpires that Dave had heard a lot. He offers a mutually beneficial meeting between them and his bosses’ boss. The gang agree and a short while later an elf woman comes out. She is an attractive lady (depending on ones taste of course) and is well dressed and armed. She introduces her self as Jo-Arne. After a little Q & A from both sides they depart company. The suspicions of the North Jongelese as Petes’ murderers are confirmed. Jo-Arne, who would normally not deal in such trivial matters as this, wants a leopard cub she has ordered from the warehouse. Jo-Arne had promised entry to “The Guild” should they survive their first ‘mission’ and had told them that if her cub was not in 100% condition, she wanted them killed, and done so “messy!”
The gang set of to the rear of the warehouse. Hellhound climbs up and checks the area. He sees nothing aside from the building within which is a two storey place, but the second storey covers just half the building. The group break in. The move around the inner building and see the two falchion wielding bodyguards at the front. With a guttural roar, Hellhound runs to attack, closely followed by Tyven. With blades swishing to and fro, the warriors exchange blows, but the bodyguards seem to have the measure of Hellhound and Tyven. Enter Ratsel. A (now trademark) magic missile thumps into one, as Shaniqua jumps past Hellhound, barrel rolls through the clashing of blades, jumps up and spins round to insert her rapier into the back of the guard about to kill Hellhound. Luckily for Hellhound, the blow fell not as a full bloodied swing, but as a glancing blow. A triumphant Shaniqua skips past the falling body of her first registered kill to jab her blade into the last guard. Whether it was her, or the next blast from Ratsel or even the mighty swings of Tyven who killed the last guard will no doubt be debated for some time, and while this goes on, no one notices a figure appear at the upstairs window as a magic missile darts toward Tyven, sending him to the inky blackness of unconsciousness. Realising the danger has not past, and perhaps the time of ‘who killed who’ as not yet come, the group scatter for cover. Coolio steps up to Hellhound and offers prayers to Yondalla, which make Hellhound much more appreciative to his next task, of breaking in the door. Ratsel covers the window with a crossbow. The figure looks out again and Ratsel lets fire. He misses the figure but not the window frame, but feels confident that only a stupid person would stick their heads out again. (Luckily Hellhound and Tyven are still downstairs!) Hellhound rushes the door, and bounces off. Shaniqua uses her new knife to cut the lock. In the downstairs part of the warehouse, there are several boxes, mainly covered with tarpaulin. Magic missiles shoot down, from the second floor and take Hellhound down. Coolio again has to move quickly to cure the party muscle. Ratsel goes under the upstairs floor. A cured Tyven sees sense in this plan and follows. The man with the magic missiles starts to come down stairs to find and then zap the intruders, but Tyven can see his feet, and chops at them with his glaive. The man leaps back in fright, which sees Shaniqua (who has grown a good pair of kahoonas since yesterday) follow, with Hellhound and Coolio in pursuit. Whoever is still upstairs throws a bottle over the balcony, and flame erupts downstairs. One of the boxes has a squealing inside, as the tarp catches fire. Ratsel becomes fire-fighter and rescues the animal within. Tyven makes a dash upstairs. Upstairs a cowardly fat-man hides behind the magic missile man. Shaniqua, Hellhound, Coolio and Tyven kill the missile threat just as his last missile takes down Hellhound for the third time in as many minutes! The fat-man tries to bargain for his life with the promise of a hundred thousand gold to Shaniqua, but oddly the half drow shows no sign of greed and dispatches the fat guy to Coolio’s disappointment. The Leopard cub was found sedated, but this is where the session ended.

What will the group do with a 4 dead Jongelese men, several horses 2 large carts, a young hyena, a wolverine, a 4ft crocodile, 3 tree frogs and a capuchin monkey? (There is a sentence I’ll wager has never been written before!)

Tune in next time to find out what will happen in the amazing City of Bandaluthia