Chapter IV: On the Road

Amaryllis77 · January 22

IC

Rahnur Rhahlem

http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=2594301

NG Half-Drow Fighter (Champion) Lvl 4 AC 15 HP 34/34 Speed 30 ft. PP 14

Ability Scores, Saves, and Skills

Str 8 (-1), Dex 18 (+4), Con 13 (+1), Int 12 (+1), Wis 14 (+2), Cha 14 (+2)
Strength Save: +1
Dexterity Save: +4; Acrobatics +6
Constitution Save: +3
Intelligence Save: +1
Wisdom Save: +2; Insight +4, Perception +4
Charisma Save: +2; Persuasion +4

Attack and Scores

2 Shortswords +6, 1d6+4; Longbow +8, 1d8+4, 150/300; Dagger +6, 1d4+4, 20/60

Class and Race Abilities

Darkvision: 60 ft.
Drow Magic (DC 12):
At will - Dancing LightsYou create up to four torch-sized lights within range, making them appear as torches, lanterns, or glowing orbs that hover in the air for the duration. You can also combine the four lights into one glowing vaguely humanoid form of Medium size. Whichever form you choose, each light sheds dim light in a 10-foot radius.

As a bonus action on your turn, you can move the lights up to 60 feet to a new spot within range. A light must be within 20 feet of another light created by this spell, and a light winks out if it exceeds the spell's range.
1/day - Faerie FireEach object in a 20-foot cube within range is outlined in blue, green, or violet light (your choice). Any creature in the area when the spell is cast is also outlined in light if it fails a Dexterity saving throw. For the duration, objects and affected creatures shed dim light in a 10-foot radius.

Any attack roll against an affected creature or object has advantage if the attacker can see it, and the affected creature or object can't benefit from being invisible.

Fey AncestryYou have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep.

Fighting Style: Archery

Second Wind (Recharges After a Short or Long Rest)You have a limited well of stamina that you can draw on to protect yourself from harm. On your turn, you can use a bonus action to regain hit points equal to 1d10 + your fighter level.

Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again.: 1d10+3

Action SurgeStarting at 2nd level, you can push yourself beyond your normal limits for a moment. On your turn, you can take one additional action.

Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again. Starting at 17th level, you can use it twice before a rest, but only once on the same turn.

“My words…” | ‘My thoughts…’| My Actions

Rahnur took a long breath at his mother's answer before he pulled her into a hug, "Okay, I won't stop you, but I will back with both of them as soon as possible," he gave her another squeeze before clearing his throat and looking to the others as Aralim gripped his shoulder. His eyes were narrowed and his shoulders were tense. He didn't know if he also wanted to feel sick along with the anger swirling in him, "Thank you, all of you." he then looked back to his mother as he realized everything he had to worry about now that the full weight of what's going on came crashing down on him.

The thought almost made it hard for him to breath and he had to turn around away from everyone, pushing Aralim's hand off of him as he took several large breaths that almost sounded like he was ready to cry, "I have to make sure my mother gets to my uncle without issue, and then I have to make arrangements, and there are a few people I have to talk to." he noted that he should take the time to pay a few months to his guild. Shop or not, Rahnur knew they had resources his mother could certainly use during this time, and he would need to focus on rebuilding once - don't think if - he got Loren. Her best deserved to know and maybe she knew something. And as much as his father-in-law was a crappy person, he should also know what happened to his daughter. The list of things to worry about only seemed to grrow, and it only seemed to make his head swim. He was barely able to take a deep breath to somewhat calm himself down. And then there was the idea of going to the Blackgate. It was necessary yes, but it meant a difficult decision...as he turned to his mother

"Mother, I doubt your brother will wait with you at the gates for me to come by and give you one last goodbye before I set off, so this will be the last time we'll see each other for a while. I'll let the guards escort you there. I can't say I won't be able to write you especially if it poses a risk to you, so instead I want you to have this." he pulled out the wooden statue he was working on the boat, "It's never gonna be as good as baba's, but I hope it'll keep you company until I come home."

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Gregorotto · January 24

Osnoh smiles at the words trying to reassure her that she doesn't have to go with her brother. "I thank you, and I have no doubt your valor... my brother is a blow-hard for show. His prejudice is real, believe me, but he only does what he thinks is best for the community. If it came to it, he would defend you, too." She grins, looking out the porthole to the street below. Holding her bag, she offers her arm to Rahnur. "Walk me forth, boy. I can leave my home with dignity and my son on my arm. I'll work on scrapping the ship and put it in our account. Do you want to withdraw any of our funds for your journey to avenge your father and save our Loren?" Taking Rahnur's arm, he leads his mother from their ruined home and out onto the street. She does not look back: though Dani, Wendy, and Aralim have only just met Osnoh, all three can tell she is holding it together as best she can. She has a nobility to her, the kind Dani is acquainted with. Theodoric knows it too, from his work in the Watch in Waterdeep. To Belmund, she is a woman who is facing the horrors of life in this city better than most. The Gate takes what it will and spits out the rest.

"Escort me to the Basilisk Gate. My brother will meet me there. Mortarchs, please take my husband's body and prepare it for burial." She then turns to her son. "My precious boy... he wouldn't want you to lose sense of who you are. This fight will test you, make you something you may not recognize. But you have the heart of a lion, and it is a good heart. Find Loren. Bring her home to me. And finish the fight. Whatever is happening.... make the world a better place than your father knew. Your child needs you. And I know what that's like." She leans up and kisses Rahnur on the cheek, and then runs her finger in a circle around his forehead, just as she did when she was putting him to bed as a child. With a final smile, she turns and walks with the guards.

The Mortarchs begin heading up the ramp, but their leader stops. "Tomorrow, before the sending off: come find me. I'll have more information for you. I'm a member of the Order of the Gauntlet and I think I have good cause to share resources with you." She makes no indication she knows any of the group is a member, but she bows and heads onward. They begin to head onward, but soon encounter a parade, blocking Belmund's preferred path to Blackgate. Fortunately for him and for Rahnur, Wendy knows her way about the nooks and crannies of cities like this, and leads them down a series of alleys she seems to just know are there: ones Rahnur has never heard of and ones Belmund, arguably newer to the city than most, has no experience with. They move quickly from the Lower City to the Upper City, leaving the smell of urban living behind for the smell of parks and gardens, something Dani knows quite well. They move quickly, and leave Baldur's Gate by its namesake, entering Blackgate.

The smell of horses is thick here, and all the good and bad that comes with that. Belmund picks up the leadership of the group, and soon they arrive at a stable: Selebon's Stable and Grooming. He leads them through the front door, which rings the bell. The interior is dark, both in aesthetic and in build. Dark wood, with dark wooden hooks from which saddles, robes, bridles, bits, and horseshoes hang. Among them is a silver harp and moon, rusted and dented but remade. The door to the stables opens, bringing in the smell of horse sweat and hay. The man who enters is older, gray-white hair with hints of brown and a face that has seen the road, but years ago. Dressed in reds and yellows, the belt of coin at his hip bounces.

"Wonderin' when you'd get back, Bel. Took yer time, it's near-half tharsunThe latter half of afternoon. Ackyn Selebon. You know why you're here, I know more. You tell me what you know, I fill in the blanks and let you know how you get on that caravan: hop to it, I got a business to run."

Edited January 25 by Gregorotto (see edit history)

Kamishiro_Rin · January 25

Wendy
Level 4 Goblin Urchin Druid (Circle of the Moon)

AC: 17 (Dex 2 + Leather 11 + Shield 2 + Dragon Helm 2) | HP: 32/32 | HD: 4/4d8 | Speed: 30 ft.

STR: 10 (+0) | DEX: 15 (+2) | CON:save (+2) 14 (+2)
INT: 12 (+1) | WIS: 18 (+4) | CHA: 8 (–1)
Senses: darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15, passive Investigation 11
Wild Shapes: 1/2 per short rest

More Traits, Features, and Abilities

Proficiencies

Languages. Common (from race), Goblin (from race), and Druidic (See “Class Features”)

Tools. disguise kit, herbalism kit, painter’s supplies

Armor. light armor, medium armor, shields (druids will not wear armor or use shields made of metal)

Weapons. clubs, daggers, darts, javelins, maces, quarterstaffs, scimitars, sickles, slings, spears

Racial Features

Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Fey Ancestry. You have advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the Charmed condition on yourself.

Fury of the Small. (1/1) Fury of the Small. When you damage a creature with an attack or a spell and the creature’s size is larger than yours, you can cause the attack or spell to deal extra damage to the creature. The extra damage equals your proficiency bonus.

You can use this trait a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all expended uses when you finish a long rest, and you can use it no more than once per turn.

Nimble Escape. You can take the Disengage or Hide action as a bonus action on each of your turns.

Background Feature

City Secrets. You know the secret patterns and flow to cities and can find passages through the urban sprawl that others would miss. When you are not in combat, you (and companions you lead) can travel between any two locations in the city twice as fast as your speed would normally allow.

Class Features

Druidic. You know Druidic, the secret language of druids. You can speak the language and use it to leave hidden messages. You and others who know this language automatically spot such a message. Others spot the message’s presence with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check but can’t decipher it without magic.

Spellcasting. Wendy is a 4rd-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 14, +6 to hit with spell attacks). She can prepare up to 6 druid spells. She has the following druid spells prepared:

Cantrips (at will): control flames, primal savagery, shape water, shillelagh
1st level (4/4 slots): cure wounds, entangle, good berry, healing word
2nd level (3/3 slots): enlarge/reduce, moonbeam

Cantrips

control flames, shape water, shillelagh

1st Level

absorb elements, animal friendship, beast bond, charm person, create or destroy water, cure wounds, detect magic, detect poison and disease, earth tremor, entangle, faerie fire, fog cloud, goodberry, healing word, ice knife, jump, longstrider, protection from evil and good, purify food and drink, snare, speak with animals, thunderwave

2nd Level

air bubble, animal messenger, augury, barkskin, beast sense, continual flame, darkvision, dust devil, earthbind, enhance ability, enlarge/reduce, find traps, flame blade, flaming sphere, gust of wind, healing spirit, heat metal, hold person, lesser restoration, locate animals or plants, locate object, moonbeam, pass without trace, protection from poison, skywrite, spike growth, summon beast, warding wind, wither and bloom

Druid Circle. At 2nd level, you choose to identify with a circle of druids from the list of available circles. Your choice grants you features at 2nd level and again at 6th, 10th, and 14th level.

Combat Wild Shape. You gain the ability to use Wild Shape on your turn as a bonus action, rather than as an action.

Circle Forms. The rites of your circle grant you the ability to transform into more dangerous animal forms. Starting at 2nd level, you can use your Wild Shape to transform into a beast with a challenge rating as high as 1 (you ignore the Max. CR column of the Beast Shapes table, but must abide by the other limitations there).

List of Beasts Wendy Can Turn into

Wild Companion. You gain the ability to summon a spirit that assumes an animal form: as an action, you can expend a use of your Wild Shape feature to cast the find familiar spell, without material components.

When you cast the spell in this way, the familiar is a fey instead of a beast, and the familiar disappears after a number of hours equal to half your druid level.

Wild Shape. Starting at 2nd level, you can use your action to magically assume the shape of a beast that you have seen before. You can use this feature twice. You regain expended uses when you finish a short or long rest.

Wild Shape Improvement. At 4th level, your Wild Shape improves as shown on the Beast Shapes table.

Actions
Quarterstaff (shillelagh). Melee Weapon Attack: +0 to hit (+6 to hit with shillelagh), reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage, 4 (1d8) bludgeoning damage if wielded with two hands, or 7 (1d8 + 4) magical bludgeoning damage with shillelagh.

Sling. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 30/120 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) bludgeoning damage.

Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage.

Handaxe. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d6 + 0) slashing damage.

Scimitar. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) slashing damage.

Money

pp: 0 | gp: 38 | ep: 16 | sp: 40 | cp: 208 | 100 gp gemstone: 1

Inventory

Worn or At-Hand (an interact with object to retrieve)

1 set of Frulam Mondath’s purple robes (won from killing Frulam Mondath, 3 lb.)
1 set of leather armor (starting equipment, 10 lb.)
1 wooden shield (starting equipment, 6 lb.)
1 Black Dragon Helm (wooden shield) (looted off Tiamat Statue, 6 lb.)
1 hat of disguise (Wondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement) While wearing this hat, you can use an action to cast the disguise self spell from it at will. The spell ends if the hat is removed.) (won in Elturel fair)
1 druidic focus (wooden staff—starting equipment, 4 lb.)
7/7 daggers (small knife—starting equipment & confiscated from kobolds, 1 lb.)
1 handaxe (starting equipment, 2 lb.)
1 shortsword (—)
1 sling (given to her by Gov. Nighthill, —)
30/30 sling bullets (given to her by Gov. Nighthill, 33.6 oz. (1.2 oz, each)
1 backpack (starting equipment, 5 lb.)
1 belt pouch (starting equipment, 1 lb.)
1 fifty-foot, hempen rope (starting equipment, 10 lb.)
1 waterskin (starting equipment, 5 lb. (full))
1 hooded lantern (bought in Greenest, 2 lb.)
5/5 oil (flasks) (bought in Greenest, 1 lb., each), hanging on belt loops to fuel her hooded lantern or toss at enemies!

Stowed away in, or Strapped to Her Backpack (an action to retrieve)

15/10 days’ worth of rations (starting equipment, 20 lb.)
1 map of the city you grew up in (Waterdeep—from urchin background)
1 mess kit (starting equipment, 1 lb.)
1 tinderbox (starting equipment, 1 lb.)
1 token to remember your parents by (a book that tells the story of a legendary hero’s rise and fall, with the last chapter missing—starting equipment, 5 lb.)
10/10 torches (starting equipment, 9 lb.)
1 painter’s supplies (from starting 500 gp item, 5 lb.—topped off in Elturel)
1 disguise kit (from starting 500 gp item , 3 lb.)
1 herbalism kit (purchased with 5 of the 10 starting gold, 3 lb.)
1 set of common clothes (starting equipment, 3 lb.)
1 painting by an artist long forgotten by everyone except a dragon
1 potion of ??? (won in Elturel fair)

Party Wagon (pulled by Ruby)

Wendy and her friends!

15/10 days’ worth of feed (bought in Greenest, 10 lb., each)
1 pack saddle (bought in Greenest, 15 lb.)
1 bit and bridle (bought in Greenest, 10 lb., each)
1 saddlebags (bought in Greenest, 8 lb.)
1 two-person tent (bought in Greenest, 20 lb.)
1 bedroll (starting equipment, 7 lb.)
1 chest (bought in Elturel, part of diplomat’s pack)
2/2 cases for maps and scrolls (bought in Elturel, part of diplomat’s pack)
1 set of fine clothes (bought in Elturel, part of diplomat’s pack)
1 lamp (bought in Elturel, part of diplomat’s pack)
1 bottle of ink (bought in Elturel, part of diplomat’s pack)
1 ink pen (bought in Elturel, part of diplomat’s pack)
2/2 flasks of oil (bought in Elturel, part of diplomat’s pack)
5/5 sheets of paper (bought in Elturel, part of diplomat’s pack)
1 vial of perfume (bought in Elturel, part of diplomat’s pack)
1 sealing wax (bought in Elturel, part of diplomat’s pack)
1 soap (bought in Elturel, part of diplomat’s pack)

Sanders (Wendy’s Pet Mouse from Her Urchin Background)

Sanders

Tiny Beast, Lawful Good
Armor Class 10
Hit Points 1 (1d4 – 1)
Speed 20 ft.

Str 2 (–4)	Dex 11 (+0)	Con 9 (–1)
Int 2 (–4)	Wis 10 (+0)	Cha 4 (–3)

Senses darkvision 30 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages —
Proficiency Bonus +2
Keen Smell. Sanders has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.

Actions

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +0 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 piercing damage.

Ruby (Wendy’s Draft Horse—Purchased in Greenest)

Ruby (pulling the Party Wagon)

Large Beast, Lawful Good
Armor Class 10
Hit Points 19 (3d10 + 3)
Speed 40 ft.

Str 18 (+4)	Dex 10 (+0)	Con 12 (+1)
Int 2 (–4)	Wis 11 (+0)	Cha 7 (–2)

Senses passive Perception 10
Languages —
Proficiency Bonus +2
Keen Smell. Sanders has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.

Actions

Hooves. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (2d4 + 4) bludgeoning damage.

IC

Date

18 Kythorn, Year of the Warrior Princess,
Selebon’s Stable and Grooming, Baldur’s Gate
Western Heartlands, Sword Coast

“Pleasure to make yer acquaintance, Mr. Selebon,” Wendy says with a curtsy. “I’m We-Malachite! Yeah, Malachite. You know, green like the stone!”

“You might need to narrow down your range some,” Wendy quips. “There’s Greenest; there’s the raiders’ base; there’s the raiders’ base a second time, this one in a cave confronting Frulem and Cyanwrath; there’s Elturel; and there’s Baldur’s Gate. And to be quite frank, no matter which one you pick you ain’t slidin’ a slip o’ paper in the gaps between whatever we can unload on you. So. What’d’ya wanna hear?”

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Edited January 25 by Kamishiro_Rin (see edit history)

Gregorotto · January 25

Selebon huffs at the goblin's introduction. "Ain't got time for Harper nonsense. Don't really care what your code name is. I'm just tellin' you where to go. Barely had time for it when I was a Harper proper." He lets her keep talking, his face steely and mood bored at best. When she finishes, he sighs.

"None of that. I ain't interested in where you been, what you done, none of that. I want to know what you think the mission is, pipsqueak. Nothing else matters, and I ain't got time for storytellin' no how." This is what Belmund might have expected: Ackyn Selebon, former Harper agent, now an affiliated safehouse holder and mission giver on behalf of various captains, doesn't have a lot of nice things to say about lofty Harper ambitions or ideas. Injured on a mission that the dwarf has no details for, the man is deeply jaded and somewhat unpleasant beyond the business itself.

dwargstof · January 26

Name: Belmund Brokenstone | Race/Class: Dwarf Ranger | HP: 40/40 AC: 13 PP: 15

"Waylayed," Belmund answered the accusation of tardiness, "as bein' the usual case in these cities o' bob n' bustle, but for Malachite's expertisin' o' streetlife, which warrants all the 'preciation Ah can give. This particular waylayin' being of a bit more important stature than the usual, though."

Belmund rolled his eyes at Selebon's reply to Wendy. Not that Belmund was Mr. Super Harper himself, but the network had more merits than most and there was something to be said for that these days. "Give it a rest, Selebon. Ye speak as if ye cannae remember the trials an' tribulations shapin' ye into who ye are today, scars and all, important ta each person down to the last. This group's story is one worth hearin' if they want'a tell."

"Anyhow, iff'n ye really had any interest in saving yerself a second or ten, ye'd cut out all the hullabaloo and get ta the bloody point and tell us what we need to know. 'Asides, we got a rather pressing matter to attend to." He means, of course, a kidnapped wife and child, which has taken on a precedence in his mind, though he is not sure Rahnur wants the news public, and leaves it up the the group to decide what, exactly, to share with Selebon, the man who claims to know so much already.

As if to make an excuse for Selebon, he speaks to the group. "He's cut from good cloth, just a bit tarnished," a jovial wink to Selebon, "but we can trust 'im. Safe as houses with this one, which Ah s'pose is why he runs one." Belmund permitted himself a quick and quiet chuckle at that one.

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Belmund hesitates to make any presumptions about what the group *wants* to share with Selebon, but vouches for the man despite his prickly ways.

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Gregorotto · January 26

Selebon is all huffs and stuff, particularly in Belmund's defense. "You seem to suffer under the delusion I like what I am today. I ain't got no time for heroics and self-'grandizement. I only got time to prepare you lot for what's comin', and make sure nothin' is compromised. But you're right: don't matter none what you think you know. I'll spell it all out for ya right now. Lock that door, we got business to discuss." He waits until someone locks the door. "Whatever matter you got to handle, it can wait 'til I say what I got to say. If you got questions after that, that's all good and right, but I ain't got time for story-tellin'. Now let's get to it.

"Cult of the Dragon's been busy in these parts, and others. They're startin' to gather their spoils and send'em somewhere: some way north, long the Trade Way. I happen to have happened on one. Two days ago, an intermediary came in, signed up for a caravan I'm helpin' recruit for. The Blackgate Company, which is owned by Jessimum & Sons, a local tradin' group. Good folks, but I noticed some indiscretions in their paperwork and the contents of their loads. Five carts, already fully stocked in hands and arms, joinin' the six I already got. That's a full ride. So, I let the powers that be know the Cult was joinin' this caravan and we had a chance to followin' it to its natural location and they agreed: we need eyes on this project.

"Your job is this: get hired to join the Blackgate Company's caravan to Waterdeep. If your 'stories' mean you're famous, either trust you're not so well known as you think you are or create an identity. Join the caravan, blend in, but don't let those five wagons get out of yer sight. Once it lands in Waterdeep, you'll need t' follow it further, most likely: a load of booty like that ain't gonna stick around for long. We need to know where this treasure is goin', and for what purpose. So, that's your mission: follow the hoard."

It seems straight-forward, truth be told, but how to do it without being detected? How well does the Cult of the Dragon know who they are, Rahnur aside? And if Rezmir knows, do the rest of the cultists all know? Or is this simply personal? Selebon doesn't have much more to offer on the questions of how and why, simply the logistics of what.

"Charter's bein' written by my associates at Jessimum & Sons, should be to me by this night. I can get you names of who you should seek out to be hired. You've five days to get hired, then the caravan takes the sixty day journey north. Every tenday, you get a day off and the caravan takes a break: that's why it takes so long. You'll be paid a salary by your owner, and the Harpers will front whatever funds you need to create an identity and gear you think you might need to fulfill the job. If you got questions, you got time to think of'em and ask, or you can ask now."

He shoots Belmund a glance. "How's that?"

Kamishiro_Rin · January 26