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DaveW, Dan, Bruce, Jackie, Gabby - HotDQ Episode 2

Recruited Ash
Zealot of Oghma: 7500 + 2500 + 5000 (8 hour mark)

Session 3 - Redbrand Hideout lower level
Breena (Tia), Ojnab (Ian). Tythus (Mark), Zearatoel (Terran), Zoia (Paul), Marius (Pablo)
||Captured Glassstaff and returned to find the Hobgoblins who might know the way to Cragmaw Castle where Gundalen is being held||
Rewards:
||40 gold
2 potions of healing (???)(???)
Spell Roll: Augury (???)
Staff of Defense
Talon: +1 Longsword
(Optional) Level-up and 10 DT days after a long rest

Staff of Defense
Staff, rare (requires attunement)
This slender, hollow staff is made of glass yet is as strong as oak. It weighs 3 pounds. You must be attuned to the staff to gain its benefits and cast its spells.
While holding the staff, you have a +1 bonus to your Armor Class.
The staff has 10 charges, which are used to fuel the spells within it. With the staff in hand, you can use your action to cast one of the following spells from the staff if the spell is on your class’s spell list: mage armor (1 charge) or shield (2 charges). No components are required.
The staff regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges each day at dawn. If you expend the staff’s last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the staff shatters and is destroyed.

Talon, +1 Longsword
Weapon (longsword), uncommon
in a silver-chased scabbard. The sword is inscribed with the name “Talon,” and its hilt is worked in the shape of a bird of prey with outspread wings. It once belonged to a great knight named Aldith Tresendar, known as the Black Hawk. Sir Aldith died fighting off the orcs that attacked through the hidden caverns below his manor. Talon was lost here until the nothic found it.||

Dan, DaveW, Bruce - revisit raiders camp. pose as hunters with a dear and (briefly) enter hatchery. discover trap in fungus room

Ken, Usain Kobolt, Veby, Vladimyr Gladstone, Franke Alamo, Jit, Meran

DaveW, Wes, Dan, Bruce
Re-enter hatchery. Defeat 2 Dragonclaws, 3 guards, 9 cultists, 2 berserkers, Cynwrath (Areas 1,2,13,12,11,9)
Find Map and Note

Session 4 - Enter Cragmaw Castle
Breena (Tia), Tythus (Mark), Zearatoel (Terran), Marius (Pablo), Luna (Matt W)
||Defeated Hobgoblins in Hideout, rescue Droop, and found location of CragMaw Castle. Frontal assault on the castle||
Rewards:
||80 gold
Scroll: Charm Person (Matt W)
Scroll: Fireball (Pablo)
(Optional) Level-up and 10 DT days after a long rest||

Recruited Derry and co-DM'd
Zealot of Oghma: 7,500xp + 2,500xp
Missions 2 and 3
add: Derry has now DM'd 8 hours: add 5,000xp

Breena (Tia), Tythus (Mark), Zearatoel (Terran), Marius (Pablo), Benco (Mitch), Ojnab (Ian)
||Cleared Cragmaw Castle, recovered Gundren alive. Recovered the map||
Rewards:
|| 80 gold
4x potion of healing (Benco, Tythus, Marius, Zearatoel)
Scroll of Silence (Ojnab)
Scroll of Revivify (Breena)
(Optional) Level-up and 10 DT days after a long rest||

(Dan, Bruce, DavidW, Gabby) Finished Episode 3 - defeated Roper, 4x3 kobolds. destroyed three dragon eggs. Returned to Greenest, returned jewelry, snd exchanged precious stones for potions of healing (3 each)

Kor, Oogway, Keera, Gerig. Arrive at Elturel, meet Leosin and Onthar Frume. Learn more about factions. Earned 150gp for information recovered from the Hatchery. Arrive at Baldur’s Gate. Hired on to caravan north to Waterdeep, sergeants at 8gp/day, guards at 5gp/day. 45 days on the road so far. Peyton potshots. Golden Stag grants Kor a +1 longbow.

DMReward Level UP! 200xp + 5 renown (can be split across characters)

Breena (Tia), Tythus (Mark), Zearatoel (Terran), Marius (Pablo), Ojnab (Ian), Luna (Matt)
Rewards:
|| 21 gold (up to a maximum of 80 for the level)
(Optional) Level-up and 10 DT days||

Kor, Keera, Gerig. Made it to Waterdeep (end of Episode 4). One cultist mysteriously dead on the way. Episode 5: Followed gold to north gate and got hired on with Lord Neverember’s High Road Charter Company to travel north and work on the highway at Mere of Dead Men. Ardred Briferhew commands the entire convoy. Ambushed by bullywugs. Survived and continuing north

Griff, Alvred, Mormesk, Suffering, Veby, Usain, Franke, Vlad

Breena (Tia), Tythus (Mark), Zearatoel (Terran), Marius (Pablo), Ojnab (Ian), Luna (Matt)
80 gold (up to a maximum of 80 for the level)
(Optional) Level-up and 10 DT days

Kor, Keera, Oogway, Shauna, Mauve. Travel with Lord Neverember’s High Road Charter Company. Ambushed by Trolls then by Ogres.

DaveW, Dan, Bruce, Jackie, Gabby - HotDQ Episode 2

Recruited Ash
Zealot of Oghma: 7500 + 2500 + 5000 (8 hour mark)

Session 3 - Redbrand Hideout lower level
Breena (Tia), Ojnab (Ian). Tythus (Mark), Zearatoel (Terran), Zoia (Paul), Marius (Pablo)
||Captured Glassstaff and returned to find the Hobgoblins who might know the way to Cragmaw Castle where Gundalen is being held||
Rewards:
||40 gold
2 potions of healing (???)(???)
Spell Roll: Augury (???)
Staff of Defense
Talon: +1 Longsword
(Optional) Level-up and 10 DT days after a long rest

Staff of Defense
Staff, rare (requires attunement)
This slender, hollow staff is made of glass yet is as strong as oak. It weighs 3 pounds. You must be attuned to the staff to gain its benefits and cast its spells.
While holding the staff, you have a +1 bonus to your Armor Class.
The staff has 10 charges, which are used to fuel the spells within it. With the staff in hand, you can use your action to cast one of the following spells from the staff if the spell is on your class’s spell list: mage armor (1 charge) or shield (2 charges). No components are required.
The staff regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges each day at dawn. If you expend the staff’s last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the staff shatters and is destroyed.

Talon, +1 Longsword
Weapon (longsword), uncommon
in a silver-chased scabbard. The sword is inscribed with the name “Talon,” and its hilt is worked in the shape of a bird of prey with outspread wings. It once belonged to a great knight named Aldith Tresendar, known as the Black Hawk. Sir Aldith died fighting off the orcs that attacked through the hidden caverns below his manor. Talon was lost here until the nothic found it.||

Dan, DaveW, Bruce - revisit raiders camp. pose as hunters with a dear and (briefly) enter hatchery. discover trap in fungus room

Ken, Usain Kobolt, Veby, Vladimyr Gladstone, Franke Alamo, Jit, Meran

DaveW, Wes, Dan, Bruce
Re-enter hatchery. Defeat 2 Dragonclaws, 3 guards, 9 cultists, 2 berserkers, Cynwrath (Areas 1,2,13,12,11,9)
Find Map and Note

Session 4 - Enter Cragmaw Castle
Breena (Tia), Tythus (Mark), Zearatoel (Terran), Marius (Pablo), Luna (Matt W)
||Defeated Hobgoblins in Hideout, rescue Droop, and found location of CragMaw Castle. Frontal assault on the castle||
Rewards:
||80 gold
Scroll: Charm Person (Matt W)
Scroll: Fireball (Pablo)
(Optional) Level-up and 10 DT days after a long rest||

Recruited Derry and co-DM'd
Zealot of Oghma: 7,500xp + 2,500xp
Missions 2 and 3
add: Derry has now DM'd 8 hours: add 5,000xp

Breena (Tia), Tythus (Mark), Zearatoel (Terran), Marius (Pablo), Benco (Mitch), Ojnab (Ian)
||Cleared Cragmaw Castle, recovered Gundren alive. Recovered the map||
Rewards:
|| 80 gold
4x potion of healing (Benco, Tythus, Marius, Zearatoel)
Scroll of Silence (Ojnab)
Scroll of Revivify (Breena)
(Optional) Level-up and 10 DT days after a long rest||

(Dan, Bruce, DavidW, Gabby) Finished Episode 3 - defeated Roper, 4x3 kobolds. destroyed three dragon eggs. Returned to Greenest, returned jewelry, snd exchanged precious stones for potions of healing (3 each)

Kor, Oogway, Keera, Gerig. Arrive at Elturel, meet Leosin and Onthar Frume. Learn more about factions. Earned 150gp for information recovered from the Hatchery. Arrive at Baldur’s Gate. Hired on to caravan north to Waterdeep, sergeants at 8gp/day, guards at 5gp/day. 45 days on the road so far. Peyton potshots. Golden Stag grants Kor a +1 longbow.

DMReward Level UP! 200xp + 5 renown (can be split across characters)

Breena (Tia), Tythus (Mark), Zearatoel (Terran), Marius (Pablo), Ojnab (Ian), Luna (Matt)
Rewards:
|| 21 gold (up to a maximum of 80 for the level)
(Optional) Level-up and 10 DT days||

Kor, Keera, Gerig. Made it to Waterdeep (end of Episode 4). One cultist mysteriously dead on the way. Episode 5: Followed gold to north gate and got hired on with Lord Neverember’s High Road Charter Company to travel north and work on the highway at Mere of Dead Men. Ardred Briferhew commands the entire convoy. Ambushed by bullywugs. Survived and continuing north

Griff, Alvred, Mormesk, Suffering, Veby, Usain, Franke, Vlad

Breena (Tia), Tythus (Mark), Zearatoel (Terran), Marius (Pablo), Ojnab (Ian), Luna (Matt)
80 gold (up to a maximum of 80 for the level)
(Optional) Level-up and 10 DT days

Kor, Keera, Oogway, Shauna, Mauve. Travel with Lord Neverember’s High Road Charter Company. Ambushed by Trolls then by Ogres.