Phandelver's got some Heat!

We Are Not That Welcome...

The session opens on KEPESK waking up at the farm, half confused about how he got there.

We bring him up to speed and at few minutes later, the town's alarm bell is heard. QUELLYN informs that the townsfolk have a responsibility to go and help as there is an emergency in town.

As soon as we leave the farm, we see the problem: one of BARTHEN'S PROVISIONS' building is fire. We help put the fire down but a body, ELMAR's helper, is found the fire a burnt to a crisp. As we take the corpse out of the burnt building, people are reading a notice nailed to another building. The notice says that this happened because of the presence of the this Troublesome Bears. The people now look at us suspicions and seem nervous and somewhat angry at our presence in town...

Meeting with Syldar

SYLDAR makes his appearance, trying to calm the population and sort out what happened. He is somewhat able to do it. However, he asks for QUELLYN be interrogated, leaving our captive-goblin with CARP, her daughter. We quickly run back to the farm.

Luckily for us, QUELLYN, and CARP, the goblin is not an ice cold murderer. We find the little girl and the goblin playing together.... And learn that the humanoid's name is DREWP.

We then leave for the TOWNMASTER'S HALL to meet with SYLDAR and we start discussing the next part of the plan... We also take the time fully brief him on what happened and everything we found in the tunnels under the hill.

During the discussion, we learn that CARP inadvertently informed the Red Brand of our exploration by cosplaying our group... We also learn of HARBEN's disappearance...

We then take a well deserved rest at the STONEHILL INN with the help of townsfolks that keep an eye out for us. RESPIN takes the time to train and investigate BLACKHAWK, the magical sword we found. DWOMDIN we sells the eye patch and distribute the money.

Around midnight, we are ready to go back and tenderise some thug meat.

Dead Ruffians. Are Good Ruffians - Part 1 (Ongoing)

Our approach to the cave opening is under a sky empty of moonlight.... Only to discover the cave entrance to be blocked by rubbles.

We decide to climb up the hill so as to not use the path leading up to the ruin. Everyone makes it in one piece. We find a door that cannot be unlocked by BLIX. However, after asking DWOMDIN to kick open the door, the halfling forgets to mention that it is still locked.... And I miserably fail my attempt. However, I am pretty certain that I shook it loose because when RESPIN goes for it, it is obvious that I already did all the hard work as he almost takes the door off its hinges.

We enter the ruin and find that the enemy heavily prepared for us... Well, They think they did...

The Red Brand minions light up the oil at the entrance of the ruined manor, hoping to slow us down. As if some fire licking the sole of my boots was ever going to stop me. As I get mad... Like REALLY mad at them for having killed the kid and tried to put that on us, my companions enter the burning building. I am proud of them, they did not shy away from the heated situation... Ha ha.. I'm so funny...

HELLUVA, in her spider form, enters the building crawling the walls. Using her very-not-funny-to-look-at spiky and clickety legs, she uses the structure's walls and ceiling to reach the level down.

KEPESK moves behind me, and make certain that his little-dragon-pet can help us all bring the enemy down. Somehow, LUNA, that's what he calls it, has the ability to help attacks bit deeper through a foe's flesh by releasing our acid in the wound.. Badass!

Anyway, the crazy halfling enters the balcony and throws rays of fire at the stupids downstairs and he gets them all. They don't die but they sure did not like it. Through my... Emotional turmoil, I am still pretty certain that I heard the little fellow revel at their pain and the joy of his querries yelling as their skin cooks. BLIX is getting crazier and crazier... Gotta keep an eye on him...

TAL, who was kinda confused for a minute, decides to join the fray and throw a crossbow bolt at one of the useless down there, hitting him.

And then, my lower back's flesh tears open and a black, spiny tail fucking makes a hole in my breach. I yell in pain and rage and jump down to kill one of the sack of meat. I cannot reach him cave in his rib cage with my maul (MALL) but I swing my new heavy tail at him, slashing him open.

The session ended with RESPIN, taking the heat damage like a champ, finally put one down... By my mother's beard, it is good to have him back!