Book 1: Burnt Offerings

Saturday, April 13, 2013 @ Bud’s

Day 2, continued:

There were some speeches at lunchtime, and at sunset, when Father Zantus took the central podium in front of the cathedral to begin the consecration, the town was attacked by goblins who kept pouring into the square. Between the disorganization of the goblins, and the party’s heroic efforts, minimal harm came to the people of Sandpoint. They rescued one noble named Aldern Foxglove, and even revived his pet dog, for which he seemed very grateful, and promised a reward. They were on their way back to the Rusty Dragon when sheriff Belor Hemlock asked for further assistance. Apparently, the goblin raid was a distraction for some mischief at the cemetery. They investigated the mausoleum, and encountered several skeletons, which they defeated after a mild scare to Lisanji. It was discovered that the mischief was the theft of the body of the priest who died in the fire, by a medium humanoid and a half dozen goblins. When the party returned to the Rusty Dragon, Aldern Foxglove was very interested in hearing all about their exploits, and honored his promised reward, giving the party 50 gold each, and inviting them to a boar hunt.

Day 3:

In the morning, the party accompanied Aldern Foxglove to the Goblin Squash Stables, where he gifted them with one horse and a ranseur each. The ride to the Tickwood Forest was uneventful, and the boars were easy to find. The party was tentative in engaging the boars, and Wanga even began to befriend them. Aldern was baffled at Wanga’s druidic hunting technique, but before long, a large, threatening dire boar arrived to disrupt the boar-love. Lisanji boldly charged the dire boar, and her horse was gutted by sharp tusks. After Wanga managed to get one of the smaller boars to flee into the forest, Mackintosh charged with a devastating greatsword blow, nearly felling the dire boar, who managed to fight on with incredible ferocity. Lisanji finished it off from the prone position, and the other boars fled, with one tasty exception. Nymeria masterfully field dressed the boar meat, which was far more than Aldern promised to bring back to Ameiko. Maybe the meat market in Sandpoint is buying.

TL;DR
Somebody organized some goblins to screw with the festival while they stole a body. Some rich noble they helped gave them money and horses. By protecting Sandpoint, the party gained the town’s trust, and will probably be asked to do some more.

From the goblins, everyone got a potion of cure light wounds, but Lisanji used hers. The goblins also had a lot of semi-salvageable equipment that ended up being worth about another 50g per character.
From Aldern Foxglove, everyone got 50gp, a longspear, and a horse, but Lisanji’s horse was killed by the dire boar. Maybe Aldern will consider replacing it.
From the skeletons in the mausoleum, Hildabrandt and Lisanji got masterwork greatswords.

Everyone got enough experience to attain level 2.