User blog:PeteGoz/The Dredges Episode 5

Discussing their situation over stew, our heroes decided that despite Dorvid and Pectinus’ obvious qualms about using lethal force, they had to discover what was going on in the complex under the shack on Mayor Boyd’s land. Once more getting Wintergrim’s assurance that he would take care of Verla and Elwood, the group settled down to sleep, intent on an early start. Before they set off the following morning Wintergrim gifted them some rare nuts he had foraged for, which he said would provide healing if the situation got desperate.

Retracing there steps to the underground facility, DeFago and Clyde scouted ahead, finding 4 guards at ease in the room beyond the stairs. Doubting their ability to take them all down before the alarm could be raised, they headed back to get the assistance of the formidable, but oh-so-noisy city boy clerics. With some on the job stealth tuition, the party were barely able to get the drop on the guards. It was a close-run thing, but they just took them down in time. A quick search of the bodies, whilst Pectinus gave last rites accumulated a little more wealth, but no more information.

As DeFago’s kept watch along the corridor, Clyde listened at the south door. From within came the sound of chopping and hoarse singing. There was silence from the north door. Fearing arcane dismemberments happening in the southern room, our intrepid raiders burst in to be confronted by an awfully big marine, stroke cook…Despite his obvious martial arts training, he was unable to breach the halfling shield wall before succumbing to a hail of arrows. We end with everyone wondering what’s in Casey Ryback’s cake…