STE Session 8 Recap

What Happened in Session 8

Downtime

• There was no downtime. The party completed their travel from Silt Watch back to the Waystone mercenary's camp.

Interrogating an Idiot

• The party interrogated their prisoner, Herman, who was a lowly soldier.
  • Herman has a mama living on a farm
  • More importantly from Herman's meager memory
    • the party found about Major Wolff Vogel, who collects the weekly reports from the watchtower
    • Vogel is accompanied by The Mage who casts ice and weather.
    • Fort Eisen has a full company of griffon riders and fifty guards
    • dangers in the Baron's lands
      • hill giants
      • goblin attacks, organized
    • The closest town between Fort Eisen and Silt Watch is Flussteffen. It is a small town at the convergence of the Eisenfluss River and the Klarefluss River.
• Amreth wanted the prisoner to atone for his crimes
  • the prisoner the revealed The Missing Expedition.
  • his friends are Randall and Franz
• the party successfully recruited Herman and his friends as minions to keep watch at the Silt Watch.

Capturing the Mail Carrier

• the party successfully ambushed and captured Major Vogel and The Ice Mage - Aerdeth Mellerel
  • The Baron of Eisen recruited Vogel before the war began as part of the 5th Gryphon Company
  • the Baron switched sides during the war to support the Great Canopy
  • the Major marked where the other eleven watch towers are
  • Aerdeth revealed The Great Canopy's Society of Magic history.
  • Aerdeth drew out a map of Fort Eisen.
  • Aerdeth explained that the Baron will go hunting in three days.
  • the party imprisoned Wolff Vogel at Silt Watch and had Aerdeth stay and watch Vogel.

Into the Griffon's Nest

• The party journeyed to Fort Eisen. After much discussion the party settled on assassinating or capturing Baron Willis in order to destabilize his domain. After removing the Baron from the scene, the party plans on starting a slave revolt of former Bergstadt soldiers in order to trick the Red Wings to leave.
• The party successfully entered Fort Eisen through stealth and invisibility magic.
• Once in the keep, they quickly found the Baron waiting for his attendants.
• Amreth challenged him to a duel, which he accepted.
  • The party has subdued the Baron.
  • The party is standing in the Keep's great hall awaiting the next group of soldiers who are racing to the Baron's rescue.

What can be done before next time

The Party's Next Moves

1. The party has 20 seconds before the guards come.

Things the Party Might have Forgotten

1. Duke of Waystone
2. Deilia
3. The Tester