In attendance were;
Kumak Morudall: Half-Orc Bloodrager
Tiberius: Human Paladin of Sarenrae
Susan: Human Universalist Wizard
Thaddeus Whisperheart: Gnome Trickster
The party returns upstairs to regroup with Shalelu, Villister, Thaddeus, Black Jack and Lyrie. Shalelu tells them that she has seen movement from the Thistle patch that precedes the now repaired bridge. She guesses that whatever goblin reinforcements have arrived have seen the party's handiwork and are waiting to see what if anything comes from Thistletop. Kumak sets to carving some lizard meat from the corpse of Ripnuggets steed and starts a slow cook on some stew for the morning. Asking Villister if he could magically repair the shattered Ranseur only gets an evasive answer so Kumak requests that Villister administer aid to the 3 whose strength was taxed from fighting the spirits below. Villister at first refuses to lend any aid and it is only after Susan speaks with him that he relents. Thaddeus strikes up a conversation with their latest prisoner, Lyrie and slipping some magic into his words compels her to only lie. Asking what her immediate plans were regarding the group Lyrie falsely confesses that she would really really really hate to stab them all. Lyrie speaks with Orik and an incensed Orik confronts the party demanding her gear returned to her to which Kumak and Thaddeus scoff, Tiberius is understanding and makes a case for returning her things while Susan remains silent on the issue. Out voted the group keep her equipment and shackle her to a bed frame for good measure while they sleep. In the morning Orik confronts Thaddeus and tells him that Black Jack has approached him offering to free them and flee together, Orik had stalled for the moment so that he could tell Thaddeus. Thaddeus tells Orik to wait in the main throne room for a moment and leaves to grab Kumak, seeing Black Jack enter the throne room behind him. Returning to the throne room with Kumak in tow Thaddeus hears a swiftly hushed conversation from the back room and when Black Jack peeks his head out telling Thaddeus to go away Orik seizes Black Jack and the 2 men begin struggling. After a few moments of explaining to Kumak that Black Jack was plotting to kill them Kumak lands a solid hit to Black Jacks head sending the half-orc's eyes rolling. Thaddeus gives one good thwack from his dagger to Black Jacks temple putting the half-orc to sleep.
Just then an alarm is called from the main foyer, goblins are crossing the bridge. Tiberius activates a rigged trap that Shalelu set up overnight sending about 20 plummeting to their death. There is a rapid exchange of arrows between the goblins led by a bugbear and the party, until Susan unfurls a scroll of Flaming Sphere and burns the goblins at the cliffs edge before lighting the thistle brush on fire and rolling the sphere to block the only exit, causing hundreds of goblins to either burn to death or die from the acrid smoke. Kumak and Tiberius having nothing to offer this fight head below and between them make short work of a tentamort that Orik had warned them of. Susan asks Kumak why Black Jack is knocked out and tied up and Kumak tells her that Black Jack had been attempting to plot with Lyrie and Orik to kill them and take all the treasure, at least thats what Thaddeus had told him. Susan suggests using Black Jack as bait below with the underwater monster. Kumak is agreeable but wishes to interrogate Black Jack first if possible. Asking Tiberius to check the perimeter Kumak attempts to rouse Black Jack but to no avail. Conceding defeat Kumak, Thaddeus, Susan, Orik and Lyrie descend to the underground pool and hammering in a piece of metal bar into the wall Black Jack is dangled over the pool like a fishing line. Thaddeus requests that he and Susan hold the rope so Kumak can fight, and as the large helmet stirs below Kumak hands off the rope and leaps into the water Bastard sword in hand. The fight is swift and brutal, Black Jack is seized and pulled beneath the water where he is bisected. Just as the giant crab is attempting to flee below to a previously hidden exit Orik lands a telling blow finishing off the giant crab. Just then Tiberius enters the room, surveying the scene asks what is happening, then angrily heals himself twice and storms off.
Thoughts
There was some weirdness between myself and the GM this game. He had shattered my Masterwork Ranseur last game and when I in character asked the cleric if he could magically repair it, then explained out of character what would be needed indicating that I would forgo any lesser restoration to get the weapon repaired the GM who was running the cleric instead gave me lesser restoration. Then when I asked for the cleric to provide long term care for the 3 strength damaged people through the night he asked for a Diplomacy check. Finally when I had stated that I would be readying an action to pull Black Jack up once the crab began to move the GM declared that it would be a reflex save to do it instead of a readied action. The readied action I let slide as it would fit within character to have thought you had a plan, only for things to suddenly go sideways. The spell and refusing to long term care until another character asked felt very much like in-game punishment for something so after I made my case I let it slide until we spoke later on about it. The GM seemed to want to knock Susan and Kumak down to Evil alignment for what happened with Black Jack, and Tiberius's player declared that everyone would have atone immediately or he would leave. While I agreed that what happened was messed up I countered that the intent was to save him and with the information we had on hand Black Jack had been planning to kill us so despite it still being a messed up thing to do, the paladin throwing Nualia's corpse from room to room to try and trigger anything was in the same vein. Either way, GM and I hashed things out over the course of the week between, while initially arguing against my decisions, like taking Lyries cloak, not giving her things back when she said she would assist, he later relented on some points. Either way this group is long overdue for a talk about how we wish to proceed, and if we can finally escape Thistletop and return to Sandpoint we should be able to get a few days to weeks downtime in which to figure out our dynamic.
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