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-====== V2 Session One - 19 January 2007 - "The Grackle" ======
+==== V2 Session One - 19 January 2007 - "The Grackle" ====
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 ^ Player ^ Character ^ Race ^ Class ^
-| VW | [[Heilli]] | Human | Soulknife/1 |
+| Dave | [[freyrik|Freyrik Ulthkell]] | Human(Feytouched) | Warlock/1 |
 | THF | [[Líkami]] | Human | Monk/1 |
+| Ken | [[Ash]] | Aasimar | Paladin/1(-1) |
+| VW | [[Heilli]] | Human | Soulknife/1 |
 | Kurt | [[Ketamine]] | [[Crag Gnome]] | [[Witch]]/1 |
 | Chris | [[Yosi]] | Wood Elf | Barbarian/1 |
-| Val | [[Alleraia]] | Human(Aasimar) | Favored Soul/1 |
+| Val | [[Allie]] | [[Lesser Aasimar]] | Favored Soul/1 |
-| Ken | [[Ash]] | Human(Aasimar) | Paladin/1 |
-| Dave | [[freyrik|Freyrik Ulthkell]] | Human(Feytouched) | Warlock/1 |
 //Note: This adventure was adapted from "Box of Flumph", by Tim Hitchcock, as
-published in the January, 2005 issue of [[http://paizo.com/dungeon|"Dungeon
+published in [[http://paizo.com/dungeon/products/issues/2005/118|Dungeon Magazine #118]],
-Magazine"]], pages 16-31.//
+January, 2005, pages 16-31.//
-**//19 January 1111//**
+=== 19 January 1111 ===
 Magistrate Aurus in the town of [[Stillsquall]] has a problem.  A criminal known
 as "The Grackle" has been spotted in town.  Wanted for a previous incident
 involving smuggling, some kind of con, and an assault on a merchant, the
 magistrate wants nothing more than to see "The Grackle" (real name Jonas
 Westman) behind bars.
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 contacts he's developed over his years tending bar.  He draws in [[Yosi]], a
 hot-tempered, red-headed elf, the planetouched siblings, [[Ash]] and
-[[Alleraia]], and the twins, [[Heilli]] and [[Líkami]].
+[[Allie]], and the twins, [[Heilli]] and [[Líkami]].
 As [[Freyrik]] shows the new team the "wanted" flyer, [[Ketamine]], a [[Crag
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 of //The Angelina//, a merchant ship anchored in the harbor.
-[[alleraia|Allie]] and [[Ash]] locate Robert, a friendly sailor who is willing
+[[Allie]] and [[Ash]] locate Robert, a friendly sailor who is willing
 to ferry the party out to //The Angelina// at sunset.  It is their hope that
 they can feign to row //past// //The Angelina//, then at the last minute turn
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 [[Heilli]], [[Ketamine]], [[Yosi]], and [[Freyrik]] head to the bow, where there
-is a hatch leading below deck.  [[alleraia|Allie]], [[Ash]], [[Líkami]],
+is a hatch leading below deck.  [[Allie]], [[Ash]], [[Líkami]],
 meanwhile, head to the stairs that descend into the common room.
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 options.  [[Yosi]]'s club hangs over him like a shadow of doom....
 After the second blow, The Grackle goes down on a knee and sees that his options
 have dwindled to one: surrender.  He sheathes his dagger and allows the freshly
 healed [[Heilli]] to bind him up with a rope -- who relieves him of his dagger
-and //secretly//(([[Ketamine]], [[Líkami]] and [[Heilli]] know of this
+and //secretly// cuts his Achilles tendon(([[Ketamine]], [[Líkami]] and
-action...[[Heilli]] waited until [[Ash]] had left, to minimize intraparty
+[[Heilli]] know of this action...[[Heilli]] waited until [[Ash]] had left, to
-friction)) cuts his Achilles tendon to keep him from escaping.  [[Ketamine]]
+minimize intraparty friction)) to keep him from escaping.  [[Ketamine]] tends to
-tends to the nearly-crippled Grackle after Intimidating him with threats of
+the nearly-crippled Grackle after Intimidating him with threats of additional
-additional painful and debilitating wounds from the vengeful [[Heilli]] and
+painful and debilitating wounds from the vengeful [[Heilli]] and barely
-barely constrained rage of [[Yosi]].
+constrained rage of [[Yosi]].
 As the ship foundered, it was clear that the Grackle (and likely half-orc
 accomplice) had done more that just cut the anchor line, as the sail lines were
 also cut, causing //The Angelina// to founder in the strong currents.  As the
 rocks loomed large, [[Líkami]] took a rope and swam to a nearby boat,
 stabilizing //The Angelina// for at least long enough for the crew to regain
 control of the vessel.
 [[Ketamine]] thoroughly searches the villain's equipment and discovers a hidden
 pouch in his belt that contain **5 platinum pieces**.  [[Freyrik]] then
 intimidates their captive into revealing which crate was the one he smuggled on
 board.  They then take their prisoner, along with his contraband crate to the
 main deck.
 Back at the Town Hall, Magistrate Aurus is pleased at the Grackle's capture and,
-after a brief hesitation, delivers the 50 gold piece reward to the party.  In
+after a brief hesitation, delivers the **50 gold piece** reward to the party.
-addition to the reward, the party confiscated the Grackle's armor, weapon, and
+In addition to the reward, the party confiscated the Grackle's **armor**,
-belt -- all of which the magistrate allows them to keep.
+**weapon**, **belt**, and money  -- all of which the magistrate allows them to
+keep.
 As they count out their gold and distribute it amongst each other, Baron Johann
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 them all to his keep to discuss a follow-on task.  While he remains tight-lipped
 about what this job might entail, the party agrees anyway.  In two weeks time,
-they are to travel to the village of [[Feather]].
+they are to travel to the baron's manor in the village of [[Feather]].
 Quite unexpectedly, this group of misfits has found their way to becoming a
 successful adventuring party.
 Now all they need is a name...
+== Interlude ==
+//She paced slowly around the long table, absent-mindedly inspecting the place
+settings.  The dinner would naturally be perfect.  The meal was already being
+prepared in the secret kitchen and the slaves who knew of the main ingredient
+would be executed before dawn.  The guards were charmed and even the best of
+them were expendable.  They were, after all, only human.//
+//No, what troubled her was the meeting's agenda.  It had been nearly three years
+since the shadowcoup and their progress was lagging seriously behind schedule.
+The window of opportunity, she feared, was closing fast.//
+//Perhaps the king's bones would be the difference, but even that mission was (at
+best) only a stopgap.  Real power eluded them in the north and even a complete
+takeover of the southern baronies might not be enough to hold these lands.
+Perhaps the others would have better news.  The church warden, especially, had
+offered great promise.//
+//As it had done many times before, the doubts crept into her mind.  Was this plan
+worth it?  Was this climate too inhospitable for them?  Were the natives too
+organized?  She regretted not joining her sister in the orc-infested elf
+kingdom.  Orcs were so much easier to control than humans.  Still...  The prize
+was so great, it **must** be worth the risk.  And there was over two centuries
+of groundwork to back them up.//
+//No...  This plan would work.  It **had** to.  The Serpent Kingdom was already
+faltering in the south.  They **needed** this land to survive.  And they would
+have it -- no matter the cost!//
+==== XP ====
 ^ Challenge ^ CR ^
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 | Story Bonus | 1 |
 ^ Total XP (each) ^ 215 ^
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