Session 23 (Vanedir)
Durnivir fucked off
We head back to charles to report
As we approach the barracks, we hear something about a speech happening
Something about the assassin being found
Also B'Rock savages some pigeons and scars some children
Atop a makeshift stand, we see the three remaining nealonus guards along with Charles
All the other guards nearby too
Charles appears from the barracks, wearing full plate, ceremonial
Spots us all as he begins speaking with Thaumaturgy
He and the guard have found the assassin of the mayor
A beaten up wood elf is dragged out before the crowd
Male, short, middle-aged for a wood-elf, in cuffs made of silver
Behind the prisoner is another guard carrying an execution block
Charles brings out a medallion associated with Tarloc, the fist punching through the crown
Explains the symbol as belonging to a dangerous man gathering power
Mentions that some of the men gathering under him are cursed
Vanedir hands over the pendant via the guards at this point
Charles adjusts his explanation of what the wood elf is
Using the talisman, he turns the prisoner into a wereboar
The beam of light of the talisman stops them momentarily as it begins to shift
Charles continues briefly before decapitating the wereboar, and finishing the speech
James gives Rob the idea to have wererats riding crocodiles by calling them floridamen
We hear a commotion, then see an arrow sticking out of his shield, then many more swerving as they approach him to stick in the shield
Charles saw many of the attackers, a tabaxi, a loxodon, an air genasi, and a gnome
The guards jump into action, dogpiling the gnome, the air genasi, and the loxodon
We see two dead guards and chase that direction to find the tabaxi
We run into a badly injured guard, heal him, get directions, and continue
We encounter a weretiger being faced down by 4 guards, one injured, 2 weary, and 1 fine.
Combat begins with the weretiger
Kills a guard then hits himself
After two rounds, the guards manage to grapple and restrain the weretiger
The party bloodied the weretiger badly, but it didn't die
We escort the guards with the muzzled and shackled weretiger back to the barracks
We see crates of silver shackles
Session ends there