PLTPNT - Raiders in Rookwell

Summary

This is the starting plot point that the table will converge on to solve.

Entities

• The Party
• The Snatchers

A group of criminals who escaped from the Vaena Kingdom’s dungeons a few weeks ago. Led by Drethos Longwood.

• Declin Bellum and his party
  • Max, Lachlan, Stephen are all long standing members of Declin Bellum’s party.
  • BLUE or Beyoncé Lamborghini Undertaker Europe was accepted amongst their crew but none of them can learn to say his name correctly.

Captives

Unknown

• Rootkeeper Drahn

Forest’s Edge

• Carmen Flint
• 4 Generals of The Rouge

Varg has offered the party a reward for returning Carmen Flint and the 4 generals to them (instead of to The Rouge).

He’ll give a bag of gems worth 300 gold and magical dagger (+1 dagger, crits on a 19 or a 20) he managed to take from a military consultant from Zenytha OR a pair of magical boots that helped him stay extra well hidden during a heist years ago (grants advantage on Stealth checks up to 3 times per long rest).

Rookwell

• Evan Braelon
• Evony Julio
• Amon Romellet
• Marcus Grane
• Darren Stock
• Handful of other nameless townsfolk.

Bellum’s Bell-Ends

• Declin Bellum
• Max
• Lachlan
• Stephen
• BLUE

Obstacles

• The raiders will attack the town of Rookwell on the day they all arrive and will run away with key members of the town.
• A combat with some of the raiders in the town
  • Declin Bellum will rise a crew of warriors to retrieve the snatched townsfolk. They’ll travel through the night on horse back.
  • One of them will return the following morning and announce that they’d been ambushed on the way there.
  • The party will be asked to travel north west and find the townsfolk.
  • 1 day travel to Forest’s Edge
• A multi-staged combat against some raiders and then against Drethos Longwood - who will announce his presence to Graxious properly
  • He’ll wield a Shortsword and the Scimitar known as Overkiller’s Edge
  • He’ll also have leather bracers (Increase AC by 2)
• If defeated, he’ll tell Graxious how he lost Eriana’s Vow to a man with the name of Douglas Beck; dressed in fancy aristocratic clothes.
  • Morgyn can make a history check to see if he recalls who Douglas Beck is.

Outcomes/Paths

• The Party can chase the raiders into a nearby forest straight away - adds an additional round of combat at the hideout.
• The Party can attempt to prevent the raiders fleeing and use them as hostages to get more information
• The Party can use their deduction skills to find where the raiders got to
• The Party can leave and ignore this quest if nothing else call to them.