Session #55: Arm Wrestling

[run and recapped by Jacob--thanks for the game last weekend!]

Over the last week it could be seen at the Kantor that one Durham of the Ringing Anvil, and one Najm of the Confraternity of Saint Iskameen met frequently to discuss some endeavor. And so it was that they eventually gathered a crew with the intents to investigate the Free Renyu who seem to be living in the Medina al Taht ("the Undercity"). Najm, after several strikes against his newly founded Confraternity and its fishing ship, additionally set the crew out with the intention of beating back some bandits that have made a base for themselves there as well.

The gathered crew included:

Durham (Fighter 6)

with Pako (Renu)

Gan ad-Din (Fighter 5)

Avin (Magic User 6)

Najm (Magic User 4)

with Hry-haya (Alkari)

Arngeir (Fighter)

When the group finally returned to the surface they were fairly bedraggled, Avin looking particularly gaunt. Most notably though, rather than a more traditional haul of bags of treasure, the group instead carried with them a very large body-builder of a man who was tied up and whom they regularly stabbed deeply with a sword as they hauled his corpse to the tavern Under-Star and a private room.

Over the next several hours a few details make themselves clear, from the serving staff bringing in their drinks. The group apparently stumbled upon some rather large bandits that were quite difficult to put down. “They seem so upset by the thing that even during their drinks they continue to stab the poor fellow.”

The Lucre

• 124 dinars (gp), 44 dirhams, and 290 fals (cp)

• A simple golden earring worth 140 dinars

• A bone-white ring engraved with abstract symbols worth 120 dinars

• An ornate (but functional) dagger, with a ‘snack’ compartment in the pommel, worth 130 dinars

• A tiny ‘coin’ pouch containing a single red and white pellet

The Learning

• 538 xp from treasure

• 2688 xp from ‘enlarged’ bandits (650 + hp ea.)

• 200 xp per character for discovering and descending to a new level

The Cut (12 ½ shares)

• 21 dinars, 8 dirhams, and 48 fals to each player-character
  10 dinars, 13 dirhams, and 24 fals to Hry-Haya

• 571 xp to each player character
  286 xp to Hry-Haya

• The tiny coin pouch and pellet

 Any gold-valued item a party-member wishes to claim may be "bought out" by subtracting its value from their share of gold (up to and including their own funds, if necessary to equal its listed value); non-valued items must be meted out by the company's agreement, according to negotiations and what seems fair.

And as always, any write-ups, artwork, etc. representing the expedition from an in-character point-of-view will earn the corresponding player-character 100 xp per level.