Green Pass Campaign IIIb, Session 8: River Pirates

September 7-15, Caudex Annales, 70 AUP

Some new additions to the party included refugees fleeing from the dark elven city in the chaos:

• Lavi, an elven spellsword
• Aeryn, a sylvan witch

The path leading out from under the mountains broadened into a large valley full of forests, apparently surrounded on all four sides by impassible cliffs and snow-caps. Rather than risk drow patrols along the main road, the party broke off to follow the river running through the center, discovering it quickly by virtue of the roar created as it plunged down to an underground lake.

The river wound north and west through the valley, passing through a swamp (where the party was warned about the presence of wyverns along the north fork) and then upstream toward a single high peak in the center of the valley. The peak was flat on top, with a watchtower that offered good visibility to the north, east, and south. From the river, a long track -- some heavy objecting being dragged over the ground -- led to the base of a sheer cliff up the side of the peak, and vanished.

The party bypassed an ambush of several spiders in the underground, and finally followed the river back to the abandoned road where it bridged across. Just on the other side of the road, a group of pirates had set up camp along the river. After some initial scouting (and magical intimidation) the party swept into the camp under the cover of summoned fog, clearing it out completely.

Regrettably, all the treasure (buried higher up in the mountains, along a glacial ravine) had already been lost due to a raid by white dragons. The pirate captain offered to reveal the location, but warned grimly that the dragons had already wiped out a group of his own men.

Casualties
None

Treasure and Experience
No gold or valuables this week, since the pirates had themselves recently lost their treasure to a dragon raid.

Killed: werewolf pack leader (450 xp), 5 werewolves (5x135 xp), 24 river pirates (24x10 xp)
Captured: pirate captain (600 xp)

Total experience from treasure: 0
Total experience from kills/captures/deceptions: 1965 xp
Total experience from exploration: 1035 xp
Total experience: 3000 xp
Total experience per member: 286 xp

(Note: Henchlizards get half-shares of treasure and experience.)