Dangerous Liaisons

With some ruthless interrogation the heroes discover much from the goblin prisoner, the trail leads to the graveyard and to the watchmen on duty the night before the attack.  What was so important about the body of Father Tobyn that the five tribes got together in an eleborate plot to take it.  And who is the mysterious "elfsy longshanks"?  What's happened to the missing watchman, Joffrey?  Is Williams really as innocent as he appears?  Leena sure doesn't think so!

Candrak, lured into a compromising position by the beautiful Shopkeeper's daughter, performs like a god.  Word is sure to spread around the ladies of the town that Candrak can really perform where it counts.  Where on earth did a young ranger learn to do that anyway?  When the father returned unexpectedly, things go south quickly.  Candrak takes his beating like a man and the Shopkeep's daughter cries foul. Leena is quick to believe her, and despite some breathtakingly obvious warning signs, Candrak takes a beating from Leena...again...and gets knocked unconscious...again...

The heroes take to the Tickwood with Lord Aldern Foxglove for a boar hunt.  Kitted out with brand new horses, courtesy of the good Lord, the party dispatches the boar with ease, but on the way home are ambushed by band of goblins, not at all usual for the Tickwood.  The danger is soon forgotten as the heroes once again find themselves in the Rusty Dragon Inn, sitting down to a fresh roast boar for the evening meal.  Aldern, already smitten with Leena, appears to be drifting into the realm of obsession.  Will Leena get tired of all this attention? Only time will tell...after all, he is a little bit rich, and that can make up for a lot of sins right?

Purely as a hypothetical, I wonder where Candrak will be in nine months?

Experience

400xp  (RP - questioning of the goblin)
600xp  (RP- unravelling the chain of events surrounding the goblin raid)
600xp  (1 Boar)
800xp  (6 Goblins)
400xp  (1 Goblin Commando)
2800xp  Total Party XP

Blukvard

930  (Party XP)
25  (RP - stopping to smell the...err...pie)
50  (RP - Investigations around the missing watchman)
50  (mystery bonus XP*)
1055 Total XP

Candrak

930  (Party XP)
25  (cinematic moment in the forest - 3 shots, 3 kills)
25  (RP - figuring out that the town attack was a diversion)
75  (RP - the shopkeep's daughter debacle)
50  (RP - bonus for actually sleeping with her - I never thought you'd do that - but what 24 y.o. bachelor with no ties to the town wouldn't sleep with the best looking girl in town)
75  (mystery bonus XP*)
1280 Total XP

Leena

930  (Party XP)
25  (RP - keeping Lord Foxglove on the hook)
25  (RP - defending Shayliss's honour)
25  (RP - keeping an eye on that liar Watchman Williams)
50  (mystery bonus XP*)
1055 Total XP

*  tempting as is it to assume that the "mystery XP" is a bit of random Dave balancing or something, rest assured there is method to the mystery, it really does mean something...

Dungeon Painter

The maps for the general store basement, battleground for often punched Candrak, and the forest encounter were created using a nifty little tool called dungeon painter.  It's online, free, and was pretty easy to use.  Obviously a little limited in what it can do, but none-the-less I had a basement ready to use in about 5 minutes.  Handy for those last minute "I need a map" situations.  I challenge any of you to load it up and not whip up a small dungeon...you know...just for fun :-)

Tokens

Well I think the few tokens I managed to grab looked ok and added to the whole experience.  Sorry I didn't have one for you in the rush to get them working Russ.  I spent most of the time fiddling about and searching the forums for a description on how to include them, but I have it sussed now.

Kudos to Adam this week for identifying how the modifiers pop-up thing worked.  And thanks for updating your individual modifier descriptions.  I noticed your Hawk Clan one John, worked well, I immediately knew what it was for whenever it came up. Thanks Russ for the quick support on looking up rules on the PRD and posting to the chat.