summary of session #1

It's a hot late summer day.

Gaius is working in Sihirbaz's magic shop. The old wizard tells him to expect a visit that afternoon from someone who's paid for some scrying.

Later a gnome called Darwicken comes by. Darwicken works for a nobleman named Jonas Steele. Steele owns some land that he thinks is worthless swamp. But a local trapper has found what he thinks is a collapsed old building there. The trapper returned with a piece of pottery that he found near the building. Darwicken has come to the magic shop to scry the site where the pottery was found.

Gaius uses a ritual scroll that Sihirbaz has prepared to scry the site. He explores the area for several minutes. He sees there a sleeping goblin. Along a path next to the site, he finds a large grove of trees. And in the trees, what appears to be the ruins of a small fortress from ancient times.

That evening the entire party gathers at Scarlett's, a public house in Redbank. The gathering is a regular poker game. Late in the night, Darwicken joins the game. The party persuades Darwicken to ask his boss if the party can search the swamp land for the ruins.

The next morning, the party learns that Steele has agreed to their proposal. He pays them 100GP to start, plus 2 healing potions. He agrees that they can keep up to 1000 GP from the ruins for themselves.

The party finds the old trapper, a rasta-like old man called "Rafter". Rafter agreess to lead them down river to the site where he found the pottery.

As the party journey's down the river, they are ambushed by a group of goblins. The party defeats the goblins with only minor injuries.