Session #15

The party used the boys canoe to cross the lake to the island. They organized a means of getting the supplies from the wagon across to the island with a combination of canoes and rafts made from the larger lilly pads.

At the school were about 20 dragonborn and lizardfolk kids, all "middle school" to "high school" aged. There were 4 teachers, all female, 2 dragonborn, 1 elf, and 1 human. There was also a human man who acts as groundskeeper for the school.

The school gaurd (human) had been killed in the raid, along with one of the pirate raiders (human). Two bullywugs who arrived to help the school late in the raid were also killed.

The party helped bury the dead humans, and found that the pirate raider bore a tattoo often worn by members of White Skull. The teachers said that the bullywugs would return to collect their dead.

Gevin explored around the island and the north short of the lake. He found tracks left by the pirate raiders.

The Bullywugs arrived to collect their fallen comrades. They told the party that the pirates probably came from a trail on the north side of the lake. This trail turns east and runs all the way to the coast. Along the coast is a camp that pirate often use.

The party agreed to split. The bullywugs would stay to gaurd the camp. Perra would escort one of the teachers and 2 of the older boys from the school out to the road. From there, they could travel south to tell Nadarr what had happened, and get help.

The rest of the party would follow the north trail and hope to catch up to the pirate raiders, and perhaps free Medrash, the young dragonborn that they had taken. Perra would head north along the road once the teacher and boys were safely on the road. When they crossed the road, the party would leave a mark for Perra so he would know where to turn east.

The school provided the party with 2 items to aid their quest, a Battlecrazed GreatSword (level 4 magic item), and a Thundering Longbow (level 3 magic item).

Travelling over difficult terrain, Adejo, Samm, Junter, and Gevin reached the road, still on the trail of the pirates. They found another trail on the east side of the road, and followed it.

They reached a guard post, manned by 4 human thugs (25xp each), 1 human pirate scallywag (175xp), 1 kobold wyrmpriest (150), and 2 kobold pikemen (125 each).

The party defeated these foes with relative ease, though Samm took some series blows from the scallywag's halberd. Two of the thugs snuck away from the battle.

The party recovered 30GP and 300SP from this encounter.

On the other side of the gaurd post, the party followed a trail down to a small beach. A natural cave formation there had clearly been a campsite for the pirates. 150 yards off the beach, a ship sits anchored.

I'll award the following XP:
Successfully delivering the supplies to the school (level 1 Quest - 100 pts each)
Travelling across the difficult terrain while tracking the pirates (level 3 skill challenge - 150 each)
Combat with the pirate/kobold rear gaurd (675/4 = 170 per character)

Total of 420 each (Perra earns these points too).