HighRollers: Lightfall/Episode 10

"Harp'ing On" is the tenth session of High Rollers D&D. It was broadcast live on the Yogscast Twitch channel on April 3, 2016.

In this session, the adventurers returned to Feyden and reports their discovery of the stolen lumbers to Rika. Dimitriv revealed a bit too much information about Broken Sky when they were interrogating him, and were ambushed by two harpies in the night. While making their way to confront the organisation the next day, they discovered a murder of one of people they've encountered back in Tallfield.

Campaign Summary
Dimitriv broke free from the vines entangling him after Elora cast moonbeam during the previous battle, and starts running towards the cave opening. Cam tosses his dagger Duracell towards him, causing him to stumble, while Jiǔtóu shouts at Arvan to stop him. The group began to chase after him as Arvan punched Dimitriv in the nose, dragging him back. Cam told Arvan of the missing lumber, but Arvan mentioned that it seems like only some lumber has been recovered. He remains behind to investigate further while Falk carries Dimitriv over his shoulder as they head back to town. Dimitriv struggles to escape, but Falk keeps him in check. He keeps on babbling on how he is just a small spy for Broken Sky, and not of any importance. Annoyed by this, Cam sticks his finger up his nose, demanding him to keep quiet.

It is afternoon as they approach the main gates, the guards halt them. Cam explains that Dimitriv is one of the people responsible for the missing lumber, much to the disbelief of the guards. Cam insists that they let them through, but instead they get one of their mate, who just finished peeing nearby, to go get Rika over. She arrives and they explained what has happened from the time they started tailing Dimitriv, and told her of the location where the lumber was found. Rika sent her lumberjacks to fetch the lumber while escorting Falk carrying Dimitriv to a jail cell in a manor.

The guards let the group into the town. Trellimar searches for Dulgrim for his payment, and heads to the tavern Oaken Wagon. The rest follows him. They saw Dilgrim busy working on a ledger in the corner of the tavern. Cam pulls Trellimar to one side and suggests he makes a slick entrance. He then slides into the shadow while Granamyr flies up onto the rafters, as the rest stand to one side to watch. On telepathic command, Granamyr swoops down and lands in front of Dulgrim, startling him. Trellimar emerges from the shadow, flustering him even further. He then told him about the lumber and explained non-stop of the backstory behind it, ending off by demanding his payment of 1000 gold. Dulgrim thanks him and will make the payment after checking with Rika, adjusting accordingly per the quantity and quality of the lumber found. Trellimar insists that the adjustment of payment is not what was agreed upon, but Dulgrim points out to one of the clause of the contract that states as such. Trellimar retorts by stating that Jiǔtóu nearly died searching for the lumber, as she spins her guandao and breathe out fire occasionally. Upon seeing this, Dulgrim added that he could add a supplementary payment on the dangers they faced. Trellimar agreed and Dulgrim mentioned that he will make the payment the following morning at the tavern.

At this point, Cam just remembers that he forgot to retrieve Duracell and dashes out of the tavern, barely giving anyone time to respond to him. After a few hours, he returns to the valley and retrieves his dagger. Arvan noticed him and have a chat with him. He explains that only half of the lumber were found and suggests that multiple griffins could be involved, judging by the multiple coloured feathers found. Cam then runs out of the valley and back to the town, leaving Arvan and the lumberjacks bewildered.

The Meta-Game
Kim appears exhausted throughout the session since she returned back from Birmingham late at night, trying hard to keep in character while roleplaying as Jiǔtóu. Mark occasionally mispronounces timber and lumber as Tumblr, joking that Tumblr was stolen by Dimitriv. Martyn, who guest played as Falk during the last two sessions, is watching the livestream, curious of how his character will be progressing throughout the session.