Demons at the Fretful Porpentine| Type |
Dungeon |
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| Status |
Explored March 908 TA |
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| Location |
Teufeldorf |
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| Hex |
5211 |
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| Campaign |
The Ranger's Gate |
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| Adventure # |
142 |
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Fretful Porpentine
At the eastern terminus of The Crossing sits an ancient building, certainly repurposed over the years. The Fretful Porpentine has stood on this site since 820 TA. Located south of the Military District, the pub is a favorite of the soldiers and adventurers. Most of the locals consider it too rough or too filled with the King's Men to be of interest.
A weathered sign of a porpentine, its quills jumping from its back, hangs on a squeaky wooden signpost. The exterior is made of stone with a blue slate roof - a rarity in the city and a throwback to an earlier age.
The interior of the pub is a single large room smoke fills the high-beamed rafters and a mahogany bar runs almost 60 feet along the room's edge. A small kitchen behind the bar is in constant motion. Wooden booths, deep and dark, run along three edges of the room. The walls of the room are decorated with shields, swords and orc and goblin heads.
At The Party
Unlike most nights when the pub is a bit dark and murky, tonight the room is ablaze - torches and candle chandeliers are fully lit.
The center of the room is exceptionally crowded with tables - both long common tables and small private round tables. The tables are packed with soldiers and townsfolk. The center of the festivities is a table at which is seated a rotund man dressed in fine clothes - Noel Guildford, Thirteenth Baron of Guildford. Two stern looking plate-mail clad soldiers stand just behind the baron.
The game is run by Gylan Wiley, a stout man. He hates orcs and goblins - as he fought in the Second War of the Reaches specifically dealing with raiding parties coming from the Loftwood.
Player OR Dealer? There is a buy in is 5 gold. The final prize is 500 gold. The baron is assumed to going to make the final table - as he is the only one who allows a re-buy. Free drinks. 2 hand of poker - 5-card draw. 2 rounds to get to the final table.
- Sense Motive to see my cards (not cheating)
- Bluff/Intimidate to get to fold or stay (not cheating)
- Sleight of Hand/Stealth (to get an extra card)
Monsters!
A sudden commotion by the door brings the game to a halt. A breathless soldier enters the room. "Monsters!"
Baron Guildford looks up, a bemused look on his face, "My wife is coming?"
Captain Darius Baker has short-cropped black hair. Considered handsome by local standards, he is currently disheveled. A cut on his cheek is bleeding.
"Begging your pardon, there have been three murders just south of the pub. The first was a local patrol - a veteran tracker, Booth, a woman who knew her way around a sword. She was torn limb-from-limb. It was terrible. The other two murders were gnomes. Vagabonds by all accounts. They were drug along the street leaving a bloody trail. The villagers are panicked. They hit me with a rock when I told them that the Crown was on the case. We might have a riot. I need several parties willing to search for the monster. I hate to interrupt the festivities. If you're not too drunk. Grab your swords."
