Session 126 Jailbreak
Session Details
| Session Date: | 17 January 2025 |
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| Game Date: | 01 Fireseek CY 627 |
Session Summary
Synopsis
The party escaped their cells by manipulating guards, freed fellow prisoners to create a distraction, discovered their confiscated gear was taken by Lexana, looted the jail's evidence room, and then fled into the woods, leaving a chained and enraged Halvor behind.
This Session
As the party makes their way out of the cells they hear a guard shouting for Halvor. The door at the end of the row of cells is locked. Rickfire grabs the ring of keys and unlocks the door, peering out he sees a guard rounding the corner. The guard seeing the party trying to escape slams his body into the door shutting it and trapping the party inside.
Aldran grabs Halvor and drags him out of the cell using him as a hostage to negotiate with the the guard (Leon) who came to check on Halvor. Aldran threatens to hurt Halvor if Leon doesn't put down his weapon. Aldran intimidates Leon and he drops his club, and opens the door. Ricfire picks up the Leons billy club and then locks him in Aldrans former cell.
The hallway door now open, int he dim light Aldran and Rickfire spot a second guard peering at them through the bars of another of door. Aldran shouts out your gonna play along princess or Halvor get its... Halvor yells out don't let them escape you idiot! Turgen Voxhall the guard, takes aim with his crossbow at what he thinks is a magic user (Egon) and fires a bolt but the shot goes wild narrowly missing Aldran and Halvor.
A series of threats and counter-threats is exchanged but ultimately Turgen Voxhall gets conned into believing the party will kill Halvor. The party locks him into Balmaris old cell and hearing no more guards approaching heads towards the exit. After striping Halvor down to his underwear (a speedo) Aldran puts a neck shackle on the semi-conscious Halvor and walks him out to use as a bargaining chip.
On the way out they rummage through the jailers room and find a logbook of prisoners, their crimes, and sentences. The party notes most are allowed to go free after paying a fine, and only a few have been hanged (mostly pirates who committed violent crimes). Durmen notes that it appears Dame Yarla's name (or her Mining company) has paid to have multiple individuals (mostly dwarves but a few noteworthy humans) released who were all charged with smuggling.
The party comes to an intersection with stairs leading up to the courtroom, and two more locked doors. The door to the east bars the common cell which holds four townsfolk and a sailor. Balmaris releases the prisoners so they can cause chaos to distract the guards so the party can escape unnoticed. They decide fortune must favor the foolish and decide to take the party up on their offer to make a break for it and run past the party upstairs.
After investigating the evidence room to the north the party fails to find some of their more unique items. Balmaris questions Halvor about their missing gear to which Halvor says Lexana came in with a writ sating the items were taken from the mines and the lawful property of Dame Yarla and the Empire of Lhynn Merchants Guild so they took custody of the parties magic items. Agitated to say the least, Halvor states the papers were signed and sealed by the town council and everything was in order so he released them to her.
The party decides to pick out unique items from the jailers evidence room and armory to make up for their loss. As they loot the evidence room Egon hears the sounds of a scuffle that fades in the distance which he believes to be the sounds of the guards rushing out after the escaped prisoners. After completing their looting the party heads up the stairs to the exit of the jail. At the top of the stair Egon listens at the door to the trial room and finds it all quiet. He cracks open the door and looks leads into the common room before moving forward to the room and finally to doors and outside.
Rickfire makes a quick scout of the guards barracks adjoining the common/trial room and rummages through some of the chests. He also finds a set of armor but it is too big for a halfling as Balmaris raps hard on the window to let him know that the guards are returning with a few of the escaped prisoners in hand. He grabs a few of the town watch tabards thinking they may come in useful to help disguise the party and rushes back through the common room to rejoin the party as they leave the jail.
Signaling 'all clear' Aldran moves to chain Halvor to the witness bench in the courtroom. Halvor begins to rage but Aldran puts an ax to his neck as Rickfire chains him to the floor. Aldran gives him a kiss on the cheek saying "Be cool Honey Bunny - just chill out!" With all the rough handling Halvor gets a chubby and Aldran states "my eyes are up here Halvor". Now securely chained to the witness bench Halvor bellows out in anger yelling for his guards before Aldran says he'll be back for Halvors' mom if he doesn't be quiet. At that Halvor stops yelling and stares at the floor as the rest of the party makes their way outside.
The party looks about quickly and seeing the guards moving up the road witht he recaptured prisoners bolts across the road to the woods to the south of the Wicker Goat. A short dash ensues and they hunker down in the brush watching as the guards renter the jail, moment later Halvors voice rings out in rage though what he says is indiscernible the party knows the hunt fir them will be on shortly!
Notes: Balmaris releases prisoners (inspiration point)
Session Results
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Rumors or Intelligence Gained
Apparently nothing noteworthy this session...