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Swaying Hearts and Minds

2022-Jun-12

  • In the town center, the party makes a point to listen for gossip, specifically in regards to the Lozenge Azure member they humiliated earlier
  • The townsfolk seem to be of split opinion between the two “pill” factions
  • Kleb is immediately distracted by a pie seller and buys a double-stuf, deep-dish, meatlovers’ pie
  • Rulkorf overhears two bluepill acolytes attempting to convert a merchant and decides that this cannot stand
  • He Wild Shapes into a skunk and heads towards them, which rouses the attention of most people in the square, but neither Kleb nor Rowan notice.
  • Backing away, one Lozenge Azure member outruns Skunkorf, but the other trips and suffers the effects of a point-blank spray
  • Two Mintarn mercenaries rush to aid the man, but the skunk rushes around a corner and drops his transformation. Rulkorf steps out nonchalantly, the confused Mintarn hurry off, and the rest of the acolytes keep the victim at a distance because of his foul smell
  • Celebrating their victory, Kleb chokes on a bit of pie. He swats away any attempts by the others to help, but manages to avoid an untimely death after making a fool of himself
  • As an escalatory step against the Lozenge Azure, Kleb hands his friends each large stacks of Lozenge Gules pamphlets, and they split up to plaster Phandalin with them
  • The grassroots propaganda campaign proves very successful, and takes up the rest of the afternoon
  • Later that evening, the party heads to the Stonehill Inn, and as they leave to check the Sleeping Giant for bluepills, a commotion can be heard coming from the town green
  • The Nothic has arrived! He’s hopping from rooftop to rooftop, and Rowan and Rulkorf see bugbears approaching from the south as well.
  • Initially they assume that the bugbears are Redbrands as well, but telepathically the pair hear a warning from the Nothic – those aren’t allies!