Session 124: "I'd take a Bulette for you...." or "If only I'd dodged that Bulette!"

 30th day of Palesun to 8th day of Highsun 1492 

Mission:  In search of a ship.

Campaign: Find Karion's missing Father

Location(s): Abbey of the Golden Sheaf, Shattered Stone, Hap.

Present: Anor, Karion, Paskan

30th: 

The group decided to head for Harrowdale Town to find a ship that would take them to Cedar Spoke. They would travel via Shattered Stone and Hap. Perhaps they would even have time to seek out Inialos Oakwood, if she was still in that area.                                                           Both Aramil and Bandur remained at the Abbey of the Golden Sheaf, as the remainder, Anor, Karion and Paskan made their way back to Shattered Stone. Aramil needed to conduct some more research and Bandur offered to remain with him.

1st:                                                                                                                                                  A quiet, uneventful day and night.

2nd:                                                                                                                                              They arrived at Shattered Stone in the early evening. 

3rd:                                                                                                                                      Departed Shattered Stone for Hap. An uneventful night.

4th:                                                                                                                                            An uneventful day and night.

5th:                                                                                                                                            An uneventful day and night.

6th:                                                                                                                                            An uneventful day and night. 

7th:                                                                                                                                        

Mid morning they arrived in Hap. Hap was surrounded by a newly constructed moat, Wooden palisade with nasty log spikes jutting outward from the base of the wall. They were met by the Hetman and discovered that the ranger, Inialos Oakwood, was in the house of healing. She was recovering from wounds sustained trying to kill the Bulette bothering the small town of Hap. Anor and the others decided to help out. Karion cast a quick healing prayer on Inialos before departing.

Anor and the others agreed to go after the Bulette. It had terrorised the region for too long. Inialos was able to tell them that a Bulette's favourite food was either Halfling or horse!

Karion: "I will use my powers as a druid to turn into a horse. It will attract the Bulette, then we can kill it."

Inialos: "Take care, they move under the ground and can leap great distances and have hides like plate armour."

An hour later they had set off. Karion in the form of a horse, led by Anor and Paskan. Cresting a small knoll they could see the abandoned farmlands before them. Small copses of trees between the overgrown fields. Anor spotted the tall grass to their front moving but could see no animal. Karion went forward hoping to draw the Bulette out.

The grass moved, there was no wind, the ground rippled towards Karion, a large creature burst from the ground stamping down with clawed fore feet and a vicious bite, Karion was knocked back some 10ft. The horse form had taken too much damage and Karion now stood there, back in Elf form.

Club and shield to the fore he swung at the creature but the club just bounced off the thick hide.

Anor and Paskan charged in, both swinging mighty blows. Paskan was under the effect of his ring of speed and in a blood rage. Karion suddenly transformed into the an Earth Elemental and smashed down blows into the Bulette.

Anor: "Easy peasy, nothing to it!"

Karion was bludgeoned to the ground as a fully grown Bulette landed atop of him pushing his elemental form into the ground. Karion took massive damage but luckily his elemental form saved him from dying.

Again Anor and Paskan swung mighty blows. The Bulette jumped over Anor and landed on top of him. Pinning him to the ground.

Anor managed to roll free, stand up shaking the mist from his eyes and charged toward the Bulette.

Paskan charged in and the two swung blow after blow but still the Bulette refused to go down.

Eventually Anor's blows and Paskan biting into the softer part under it's neck brought the Bulette crashing down, blood pumping out of the gaping wounds.

They healed themselves as best they could and were rewarded by a throng of villagers who had followed them singing songs of praise for the 3 brave warriors who had killed the Bulette's. Inialos was surprised they had managed to kill both of the Bulette's, a female and a calf.

Half heartedly the hetman produced the reward, 1,000 gold pieces.

Hetman: "This is all the towns savings, we have nothing left to purchase seed nor supplies. It will take time for the fields to produce crops."

Anor: "We have agreed to forego the reward if you will agree to remove the carapace hides of those two creatures and transport them to the Abbey of the Golden Sheaf in Ashabenford."

Hetman: "Of course, of course."

Inialos: "And I will see it is done and will personally escort them there once I am healed".

They decided to take the Hetman up on his offer of free hospitality to give Aramil and Bandur time to catch up, before continuing to Harrowdale. Harrowdale was still some 5 days travel to the east. Rest up, heal and restock.

8th:

Karion took the time to make a healing potion as Anor tried to impart his knowledge of attacking two opponents at once to Paskan. He was a slow learner.

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Notes:
1. Whey Bread, Elven bread.

2. Normal rations.

3. Water in water skins.

4. These are group totals.