Alrighty another night has come and this week we have the party being listed as Scape Goats. While not exactly the best job for someone to take up willingly. However being set up as one, even well known and respected adventurers would have difficulty trying to prove they are innocent from something they didn’t do.
So settle your tabs, grab your gear as we have to run from all manners of bounty hunters in tonight’s adventure!
When the party were first approached and questioned about an object they had found amongst their bags they were puzzled. But when blades, sorcery and more were drawn against them they had to choose between proving their accusers right by fighting violence with violence or seeking the higher path and finding out why and how they ended up in this situation.
More sinister plots surround the party this week as they fight and flee for survival and innocence as those that hunt them are innocent themselves.
Scape Goats
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The party had just sat down at the bar and pulled out a handful of coin to pay for their meal in celebration of their latest adventure. They had sold what they could, kept what they wanted and otherwise were resting after a hectic few days.
When they looked at the coins that covered the bar one of them stood out – a green and copper coin that showed its age of an unusual shape. It seemed to glisten in the light the lantern and hearth gave off and just watching it caused the party member to lose focus of the room around them.
‘Interesting coin you got there, where’d you get it?’ a voice said to their left that snapped them out of their unknown focus – their food already placed in front of them but the coin remained. The man who asked looked rough but had a charismatic smile about him. A quick trained glance could see that the man had a few accomplices around the room sitting at different tables and keeping a casual eye on the conversation. When the party replied with not knowing where it came from the man grinned.
‘It looks very similar to a coin that apparently the king found on a conquest to the north. One that lives in his vaults.’ the man said as he looked into their faces. Evidently not seeing any indication of guilt he shrugged. ‘But you likely knew that. Like how you knew that the vault was found cleaned out today. The court mage was ordered to find the items and all but one were hidden. And that’s where we come into it. We’re here to ask you to come with us before things get messy. There’s a bounty on the head of those who possess the coin and it looks like we’ve found them.’ he said as his hand rested on the hilt of his blade.
The room went quiet and instantly several more shady characters left the inn muttering something about being home for their wife or husband. The bounty hunters took note of every single one of them. Regardless of how much the party argued that they were innocent the hunters didn’t seem to care and it wasn’t long before the Inn keeper was demanding that they all leave. The party knew that the bounty hunters were innocent – simply following the coin and legally trying to claim a bounty. But to kill a bounty hunter was a criminal offence and their bounty would only increase.
A difficult decision was to be had and as the party carried their possessions, and themselves out of the inn they prepared for a fight that they weren’t sure if they wanted to win it or not.
Thanks for stopping in for tonight’s start to this weeks adventure. A wrongfully accused group where all evidence points towards them being guilty isn’t a new trope but I hope adventure brings something new. Don’t forget that each day this week we expand this adventure further so make sure you don’t forget to come back each day to stay up to date with this adventure. And lastly, as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe
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