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Session Thirty-Eight: The Nun's Priest's Tale

Session Thirty-Seven: The Nun’s Priest’s Tale

Session Thirty-Six: The Nun’s Priest’s Tale

For the Holy Hens!Despite their initial stumbles,the company makes short work of the horde of giant rats and find themselves ina cavern with tunnels leading off in three directions. Before they can formulatea plan, they hear high-pitched voices in the distance shouting in shriekingrage. Unable to determine where the angry cries are coming from, the companysplits into three groups, one for

Session Thirty-Five: The Nun's Priest's Tale

Some Late Night ShoppingLater in the evening, Mauriceslips out of the King’s Arms, goes back to the market district, and breaks intothe herbalist’s shop. He avoids the guard presence, conducts a thorough searchof the place, and makes off with a large, locked box. He returns to the King’sArms and convinces Garnier to bypass the lock, thus revealing that the boxcontains the mysterious

Session Thirty-Four: The Pardoner’s Tale

 A Return to the Herbalist’s ShopThe company reconvenes at theKing’s Arms where they share a meal and notes. At some point during theirdiscussion, Henri the innkeeper comes in with the pilgrims. He tells thecompany that several groups of people, having seen the plume of smoke in thenorthern forest, have quickly left the city to find its source. He suspectsthat these people might be the

Session Thirty-Three: The Pardoner's Tale

The DuelDespite the formidable statureand strength of his foe, Magnus hews down the giant with three mighty swings ofhis axe while remaininguntouched. Magnus considers taking the giant’sgreatsword, but decides to leave it propped up against the tree. Having defeated the tree’schampion, the company may now enter it and explore. Andre takes the lead,finding a staircase within the tree that

Session Thirty-Two: The Pardoner's Tale

The Battle in Gilles’ TowerAnastasia, her pistol placedagainst Jules’ temple, congratulates the company on their discovery of Gilles’Tower. She says that if the company her what they know and agrees to give uptheir search for the treasure, she will return Jules to them unharmed.Negotiations are abruptly cutshort when Sabina raises her pistol and fires at Anastasia. She misses, but her

Session Thirty-One: The Pardoner’s Tale

Like Candy from a Baby?The company visits the shrine ofSaint Betva and acquires pilgrims’ badges—this time in the image of a wall witha tower on each side. Sir Henri attempts to make conversation with the stern,older woman and finds he is somewhat more successful than his companions. Thewoman is unpleasantly narrowminded and religiously strict. She not only hatesthe riffraff and

Session Thirty: The Pardoner's Tale

The Assailant EscapesAndre informs the figure thatthere are two ways out of this particular engagement—they can talk, or they candie. The figure chooses to take a third option, vaulting off of the privy tothe roof of a nearby building. Andre gets in a lucky blow as the figureretreats, grievously wounding them in the arm. The company converges on thebuilding. As Maurice wings the figure

Session Twenty-Nine: The Pardoner’s Tale

Hammering Things OutAfter a few moments standingaround the closed doors to the shrine of Saint Eloy, several members of thecompany recall that they found a well-used hammer located among Gascon’sill-gotten loot. Sir Henri knocks upon the door and asks the answering monkwhether or not Saint Eloy’s goldsmith’s hammer has gone missing. The monkanswers in the affirmative, and the company