Session 04: The Snobeedle Orchard
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Session 04: The Snobeedle Orchard

Session

The party head outside the walls of Waterdeep to visit the Stoutfellow farm and help them with their troubles on behalf of the Emerald Enclave.

When they arrive at a crossroads with a simple wooden signpost. They decide to go towards Amendsfarm, the incorrect way, having all forgotten where they were supposed to be going in the first place.

When they arrive at Amendsfarm, a farm that is being used as a jail, Cracuta spots a person who looks a lot like him, another Shifter. He manages to make contact through the jail fence and has a quick and strange interaction with the Shifter. They end up doing some Hyena pack howling when they are forced away from each other by the guards.

The party then decides to visit the Stoutfellow farm where they are greeted by its owners and told that some strange creatures have been wreaking having on their orchard during the night as of late. They are also told of another, more successful orchard not too far from here. He's been told they are having the same issues.

When investigating the orchard they detect some strange magic coming from a few scarecrows. They find a dismembered finger inside of the scarecrows and believe this might be causing them to turn alive at night and destroy their surroundings.

Later they also visit the Snobeedle Orchard to investigate further. Here they are met by owners who for some reason seem envious of the Stoutfellow farm and seem to not want to give them any time of day. They also find that the Snobeedle Orchard seems to be running quite well and doesn't seem to have any noticeable damage done to it's crops.
Inside of the drinking hall Quertex sees the owner go upstairs to their office and has the genius idea of using his Deck of Illusions to create a distraction for them to go interrogate the owner.

Quertex pulls a card and an Illusory Troll appears in the drinking hall, scaring all customers and guards alike.
The party quickly goes up to the owners office and threatens her to tell the truth. She tells them she was jealous of the success of the newly formed Stoutfellow farm and that she created these "items" in order to disrupt their business.

The party end up taking her to the guards at Amendsfarm and explain to them and the Soutfellow farm what happened.
When they arrive back at the Emerald Enclave they are congratulated on a job well done and are welcomed into the guild.