1. Journals

OS - The Harvest

One Shot
September 29, 2018

Setup

The party is located in the village of Witley. The harvest hasn't been great this year, and most of the wine gets stolen.

The village leader, Bella Orphen, has asked the party to investigate the situation and report back to her.

Locations

  • Witley
    • Small village, quiet, produces wine.
  • Milford Winery
    • Frequently attacked
    • Biggest winery of the village
  • Wiley Church
    • Pelor
    • Cemetary
  • Bloodwolf Winery
    • Newest winery, 2nd biggest already
    • low number of attacks
  • Debden
    • Plains, grapes, fruit trees, some monsters

NPCS

  • Bella Orphen - human female 58, commanding personality
    • Tasks the players with investigating the wine disappearance.
  • Richard Milford - human male 62, leader of the Milford winery
    • Very concerned of the situation, as he fields produces the most wine.
    • Situation started already during the summer with grapes disappearing and reserves from last year being stolen.
    • One of his guards Roger was killed one night at the wine cellar during a break in.
    • Suspects his rival Estelle Ardène of sabotaging his work.
    • Last break in was 3 days ago.
  • Father Pippin Northmead - male halfling, 40, uncle of Yasemin
    • During the summer, graves started being emptied.
    • First though about thieves stealing valuables, but it was also people with nothing, and all who died in the last 5 years.
    • Cornelius Audeley, Gerard Brook, Charles Chanceler, Sybell Payne, Denise Stokes, Julian Fayneman.
    • Latest was Marye Danvers a week ago.
  • Estelle Ardène - female half-elf, 130, friendly
    • Moved to the village 2 years ago and has become the 2nd biggest winery in that short time. 
    • Wants the situation fixed.
    • Also targeted but not as much (because the zombies don't know of her winery)
    • Suspects wineries from neighbouring villages.

Encounters

  • RP with the wine people
  • Investigation for clues/history
  • Fight against 2 zombies in one of the cellars drinking wine
  • Fight against a few goblins in the fields who have nothing to do with the story.
  • Fight against 4 zombies at some point attacking a winery
  • Fight against an abonimation after the fight against the  zombies
  • Fight or RP with the village leader when confronted