While Brother Fitzy and the Mighty Redneck are nursing their wounds with booze and babes, I rolled up a new group of miscreants that just rolled into town. I picked a random direction from the roads on the map as their arrival point and rolled the terrain per Appendix B. Luckily our group didn't have any encounters so they arrive at Valthrun fresh and ready to delve.
New party stats:
I forgot to roll for age on the first batch of PCs and they were subsequently punished for my sins (let's pour one out for the fallen). I remembered to do so for this group and adjusted their stats appropriately. Let's hope they fare better than their predecessors.
Since I rolled a cleric, I'm going to say he's in the same religious order as our battered friend Brother Fitzy. It seems Brother Sully has become concerned for his missing cohort and has come looking for him with some boon companions he met on the road. He finds Fitzy in a local watering hole in a sorry state of drunkenness and pain, which does not sit well with his rather unpredictable CN nature.
A reaction roll (AD&D DMG pg 63) comes up at 14 with a +10% adjustment since Fitzy is a lovable kinda guy bringing the total to 24%. Oh crap - Brother Sully is majorly pissed off!
Although somewhat sympathetic to Fitzy's sad fallen state, he was unable to hide his rage at Fitzy's lack of faith and utter stupidity for going into the Shrine so woefully unprepared.
"You're making us all look bad, Brother Fitzy! How could you be so careless to undertake such a dangerous expedition without the support of our Order! With BLOODY HERETICS, no less!!! And to shame us even further, where do I find you? IN A TAVERN with a - ahem - hill person and harlots! Harlots, Brother Fitzy!! And ugly ones at that!!"
As senior member in The Order, Brother Sully grants a penance of one week in cloistered prayer to Brother Fitzy which means he's out of action until 8 March 2024 now. See kids? Charisma is NOT a dump stat in Real D&D...
Considering the alignments of our new group, Brother Sully seems a lot more "morally flexible" than lovable Fitzy. He soon learns of the Shrine of Lethria and some other potential leads to some potential loot ("For benefit of The Order, of course!"). He commandeers the late Sir Stabbington's horses from Brother Fitzy ("Pay you?!? Be grateful I don't flog you for your sins!") and learns of the men-at-arms. Some quick negotiations (a reaction roll of 65 plus his Charisma bonus of +25% brings it to 90%) and they ethusiastically agree to join his group under the command of Brogallo. Let's hope Brogallo can keep his sadistic side in check for the time being...
Brother Sully decides that the rumors of loot in the wilderness are too good to ignore. The Shrine of Lethria is clearly too dangerous with hordes of orcs and fire breathing cockroaches. "Donations" to The Order can probably be found more safely...elsewhere.
Next time, we explore the wilderness!
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