Session 13 Downtime: Methikles Is Breaking Bad

The Bros are starting to move up in the world, so I decide it's time to start building up their secondary capabilities.  

1. Blastikus and Krall set about dividing their very lucrative spoils and come to amicable agreements on division. They both have enough XP to advance, so they'll be unavailable for 2 weeks in training (23 April 2025). 
   
   
2. Blastikus begins brewing Potions of Extra Healing with the help of Methikles. He starts today (7 April 2025) following the rules on DMG pg 116. This means that he will be able to brew 4 potions at a cost of 1600gp by 23 April when he will be out of time jail. This should help his survivability significantly.
   
   
3. Blastikus, knowing the value of cannon fodder from recent events, makes a trip to Valthrun and recruits 17 light horsemen as well as 30 heavy footmen and accompanying captains and sergeants. A heavy force to be sure, but he'll need a personal retinue when in the field as well as someone to keep an eye on the Obsidian Tower while he's away. 
   
   
4. Krall Diacan decides to begin his poison research per DMG pg 20. He will be out of action for 5 weeks at a cost of 3,000gp/week as he studies under a master and builds his inventory of components. Krall will next be available for adventure on 23 May 2025. Painful, but worth it in the long run.
   
   
5. Krall decides it's time to get some hired muscle and recruits some henchmen from Tallow Watch. Following the guidelines on DMG pp34-35, Krall gets lucky with his rolls and recruits the following (after paying the fees and buying their kits, of course):

• Shen Pisakar (L2 assassin; Neutral Evil)
• Tuqtamur Haoennor (L1 fighter; Chaotic Evil)
• Zahm Al-Bashir (L1 fighter; Chaotic Evil)

I don't think I'm going to try to recruit any new party members yet since I'm going to try to level up their henchmen in the next few sessions. Let's see if the Hench-bros make it through the meat grinder...