The party was under siege by an enraged green dragon that was periodically wiping out patrols of hobgoblins on the edge of Oriv. On the last of these attacks, the dragon demanded that a pile of loot be brought to a clearing 3 miles to the east at noon the following day, or else he'd destroy the entire town and everyone in it.
The party complied, digging up a bunch of copper from their storage under the pan-deific temple. Urgmob purchased burlap sacks for a gold piece, and a cart for five pieces. Then Urgmob selected wands from his stash, and handed them over to Rhin, who memorized which ones they were so he could scry upon them later.
The party ate their Hero's Feast in the morning, and told their two best "elite" hobgoblins (the ones with Gith swords and armor) to pull the cart for them. They trekked two hours into the woods to the designated clearing, and unloaded the bags of loot so that they were scattered in odd places. The guards were told to wait back in the cover of the trees with the wagon. The party thought they had laid a good ambush for the dragon.
15 minutes before noon, Enli took the time to ask for guidance from Ibenaikad. He asked if the dragon was really tricking them, and would the dragon really just try to sack the town while they were distracted out in the woods. Ibenaikad said, "Your wisdom serves you well."
Rhin contacted Allison through the armband, and told her to contact them as soon as a dragon showed up. About 2 minutes later she frantically called for help, saying that the dragon had landed on the roof of the library and was breaking through it. Rhin gathered everyone together and did his Word of Recall to just outside the temple. Sure enough, the dragon was there. Upon seeing the party he said, "I didn't expect to see you so soon!"
Enli buffed the entire party with a Holy Aura, and Hrir had already protected everyone from acid. Urgmob hid behind a building, and Rhin ran into the open like a scared bird. The dragon pounced down beside Hrir and picked him up. Hrir's arms were pinned to his side, and he was unable to do anything. Rhin dropped a Flamestrike on the back of the dragon, hurting it some. Davinov attacked and was able to land a few good blows on the dragon. Enli cast Destruction at it (no, for real! I mean it this time!) and it made it's save. Scales and skin sloughed off, but the dragon still lived. It took to the sky, Hrir clutched in it's claw. Urgmob stepped out and unleashed some arrows at it, including a Ghoul Touch arrow that did nothing to it. Davinov dropped his sword, pulled out Urgmob's old bow, and missed his shot entirely, breaking the fletching off the arrow in the process. Enli dropped a Flamestrike on it too, hitting Hrir in the process. It's possible that at least one other spell was unleashed at it too. The dragon, having attained at height of 200 feet, dropped Hrir, hoping to dash him senseless upon the ground. But the GM forgot that the first round of falling was only 150 feet, and Hrir was able to concentrate enough to cast an Air Walk spell before he hit the ground. Urgmob launched three more arrows, and connected with all of them. One was a critical, and the dragon fell spinning wildly to it's death in the forest on the outskirts of town.
The party laid claim to the corpse, and it was determined that Rhin was indeed capable of animating the dragon if he so desired. The party talked about making it an animated mascot for their new bar, and several names were discussed, though no conclusion was made. Urgmob was named Dragonkiller by Keggrok Half-ear, and the entire party was thanked.
The party then tracked down the dragon's lair (through an oddly lucid divination) and found a somewhat disappointing hoard. A few thousand gold pieces, several pieces of art and jewelry, and a few magic items were all that they found in a cave 17 miles to the west-northwest of Oriv. It wasn't a bad hoard, but it wasn't enough to swim in, as Hrir had hoped. Enli performed a Legend Lore upon the corpse and after 40 minutes of concentration said, "Lurvolloc the Green terrorized the lands at the base of the dragonspine mountains these 200 years past." The snippet of prose seems itself to have been at least a hundred years old.
The party receives 1450 xp total (Rhin, Urgmob, Hrir, and Enli). This doesn't put anyone up a level.
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