Session 65 - The Swordsman’s Brawl
A simple job — scare a bully out of town — goes sideways the moment Jaruul slips behind the bar. By the time the dust starts to settle, the whole tavern is brawling and Rurik Drenn has drawn two guns.
Recon at the Vulnerable Swordsman
- The party discussed their plan and clarified the location, then made their way to The Vulnerable Swordsman, an inn off the open plaza on Cinder Row.
- The place was loud even from outside and completely packed — the party claimed the last empty table.
- Most patrons were metalworker humans; a single table of commoners sat nearby, and a human tended the counter.
- At the bar, a large drunk man was harassing a worker — almost certainly Rurik Drenn.
- Korin asked the waitress about Drenn. She brought one-litre beers for everyone except Nyxara, who declined.
- The group debated how to handle Rurik over their drinks.
Things Go Sideways
- Jaruul made a move toward Rurik, but Dristuul pulled him back.
- Not done, Jaruul pointed past Dristuul — “look, melons!” — and Dristuul fell for it, letting Jaruul slip behind the bar.
- Jaruul was discovered and immediately threatened — and in response started a pub brawl.
- A couple of tables stood up and the brawl broke out across the whole inn.
The Brawl
- The party sealed off Rurik’s table with a wall of magic, cutting the chaos in two while they dealt with the surrounding bandits.
- Sneid Arkmos shot a bandit; one of them shouted to Rurik.
- Nyxara deployed Sanctuary and healed herself after a bandit cut her back, then surrounded herself with protective butterflies.
- Kailas killed a bandit in two hits, slamming the body into the wall.
- Korin finished the bandit Sneid had wounded.
- Dristuul struck back at the bandit who had hurt Nyxara; Sneid felled another.
- Jaruul flipped a middle finger from his hiding spot behind the bar.
- Commoners and the waitress made it out safely. The magic wall came down — and the fight turned directly on Rurik Drenn and his table.
- Rurik laughed and drew two guns.