Praktas Essentials - Butterskull Ranch

Game Date: 10/15/2023

Location: Roll20
Campaign: Praktas Essentials, Session 2

System: D&D 5e
DM: Matt

The Party:

Quosh (Alan): Half-Orc Barbarian

Rayna (Mandi): Half-Elf Bard

The Session:

Continuing this catch-as-catch-can practice campaign. Today was a short session, with the PCs only fulfilling one quest from the mission board.

On the ride out to Butterskull Ranch, the PCs saw the white dragon for the first time, as it flew overhead. Then they heard a pained howling from the woods to the north. They went to check it out, and found a pack of wolves in a clearing. All but one of the wolves were dead, and the survivor was injured. It looked like they'd been attacked by the dragon.

Rayna healed the surviving wolf, while Quosh used his Animal Handling skills to gain its trust. The wolf then joined the party, following them the rest of the way to the ranch.

When they reached the ranch, they found signs of battle. The farmhouse held six orcs, all in different rooms about the house, three on each floor. The PCs peeked in one window, and accidentally caught the eye of one orc. He went outside to fight them, and the PCs managed to kill him without attracting the attention of the other orcs.

They peeked in another window, and decided to get the next orc's attention to hopefully take them out one by one. Rayna used her Wand of Pyrotechnics to get its attention. Unfortunately she forgot to read all the instructions first - in addition to a light show, it also makes a noise that can be heard up to 300 feet away. All five of the remaining orcs were alerted, and started running around the house looking for the noise.

They fought one of the orcs through the window, while the rest moved down the stairs and made their way to the front lawn. Still, they managed to control the fight to where they only had to face one or two orcs at a time. They also had a lot of luck with the dice, so Quosh was the only one to take a lot of damage.

Once all the orcs were finished, they found the ranch's owner tied up in the basement. He gave them an additional mission of finding his lost cow. Then they returned to town for a well-deserved rest.