This is a series of Dungeons and Dragons recaps. I have taken story liberties in order to tell an engaging tale.
The room was filled with rat carcasses and broken items. Several gold pieces were left behind as well as a couple of spell scrolls. Whatever was done here there wasn't any evidence of it anymore.
In the corner was a hidden trapdoor which lead down to a natural cave. Proceeding down the tunnels the party came across a group of goblins in a makeshift lair. Combat ensued with the heroes being victorious. Looting the corpses they found cheap weapons and more gold pieces.
Searching the section revealed a heavy shelf hiding a hastily assembled door. Listening at the door revealed the sounds of a humanoid snoring. Entering the area the party finds a halfling tied up in a corner on a straw bed. This passage appeared to be his prison cell. Another door is seen with another heavy shelf blocking the door from the outside. Listening at the door reveals more goblins talking amongst themselves.
The party decides to have some fun. They push the door and bookcase into the tunnel and crush two goblins beneath its weight. Another battle plays out with the party being victorious. Traveling into the next tunnel reveals the entrance to the cave and solves the mystery of how the rats were entering the inn's cellar.
Richard made the decision to seal the cave's entrance and persuaded the rest of the group to agree. He argued that he didn't trust the innkeeper or the elf named John so he wanted to ensure that neither would accidentally discover the passages. Connor worked the wall from the outside to make it blend in with the rest of the cave's wall. Once finished Connor traveled back to town after disguising himself to look like a monk to throw off the innkeeper while Richard and Ets returned through the tunnels and investigated the halfling further.
He appeared to have been attacked with a blunt weapon and suffering the effects of some poison. Thinking quickly, Richard attempted to cure the halfling of his ailment. Following that the party proceeded to return to the inn.
Climbing into the cellar Richard proceeded to conceal the trapdoor into the cellar floor before returning to the inn proper.
Connor passed behind the inn to peer into the kitchen's window looking for the party. Richard saw a strange monk standing outside and called to the innkeeper which caused the monk to run away.
When the innkeeper returned to his position behind the counter the monk reemerged and dropped the disguise. Connor's disguise had fooled Richard.
The party explained that the rats were entering through a hole in the cellar which was expertly plugged and now asked for payment. The innkeeper admitted that he couldn't offer gold but he could offer his merchant's discount for the local shops and a week's stay at the inn free of charge.
Mission accomplished but questions remain: Why did that elf want the inn so badly? What did the wizard do to the innkeeper? What else did the wizard do?
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