Update !

After running about town and learning a bit about Endholme history, the gang meets up with an overly friendly gnome bard named Curly, and, despite their misgivings manages to tag along with the group as they go to investigate the map they found from the dead were rat leader.

After leading a stealthy chase through the woods, following a band of potentially evil adventurers, the gang enters a scary cave.

They charge boldly forward to be accosted by some creeping rats, whom are overcome by sheer force. Within the next chamber they attract the attention of a fairly powerful ghoul who they just manage to defeat.

The gang decides to take a short rest here before heading deeper in these strange, decrepit ruins.

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STAT BLOCK
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KILL COUNT:

3 x Dire Rats - 20 xp
1 x Ghoul - 105xp

SPECIALITY BONUS:

+5 xp to Josh for bold, brazen action
+5 xp to Andrew for in-character decisions made about needless killing and violence

XP:

Josh: 205
Brian: 200
Andrew: 205
Jeff: 0
Tim: 125

LOOT:
Masterwork Mace
One (1) broken vial of Cure light wounds