Session Summary
The annual Pie Festival was about to begin in the cheerful town of Brambleton when disaster struck.
The legendary Golden Apple Pie had disappeared.
Four unlikely adventurers answered the call:
- Mohini, a clever and resourceful bard
- Kora Steelheart, a determined cleric with a keen eye for investigation
- Kragan “Mountain-Breaker” Ogolakanu, a mighty barbarian
- Gimli, a cleric who possessed an admirable appreciation for pie
The heroes gathered in the festival crowd as Mayor Bramble desperately tried to make sense of the situation.
While Kragan carefully observed the crowd, Mohini attempted to learn more about the legendary pie. Kora immediately decided that the best course of action was to investigate the bakery itself.
Gimli, meanwhile, had found a pie.
And was eating it.
Investigating the Bakery
Kora approached Mayor Bramble before joining Bella, the baker, to investigate the bakery.
Mohini accompanied Kora while Kragan continued watching the crowd. Eventually, Kragan and Gimli joined the investigation as well.
Kora questioned Bella about who had access to the bakery and its rooms.
Bella explained that she was the only person with access.
The investigation soon produced the first important clue:
Footprints.
Mohini spotted tracks that suggested the thief was smaller than an ordinary adult.
The adventurers began to suspect that the culprit had not simply walked away with the pie.
There was something more unusual going on.
The Secret Entrance
The party decided to follow the footprints.
Gimli searched for secret doors while Kragan took a more direct approach.
Kragan moved the shelves…
and discovered a small hidden entrance.
Unfortunately, the entrance had not been designed with someone of Kragan’s considerable size in mind.
So Kragan did what Kragan does best.
He smashed the wall to make the entrance bigger.
The party entered the tunnels beneath the bakery.
Into the Underground
The adventurers followed the mysterious trail through the ancient tunnels.
They soon reached a mushroom patch and then a crossroads.
Rather than staying together, the party briefly split up.
Mohini went straight.
Gimli went left.
Kragan went right.
Gimli discovered a collection of pickles and returned to the crossroads with this important information.
Kragan discovered something considerably more suspicious:
Half-eaten fish and scorch marks.
Whatever had been eating the fish had apparently not been very happy with it.
Meanwhile, Mohini discovered the strangest clue of all.
On the wall was a childlike drawing depicting:
A goblin and a dragon holding a pie.
Mohini returned to the others and shared what she had discovered.
The party decided to follow her route.
The Hidden Hideout
The trail eventually led to a passage hidden behind a hanging blanket.
Gimli carefully peeked beyond it.
What he saw completely changed the mystery.
Inside was:
A small goblin.
A baby dragon.
And the missing Golden Apple Pie.
The supposed thief was not a dangerous criminal.
There was clearly more to the story.
Operation: Recover the Pie
The party came up with a plan.
Mohini would distract the goblin by singing.
Kora would attempt to steal the pie and pass it to Kragan.
Gimli and Kragan would remain near the entrance, ready to help if anything went wrong.
Gimli was also prepared to heal anyone who got hurt.
Mohini confidently rolled a 20.
Kora rolled a 7.
The plan did not go exactly as expected.
Kora accidentally tripped over the collection of shiny objects in the hideout.
CLATTER!
The noise alerted the goblin.
The goblin quickly hid the pie.
Kragan then entered the hideout and decided that diplomacy might be more effective than smashing things.
The Truth About the Pie
Kragan negotiated with the goblin, Nib.
Rather than threatening him, Kragan offered a simple solution:
The adventurers could get more pies from the bakery.
But this pie needed to be returned.
The situation became even more peaceful when Gimli shared some of the pie he had with him.
The baby dragon happily ate it.
The party finally understood that Nib had not taken the Golden Apple Pie out of greed.
He had taken it because the baby dragon needed food.
The “thief” was simply trying to take care of his new friend.
The Mother Arrives
Just when the situation appeared to be under control…
The roof of the hideout collapsed.
A huge copper dragon appeared.
The mother had found her missing child.
The baby dragon, Pip, immediately recognized her.
Pip called the copper dragon Mother and rushed toward her.
Pip then explained, in the only way a baby dragon could, that the adventurers had been taking care of her.
The mother dragon realized that the adventurers had helped protect her child rather than harm her.
And instead of attacking…
she rewarded them.
The Dragon’s Gift
The copper dragon gifted the adventurers dragon scales.
The scales were valuable and could either be sold or used to create special armor or weapons.
The adventurers had gone looking for a stolen pie.
They returned with something far more extraordinary:
Dragon treasure.
The Pie Festival
With the mystery solved, the adventurers returned the Golden Apple Pie to Mayor Bramble.
The festival could finally begin.
The townspeople celebrated.
The legendary pie was returned.
The bakery survived.
Nib and Pip were safe.
And the heroes had successfully solved the mystery.
Mayor Bramble rewarded the party with:
250 gold pieces
He also gave them something perhaps even more valuable:
Free pie whenever they visit the town.
The End
What began as a simple case of a missing pie turned into an unexpected encounter with a goblin, a baby dragon, and a grateful mother.
The adventurers discovered that not every thief is a villain…
and not every dragon is a monster.
Sometimes the greatest adventures begin with something as simple as a missing pie.
And sometimes…
the best reward is free pie for life.
THE END
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