Perrinor

Session 116: The General’s Hole (September 24, 2026)

Last session, our heroes had their first interrogation that didn’t end in a decapitation. On a nat 20 intimidation from Eden plus a Flash of Genius from Heph, they instantly earned the loyalty of the captured Hans. They learned that the shadowy Parishioners were commanded to obey Central Command’s military hierarchy when they were masked. They only followed officers of rank Field General or above, meaning that the only one in the encampment they would follow is General Samin Klarck. Hans also drew a detailed map of the encampment, including markings for which subcamps had Imperial Conjurers in them. The leadership of the encampment, General Samin Klarck, Lieutenant Sascha Scheuer, and Commander Fritz Babo, were all in a well-hidden cave near a cliff face. The General had a pet bear, and Babo knew all of Ben’s secrets.

They also got some more scandalous intel. They learned Scheuer was hooking up with a Conjurer in Camp 7, and that Babo was a bit of a promiscuous himbo. Although in fact everyone in camp slept around quite a bit, being out in the woods for months at a time without much else to do. There was actually an Eyes Wide Shut orgy planned for this evening and much of the encampment would be in attendance.

The party decided to do some fishing, then sneak into Camp 1 that night while the orgy was happening. Heph and Eden would do a two-kids-in-a-trenchcoat situation, while Ana planned to disguise Maho as a Central Command soldier. Enough information gleaned, they sent Hans back to Hojo with a couple goliaths and got ready for their big night.

• We head to the river to go fishing, and as we get close to the river, we notice a trip wire lightly hidden in the brush by the ground
  • Heph hears muffled snorting coming from high up, and looking up he sees two giant boars muzzled and tied up in the tree, with bindings that will be cut if the trip wire is cut
  • Eden is sneezing and about to trip over the wire, and Heph pulls her back at the last moment
  • Maho and Eden are convinced that they are illusions, and although Heph can tell they definitely are not, he lets Maho climb up to try to find the illusion card that must be creating it
  • Maho is attacked by the boar and knocked out of the tree, and Heph confirms that the boar is definitely real, and asks again if anyone wants dinner
  • Heph uses some Fire Bolts to kill and cook up the boars, with the goliaths helping to keep the rest of the forest from igniting
  • Eden the vegetarian steps away from the boars and scouts around a bit, doing some fishing with Maho using a Sorcerous Burst
  • She directs her unseen servant to pick up a bunch of slightly cooked fish that were electrocuted and put them in Maho’s EverIce Box
  • After we eat, Maho takes a Short Rest while Heph and Eden practice acting as one person, and then we head over towards Camp 1 to find a good vantage point to scout out the camp
• Karrl heads out first to scout out the location and identify a good vantage point, and searching the cliff face, he notices a soldier crawl through some bushes and walk off into the woods towards another sub-camp
  • Before the rest of the group heads out, Maho casts Commune to talk to Yura
  • Her first question is “Are you doing okay?” and she sees a shadowy cloud pass in front of the moon in response
  • She then asks Yura if she approves of casual sex since we are about to invade an orgy, and the cloud clears and moonlight streams down
  • As her final question, Maho asks if the bear that Samin owns is an actual bear, and the moon seems to wink and then nods
  • She reveals to Heph and Eden that the bear is a real bear, and when they ask if Maho asked any useful questions, she does reveal that Yura says she’s not doing amazing
  • Eden eats some berries she scrounges up, using Purify Food and Drink to clear up any poisons, although Heph is pretty sure they are perfectly fine to eat
  • Ana finishes up Maho’s disguise, managing to make Maho looks like a human and disguising her horns with the mask
  • Eden jumps up on Heph’s shoulders, and Ana pulls out a red robe and gives it to Eden, and then gives Eden a bunny-shaped mask
  • Meanwhile, Karrl finds a waterfall near a pool that seems to be the right one, and directs us towards a bunch of trees in the opposite direction
  • We finalize our plan with the goliaths, keeping them within 600 feet so we can call them with the Horn of Silent Alarm if needed, giving Io one of the Bands of the Lost and Found so they can see if we end up bivalving back
  • Heph also gives Io one of the trick tubes so we can pass more detailed messages back and forth
• We head over towards Camp 1, heading to the location Karrl staked out, the goliaths keeping a healthy distance
  • As the sun sets, we see people start to emerge from the bush and head to the orgy, heading directly towards us
  • Heph, realizing Karrl got confused, suggests we get out of the way, and using the Fly spell in Maho’s axe, we fly up into the tree to try to hide from the approaching group
  • We manage to sneak up into the tree, hovering between branches, as the group passes underneath, shouting excitedly in Haden and grabbing each other’s butts
  • Eden notices that Fritz Bobo and Sascha Scheuer are among the group passing by, and points it out to Heph and Maho
  • We slowly fly over to a better vantage point, avoiding more groups, and once the trickle of people stop, we walk towards the bushes and Maho starts to push her way through
• As Maho pushes through the bushes, she falls into a spike pit and takes a bit of damage
  • Eden messages Heph to explain what happened, and watches Maho call out for help to the guard
  • The guard looks into the pit, and seeing Maho in the mask and robe expresses how much he hates the pit and asks Maho if she needs help
  • Responding in her best Haden, she explains that she forgot to bring a condom, and the guard responds that he understands and wishes he wasn’t on duty
  • He asks Maho if she was pre-gaming, and she responds that she was really in a rush
  • The guard doesn’t recognize her voice, and she responds that she is trying a higher voice to try to increase engagement
  • Heph and Eden head inside as well, and the guard asks if we also forgot our condoms, and Eden nods in agreement, and he is thoroughly deceived
• Inside the cave, we see a group of soldiers hanging out in the main area, and the bear lounging on the ground near the hallway towards the storage room
  • The bear is sniffing at us suspiciously, and in response Maho sprays the Wildin’ Peanut Butter perfume on Eden
  • Eden tosses the bear one of the fish that we pulled out of the EverIce box ahead of time, and the bear is completely won over and nuzzles into Eden, completely unconcerned about us, and Eden scratches Edgar behind the ear
  • The guard leads us into the storage room and cracks open a crate full of condoms, and Eden grabs a few and pockets them
  • Maho also grabs a fistful of condoms as well, and the guard notices the assortment of sizes and notes that Maho must have a fun night planned
  • As we head out of the storeroom, Heph messages Maho to suggest that we pretend we needed to drop something off for Fritz, and she tells the guard
  • She looks at Eden and asks her if she has the item, and Eden digs into her pocket and pulls out a crowbar that Heph hands her
  • Heph walks back into the storeroom, messaging Maho to keep the guard engaged in conversation
  • Maho spreads a rumor that Eden is favored by Samin, and if Samin was less strict about the rules, Eden and Samin would probably go to the orgy together
  • The guard asks for the name, and Maho responds that her name is Heven
• Meanwhile Heph and Eden walk into the room, and once they are out of sight, separate and search the room as quickly as possible
  • Heph finds some pages showing how much food is distributed to each camp and grabs them, learning that there are 18 total camps, each with about 5 people, and Camp 1 generally has about 20 people
  • Heph finds a crowbar to leave in an obvious place and Eden climbs back onto Heph’s shoulders, walking back out into the conversation that Maho is having with the guard about Heven
  • Maho explains the general puts up a front of being a lone wolf, but from what she’s heard, Heven was immediately liked by Edgar the bear, and eventually the kindness towards the bear won over Klarck
  • Hearing this, Heph pushes another fish up to Eden, who feeds it to Edgar again, selling this story better
  • Eden messages Maho, asking her to ask where Edgar normally stays, suggesting we use the bear to explore the other part of the cave
  • Maho asks where Edgar usually sleeps, and the guard explains that Edgar normally wanders around but sleeps in the general’s quarters
  • Eden uses prestidigitation to create a smell from the general’s quarters, and as Edgar wanders towards the hallway, Eden messages Heph to follow and he does
  • The guard says to Maho that it seems like there might be some pre-gaming happening, and they gossip a bit about what might be happening back there
• As Eden and Heph reach the hallway, there is another pit, and Heph manages to jump over it with a nudge from Eden
  • Heph walks down the hallway, and once out of sight, Eden and Heph lead the bear deeper in
  • Getting close to the general’s area, Eden spots a central room with a map with troops, and she hears scratching from further in
  • Managing to stay just stealthy enough to stay hidden, Eden peers around the corner and spots the general’s armor
  • Eden casts Invisibility on herself and Heph, and Edgar makes a noise in confusion, and we hear the general ask Edgar what’s up in Haden
  • Edgar plods into the room, and the general seems to happily greet him as he wanders in
  • Eden climbs out of the robe and sneaks further into the room
• Meanwhile back in the room the soldiers asks Maho if she is suggesting that they spy on the general
  • Maho replies that it would be really bad if Klarck found them peeping, and maybe it’s better to let their imaginations do the work for them
  • The guard asks Maho for her name, and she replies that if she told him right now it would ruin the point of the mask, but they can gossip all they want about what Heven and the general are up to
• Back in the general’s section of the cave, Eden creeps over to the table, and she can see Edgar laying down next to the general and the general talking to him affectionately
  • Eden inspects the map, and is able to discern that it is a map of Cryptop, with a number of circles drawn on it that indicate either the encampments, goliath villages, or both
  • There are also tokens on the map that seem to represent soldiers, and the circles with tokens are probably the encampments
  • There are 10 circles with soldiers, and arrows drawn on the map indicating movements from the encampments to the villages, seeming to show which encampments target which villages
  • She can’t tell which village is Hojo, but the Camp 1 has a thick arrow pointing to a village, and there are a couple of thinner arrows pointing to other villages
  • There are also arrows coming from the side of the map, which wind their way through the mountains and point towards the encampment, indicating reinforcements
  • Eden brings Heph back down the hallway a bit, whispering to him that the map is probably super useful, but after some discussion, they decide there isn’t much to do, and she hops back on Heph’s shoulders
  • As Eden jumps on Heph’s shoulders, he feels a thump in the tube, and there is a message indicating two soldiers are returning fairly drunk, one was in the group that passed under the tree earlier
  • Managing to barely retain unnoticed by the general, Heph and Eden start to head back out, Heph messaging Maho on the way that we have two people incoming
  • As the folks outside get closer, we hear the voice of Sascha Scheuer in the group

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