Nate watches in awe as Brom's mighty Warhammer obliterates the bugbear's head. 

Seeing that Quinn has began to try and comfort Bess, Nate will quickly (but not quickly enough to startle Bess) walk to the entrance of the door and then scan the room as well as the entrance hallway to ensure there are no other goblins perhaps that might've heard something. He will also block the door so Bess cannot wildly escape in fear. 

Perception Check: 18

Brom put his hammer away and picked up the one Sarris was using to inspect it

(Omnia methodically gets to works searching the bodies of their vanquished enemies. The Regular Goblins have nothing but the Standard Goblin Array. The Shaman has various little bits that may be used for spells, like a piece of fleece and some flowers. Around his neck, however, you find an amulet on a piece of string that looks interesting. The Bugbear has decent leather armor, the warhammer which Brom is currently inspecting, and 3 GP.

Brom looks over Sarris' Warhammer. It is pretty good quality for a weapon wielded by a non-human. It looks to be a comparable quality to your own.

Bess still looks scared as Quinn comforts her and draws her out of the corner. She wasn't in the cage anymore, as Omnia had managed to unlock it, but she was staying out of the way. Her clothes are filthy, her face stained with dirt and the tracks of hours of tears. You seem to be slowly gaining her trust.

Nate positions himself by the door, scanning the room to ensure there are no nasty surprises. He does not see anything that would make him think there is more creatures here.)

All of you feel stronger, having gotten through this ordeal together. You are battered, most of you are hurt and wounded to some degree, but you feel more experienced now that you've been tested in serious battle.

LEVEL UP! You are now Level 2!

Feel free to go through your character profile in the Campaign and edit your character to be level 2.  The site should walk you through the upgrades you get when you level up. Let me know if you have any questions.

What do you all do?

DMs note: Congrats on beating Sarris! 

Awesome!!

Nate says: "Well guys... how about we get Bess home to her Father and then perhaps find a place to sleep so we can all rest up?"

With the bugbear and the goblins defeated and nothing else threatening them as of yet, Idalie lowers her bow. Looking around at her companions with a beaming smile as she tucks an unspent arrow back into her quiver and joins Quinn in attempting to coax a frightened Bess out of the corner. "It's okay." She assures the girl. "Your safe now. We're going to take you back to your da." Glancing over at Nate, the gnome nodded. "Sounds good to me."

I'm going to wait a little bit longer to let the others have a chance to respond.

"I agree lets get Bess home." Brom walked over to the cage and took off his cloak gently placing it before her

I will grab the 3g and head back to the group. "hey guys do we know what ritual they was doing. Is there a way we can stop someone else from trying this in the future" 

Quinn, who is crouching to be at the same height as Bess, looks up at Brom and gives a smile as he puts his cloak on the floor in front of Bess. Quinn then picks it up and wraps it around Bess, making sure she can still move her hands and feet with this massively big cloak on her.

"You can give it a check if you want to, but I believe it would be best to get Bess back to her father, we can ask the towns people what they know about the order when we get to safety, plus I'm sure he's worried sick about his little angel." Quinn says with a warm smile.

Quinn looks at Bess. "Wanna see a magic trick?" Quinn says as waves his finger and then does a little chant.

Cast Prestidigitation to clean the dirt that was covering Bess. Quinn then takes her hand and stands up, then begins towards the door they came in.

(Quinn does a good job of comforting and cleaning Bess up a bit as the party agrees to leave this place. You trek briskly, already somewhat familiar with the woods and no longer having to worry about tracking. It is late in the evening, around 8 or 9pm when the party arrives back at the north edge of town near Rickard's property.)

"Bess! My sweet girl!"

(Rickard runs and meets you all outside of his gate just as you clear the woods. He has obviously been waiting near there, hoping to see you all return.

"Papa!" Bess cries, as they run and embrace each other, both shedding tears of joy. The sight of the big, burly Blacksmith crying over having his little girl back brings joy to all of your hearts. After letting them have their moment, Rickard thanks all of you, shakes all of your hands, and bids you all to allow him to take you back to the Tavern so that you may rest.

"They did it! They saved my girl!" Rickard shouts as they enter the busy Tavern. The townspeople are all excited, cheering, clapping you all on the back, congratulating you all and Rickard for getting his daughter back. Willfred shakes all of your hands and offers you all whatever you wish to drink or eat, on the house. Jack the Serving Boy hugs Bess and holds back tears as well. The entire tavern proclaim you heroes and surround you, eager to hear your tales of heroism and how you saved Bess.)

DMs note: Guys, it was a pleasure, you all were a great group of players and made this very fun and rewarding for me with your enthusiasm and play. I think this is the first game I've ever run where we didn't have even 1 person drop out, which is great. Now, go forth, with a little experience under your belt. Thanks for playing! 

Thank you for a great one shot I have enjoyed it despite almost dieing and thank you team 

Thank you DM for running the great little one shot, it has been a load of fun, and thank you to everyone else for being an awesome group.

Thanks stiffkick for running a really fun little adventure and thanks to everyone else as well for being awesome game mates! I really enjoyed this. 

Had a blast, and some close calls thanks for everything stiff. So you guys, are we sticking together as a party or is this where we part?

I’d love to continue as a party somehow if it’s possible.

I would love to stay as a party just need a dm lol

Maybe one of us wants to DM?

I would love if any of you would DM!

Thanks so much for leading us through this adventure Stiffkick! I had such a great time yous! I would love to continue as a party but we do need a DM. I know you've probably got too much on your plate to pick up a full time group right now stiffkick but if none of us feel ready to jump up to that level maybe we could even float a request around the LFP/LFG forum here on DnD Beyond? 

Yeah we can do that I have not long started a one-shot with a group of friends which I am DM'ing so if we can't find one I may be able to step up if I have the time