Jared

"Well, we make it back I'll cook a grand breakfast for everyone!" Jared exclaims. "Though, we may not be done here for a time."
Jared looks around a bit to see if there are any loose ends or new parties coming within their vicinity.

Perception: 17

Vedui, your emotions and panic cause your first attack to bounce harmlessly of the albino's chest, but then you steel your resolve and strike true, silencing the man for good. As he shudders from your blow, the man gasps and falls still, face frozen in a scream similar to the one etched on the stone that falls limply from his hand.

Jared does 6 damage to the rats.

Rowan, ignoring the chaos swirling around you, you read the note you found tucked away in Doloran's tunic. It appears to be a hastily scratched note in common that simply says. 

"Test successful with contagion. Pipes defective, cursed Fish. Will need an expendable to use. Waking death enroute, no time to delay. Continue as scheduled, clean up the mess."  -J. O. 

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However, Quinry was kind enough to offer one of the swarms a tasty morsel. Only problem is, the rats got confused as to the menu, and attack him again! Attack: 17 Damage: 4. If hit, roll a DC 10 con save. 

 save: 8

quinry reals back from the blow, feeling weak.

"my arm... I think its infected. does any one know how to heal?"

he desperately attempts to bind up the wound, having no real idea what to do. 

should I roll medicine?

 Sure, Jormund and Quinry give me medicine checks.

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Jared

"Well, we make it back I'll cook a grand breakfast for everyone!" Jared exclaims. "Though, we may not be done here for a time."
Jared looks around a bit to see if there are any loose ends or new parties coming within their vicinity.

Perception: 17

 Jared, you see that there is only one rat swarm left near your group, the one that attacked Quinry. It is about half health. Two others have been dispersed, and the fourth has wandered far off into the mounds of dead animals. Nothing else catches your eye.

Jormund to Quinry, "Just going to check you over here." Medicine 15 

Knowing the rats weren't attacking them under some malicious influence, Ann goes towards the last remaining rat swarm and tries to scare them off by swinging her rapier not at them, but close to them.

Intimidation or Animal Handling (same modifier): 5

Seeing that the group has everything under control Bryn starts looking around the area and through the corpses for clues to the identity and purpose of the attackers.

Investigation: 18

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Jormund to Quinry, "Just going to check you over here." Medicine 15 

Quinry's arm is covered with bite marks, and there are black lines tracing along his veins. You think those rats must've had some sort of toxin or infection in their bite. You also notice that the rats themselves appear weaker than average, and exhibit the same black lines moving toward their heart.

This disease may drain your vitality over time.

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Knowing the rats weren't attacking them under some malicious influence, Ann goes towards the last remaining rat swarm and tries to scare them off by swinging her rapier not at them, but close to them.

Intimidation or Animal Handling (same modifier): 5

 Ann, the rats seem agitated, rather than frightened, and several snap at you in return. 22 damage 8. 

Please give me a con save. 

The dwarf speaks to Quinry after inspecting his arm, "Eh, lad... that's worse than just an animal bite. And look... the vermin have it themselves... We're going to need to get you to stronger aide."

To Quinry and speaking louder to be heard generally, "Are there healing services in this town o' yours? This lad's gonna need some attention."

And then after a thinking pause, Jormund continues, "This could be happening to anybody in town who got bit. Do your local rats usually carry plague? Do ye' reckon we can go back there now with the rats here? Or do ye figure we better make ashes of 'em for safety? Or do ye figure we'd better get back to the town 'fore this spreads silently? ... I can haul either the bad 'un or the musician?"

He motions with a thumb toward the unconscious rat-men. Then turns qack to Quinry, with an intent, straight-on look into his eyes like he's checking for something, "Do ye feel like ye can still get about? Ye slap me on the shoulder if ye start feeling drowsy ur sumthin', yeah?"

Bryn, you also find the black triangle rings on the red robe mooks, and a total of 100 gp in all the money pouches. You also have 2 crossbows, and several green and red robes. The green robed men appear to be rough, dirty men. Most likely hired bows. However, the red mook that you killed also carried a stone with a screaming face, although this one was different in exact appearance.

Hey all, things are settling down so we're gonna drop out of round tracking now. after the last attack on Ann you guys can easily take care of the swarm before they attack again. Feel free to post as desired.

Also, congratulations! You've earned a ton of xp!

450xp for dealing with the wererat musician.

450xp for defeating Doloran.

100x2 =200xp for the red robe mooks.

25x2 for the green crossbowman. 

50x8 = 400xp for the rat swarms.

For the town's square fight you saved many townsfolk, with only 2 deaths. For saving townsfolk, I had allotted 500xp - 100xp per death, so you earned an additional 300xp.

So total, you've earned 1850xp, total, or 265xp a piece

 It is now about 11:30 am, and the hot sun is beginning to make the Carrion Mound exceptionally pungent.  You have two stable, unconscious rat-men with you, and several other fallen foes. What do you do next?

"I don't think the disease was natural. This makes it sound like they did something to infect the rats." Rowan holds out the note so anybody who is interested can take it and read it. "We should definitely get that arm looked at, though, and try to inform anyone who was bitten in the market. I'm sure the rats out here will die on their own soon enough." 

As she runs over the contents of the note in her head again, she suddenly has a thought. Walking over to the musician, she searches him for a ring matching Doloran's, or anything else with a similar symbol. She initially thought 'expendable' referred to some random person they grabbed from the streets, but it could be an unfortunate, low-ranking member of whatever organization they were in.

Investigation: 24

Bryn shows the stone to Vedui, tells the group about the 100gp he found, and compares the rat bites to what he saw on the corpses.

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Bryn shows the stone to Vedui, tells the group about the 100gp he found, and compares the rat bites to what he saw on the corpses.

 The bites do match, and you see the same rapid decay occuring around the wounds.

After seeing that the bite marks match what he saw on the corpses Bryn turns to the group, “I don’t believe what we saw in the market was the first incident involving rats like this. I believe a couple in the forest was attacked and killed by them recently.” Bryn explains how he came across Vedui on the road, what he saw on the couple’s corpses, how he came to know them and how they treated him. “I intend to go back to that cabin to see if I can find anything else that will allow me to bring those responsible to justice. I owe them that much at least.”

Vedui

Vedui will search all the other bodies including the unconscious rat men for sign of the skull and crossbow brand, noting the triangles on the others which he has no idea about.  He will use a cloth or  a leaf to gather up the other stone careful not to touch it.  He will bring out some rope and suggest that they secure the 

To Bryn  "Do not touch it!  It is a communication device...this one (pointing to the albino) used to to communicate with someone while he was dying.  When I touched I heard a voice in my head...I'm afraid he was able to tell whoever he was talking to something about us...at least a description without knowing our names."  

after a brief pause he will turn to Bryn and speak in Elvish.......

Elvish speak  "Bryn, there is something else I need to tell you...the albino recognized me and I think I may know where he came from.  I need to show you something, but it could bring trouble for me later"

 

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Vedui

Vedui will search all the other bodies including the unconscious rat men for sign of the skull and crossbow brand, noting the triangles on the others which he has no idea about.  He will use a cloth or  a leaf to gather up the other stone careful not to touch it.  He will bring out some rope and suggest that they secure the 

To Bryn  "Do not touch it!  It is a communication device...this one (pointing to the albino) used to to communicate with someone while he was dying.  When I touched I heard a voice in my head...I'm afraid he was able to tell whoever he was talking to something about us...at least a description without knowing our names."  

after a brief pause he will turn to Bryn and speak in Elvish.......

Elvish speak  "Bryn, there is something else I need to tell you...the albino recognized me and I think I may know where he came from.  I need to show you something, but it could bring trouble for me later"

 

 
To Vedui in Elvish:

While Ann was swinging her rapier, her arm got a bit too close, which helped one of the rats to land a strong bite. She pulls back from the fight and once the fight has settled, she looks at her arm for any signs of the infection that had got to Quinry.

Constitution Save: 12

She puts back her glove and raises her head at hearing the two elves speaking their language of origin, assumedly. She says in Elvish a response to them:

 She goes back to speaking in common, this time to the group as a whole. "I have things to do. I'm under orders to escort Rowan, but once that is done, I might come back if you all believe this is not over. I might be from Waterdeep, but that does not mean I don't want to protect Amphail. They did seem unprepared for that first threat when it happened."