In the Midnight Hour

The session opened with Resdin deciding to do something about the stone he had picked up from a goblin patrol, which turned out to be a loadstone (a cursed stone of weight.)  At night, he snuck out of the camp, but not sneakily enough, for Aerlene saw this and followed him.  The two traveled back to the main road, conversing, and came across Rendan, a cleric devoted to St. Cuthbert who was also on the path to town.  After introductions, the three continued on their way to town.

A group of six skeletons could be seen carrying something through the darkness.  Attacking the skeletons, the humans and the half-dryad dispatched them all, and discovered that they were dragging a body westward.  Resdin, having seen a similar group of skeletons conveying a similar load, theorized that perhaps many of the disappearances were not goblin-related at all, but were instead the work of the necromancer he met once before.

Arriving in town, the three adventurers conveyed their findings to Althen, who noted that this was a goblin corpse, and expressed his relief that it was not another party member.  Rendan turned in, Aerlene discussed a matter with Althen, and Resdin ran errands in town.

Note: This session was worth 200 xp to all involved.  Here players saw several interesting hints, quest-related and RP-related, and also the possible start of the first sidequest yet.  Discussion seems likely.