Beef the Meaty

Beef the Meaty is a Level 2 Fighter with Neutral alignment

Played By

Steve

Stats

Vitals

Born	September 35th 951 AC
Deceased	-
Age	49
HP	10
Armor Class	11
Attack Bonus	0
Experience Points	2,000
Gold Pieces	127
Lifestyle	Lower Common

Ability Scores

STR	13
INT	5
WIS	8
DEX	11
CON	10
CHA	7

Saving Throws

Death	12
Wands	13
Paralysis	14
Breath Attacks	15
Spells	16
Wisdom Modifier to Saves vs Magic	-1

Tales of Adventure

Year 1000 After Crowning

March 28th - 35th

Arrived at Castallan Keep between March 28th 1000 AC and March 35th 1000 AC. His specialty meat pie bakery has recently gone out of business due to the sweeping popularity of Quiche in his local village. Left with only the clothes, his baker’s apron, a rolling pin and cast iron skillet he set out in search of adventure.

March 35th

Beef joined Adventuring Party 4 on March 35th 1000 AC for a raid on Cave D in an effort to retrieve the remains of Bertram Swinney. Beef, inexperienced in close quarters combat, found it difficult to wield the weapons of his chosen profession, but surprised everyone when he brained a goblin from a distance of 10 feet by throwing his iron skillet.

Beef was the only party member to have been injured during the adventure.

March 35th - April 28th

Between March 35th 1000 AC and April 28th 1000 AC Beef remained in the keep and began to practice his trade of baking meat pies. Earning just enough to keep up with his weekly cost of living.

His meat pies became quite popular among residents and those passing through. However, one young adventurer named Conrad, who is constantly changing is hair (possibly wearing wigs) and always wears gloves, has started to complain that Beef's skill is limited to only meat pies and he longs for something more fashionable.

Beef briefly considered over spicing his next order, but decided that he would never compromise his art. Instead he publicly insulted Conrad. The exchange between the two became heated and a few patrons intervened and sent Conrad on his way. The patrons mentioned that Conrad has been known to interact with Silver Eyes. They register Beef’s confusion and say, “You know… the side-eyes.” and they made a gesture with their hands like they were imitating an owl. When it still doesn’t register, they give up and go back to enjoying their meals.

April 28th

On April 28th 1000 AC Olga Volgamoore and Beef decide to ask around about The Wizard's Tower. They converse at the shop of the merchant who has been attempting to broker a deal for the sword Olga and Beatrix Knibbs. The merchant confirms that everyone he knows that has set out there has not returned, but considers maybe it is because they either moved on or stayed there. He also confirms that the Scribe had a sister-in-law that took an amulet of protection belonging to his family and set out for the tower. The journey their and back takes about 3 days.

With this information Adventuring Party 6 set out on a reconnaissance mission for the tower. Beef prepares and packs a total of ten meat pies, with half to be used in negotiations, should the opportunity arise.

On their way out they notice that the job board includes a new posting about a missing priest of Macroblan who is suspected of having absconded with the order's riches from the temple in Specularum.

Additionally, they find Conrad locked in a stockade in the public square to be shamed. He begs to be released and the two are happy to leave them be.

April 29th

The party arrives at the Wizard's tower on April 29th 1000 AC and find the terrain around the tower unusually soft. They also find the corpse of an adventurer they suspect to have been the Scribe's sister-in-law, along with an amulet of protection. Olga offers the amulet to Beef as she is a more experienced adventurer. Further exploration of the grounds around the tower leads to discovering more bodies, some human animal hybrids. All of which seemed to have perished after exhausting their supplies.

The pair decide to leave and make camp at a safe distance from the tower. They travel all day on April 30th 1000 AC, they realize that they are unable to find the keep and make camp.

April 31st

They continue to travel on April 31st 1000 AC but make no discernable progress towards finding the keep. They fear the amulet is cursed and they bury it.

Suspecting foul magic a play, Beef keeps an eye out for any unusualy changes in the animals and his surroundings. He is the first to spot a creature with a fish shaped head, attempting to conceal itself deep in the forest.

After hiking for an hour without the amulet they are still unable to get their bearings and see another of the creatures. This time they try to confront it, but it runs away. The two adventurers apologetically pursue only to find themselves surrounded by these creatures.

The fish shaped heads are actually elaborate masks. When they remove them it reveals a creature that is nearly human, except for their silver disk like eyes that occupy the entire eye socket and are angled to the side, not forward.

The creature tells Beef, "You dropped this," as he hands him the amulet they had buried.

The party enters into negotiations with these strangers who call themselves Kalaans. They are lead back to the Kalaan village to speak with the elders who share their history with the pair of adventurers. Specifically, how the Kalaans are descendants of aquatic creatures from another dimension who were transformed into their current human-like bodies by the Shalathazar.

In their conversation the pair learn that the Kalaans were deceived by Conrad who had promised to return them to their ancestral home. All the Kalaans were present when he opened a magical doorway by drawing a door on the wall of a garden with unusually dark chalk. Only half of the Kalaans went through with Conrad. Upon returning to their village, the remaining Kalaans found it ransacked. A large amount of their gold coins, featuring three fish sharing a single eye, were stolen during this raid.

The remaining Kalaans understood that if the journey through the doorway was successful some of the Kalaans would return for the ones who remained behind in Mystara. However, the Kalaans have reason to believe that Conrad has returned, but none of their kindred have.

If Conrad can be brought to the Kalaans, along with any evidence that he was responsible, the Kalaans would be willing to perform a ritual that grants the ability to breathe underwater for a time. They also show interest and support for a raid on the aboleth itself.

The Kalaans escort the pair to a days journey away from the keep, before parting ways.

April 33rd

Olga and Beef return to the keep on April 33rd 1000 AC.