Adventurer Retires After First Encounter
“No one had even taken damage yet. I don’t think she even used a spell slot.”
Former adventurer Olesh Finemantle shocked her fellow adventurers by immediately leaving the party after the first encounter, announcing her retirement. Most of the party was left bewildered at the newly graduated wizard’s actions. “It was our first encounter, and she left as soon as we split the goblins’ loot,” says the group’s rogue, Tark Elkkington. “No one had even taken damage yet. I don’t think she even used a spell slot.” The group’s cleric, Rodrick Myrrh told The Dungeon Tribune that he was stunned. “At first I thought someone had messed up and she was leaving for a better group. That would have made sense, ” says Myrrh. “But until she later explained that her share of the loot was enough to retire, and I couldn’t believe it.”
While the wizard’s decision baffled the rest of the group, for the paladin, Brightheart Holyhammer, the decision made sense. “I thought about, and I realized I didn’t have much reason to continue on either,” says Holyhammer. “I understand adventuring is something you kind of just go along with, but with the 100g we found on those goblins, I could buy a farm and spend my days volunteering at the clinic laying on hands. I decided it was the right decision for me, and I can always come back to adventuring if I need to.”
Firemantle herself didn’t plan on leaving initially. “I was genuinely planning on completing the job of clearing the goblin cave, but the very first one we ran into must have been the treasurer, because he was pushing a wheelbarrow full of gold,” explains Firmantle. “It was just there for the taking. Seems like a huge mistake keeping that amount of treasure at the front of the lair, but I’m not complaining.”
Despite the abandonment of the mission, the group still managed to create the desired outcome of the quest. “The gold in question was the goblin’s entire hoard,” says The King’s Liaison to Adventurers, Alfred Marque. “They were saving it to finance a war against our local outpost. And taking the gold essentially ended their threat for now.” Marque now sees the potential of such tactics on a grander scale. “It certainly is a more efficient way of dealing with threats, and we’ll be developing ways to utilize this strategy in the future.”
As for Firemantle, she plans to go into business with her newly acquired gold. “There’s no reason I can’t pay others to do quests for me while I sit on the beach!”