The Snake Oil Salesman

Grallaack, Abel, and Pickle gear up and head off to the New District Guardhouse to gain a bit more information about the miracle salesman who has poisoned nearly 100 people all over the city. Captain Anders gives them a description of the suspect - a Gnome with a large brown leather duster and slicked, greasy hair. This Gnome seems to call himself a miracle healer but is not aligned with any god. He likes to target the poor and genuinely sick to make his sales. Name is Kobaskish, for now. Pickle makes laxatives to simulate food poisoning while in the guard house kitchen. Yum. he ends up with six doses of the stuff.

 The three scour north of the Chasm and follow a trail left by word-of-mouth from the citizenry. They see him and his wagon selling his bottles of greenish liquid to some very sick individuals. Grallack flies up, and drops down in a claw attack, and then shoots the poor bastard with a crossbow quarrel. Pickle convinces him to surrender in exchange for being healed. Kobaskish admits that his potions are fake and made of drain water, cinnamon, and vanilla. They collect six bottles as evidence and smash his wagon. They frisk him for an amulet of +2 to persuasion checks and 96gp. They haul the battered charlatan to the New District guardhouse and head back to the Hall of Justice barracks with a slight detour. They stop to see Granny Vern, who is delighted to give the boys some fantastic fried cherry pie. Pickle is intrigued and wants to learn her recipe. The old woman grabs his hand and asks if he genuinely means what he says. He answers yes. She then asks if he will be willing to see this training through because there is no turning back once the training starts. He still says yes but is a bit creeped out.  She makes a seriously good pie, even if she is a weird old lady! Pickle pledges to return in a week to begin his training.

 Everybody rendezvous at the barracks.