Session 83 - March 4, 2021 Report

General Summary

1305 - 1st Moon of Summer (Ruanes) 14th Day

• Alethra, Roth and Merry sit around in the library looking at books and trying to sort the information they have been given, as well as try to come up with some time line and list of equipment they would need to handle the current situation.
• Roth sends a note asking for a meeting with Lady Marisha, hopefully to send a scout through a tree to get more dragon information before the party travels.
• Ari says hello when she sees the party, but then heads off to practice her dancing for the weekend long house party that is starting tomorrow. She is ok with the quest, but is looking for access to the university's magical teleportation circle.
• While researching, Alethra learns about the former lizard-man party member, Baeshra as well as when he tried to turn the basement into a swamp. Merry explains about the goat of friendship and the Tribe of Tails, the current name of their adventuring party.
• Judith pipes in to the conversation just before dinner as is having some issues with the mushrooms. Alethra looks as them with no sucess, but after reading the Fungi Book that was in the library learns that the Golden Night Mushrooms like a cool, dry environment with high humidity. They are tricky to find and grow, which is why they are so expensive, and why the party is growing them. Alethra is not sure how to keep the room humid, so she will do some research and speak to Korfel.
• After dinner a message is sent to Roth, letting me know he has a meeting with Lady Marisha on the 17th at 1 pm. Merry recognizes the voice and sees a familiar Tabaxi delivery the message. Merry quickly goes invisible to hide from him.
• Dinner is biscuits and fried chicken with a side of green beans.
• In preparation for the upcoming quest, Alethra and Roth plan to visit Korfel and the library the next day.
• Merry gives Judith her small doll and asks Judith to keep on eye on it while Merry listens for rumors while wandering out and about. Merry learns that the summer is pretty dry for the crops (not draught yet), there is a new band in town for the house party Ari is attending, and Lady Marisha is set to retire within the month.
• Alethra starts to read the book Fifty Shades of Smoke, which Ari purchased for her. After 14 pages, she gets very red in the face and puts the book down, realizing she needs to process what she just read.
• Roth sends a message to Gregory, checking in on how he is doing. Gregory is happy to hear from him, and gives Roth a quick update on the clone spell, as he has made some progress and warns Roth of the cost (both money and flesh).
• Olly is now once again a Fairy Dragon.
• Merry gathers the doll back from Judith before heading up to bed.

• The party has breakfast and hears Judith singing in the kitchen with a display of flowers from her beau in front of the window. Merry asks Judith to keep an eye on the doll again that morning.
• During breakfast there is discussion of using the Giant Alligator hide to create a set of armor for Gertrude the elephant, and Merry not being happy about it, but Roth arguing that she will just revert back to a statue when she is defeated.
• There is also conversation about how to get the armor in the bag of holding, as well as how the job will be paid for.
• As Roth and Alethra are leaving, Roth receives a note from Katrina of the Raven Queen's temple about the cleansing ceremony being set for the next day at 10 am. Alethra notices the very nice paper and raven symbol, and realizes that is from someone very well-off. She finally realizes his tie to the Temple of the Raven Queen.
• Roth and Alethra make a quick trip to the general store to pick up 20 page of mid-level stationary (2 silver).
• Roth and Alethra go see Korfel. Roth gets him a wand of detect magic (which he has to pay slightly higher than normal price for). They discuss the humidity problem, and after some discussion will have Korfel make a small bellows which casts fog cloud, which should solve the mushroom humidity problem. Korfel, Roth, and Althera then brainstorm arrow which do magical damage in addition to regular damage, and if creating a bow that shoots psychic damage is possible. Korfel makes a lot of notes then lets them know he will send a message when he has some ideas.
• They then go see Merlen at the bookstore, where Alethra purchases a book on basic Dragonic (the language) and a small book on Pseduodragons and Fairy Dragons. Mainly on how to care for and keep them as companions/pets (2 books 15 gold). Roth does not find any interesting books.
• Roth then goes to the library and takes Alethra with him. He asks to speak to Julia, the head librarian. After a short wait and a brief time catching up, Roth asks to see the books on dragons. Julia is taken aback as books on "mutations" of dragon, not wyverns, is restricted access.
• Julia gives it some thought, and decides it is worth the risk, and gets 3 books, allowing Roth and Alethra to study them, but she does not leave the room the entire time the books are there. She also lets Roth and Alethra know that this knowledge is not for the general public.
• The 3 books, 1 is a similar version to the book they have at the house, this one else in Elvish is a book on the metallic dragons, mainly about how they are forces of good and helpful, seen as good omens. The second book is a book on the biology of wyverns, and how possible factors could be used to create the mutations (or dragons) there is a lot of scientific study, but no real conclusions on how to certainly get a mutation from a wyvern egg. The third book is a 1st hand account of a fight with a white dragon. There is some knowledge on what the group did to fight it, and how many people they needed and what spells/equipment they used. This reading/research takes all afternoon.
• Alethra then gets a petition to fill out to give her access to the library.
• Ari leaves at lunch time to head over the house party with her two new dresses.
• Meanwhile, Merry goes to see Korfel, trying to get a small crate (1ft by 1ft) which can be reduced/enlarged to 20 ft by 20 ft and still allow air and movement of whatever is in the crate. Korfel is unsure of how to create such an item, but will do research. Merry pays the 10 gold research fee and buys a scroll of Resistance for 25 gold.
• When Merry returns home, she casts tiny servant on the doll, and is told to play and run around, but never where Ari and Roth can see it.
• During dinner, the party discusses the information they found while out and the plan for the scout to go search the area after going through a tree (hopefully on the 17th when speaking with Lady Marisha).
• After dinner, Judith mentions that she kept hearing noises and is afraid there may be mice. She will see if she can borrow a mouser (ie cat) for next door for a day or two to sort the issue. Roth suspects Merry, but is unsure. Alethra explains about the bellow that cast fog cloud for the mushrooms, and Judith is assured it is a house expense, nothing she will have to pay for with part of her cut on the sale of the mushrooms.
• Judith tells the party of saving up money, and hopefully with the sale of hte mushrooms, she can finally afford her own magical item. It is a small magical plate and lid that automatically creates food. She has been wanting one for ages, and cannot wait to get one for the nights she is alone and does not want to cook.
• As Judith is talking, Alethra sees Merry's doll run past the door with a 26. Merry and Roth both play it off like she is overly tired, and Judith goes to get her some tea. With a Natural 1, Alethra believes them, takes the tea, and heads to bed, making sure to stuff a blanket under the door just in cast.
• While Roth and Merry do some additional studies after dinner, a large ginger tabby pokes about the room, getting pets from both and generally investigating the space.
• The doll does not hide well, and the cat Sammy, with a natural 20 finds the doll, and corners it in the kitchen. Judith sees this, sees the doll moving on its own and screams. The cat attempts to bat/play with the doll, who bats back.
• As soon as Roth enters the room, the doll falls prone, but now Judith and Alethra swear the doll can walk around. Merry simply picks up the doll, mutters something about a soul from Ari's orb getting stuck inside it, and then takes the doll up to bed.
• Alethra goes back to bed, as does Roth, who is chuckling the entire time.
• Judith takes a glass of brandy and goes to bed without cleaning up the dishes.