Session 3: The Scavengers' Initiation

General Summary

The Thalmoris Team made their way into the city of Thalmor! In line, waiting to get inside the gates, Wu Odd spent a moment to activate the Chaos Orb in his possession. Nothing happened, seemingly.   Getting into the gates, the players disclosed the weapons they had to the city guard, and each paid 3gp to enter the city. Root Treething got away with only paying 1gp because of her soldier background.   Once in the city, Batman purchased a Ruggedy Map of Thalmoris Gap, Snuffalufagus purchased a "ring of invisibility" from a man missing 5 teeth in the Thalmoris Market. Time will tell if it is actually productive or not. Also, Snuff insulted a Tabaxi couple by saying "Meow" to them. They were absolutely offended (twice over, as he ran into them again, mistaking the lady as a man since she had a hood on).   Eventually, after breakdancing in the market square (and being told to stop dancing), they made their way to the The Clipper's Toe and met Damon Soul, the head of the Scavengers. Damon gave them an initiation quest: Find Mahlon, get the artifact the Scavengers meant to sell off (a wand), and then they could enter the Gap of Thalmoris and begin treasure hunting. The party agreed, and they were off.   Batman decided to fight the lean wood elf in the bar. Her name was Finelle, a monk. She took him out in 18 seconds flat. It was amazing, and humiliating. Damon was impressed, though. That was Finelle's second fight back to back.   After leaving the Clipper's Toe, the party made their way to the Slanted Mug, where they learned that the barkeep wanted money for information. Batman wagered information on a coin flip (10gp on a loss, info on a win), and he won. They learned that Mahlon had not been by for a few days. Maybe he is at his house.   Going to Mahlon's house, they found that it had been disturbed by a struggle. Inside, they found some magical items (still need to identify), a letter detailing some debt owed to the "Nimble Traveler Society", a passcode that read "I would like to by a slanted cloak", and a roll of stanky cheese with a fang carved into it. This roll of cheese resonated with both Batman and Wu, for the goblins who had caused trouble in their backstories both used rolls of stanky cheese with fangs carved into them (after thinking about it, they also realized that the Grung village had some cut up stanky cheese - perhaps connected? Who knows...). A few things were concluded:

1. Mahlon was in a fight inside his house, probably with a larger group.
2. The Stanky Cheese Fangs were probably involved.
3. Mahlon is no longer in his house
4. The artifact is not in the house

Investigating the outside of the house, they found 2 blood trails leading in different directions. They followed the trail leading out the door to a warehouse. They snuck into the warehouse and engaged some of the Modrons within. Snuff felt a resonate connection with these machines in some innate way he could not explain.   Session ended as they defeated the first room full of modrons in the Warehouse, on the 3rd Mandos of Winterwane, around 3:30pm.

Rewards Granted

Found some magical items in Mahlon's house - still need to identify them   Map of Thalmoris   "Invisible ring"

Character(s) interacted with

Interacted with Damon Soul, Finelle the wood elf monk, and the barkeep at the Slanted Mug.