Session 077: A Bag of Tricks Report

General Summary


 
NEED TO FINISH & CLEAN UP!!
03/05/2023
 
09/27/2024
Wild Cards
 

Redfall 23, 2023 KC, early afternoon

  Thornwinds   Recap
The party is in Thornwinds after a Whirlwind of adventures. Starting with Jacoby and a mindflayer trying to control a Dragon. Found Bastion who was a prisoner of the Sahuagin there. Calliope found the party to help her homelands, as she was part of a prophecy to help her people. There was an ancient curse hidden underground, but someone was messing with it.   As her homelands hid a temple. They then became lords & ladies and with the Flying Ship they discovered they have been able to travel.   They learned a prisoner they once freed was actually a Doppelganger and has taken over a new persona, as well as gained a lot of power. She was a prisoner of a very powerful Wizard who sought to take her power of shape-changing and mindreading.   They also found themselves in another world, Eberron, as they died during an exploration of the flying keep from that same very powerful Wizard. A Wizard who was studying a mysterious race that some powerful entity had been trying to erase from history and all knowledge.   Now they are in Thornwinds, and having nightmares. Dreams controlled by a very powerful and dark entity... One that has a connection to Calliope due to her trying to learn more about the spellweavers. The entity, possibly Vecna, seeks the orb that Sas holds.   Some secrets were revealed recently: Barlo had a nightmare of his bones breaking, and learned that Captain Meklan may be responsible for the purple Dragon inside of him. Sas' father left after getting advice from the Abbot who did it for personal reasons, it seems. Shadow learned Bast was responsible for many things and wanted them to sacrifice something. Calliope learned that the Ashla & Bogan were possibly just fronts for Demons & Devils fighting their Blood War. Bastion did not take any secrets.   Below is table talk, but about what has occured:   The party has a Psi Crystal. They also have the robe of the cultist and directions to trade spot so they can make a deal with the Mind flayer Gruzzussk   They had a package that was delivered when they first got here. The Captain is alert for any deliveries they can take for some profit.  
 
  Barlo suggests that Shadow copy his new tattoo. (Game mechanic: the tattoos can be of anything, but there are special lines and sigils hidden in the art that is what gives it the power, so it is more than just a drawing. This is why it takes time for a copy Task as it is discerning what is tattoo and what is magic)   We also used the new skill challenge rules. They worked on it for only a few hours, so they need more time before Shadow has the tattoo design. Need 6 total. 1 down. Barlo was knitting during this time.   Bastion perused the The Sprocket Brothers Catalog. Then spent three hours reading The Magic of Stone and the Souls of Mountains as he was sure he could learn more from it. (INT: 18) This time he reads more about the dwarves, the mining techniques, the materials they use. And then a code seems to be hidden in the pages, he starts taking notes as he reads through it. He learns a bit about the author, Theoderus is the author of the book. He was a Dwarf. He was, the centric and inclusive Wizard. He lived in a small subterranean sanctum. And as you sort of, kind of learning about this mad Dwarf, you realize in here is a, recipe on how to make a Sending Stone.   There seems to be still be more he could learn from this book... (mechanics: only can learn 1 extraordinary thing at a session, if there are such things to learn.) this was a three hour event.   Calliope wants to go shopping. She wants some glitters, costume jewels, fake jewels, bedazzling supplies... especailly if they are enchanted. (Persuasion 22). She is being extra flashy and uber flaboyant as she acts like the biggest stage diva there is and "Hello, my fellow gentelmen! I am searching for the most wonderful sparkly jewels in the land. I'm sure that you've seen them and know you've seen them and like stupid things like that..."   during this time the two other hours of Shadow copying a tattoo (19, 8) she needs 4 out of 6 successes.   During that we had Barlo doing his knitting, (Weaver's Tools: 20) It is looking good.   Sas goes to check out herbalist Books, she was sure she saw something about Dreams and protection during Dreams. She does say that's that. It looks kind of complicated, that there's ingredients that she has to try to understand, but. And it doesn't seem like it's permanent, but it might help, at least to some degree. (DM Note, she was AFK that session, so this was the busy Work... she would sign on at some point and I did have her roll, 5, 19, 7)   Calliope is still putting on a show trying to see if it would get attention of anyone who could help her and a little Gnome, crazy and eccentric looking with a beard that is almost growing in patches, wearing a black hood, similar to the one Barlo once wore. He hands her a Silver piece. as she looks at the coin she sees a little card that came with it. It shows a route through the city and says "The Iridescent Vault".   It is a thin alleyway and a single basement door down the alley. No sign. Calliope uses her glove to learn more about this door. She has many little snippets of visions of various people coming and going.. random senses of their thoughts as this is a speakeasy of sorts for certain small trinkets of the type she is looking for. Various types of enchanted gems. Mostly low powered and only rarely any powerful gemstone magic items.   She opens the door and sees various little lanterns throughout this basement store. various shelfs all throughout with various different little things, vials of glitters and powders and other tintcures and various tiny gems. Even some wrapped up leaves and herbs for various purposes. A Gnome at the end of the hallway. He's kind of like, crushing, some dust off of one little area, which seems like that's kind of what he does a lot here, because there's still dust everywhere else.   "hey, welcome, welcome. Do you, do you have the, the entrance fee?" he puts out his hand. a little discourse plays out as he reminds her of the Silver coin that came with the card. The Gnome bites it, as he does so it bends and then turns to a powder. ... then "Okay. Okay, what is it that you are in the market for?"   "What's the most sparkly thing that you have? "   "The most sparkly thing that I have here? I mean, some most of my gems have sparkles, so that shouldn't be that the thing?"   he come goes over the one little, shelf. He's like. He pulls out a small Ruby red Gem, and you can see it's like, pulsating a little bit with, like, a little, like an orange glow in there. That kind of then kind of shifts to, like, a red color in there. And this is shiny and, once, once a day, you can if you get hurt, it can actually Heal a little bit, give you a little bit healing.  
Heartstone
50 gp   A small, ruby-red Gem that pulses with warmth. Once per day, it can be used to Heal 1d4 hit points when held.
  I have, this is he pulls out a little, like, tiny. And like I said, these are like, little like little gems. Like, they kind of, like, tiny in your hand, but they they do shine like that. You can see that there's been delicate care. It's the the, it's important the shaping of these gems. But this one's, tiny. It's translucent. And you, you think as he kind of puts it up to you, he puts it to your ear and you hear, like a little hum from it, I think.   So if you activate this one, you can, you can send, like, a little telepathic Message to somebody, you know, that's not too far away. You could do that, like, five times in a day. Do they have to have another one? No, no, no, you just, You just hold it on to this Gem, or at least touch it, and, it will allow you to kind of send a little Message to them. And they reply that, yeah, I think like, so you get five times and you send a Message off to them and they get to send one back to you. I mean, it's just a few characters, like, I feel like words, if you will, but,  
Whispering Crystal
75 gp   A tiny, translucent Gem that emits a soft hum. When activated, it allows the user to send a short telepathic Message to another creature within 60 feet. Usable 5x day.
  And then, we have, I have a little Sapphire. It, it helps you, like, have a better perception on the things that you see.  
Glimmering Sapphire
100 gp   This deep blue Gem enhances perception. When held, it grants advantage on one Wisdom (Perception) check per day.
  Or if you would like to, put somebody to Sleep. I have a what's called a Dream. Dream stone.  
Dreamstone
60 gp   A pale blue Gem that radiates tranquility. It allows the bearer to cast Sleep once per day, with a DC of 13.
  And then, I mean, I also do have some of the glitters, and I have some bedazzled, like, little, stuff, like, he pulls out this little, hairpin, beautifully crafted. It's got these tiny little glowing gems all throughout it. This looks like it's been bedazzled. And, if you wear this, it can actually, make people think you're prettier than you really are. And  
Luminous Hairpin
40 gp   A beautifully crafted hairpin adorned with tiny, glowing gems. When worn, it grants the wearer a +1 to Charisma checks related to beauty or elegance.
  I have this cloak, and this cloak, it's it's totally embedded with gems. many look fake, but it is like a gossamer Silk and as the Light hits it Weird parts almost go Invisible. This allows one to go Invisible for a full minute.  
Sparkling Cloak
150 gp   A cloak embedded with gems that shimmer in the Light. Once per long rest, it can be activated to cast Invisibility on the wearer for 1 minute.
  I have this, Moonlit Dust. It's a pale, silvery kind of glitter. And it he kind of takes it out of the, the Light, puts it into the dark, and, it kind of glows a bit in there. And, wherever you sprinkle this, it will have, like, a little bit of, dim Light, even in the dark shadow.   And it doesn't go very far, but, you can see that kind of glows a bit, you he's.  
Moonlit Dust
10 gp per pouch (contains enough for 5 uses of 5 ft each)   This pale, silvery glitter glows softly in Darkness. It can be used to create an area of dim Light (5 ft max each use) when sprinkled.
  I got another one here. It's, called a Wishing Powder. It's a, delicate, shimmering powder. And you see shades of Gold and Silver in there. You toss up into the air. If you. Have you ever heard of the spell Faerie Fire? You kind of get, like, a Fairy fire effect for one minute.  
Wishing Powder
25 gp per pouch (contains enough for 3 uses)   A delicate, shimmering powder that glimmers in shades of Gold and Silver. When tossed into the air, it creates a Faerie Fire effect for one minute.
  So, like, he's like, if you throw the moonlight, does it looks like you can kind of, like, create a little area of dim Light when it's forward sprinkled the, the Stardust Glitter.  
Stardust Glitter
15 gp per pouch (contains enough for 3 uses)   Fine, iridescent powder that sparkles like stars. When sprinkled, it grants the ability to cast Dancing Lights for a brief period.
  The, Wishing Powder. It looks like it's a little vial. And if you kind of, like, release all the glitter that's in there, it'll create the Fairy fire spell for one minute. One minute. The. And like the stones, like the. The effects are pretty small. Like the heart stone, actually, it's just a heel heals one day for hip points when you hold it.   you don't need to be attuned to any of these things.   Okay. I'm very interested in the Dream stone. Can I ask you some more questions about it? Yeah.   ...   But if you really want my special item, he kind of goes behind the, actually,... let me give me a persuasion check. (22)   He goes to the back and, like, he's got this little area where he kind of, you can notice it looks like, he's had kind of go behind the shelf and he pulls out this little box, and, this one actually has a, gemstone that's kind of a little bit bigger.   This one actually kind of fits in your palm of your hand a bit. It's kind of like how a, like, a Opal would be, but it's it's it's been, shaped, so it's got like, like six faces, and then they kind of meet up to the top face, and it's like that on both sides. But as you kind of looking at it and it just barely as he kind of moves it in the Light, you see just rainbows of colors all throughout it.   And it says like, this is my Gem of Many Colors. Like once it used, it has a few. You can choose an A like a power that you want to get from it.  
Gem of Many Colors
300 gp   A rare Gem that shifts hues. Once per long rest, the user can choose one of the following effects:
  • Gain advantage on one saving throw.
  • Regain 1d4 hit points.
  • Cast Color Spray.
  Like what kinds of powers?   Well, phenomenal cosmic powers. Yeah. Let me see. so sometimes as an adventurer, you face off, you have bad things.   This might help you out of one of those, maybe also, like the other stone. It can also Heal just a little bit of give you a little bit of healing, or there's a spell that's locked inside of there of Color Spray, and you can do one of those effects a day, a day.  
Fae Dust
20 gp per pouch (contains enough for 3 uses)   A luminescent glitter that changes colors when touched. Using it can give the user advantage on Performance checks for an hour.
  You get a discount. So it's six you. But for items, that's 40 for that, 300 for the Gem. And then you said, how much for the glitters? You said ten golden, 25 Gold. One of each of those. Yeah. So 365 for one stardust, one moonlit, the Luminous Hairpin and the Gem of Many Colors.   He throws in an extra moonlit dusk. I'll just give you an extra. It was. It's been kind of very generous. You were very nice. So you actually get to. I know.   Make sure you don't tell your Friends about it.   Oh, you don't want any business.   Well, people only come to me when they know about me. And somebody must have trusted you enough to to tell you the to come here or something. I'd be happy to be very discreet.   And they give him a giant wink. And I have to be kind of careful.   The most of my clientele knows me, and, they would like me to stay in business. And if everybody found out about me, I might not always stay in business. Got it.   I understand your secret's safe with me.   You want me nicely wrapped up for you? I think I give them another big wink. Reddish line out the door tomorrow. And with that, okay. Major purchases.   We're still in the three hour break, though, that you're still trying. Yeah, I just mean that she's not going to spend the entire day doing that. No worries. No. And two people will go back to the door and then very like, who's calling Emperor's New Groove? Try to be nonchalant. I should be locked out of the door with her own theme song. I'm just like, don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious.   As she's, like, creeping down low down the walls and then jumping shadow to shadow in her glitter paint. Oh, all the way back to wherever you guys are. Just don't be suspicious. You guys never guess what I found.   So. Sass you if anybody pays attention. She's, kind of been in a room, reading the book, and taking some notes. She's kind of busy, so she's not going to go out and talk to anybody else right now. So, you know, leave her there. And as of this point, what else would, So she wants to go do shopping. What's anybody else want to do?   Shadow wants to find some type of boutique or something with "interesting" goods. She and Barlo go to the docks, find an "arts and crafts" market going on. She pops a Detect Magic from her Ring of Alertness perception: Barlo (22), Shadow (32), percentage: 78   a bazaar for today and tomorrow. Various items. Okay. Like, you see, like various rugs, hand-woven, colorful pattern. They all seem very charming. You see one little booth, they have, Some vials that seem to glow a little bit as you question them. They said these are, potions of color.  
Potion of Color
10 gp each (works for 1 hour)   Small vials of shimmering liquid that can temporarily change the color of anything it touches.
  And so these, small vials of shimmering liquid, they can, kind of change colors of things, just for one hour. So if you want, like, a temporary kind of maybe your clothes to change a little bit.   You find a little place where there's, some embroidered cloaks. There's one cloak in there. It's kind of hidden in the back kind of thing that has a little bit of a glow. It seems like it gives you, an advantage on stealth checks.  
Embroidered Cloak of Thornwinds
50 gp   Lightweight cloaks with intricate designs. Some may provide minor bonuses (e.g., advantage on stealth checks).   You asked the guy who says it's, 50 Gold pieces for that one cloak. He knows what it does, but he doesn't kind of have it out in the open.   You find some little wooden figurines, a very minor and chat, man. They, they just kind of make animal sounds. A little pricier than you would expect for what seems to be just a kid's toy, though.   But probably because they can be used for nefarious purposes. And probably that Enchantment cost a little bit to put in there.  
Wooden Animal Figurine of Thornwinds
25 gp   Intricately carved wooden animals or figures, each with a minor Enchantment (e.g., a figurine that can Mimic animal sounds).
  There's some exotic spices, you see, music instruments. There's, there's, are there what kind of is there any instrument that, like, I've never seen before, something crazy or exotic or like a couple instruments put together or anything like that?   No, I mean, the most, like, unusual one is, there is a, what's it called? A boomer phone. They have flutes, flutes, violin lines, song horns, charms.   Okay. But as you do go through, you see, very like there's like some things that have, like, little glows, nothing. As you kind of asked. Nothing really stands out too much. And then there is one thing that you had been looking for in a, and a side shop, kind of just like near the end of your time there.   The, animal figurines. Is it like you tell the figurine what animal noise? Or do you choose, like a cat to make a cat noise? A monkey to make a monkey? Yeah. It's based on the animal. And it looks like as you kind of play with the mouth, it opens up the mouth, and then the sound kind of comes out.   So it's kind of it's set up based on when you play with the mouth. You know. Computer.     then... she finds a bag.   A Bag of Tricks, tan.   I can do it for, let's say 6000 Gold.   some negotiating...   I could probably do a deal for 3000 Gold. If you can. Do me a favor. A favor, and then cut it down to 3000 Gold.   Depends what?     What's the favor? Oh, it's simple. I just need you to take a letter somewhere for me.   Take it. Where is that? A dangerous place? No. It's, insight check (12) Not terrible. It's hard to read.   Yeah. I just need you to take it to the, the Port Authority and just tell them to send it to to some place for me.   will this, get us in trouble?   It shouldn't.   She write it all down. What's that about? So he writes down, This is where I need to be sent to. It's going to be to, Outding Refuge. And, he gives you a, name on there. You don't recognize the name of some nobody you met when you were there?   Vayas'Xullice Dear   And, and you take to the Port Authority, tell him that you would like to have it set. Bring me back the receipt, and I will give you a 3000 Gold discount.   Barlo: Okay. Sounds good. Oh, we do have it. I'll be right back. You stay here. I'll be right back. And I will sprint this fast, man. So that if you continue shopping, I'll be back. I'll find you. Okay, so in the meantime, I think I'm going to get that cloak. Okay. And I have this 50 Gold.   Yeah, I'll get the cloak for now.   Calliope has done her her shopping trips. As you were getting back to the ship, you had just, missed the other guys have got going off on their shopping and, Bastion was finishing up with his reading.   Barlo goes to the Mercantile Company, aka the Port Authority. Hands over the letter with instructions from merchant. He is given a paper receipt. He looks at the name.   As he leaves the harbor he sees a Familiar face, a religious fellow from the church he returned the Dead body to. He is talking to a guard and looking at Barlo... he seems to be trying to hide his face from Barlo.   Barlo uses his Magic Tattoo to send a Message "It's me. You can turn around. What do you want to talk about?"   He runs down an alleyway. The guards watches him run away and then looks at Barlo. Unsure what to do at this moment.   Barlo, to the guard: "what was he talking to you about? What was up with that?"   guard: "he was notifying me that you brought a Dead body back to town. I also noticed you have no weapons on you.   Barlo: "You mean these are so my hands? Yeah. I have no weapons on me.   guard: "You found that priest now Dead out there in, the old abandoned church,   Barlo: "I guess, those, religious types have been Sending people out there to try and quell the, massive undead that give some storming in, and, we went out into the cabin, found this Dead guy there. So I turned him over to him, and he was much appreciated. So, I'm not sure what all that was about.   guard: "It was appreciated. He also is concerned about it, though. To be fair, we don't know who killed the body. You bringing the body back does not mean that you were not the one that did it.   What's his guard look like? Like, He brings, some. It looks like a kind of guy who's just. This is his job. He's kind of contemplating, actually, give me an insight check (10)   Yeah. It's hard to read.   He looks very stereotypical big kind of brawny guy. Probably doesn't look like the smartest guy, but you can. You're picking up a little bit, streetwise about him. As he. Right now, you can tell he's kind of gauging you right now to figure out what he wants to do with you and what he thinks he can get away with.   Barlo: "Hey, listen, I'm new into town, and, I'm just passing through on my way to another, another continent. We were asked to take a look out there, and we did. Which one was Dead body. So, really, it's just one of the events every time. It's just what we do. I turned him in the body, and he was much appreciated. He didn't ask him many questions about body. Knew the guy. So that was it. I mean, really, and just trying to, you know, do will do what's right around here. You know what I'm talking about.   You see, like a very stoic kind of look, he's he doesn't want to interrupt you. He just wants you to kind of talk. You've been around enough cop, cops, guard types and law enforcement know that this is a pretty usual tactic. They usually don't want to interrupt you because they want to give you an opportunity to kind of confess your sins and everything, you know? At that point, he kind of, says,   guard: Well, what's your name, fella?   he tells him and Barlo learns his name is Jeff Janes and Jeff tells him for 5 gp he will tell the priest there is no issue. He also warns Barlo about weapons and magic in town   You here with some Friends, you know, by yourself, right? Not here by myself? No. Just, shipping, transport. I'll tell you what. You give me five Gold, I'll tell the priest that you're good. And I'll make sure that you and your Friends don't get in trouble for having the, weapons and any of the magics that you guys might be doing in town for at least right now, up to this point, oh, weapons and magic aren't allowed in this town. I wasn't aware of that. No one told us about that. I wouldn't say they're not allowed. It's just a how do I put this? Having a sword, having a weapon, or doing magic in city limits. And most places actually, it's a reason that if the local law enforcement wants to bring you in, they don't have to have a reason.   There's you can usually get them registered. I'm just saying that I can give you a little bit of leeway right now and, make sure the, priest gets off your back and convince him that you probably had nothing to do with a Dead priest.   No, I though, you know, you know, that's a that's a good idea. I think I will. You mind if I just donated five Gold to his church? And you can donate it to my church, and we'll take care of that. Your church? Got it. No problem. And I'll pull out five Gold and I'll see. There you go.   Guards around. I will make sure that my church of Mask gets the. I've already turned my back. I've been walking away from since the hand in the morning, as you all and I will. And so I walking back, when I get around any corner where you can't see me. And then I'll take off and then spin off that right through.   So he's in a jail with you and everything. You go there as fast as I can in the back where said it was. All right. You get back the shadow. And. All right.     That's fast. You're back. Yeah. So who's the letter to? Oh. Oh, I have no idea. We can barely pronounce this. Has got too many numbers and letters in it. Both of you guys give me. That's not. That's a lot. History: 15. Barlo knows it is an ethnic name, probably a Drow   LORE: for the past 2000+ years the Drow and other "monster" races/species have become more accepted into most major civilization places. They hand over the receipt and purchase the bag. With that he starts to pack up as he made a big sale and it is time to enjoy it. Shadow tells him to let her know if he finds another such bag.   They go back to the ship...               



t Milestone Experience: (1000 ea) | Total: 113,000 (Next Goal: 120,000) t

Rewards Granted


  • recipe for sending stone
 
Experience
 

  t Milestone Experience: (1000 ea) | Total: 113,000 (Next Goal: 120,000) t  
 

Missions/Quests Completed

   

Created Content


2023

10 (Redfall)

 
  • Redfall 23, 2023 KC
    • The Wild Cards had a shopping episode.
     
    — Timeline of The Mighty Menagerie
       

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    Notes

    Session 077: A Bag of Tricks

    Date: Oct 26th, 2024  

    Summary

    The adventurers found themselves taking a well-deserved rest in the city of Thornwinds following their recent escapades involving a Wizard, aiding Calliope's homeland, and their elevation to nobility. During their downtime, each member of the party pursued their own interests within the bustling city. Shadow dedicated her time to studying Barlo's new Mind flayer detection tattoo, hoping to replicate its intricate design, while Bastion immersed himself in tomes about magical enhancements. Calliope wandered the town in search of sparkly materials, and Sas delved into research about herbal remedies that might protect against the nightmares that had been plaguing them - Dreams connected to Vecna's relentless pursuit of an orb in their possession.   Shadow made her way to a hidden establishment known as The Iridescent Vault, where an Eccentric Gnome shopkeeper presided over an impressive collection of magical items. She later ventured into the city's marketplace, methodically examining craft fair-style stalls while employing her Detect Magic abilities to Identify enchanted objects. The bustling bazaar proved to be a treasure trove of magical curiosities.   The party's shopping expedition took an interesting turn when Barlo and Shadow discovered a remarkable bag capable of summoning magical creatures. They successfully negotiated its purchase for 3000 Gold pieces, but only after Barlo completed a delivery of a mysterious letter to the Port Authority. During this errand, Barlo had an uncomfortable encounter with a guard named Jack James, who managed to extract 5 Gold pieces from him over weapons regulations and some business involving a deceased priest. The group rounded out their shopping spree by acquiring magical cloaks that enhanced their stealth capabilities, as well as some whimsical figurines that could produce animal sounds.  

    Scenes

    Tattoo and Research Activities

  • Shadow begins copying Barlo's Mind flayer detection tattoo
  • Bastion casts Enhance Ability to help Shadow
  • Shadow makes progress on copying the tattoo over multiple hours
  • Bastion studies a book about magical stones and souls
  • Bastion discovers a recipe for magical Sending stones
  • Calliope searches for sparkly materials in town
  • Calliope receives a mysterious card leading to 'iridescent balls'
  • Sas researches herbal remedies for Dream protection

    • Iridescent Vault Shopping Experience

  • Shadow follows directions on a card to find a hidden shop
  • Uses a special glove to gain insight about the door and previous visitors
  • Presents a coin as entrance fee which turns to powder when bitten
  • Browses and purchases several magical items from the Eccentric Gnome shopkeeper
  • Receives a discount for buying multiple items

    • Market and Bazaar Adventures

  • Shadow and Barlo explore the Port City Markets
  • Shadow casts Detect Magic to Identify magical items in the market
  • Browses through craft fair-style stalls near the port
  • Party discovers various magical items including color-changing potions
  • Find enchanted cloaks that give advantage on stealth
  • Discover wooden figurines that make animal sounds
  • Locate a special bag that can summon magical creatures

    • Port Authority Mission

  • Barlo delivers mysterious letter to Port Authority
  • Notices suspicious interaction between religious figure and guard
  • Encounters Guard Jack James who demands 5 Gold payment
  • Successfully completes delivery and returns to purchase magical bag

    • Npcs

    Eccentric Gnome

    A mysterious Gnome with patchy hair wearing a black cloak who gives Calliope a Silver piece and a card with directions. Also known to be a secretive merchant who runs The Iridescent Vault, selling magical items and being particular about who can enter his shop. Shows special items to trusted customers and emphasizes discretion.  

    @jeff

    A city guard who patrols the area near the port authority. Appears to be involved in minor corruption, extorting travelers for carrying weapons and using magic within city limits  

    Locations

    Thornwinds

    A port town where the party is currently staying, featuring busy markets and various shops  

    The Iridescent Vault

    A hidden speakeasy-style shop accessed through a basement door in a thin alleyway, containing shelves of magical gems, glitters, powders, and trinkets  

    Port City Markets

    A bustling market area with various setups including pop-up booths near the port, warehouses with shops between them, and designated market areas  

    City Bazaar

    A temporary marketplace set up for two days featuring various magical and artistic wares, including enchanted items, Textiles, and crafts  

    Port Authority

    Official building where shipping and mailing services are handled in the city  

    Magic Spells

    Enhance Ability

    Cast by Bastion to help Shadow with her Intelligence checks while copying the tattoo, doubling her proficiency bonus  

    Detect Magic

    Cast by Shadow to Identify magical items in the market, allowing her to see faint auras around magical objects within 30 feet  

    Faerie Fire

    Effect that can be created by the Wishing Powder, lasting for one minute  

    Message

    Used by Barlo to attempt communication with the fleeing religious figure, has a range of 120 feet  

    Items

    Mind flayer Detection Magic Tattoo

    A magical tattoo that glows when within 100 feet of a Mind flayer, featuring complex line Work that contains magical properties  

    Bast's Brass Orb

    An orb contained in a Brass container given by Bast, protected from Vecna's attempts to steal it through Dreams  

    Gem of Many Colors

    A large opal-like Gem with six faces that shows rainbow colors when moved in Light. Can provide healing, cast Color Spray, or help in dangerous situations once per day.  

    Bag of Tricks

    A tan-colored magical bag that can summon friendly magical creatures three times per day. Demonstrated to summon an axe-beak creature. Valued at 3000 Gold pieces  

    The Magic of Stone and the Souls of Mountains

    A book written by Theoderus, a Dwarf Wizard, containing information about mining techniques and magical recipes  
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    Let's do it like this. For science, music.
    So for you guys right now, I will play, the, If you guys go where I expect you guys to go, then I have plans. Otherwise, I'll figure it out.
    So let's see here.
    I will go ahead and put up. I don't know if I put up, and I need to put them up in the chat for you guys. So you guys have a notice of when the notes are done. If you guys want to go through them. Okay. Previous session. But so far for you guys right now, we've kind of had a lot of stuff that's gone on since you guys have kind of come together.
    You guys were able to handle the situation where the evil Wizard bar. Sorry. Jacoby and a Mind flayer. We're trying to mess with a Dragon and give away my secrets. And you guys are able to help free. Got them. A little island of their eternal winner. You guys also want to go out and, kind of explore a little bit there.
    You guys, found bastion as Reginald went off. You guys met Calliope? You guys were able to help her lands and help kind of satisfy a, part of a. What's the word I should use here? Like, prophecy that she was supposed to help her lands where you guys did. Because there was a ancient curse that had been hidden deep underneath the ground.
    And, her homelands were actually helping protect her and hide a temple. You guys, from there, you guys became lords and ladies. You guys were able to, then travel a bit. And a Flying Ship. The first one anyone seen in a very long time. Return back to outing refuge, the island where all of you guys have had at one time or another, come together and met, found out that the evil, possibly evil Doppelganger that you guys had rescued from a Wizard cell had replaced Ursula's.
    From there, you guys continue, though, because you guys have had a mission from the goddess Bast, even though she has told you guys to make sure that you guys gain in power before you come and see her for the assistance she needs to help her. Pharaoh. Unfortunately, on the way to where you guys are down. You guys didn't stop at the, flying Castle keep that also belong to the same Wizard?
    Possibly that was holding the, Doppelganger. The Wizard Pharaoh's. As you were exploring his, abandoned, castle in the clouds, you guys started coming, finding, notes and, a, a Skeleton and other stuff that belonged to a species that no one has ever heard of. In fact, it seems that some ancient power had been trying to erase knowledge of this creature.
    Well, when two of you guys had kind of tried to use your powers in some way, whether spells or gifts granted by the elder to learn more about this species, you kind of broke through a curse that was hiding it, that kind of brought you on the radar of that evil power vault. Now, the last couple of days, you guys have had Dreams and nightmares finding out that Calliope is what they call the Dream Seed.
    They want to take her, and, well, actually, they've been using her to get to you guys because sass has the last thing he needs. The orb that holds the whole world of Toril inside of it in its final days before it was destroyed. And that's got us to last session. Last session. Calliope was bedazzling her floats.
    I should say. We're catching up on some reading and shadow. Learn some new tattoos. And Barlow was getting tattoos. Now his temples are going to glow when he's within 100ft of a Mind flayer. And the DM remembers, there was also coins and a letter. We didn't really get too much into it, but there was a letter from your sister who's running your lands.
    Also, you guys got five Platinum pieces. I don't know who marked it, but hopefully only one person did. Who? I did realize when we did the tattoo with Barlow's, it was a little bit more complex than one would do. The other ones, which I actually kind of like a bit more of a chance instead of one rolling.
    So I'm going to kind of use that a little bit more when it comes to, anything like that. Like for example, even like when shadow was copying it, maybe she should have done a roll for every hour. And then if she had more hits than misses, she succeeds. I kind of like that a little bit better.
    Verses one roll to win or lose. There was discussions of possibly having bastion create another Gem for the ships of these slots. But still, you guys have no consensus on what magic items you want to destroy to for those experiments. And so you all slept, and you each had your own experiences. Calliope had Dreams of the gallery that she's always wanted, where rooms are filled with beautifully collected foliage.
    She saw those in her life that she valued, and everything was great. She had three successes. And so because of those three successes, nobody was able to be taken in by Beckett. He was still able to visit you, but that had a lot to do with it. She did accept the secret from the voice. She learned some secrets about the, ash lore in the Bogan.
    The, the, the the space Knights that are constantly in fighting. And her mom happens to be one of bastian's dreamt of simpler times being in a study. And, you only failed one wisdom. Save. And through that, he was able to gain an insight, though, to how that possibly feels. But that is, through that, he did learn that it seems like at least his personal belief in the subconscious is that how Grog Nard feels that the blade song might be have been more of a him being hard on him about the blade song might have been motivation more than to actually deter him, which was digression.
    Sam, I fixed your sheet on a couple things, by the way, to your benefit, I want to just go through this real quick on your, your weapon was wrong and your Armor was wrong, and they were hurting you. Well, because your weapon was only giving you three points of damage plus the additions and said it wasn't rolling, it was just giving you a flat three.
    Oh, interesting. So I fix that. I also fix the Armor because the Armor was actually missing. Like, I think one point and I know you value each one of those, points. That's said. If you look at your character sheet, the top two items in your, inventory.
    Okay, one says, hey, spell and the other one is played song when you go on record plus all the way up to 20 already.
    Because you broke it. Okay. No. Okay. Because I also fixed it. So that way, your sword. So when your sword is turned on, it gives you that one more of, AC you only get that one AC from your sword, though, when your sword is in your hand. So I just wanna remind you of that. But you're so.
    I forgot to add the AC for the sword. It's all right. It's all in there now. So when you when you actually activate the sword with the blue checkmark, it'll change your Armor class. Put the blue checkmark the blue check on the left hand side of the inventory. I just turned it on and off by myself, but, okay, let's turn it on.
    Oh, and then, hey, spell is right there, and blades, right songs right there. And in fact, the blade saw, Constitution save even though that bonus is only with, saves on concentration because it gives you a bonus to your constitution. Saves on concentration for spell holding spells. So if you turn on your blades on, you'll see what I'm talking about.
    But that way it should help you a little bit more to track your AC and turn them back off. When you're done with it. Yeah. That's awesome. Thanks. No worries. And like I said, I fixed it. So that way you actually get because you were actually missing I think at least one point on the AC. Yeah. You're your sword was only hitting three plus whatever the bonuses are.
    So, that was that. Barlow going back to your Dreams. Barlow was, almost dragged. He almost did drag the party, though it might possibly, since he did almost fill all three of his, however. And he was, widely enough to use one of the. And yeah, he had learned to turn one of those failures to a success.
    So he extra nicely Rock. But he did suffer a nightmare where his whole body failed him and his bones began to crumble. Just in the attempts of picking up a game key. He also accepted the secret. And he learned that Macklin might have been manipulating events without your guys's consent. And even responsible for the Purple Dragon, a.k.a deep Dragon, that might be existing inside of Barlow.
    So I had a wonderful Dream. Three successes. Relive the best moments of a hermit at times. But then she accepted the secret, learned that the abbot had a say in the events that had led to her father leaving the family, and it might have been for some personal, selfish reasons. Shadow tried to have a good Dream, but then felt abandoned by her personal, Familiar RV, and then she watched her family disappear into the ground.
    She then accepted the secrets and was told that Bast was responsible for many events in her life, and it is because she wants you to sacrifice something for her. Farrow. When you woke, you spoke to each other about what unfolded. You discussed plans, you discussed purple dragons. You were then notified that another thing is missing. The professor. Both that you had gotten from, of Macklin, from Toriel, you discussed how you might be able to find that Scrying or Locate Object.
    And that's pretty much where we left things. You were in this room, and, with Vecna trying to pull you guys into his Dream world. Just take the orb from us.
    That's. Where did he actually get the orb or. No, no, no, as far as you understand it, he cannot touch that orb because the the orb that she was given is isn't a Brass container. And that Brass container, was given to her by Bast in the Dream. So that seems to be what's kind of. It's almost like it's got Bassey's protection on it and backed up from his little dreamland, is not able to really affect that.
    Go.
    But it is early morning. The day is yours. What would you guys like to do?
    Are we supposed to be going somewhere? So yeah. Your overall plan is to get to, wicker basket dessert, right? Yeah. Out in the Desert. But like I said, she's also told you she wants to make sure you guys are powerful enough before you guys actually get there. So it's not like you have to be there right away.
    The other thing, too, is you have found the. If you guys wanted to. There is a possible stop on the way where you can, try to see if you can trick the Mind flayer from the early days of your adventures, who is looking to make a trade for a. What's called a Psi Crystal? You guys have the sci Crystal.
    You have the robe of the person who is supposed to trade it with him, and a map telling you where to meet him. That's a couple days away, but your crew had it. You guys had told your crew that you were going to give them a couple days to kind of enjoy the, the sights of Thorne Winds.
    As the morale had been slipping on the many days it took to get here. Whose responsibility is it to, talk to the port master to see if there's any, like, side trips that the ship can take for money. Any of you guys can do it, or you can ask the captain to take care of that.
    You know, letting him know how interested you guys are would be the big thing. And then just let the captain take care of any of that stuff. You want. But because we finished the one trip we had, right? Yeah. You guys had a, package that you were supposed to deliver to this place. And you guys did that?
    I think I think you guys did have standing orders, though. The on the captain. That on the way out to let on that if there's any shipments on the way that you guys would be willing to take them. I believe that's what I have set up. So when you guys do leave, there might be some stuff.
    For.
    It. But I guess. Okay, but it's, Jamie asked him about, like, having them go off and do things by themselves. Why? Why are we staying in town? You know what you're asking? You know, like how when we left, I think when we left School of Vale, we were tasked with, like, carrying some packages or whatever to this.
    Yeah. So, like, as we're traveling, if we can pick up extra. Oh, yeah, there's jobs. And especially being in the port towns of port towns because you guys have access to the Port Authority. No, actually, I think you got the letter, actually. And, I think if I think I don't know. Anyways, you got passengers without. Oh that's right.
    Yeah. You got passengers and out there, so when you're there, there's, there's always a chance for either, especially mail packages, deliveries or whatever. Between the port towns, it's a little bit easier for them to access if you're going overland. It's a whole different deal. But the port Authority will figure it out. They they have connections.
    Also, the people that do the land routes, you guys, your characters don't know all the, the intricacies of how the economics works on this, but, the captain has a little bit more insight on it.
    But you still have a couple days, so it's not like you totally have to be too worried about that. Yeah. Barlow, what was your tattoo? Oh, the Mind flayer one, right? Does Message. It gives him, the Message cantrip or Sending whatever it is. I wanted to see if I could, copy it.
    Would you like. Is that what you want to do today? I mean, if you want to copy your tattoo into my sketchbook. Oh, yeah. That's fine. If you want to do that. So thinking more and more about how this thing works is it doesn't, I don't know. It's my analytical brain versus the game mechanics. And especially since, like I said, when he did, when he was given the tattoo, I also think that you should have a little bit more say in how your tattoo is.
    It doesn't need to. It's not exactly a this is a, a Message spell cantrip. Right. There's there's little line Work that's in there. And that's what you figure out when you're studying the tattoo. Does that make sense? There's little details that are in there that that's the key to what makes it the magical tattoo. And that's what you're trying to discern when you're copying the tattoo.
    It's not just bam. Yeah. Just like trace it on a piece of paper. Yeah. And that's also why you can have two different tattoos but they do the same effect. But usually you want to have something and similar to what they're supposed to represent in some way. So far lower yours tattoo. Do you remember size and intricacy.
    Yes. Okay. And this would be like day two of the couple of days that we told the crew, right. That I'm not sure I have to look at it, you know, a couple days and, probably probably around the halfway mark. I think. You had to do. Yeah. On all small, ornate with small, ornate. Yeah.
    So you make an intelligence check.
    DC is gonna be five.
    You're gonna need two hours and 50. Go. Well, for each size and intricacy level. So the ornate can also be what takes it up. It's up to. I can also boost your your stuff. Remember?
    Some intricacy. Sorry. Small, ornate.
    So it's going to be six hours or 250. Go all the things right?
    So let's do six checks. Six intelligence checks over the course of six hours. That spell that was only good for, what, one hour? Those, Oh, yeah. That's right.
    So, I mean, it can help. Especially if she's, like, not doing so well in the, in.
    This has to be accomplished all at once over the course of six hours. We can, you know, you can break it up if she wants. I'm fine with that, too. But. Yeah. So you want to do the full six hours right now or. You can break it up. I still bad making Barlow sit there for six hours.
    Yeah. Here's to angle 2 or 3. Yeah, I'll. I'll say however long Barlow can said is is how she'll break it up. Let's go for the first time, I can do some.
    Okay. What am I rolling? D20 intelligence check. Intelligence. So you say.
    Sam, did you boost me? I can I booster. Does that advantage this boost it doubles your proficiency. Suite from a one to a two. Yeah. Oh, nice. Totally worth it. 18. You got an hour? One is chat.
    Before we go to the next two hours, let me just check in on what, the other teammates are going to do right now. That Barlow is knitting, so that's taken care of. Yeah, I'm just chilling. Bastion, what's he going to be doing after he gives a little spell over to, spell boost sent, enhancement to the shadow.
    Was there any sort of, like, manuals left or anything that the brothers left me to, sort of read up on the ship so I can try to upgrade it, give it some new spells.
    Oh. Awesome. Well, they gave you the, I think the, the book that has upgrades that you can buy from them. Right. I meant more of, like, the, the gym portion. They didn't I don't think they gave you anything really went in-depth on that. I'm. And I'm not sure which Books you have or haven't read at this time.
    It's been a while since I've updated my listings. You can always look and see what's on the,
    And of course, there's always other Books you can know because you guys have a little library on the ship, right? I guess I'll go see if I can book, look up anything. Making a shadow. Pulled this book out.
    Far.
    Especially after that Dream or her family, like, sunk into the Earth of the mountain.
    In between copying Barlow's tattoo.
    I should say. Also, I was actually going to add changed some of the items that are in the catalog, but it hasn't even been a full week since you left them them. So I haven't yet, but I will from time to time. But just to remind you, that's the page. What the catalog that the, that they gave you, it has items that they have available.
    Oh, right. They will some of it will change as they sell those items and get new, the magic mist. And read that book that you just talked about. There still might be information that's inside that book. Oh, it says it wasn't read. Was that say that? It was in the, handy haversack.
    Oh, that part I didn't get upgraded. Oh. Just kidding. But it says that, sent, Bastian did read it at one point, but it also said that he got a low score, so there might still be that he was able to find in there. But what what would you like to read? Bastian, if you want to do Books?
    Hold on. It can be something you already have. You can try to see if you could find something different. Yeah. I'll read the magic of the Soul and Stone or magic of the Stone and souls of the mountain. So then we we're going to do this. And how many hours are you going to invest in reading this?
    Let's go. Three. Well, let's go and do your first hour right now that I can't do the, the super long Sleep.
    So what we'll do is we'll do your first hour right now since, shadows got her first hour and.
    Okay. What am I rolling? It would be, an intelligence check.
    88
    So as you go through this book, it's, you're starting to find some parts that you didn't see before. It goes into dwarves, the mining techniques, the materials they use. In there, you find, on some of the pages, there's, like, almost like a coding. There's like certain words that are kind of written with, like, almost like, a different font, but it's, it's hard to notice.
    So you start kind of just like, just taking down notes on the side that you're kind of going through it. You also learn about Theo. Theo that is the author of the book. He was a Dwarf. He was, the centric and inclusive Wizard. He lived in a small subterranean sanctum. And as you sort of, kind of learning about this mad Dwarf, you realize in here is a, recipe on how to make a Sending style.
    So you have a recipe to craft magical Sending spells. Nice.
    Okay.
    I think what I'm going to do to those you. You do see that there's, other things that you can possibly learn in this book. I think you should be able to learn one thing, though, from the book at a time. Especially when something like that. So what we'll do is you said you were going to spend three hours, so you still spend two more hours on reading it.
    To fully find everything you need to understand this recipe. But you now have that, Calliope, what would you like to be doing? Well, I'm so glad that you asked. I would like, is there a store nearby? There's many stores. It is a very busy, vibrant city. Okay, I have a shopping list that I would like to try to see if I can find.
    Like, not necessarily magical items, but if there's anything like, glitters, maybe like costume jewels, like fake jewels, like, you know, the kind you have, like pirate bears. More bedazzled supplies, things like that. Not like a magical Michaels does that. Bedazzled jeans. I mean, it's a possibility. So you look something like you would like glitter and the dazzle stuff.
    That's magical. Potentially. That's good. Yeah. Or that could be enchanted. Okay, let's do I will let you pick,
    You could use charisma. How you were able to sweet talk people. You can use investigation perception. I will let you pick what skill you think you would be able to use, and how you think you're going to be able to use that in some way to help you find this, to find the location of the store. So you mean if it exists and if it exists, where would it be?
    Or anything remotely okay. I'm giving you the option. What skill would you like to use and why? Let's say.
    Can I use a performance skill? If you can explain to me how you can use performance in the quest. That's the key. The key is the. Let's you got you figure out how you would use this in some way, that you think it's going to help you. And the more that it makes, the more sense it makes.
    That might affect the DC. I would say, especially on something like this. Okay. So the role, the performance role is to prove to you what I would use these items for is or is am I proving how I'm going to find this? Look, it's it's how you hoped you would use that skill in the town to find it.
    So, you know, like if you're using investigation, obviously you would be investigate. You would be looking through the different, streets. If you were like using persuasion or charisma, it would be about how you talk to people like this, you know, broadly, but essentially it's, performance. I really would like to know how you'd be able use performance to find where a location of a shop you've never heard of might possibly exist.
    And I say you can't. That is hard. Yeah. Because you go for the biggest bonus Okay. Yeah.
    Okay maybe I will. Okay. I'm going to switch to persuasion. Persuasion. Okay. So I would start out going to where maybe there's like a main park or a area within the town, like a, not a city hall, but like an open. Flea market or where there's, like, a lot of crowd, a lot of people, a lot of movement.
    And I would just start, flashing like my capes and my gloves and my sparkles and I would, Just start talking like, oh, gosh, this is hard. Uber flamboyantly about, like, like being the biggest stage diva there is. Like, oh, hello my fellow gentleman. I am searching for the most wonderful sparkly jewels in all the land.
    I'm sure that you've seen them and know you've seen them and like stupid things like that. And just started, like, get people to be like, oh, then you must have heard this thing, or you must, you must go visit this shop or I don't know, give me, give me the role. Oh, okay. Oh, shoot. I just clicked off line.
    I got excited.
    22
    Let's year. It takes some time, so let's go ahead. I'm going to let you go on that. Give me a second. We'll come back to you. Okay. Shadow, go ahead and give me two more intelligence checks.
    Okay. Two more.
    A 19 and an eight. So you've got the first three checks done. You still need three more checks, but so far, you feel like you're at a good place, that it's starting to make sense. Yeah. I think you just need one more success. Four out of six. Yeah, yeah. Okay, so you've got a pretty good.
    You're pretty sure you're going to be able to do this one. But we'll leave you sitting there. We have Barlow give me, dexterity or, performance check there. Barlow. Or whatever you'd think would be how to write your weaving skills. Met my progress so far. Yeah. Okay, well, let's roll some dice to. Go. We'll have that.
    That weavers tool proficiency. That's what. That's what I'm using for knitting. Now. Yeah. So I think he actually. Yeah. You add that with your dexterity and your proficiency of dexterity. Okay, I'll do that. Starting. Let's roll it. No advantage. Straight roll through, roll.
    I would be nice. Just straight roll. Especially with. Okay. You have to be careful on how your hand is. Gotcha. It's one. Of what was a roll. Oh yeah. Yeah. You come together all your little I don't I don't know enough about knitting but yeah the knots all look up. But, so that's, you know, that's, I should say for sass.
    What I'm going to say at this point is she went off and said that she was looking at some herbalist Books. So I will have her check those. And but she was looking to find out because she's pretty sure she saw something in there that might help with, the Dreams and possibly also put up a little bit of a protection, so that maybe Jack and I and others can stay out of your Dreams.
    She does say that's that. It looks kind of complicated, that there's ingredients that she has to try to understand, but. And it doesn't seem like it's permanent, but it might help, at least to some degree. So that's what she's going to focus on right now. So then we go back to Calliope. She's going through the town. She's putting on her show and a little Gnome, kind of crazy centric looking hairs.
    That's kind of growing in patches, almost. But he's got, like, a kind of a cloak on, a black cloak. Very much similar, actually, to a cloak that you saw. Barlow used to wear. And he kind of comes up to you and, he gives you a Silver piece because he thinks you're putting on a show.
    And as you look at the Silver piece, though, you notice that there's a little card that came with it, and it kind of shows like, a little route through the city. And it says on there, The air, doesn't as well.
    Iridescent.
    Ooh, that sounds fancy.
    Sounds like my kind of boy is so smart. Sorry. Thor has a giant cone on his head, and he figured out how to get out the dog or. You go backwards. No, he, he I showed him how to do it once, and then I guess he figured it out. He basically puts his head to one side, then smashes through the door and then the other side follows through.
    Barlow's notes. And Denver does. You have those there which notes about the people? Oh, about the wetness. Sorry. The people, all the beautiful people, all the beautiful people met. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Where do they all come from? It's always nice to see kind of the insight of what Barlow might be thinking. All the lonely, like, whole. Yeah, yeah, I write it down.
    Strictly is as if he's keeping his notes. Not me. That's what I know. That's. Well, he's a grumpy fucker, I hate him. Fuck this guy. Thank you. Give me a second and then I'm going to find out what he does next. Okay. Up on Nobody Knows. Yeah. First. First latrine break. Yeah. Also, what's the what's, what is the spell that you're listening to?
    Is that Skill Empowerment? Yeah. Or people's ability. Okay. Yeah. But unfortunately when, she said, oh, yeah, it's only a one. I was like a this isn't going to help very much. And I wasted a five. No it's five. Oh no. Oh no. Are the bonuses are scores right for. No. When doubles. No. Because she was rolling an intelligence to for your tattoo.
    Oh that doesn't Work on Intel's and skills. Hello. Hey. Hi. So sorry. I'm. I, I am actually here, but I am very busy. I am officiating a wedding tomorrow. Ooh. Oh, I'm very excited, actually. And I'm working on the Ceremony and my little speech within it. I have a question for at least Jamie and possibly Andy. Jamie, I know that you love Pride and Prejudice.
    Right? And do you love it as well? Yes. Okay. So I'm more of an Anne of Green Gables girl myself, so I want, That's fair. The bride, however, loves Pride and Prejudice. They are doing a bit of a literary theme. Their centerpieces are going to be like old Books and stuff. So in the midst of this, I'm adding some quotes, mostly from literary things like, Mark Twain.
    To get the full value of joy, you must have, you must have someone to divide it with. I've got a Leo Tolstoy. I've got a Cass Lewis. I want to include not just a Jane Austen, but something from Pride and Prejudice. And, like, I've seen the movies, but it doesn't do it for me like it does.
    Literally just opening line of the book. What's the opening line? What does it mean to be something a man must be in want of a wife? Or you could use the, how ardently I admire and love you. But, see, I'm not the one who's in love. Right? But I can change it. Here, let me get the exact, exact quote for you, because I.
    So that this is. This is why I wanted to ask, because I looked up some quotes. But of course, especially without context, it's hard. That quote you were talking about, it's a truth universally acknowledged that a single man and a section of a good fortune must not be in want of a wife. No, it goes a truth universally acknowledged that a Zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brain.
    That's the wrong guys. The wrong one. I read that one too. I don't want to credit Prejudice and Zombies a good one to me with that quote. That sounds like when a man has money now he looks for a wife. You could say it in jest. You could do it if that's what you like. Nah, I'm just kidding.
    That's what it sounds like. I'm on my on. But let me tell you, they don't have good fortune in that way. Oh. So the one that I'm looking at is, and I don't know the context of it, I cannot fix on the hour or the spot or the look or the words which laid the foundation. It is too long ago, I was in the middle before I knew that it had begun.
    That's when she, Elizabeth first realizes that she's in love with Darcy. That's what actually ended the book. Yeah. So with some with that quote Work for the officiant to say it, amongst a few other literary quotes about love. I'm also ending it with an Eminem quote, because the bride loves Eminem. It's, perfect. But I'm going to refer to him as Marshall Bruce Mathers.
    The third. Okay. No, it's, love is love is just a word, but you bring it. Definition. It's like the only quote I could find for Eminem that was appropriate for this. If you wanted to make like, like, not a joke, but do something funny. You could always say that one. A lady's imagination is very rapid.
    It jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony. In a moment. Like if you're talking about if she's been planning her wedding for years or whatever, he has it, I. I did see that one. It doesn't reflect the bride. Okay, I saw that one. I'm like, that could be good, but not for this particular bride. Okay.
    What was the other one that you guys said? Sorry. I'll let you guys get back to the game in a minute. No. That's okay. Before you leave, I have something to ask you. So you don't want to get back to the game? Apparently. Okay, so let's start talking about this. I mean, I'll talk Books however long you want.
    And I knew I knew you love Pride and Prejudice. That sounds like it's my favorite book. Jamie, have have you read Old Man War? Old man's war? No, don't do it. I mean, you can. There's also one that I really liked too. That from, Mr. Bennet. Okay. He's a silly man. He says next to be married. A girl likes to be crossed in love now and then.
    It's something to think of. And it gives her a sort of distinction among her, among her companions.
    But aside from being married, she likes to be crossed in love. Yeah. Like what of that? Love. Like love. Love? Yeah. Twitter page. Twitter page. It. Oh my God. Or there are very few who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement. I think it's cool. I saw that one. I love that one.
    Hey, Veronica, since you interrupted all of us, do you have a d20? I know, I can yes, it. Oh, God. I can give you a couple roles. We're going to set them aside. It's an okay. Rule number one. Woohoo! Five. Okay. Rule number two. 19. Rule number three. Seven. Thank you.
    All right, I think I have some stuff to Work with. Thank you. You're welcome. Appreciate it. Welcome. I'm trying to make it both, you know, pretty and fun. You'll be great. You'll be wonderful. We believe in you. You got this side. I'm looking forward to it. It'll be fun. Okay. Thanks, guys. Okay. Bye bye. Good time. So don't blow it.
    Calliope, you've been giving a Silver piece. You've been given a card. It has little directions, and it says the word. The iridescent falls. You. I go, okay, so you follow the directions. Without hesitating and it does, it seems pretty clear. So it's not like. Oh like, there was any problem. But it does get a little scared at the end because as the last part comes in, you go into kind of a little kind of thin alleyway and there's a little single, like, a whole basement kind of door there.
    There's no signs there. But this seems to be where you're supposed to go.
    I'm going to touch it with the glove. Give me a, What was the check that I did before? This is an inside shot. What do insights. Sure.
    Just gives me an idea of, as you touch the door. You can see a variety, like, you're just seeing, like, little snippets of people opening the door and kind of going in there and coming back out. You're seeing, it kind of, I even will say that even gives you a sense of what people were thinking of when they came in here, and that it does seem that this is a like a speakeasy of sorts for certain small trinkets, of, kind of what you're looking for, though, you can see that you can get various types of, enchanted gems, nothing like it.
    It's it's you're getting the sense from the, the glove that it's very rare that there's any like, like really powerful gemstones. Magic. Okay. As long as people are coming back out, I'll going. You. Yeah. You know, since this is, the, you cut out completely, because. Yeah, I don't know what you said. It's like. Yeah, it doesn't seem like a murder house.
    No. You're fine. Okay. At least as far as the glove tells you yet. As you do open up the, you kind of pull up to the door. You can see that there's there are, like, various, like, little lanterns all throughout the building, down here. And as you do that, it was shaving a haircut on the door before I go in.
    Okay. As you go down there, you do see, various, like, little like, so there's a bunch of different shelves with a bunch of different little things. And it doesn't look like a lot of them have, like, various tiny gems. Small, there are, like, vials of, glitters and powders and other tinctures.
    There's even, like, a few little, like, wrapped up of leaves. Probably like some type of special herbs used for various purposes. There is a, a Gnome at the end of the hallway down there. He's kind of like, crushing, some dust off of one little area, which seems like that's kind of what he does a lot here, because there's still dust everywhere else.
    And, he's like, hey, welcome, welcome. Do you, do you have the, the entrance fee? You're he puts out his hand. Would you, do you remind me that I'm thinking of the same entrance fee that you're thinking of? If you know how to find me, you should have the,
    The the signal to let me know what you're in the market for.
    Somebody told you to find me? Yes. The guy gave you a card, right? Yes. I'm kind of looking. Sorry. I would.
    I'm going to look at the card again. Like, super nonchalantly. Like I'm going to look like I'm looking at something and glance at the card because. So he gave you a card? Did they give you anything else with the card? Oh, for coin. The coin. I'll give them the coin. He takes the coin. He kind of looks at it for a second.
    It's kind of bites it. As he bites it, you kind of bends a bit, and as it bends, it kind of like turns into, like a powder. And he's like, okay, okay, so what is it? You are in the market for that?
    What's the most sparkly thing that you have? The most sparkly thing that I have here? I mean, some most of my gems have sparkles, so that shouldn't be that the thing? I have are you looking for?
    Shiny gemstones. You're looking for the glitters. You're looking for, any of my other trinkets? Sparkly sparkle. Let's see here. He he come goes over the one little, shelf. He's like. He pulls out a small Ruby red Gem, and you can see it's like, pulsating a little bit with, like, a little, like an orange glow in there.
    That kind of then kind of shifts to, like, a red color in there. And this is shiny and, once, once a day, you can if you get hurt, it can actually Heal a little bit, give you a little bit healing. I have, this is he pulls out a little, like, tiny. And like I said, these are like, little like little gems.
    Like, they kind of, like, tiny in your hand, but they they do shine like that. You can see that there's been delicate care. It's the the, it's important the shaping of these gems. But this one's, tiny. It's translucent. And you, you think as he kind of puts it up to you, he puts it to your ear and you hear, like a little hum from it, I think.
    So if you activate this one, you can, you can send, like, a little telepathic Message to somebody, you know, that's not too far away. You could do that, like, five times in a day. Do they have to have another one? No, no, no, you just, You just hold it on to this Gem, or at least touch it, and, it will allow you to kind of send a little Message to them.
    And they reply that, yeah, I think like, so you get five times and you send a Message off to them and they get to send one back to you. I mean, it's just a few characters, like, I feel like words, if you will, but, And then, we have, I have a little Sapphire. It, it helps you, like, have a better perception on the things that you see.
    Or if you would like to, put somebody to Sleep. I have a what's called a Dream. Dream stone. And then, I mean, I also do have some of the glitters, and I have some bedazzled, like, little, stuff, like, he pulls out this little, hairpin, beautifully crafted. It's got these tiny little glowing gems all throughout it.
    This looks like it's been bedazzled. And, if you wear this, it can actually, make people think you're prettier than you really are. And I don't mean that. I don't mean that. Thank you. Though I. I appreciate the sentiment. I have, I have this cloak, and this cloak, it's it's totally embedded with, now, this was half the gems.
    Looked like they might be fake. But as the Light does hit it from all the various lanterns, you can kind of notice as it folds out a little bit. It almost makes the, the fabric that this, this, it's like a white kind of gossamer, kind of like, Silk that's on. But as it kind of hits, the Light hit Weird parts of it seems almost going a little bit Invisible.
    And he tells you, in fact, it that if you do this right, there's a little Enchantment that allows you to go Invisible for one minute. I don't know. I that's interesting too. You tell me about the glitters that you mentioned. What do you have with that? So I have, let's see here. I'm just going to make you do all the tools, everything that's in your arsenal shop.
    I have this, Moonlit Dust. It's a pale, silvery kind of glitter. And it he kind of takes it out of the, the Light, puts it into the dark, and, it kind of glows a bit in there. And, wherever you sprinkle this, it will have, like, a little bit of, dim Light, even in the dark shadow.
    And it doesn't go very far, but, you can see that kind of glows a bit, you he's. I got another one here. It's, called a Wishing Powder. It's a, delicate, shimmering powder. And you see shades of Gold and Silver in there. You toss up into the air. If you. Have you ever heard of the spell verifier?
    You kind of get, like, a Fairy fire effect for one minute. Oh.
    I also have this out of curiosity. Above table. Are these are the things in the shop like, are there's going to be something that I would have to, to to know, what what? He didn't say anything. So just little items, right? With the. Yeah, with the glitters? Obviously not. These are, glitters. Almost more like a,
    What's the word I'm looking for? Yeah, like with potions and scrolls. It's something that's going to be, like a one time use. So, like, he's like, if you throw the moonlight, does it looks like you can kind of, like, create a little area of dim Light when it's forward sprinkled the, the Stardust Glitter. I'm sorry.
    The, Wishing Powder. It looks like it's a little vial. And if you kind of, like, release all the glitter that's in there, it'll create the Fairy fire spell for one minute. One minute. The. And like the stones, like the. The effects are pretty small. Like the heart stone, actually, it's just a heel heals one day for hip points when you hold it.
    Okay. What time of day? Okay. But obviously that could actually be like a last minute thing. But yeah, you don't need to. Yeah. The you don't need to be attuned to any of these things. There's small on. Okay. I'm very interested in the Dream stone. Can I ask you some more questions about it? Yeah.
    Is this a one and done? Or is this multiple Dreams? So you can do it one time a day, and it's usually though, like, we can't. You look like the adventuring type. You've been on the road a bit not to. I don't mean in a bad way, but, I realize with my words. But I can tell you ahead.
    I want to see you've been around. Either that sounds wrong. You're an adventurer. You're used to facing off with people that are a bit stronger. Something like this could probably put somebody like me asleep, but unless you're. How much it would help with some of the, the Dungeons and the and the things, the dragons you might be fighting up there.
    Are you able to influence the Dreams, or is it just whatever? It's the. Oh, there's a, like a Wizard's and others can cast a Sleep spell. It's kind of like that.
    That's all it do. There's no actual Dream. It's just a Sleep. Right? Gemstone is just. It allows you to cast, to Sleep once a day with a DC of 13. Okay. But if you really want my special item, he kind of goes behind the, actually, let me give me a persuasion check. Actually, at this point, since you've been talking to.
    Okay, let me see how much engages he wants to show you that. All right, so it's a he's going to actually show you the real item. He goes to the back and, like, he's got this little area where he kind of, you can notice it looks like, he's had kind of go behind the shelf and he pulls out this little box, and, this one actually has a, gemstone that's kind of a little bit bigger.
    This one actually kind of fits in your palm of your hand a bit. It's kind of like how a, like, a Opal would be, but it's it's it's been, shaped, so it's got like, like six faces, and then they kind of meet up to the top face, and it's like that on both sides. But as you kind of looking at it and it just barely as he kind of moves it in the Light, you see just rainbows of colors all throughout it.
    And it says like, this is my Gem of Many Colors. Like once it used, it has a few. You can choose an A like a power that you want to get from it.
    Above tables. Like what kinds of powers? Well, phenomenal cosmic powers. Yeah. Let me see. Living space. This is one of those kinds of times where it's hard to kind of describe the mechanics of what's up. So I will do this first to give you an idea of what I'm talking about. That got first place again. I so sometimes as an adventurer, you face off, you have bad things.
    This might help you out of one of those, maybe also, like the other stone. It can also Heal just a little bit of give you a little bit of healing, or there's a spell that's locked inside of there of Color Spray, and you can do one of those effects a day, a day.
    Oh, Michonne. Did they change? Sleeps spell I don't know. Or is just that stone that does that. Okay. It's just the head of DC. Yeah, yeah. That's the Dream stuff. Yeah. And. Yeah, it would probably have, like, a certain kind of, effect of, like, how big, but. And it has a, it's a, it's a lot easier too.
    So that's kind of. Yeah. It's like it's flexible. Doesn't have a DC. That's pretty cool. I was wondering okay.
    That means you do you have a good chance. You put that one then I think there's still a DC is yeah. No it's it's three point. So, yeah. It's deducted off how many points dealt with this one. So it's always using it's. I more people especially if you see 13 anywhere there. See it's pretty easy I think it's pretty low.
    But anybody has a chance of failing. Okay.
    So is there anything. Yeah. I how much are the, moonlit lit and, or the moonlight? Just the washing powder.
    You're looking at the witch one, though. Yeah, the washing powder. The. And the moonlight. Is it Light or lit? Oh, the moonlit dusk. Moonlight. Just. Okay. Yeah, yeah. This is what I want to do.
    Like, these eyes are just like giant. It's like looking at it. I kind of went over for the most part. What effect?
    So you were looking at the Wishing Powder?
    The washing powder. We're. Look, I can give you a, like, a I'll put it in a pouch. It'll give you enough for, like, three uses for, 25 fold.
    Would you do a two for two for deal with the moonlight dust? The Moonlit Dust is actually not as expensive. You're looking at ten Gold for a pouch. And it will have enough for five uses. Ooh. And then.
    I guess what I should say on that would be, the area is, like, around, like, five feet. So in that five feet, I'd be able to have a dim Light. That's about it spread out. And that's about how far it just glow in that area. Okay. And was there any other prices you were curious about?
    I the, purple Light. You just saw the of many colors, for that one there. You're looking at 300 Gold pieces for that one. Now.
    How many uses for that one? Is it one a day? Yes. You can use one of those powers. Just one of the powers a day.
    But I can tell you I've met a few adventures, and some of this stuff comes from various adventurers, too. And I mean, to be able to kill somebody that is Unconscious and you're like, say you're on the death's door. All you need sometimes just a little bit of healing and bringing them back.
    This is very true. Very true. Okay. I will take all of the the dust and the powder as well as the, Gem of Many Colors. So. And then. Sorry. Go ahead, go ahead. And then, you know, I was thinking maybe I would get the hair and, also, you know, just for a friend. For a friend?
    Yeah. For the luminous paraffin. Yeah. They would definitely like that.
    Small voice comes out of it with snacks. You get a discount. So it's six you. But for items, that's 40 for that, 300 for the Gem. And then you said, how much for the glitters? You said ten golden, 25 Gold. One of each of those. Yeah. So 365 for one stardust, one moonlit, the Luminous Hairpin and the Gem of Many Colors.
    He throws in an extra moonlit dusk. I'll just give you an extra. It was. It's been kind of very generous. You were very nice. So you actually get to. I know.
    Make sure you don't tell your Friends about it. Oh, you don't want any business. Well, people only come to me when they know about me. And somebody must have trusted you enough to to tell you the to come here or something. I'd be happy to be very discreet. And they give him a giant wink. And I have to be kind of careful.
    The most of my clientele knows me, and, they would like me to stay in business. And if everybody found out about me, I might not always stay in business. Got it. I understand your secret's safe with me. You.
    You want me nicely wrapped up for you? I think I give them another big wink. Reddish line out the door tomorrow.
    And with that, okay. Major purchases. So I'm Sending over 365 Gold. Yeah, just like that on your sheet. Put the inventories on guy. And then I need to look at some characters here, you know? So I got her rolls. This is not a shadow. The Gem was a little bit of shopping, too. Okay. Yeah, it was pretty good.
    We're still in the three hour break, though, that you're still trying. Yeah, I just mean that she's not going to spend the entire day doing that. No worries. No. And two people will go back to the door and then very like, who's calling Emperor's New Groove? Try to be nonchalant. I should be locked out of the door with her own theme song.
    I'm just like, don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious. She.
    As she's, like, creeping down low down the walls and then jumping shadow to shadow in her glitter paint. Oh, all the way back to wherever you guys are. Just don't be suspicious. You guys never guess what I found.
    So. Sass you if anybody pays attention. She's, kind of been in a room, reading the book, and taking some notes.
    She's kind of busy, so she's not going to go out and talk to anybody else right now. So, you know, leave her there.
    And as of this point, what else would, So she wants to go do shopping. What's anybody else want to do?
    Not much. I'm good. Okay. And so I will let shadow. What do you want to do for shopping now that you, as you finish up the last line, Work with, Barlow, and you let him get to whatever he wants to do. Yeah, yeah, she's not looking necessarily. And we don't have to role play the entire thing, but she's not looking for anything specific.
    But being in a big city, she's still very curious. The the shop set up in the sense of like a craft fair booths. Or are they like a strip mall? There's everything there. Because it's a pretty big port city. So as you get closer to the port, there's a variety of like little booth, like little booths just like that are popped up, like what pop ups are and, what's, like little tiny vendors all throughout, as you kind of get in, a little bit past that, there's a little bit more warehouses, but in between the warehouse, there are little shops, and then a lot of the other shops are like
    either, like down stairs of the house, Living kind of conditions. And then there is, at least a few little areas where it's kind of cleared out where they have like little markets throughout certain time periods. Yes. Yeah. So she kind of wants to go to, wherever the areas are. That would have like a craft fair set up so she can kind of go through the lanes and look at the different booths, look at the little things that are laid out.
    So you go with you. Yes, yes. If anything strikes me. Yeah, yeah. And then she is exactly as she is going to pop off one Detect Magic just to kind of get an idea if there's anything like super out there or even the little stuff, because I don't know if there's a determination between what's like a little bit a magical item or like a big magical item.
    Right? It's not like one glows brighter than the other. So I've been kind of actually thinking about this. I it's the glow, probably like you get a sense of it, and it's not like it's not like, blah blah blah, blah, blah, blah. Something I'm thinking of, like the Kim like glow. It's just like, it's like, you see, like an essence about things when you're using those kind of spells.
    So it's not like a big load, but you would you probably would get a sense, like maybe there's a little bit of a shimmer, like a mirage or something over it, or like something like that. And but obviously I think that certain items probably would have stand out a lot more because you're almost kind of like Frodo's ring.
    You're kind of seeing things from a different viewpoint, and there's like a different, dimension of it. So you're seeing how it kind of interacts a bit with The Weave. So you would, you would some items probably would glow really big of a depending because I think it does tell you what School of Magic. It's from but I think that's like yeah.
    No no, no. You sense the presence of magic within 30ft. Oh, it says you can use your action to see a faint aura around any visible creature object and learn the school of magic, if any. So I guess I'd have to use an action to learn the school of magic, but otherwise it would have. Just like that sense of faint aura.
    So guess she just wants to kind of walk through with Barlow with, Artie will be with them, go through the craft fair, see if anything stands out particularly as fun or like she can kind of she'll probably point out some of the magic items to Barlow if he's interested, but then otherwise just kind of browse. Let's do.
    Let's try, I guess, perception. I mean, above table, she's kind of looking for some of those things that were on her list. I should say Jamie is looking for some of those things that are on her list. Technically. List. So shadow doesn't know that's what she's looking for. Here, let's do this. And if that's what you're looking for.
    Let's see. But then also, if there's anything else that you think would be fun.
    Oh, shoot. What I do with that doesn't have to be from her list. Okay.
    Okay. So? So that is go for, Okay. Do me a favor and just give me a d100 look, quick. Oh, okay. I did roll a perception. That's what you were asking earlier, right? Yeah. What was the perception? What does she say? I rolled a natural 20 because I have advantage. So it's a 32. Okay.
    Percentage. Yeah.
    78
    So, as you are kind of, you and Barlow find a, It looks like there is a bazaar. Like a little.
    Bizarre. That kind of got set up, just this morning. It looks like. Looks like this one's going to be set up for today and tomorrow. As you're wandering through it, Oh.
    You see that? It's got, like, items, various types. And this is the, like, use. You were what you were looking for as far as Crafting kind of things. Yeah. Just of that.
    Okay. Like, you see, like various rugs, hand-woven, colorful pattern. They all seem very charming. You see one little booth, they have, Some vials that seem to glow a little bit as you question them. They said these are, potions of color. And so these, small vials of shimmering liquid, they can, kind of change colors of things, just for one hour.
    So if you want, like, a temporary kind of maybe your clothes to change a little bit. You find a little place where there's, some embroidered cloaks. There's one cloak in there. It's kind of hidden in the back kind of thing that has a little bit of a glow. It seems like it gives you, an advantage on stealth checks.
    You asked the guy who says it's, 50 Gold pieces for that one cloak. He knows what it does, but he doesn't kind of have it out in the open. You find some little wooden figurines, a very minor and chat, man. They, they just kind of make animal sounds. A little pricier than you would expect for what seems to be just a kid's toy, though.
    But probably because they can be used for nefarious purposes. And probably that Enchantment cost a little bit to put in there. There's some exotic spices, you see, music instruments. There's, there's, are there what kind of is there any instrument that, like, I've never seen before, something crazy or exotic or like a couple instruments put together or anything like that?
    No, I mean, the most, like, unusual one is, there is a, what's it called? A boomer phone.
    No, I mean, it's it's not, that unique. It's a little rare. Sure. That it was like a.
    Is it a wind instrument? Yeah. There was like, it's kind of like a trumpet, but it's not, some I can't remember, it's called. But, it would be the most unique thing that they do that they would be there, because, like, it's got, like,
    I can. Also say like, nothing to out of unusual though. They have flutes, flutes, violin lines, song horns, charms.
    Okay. But as you do go through, you see, very like there's like some things that have, like, little glows, nothing. As you kind of asked. Nothing really stands out too much. And then there is one thing that you had been looking for in a, and a side shop, kind of just like near the end of your time there.
    So you go.
    Let me, d6 a d6.
    Five.
    So I don't know what. Pages. Loading. It's not a euphemism. Yeah.
    But,
    Was that cloaked? A tunable.
    Sphere.
    Or is Billy still awake? Because they had a paint and boba class tonight.
    Ethan. Boba. She's at a friend's, birthday party. Slumber party. And so they, you know, those, like, painting cafes that you can go to and, like, paint a figurine or something. Yeah. So it's that. But it's like a boba tea house, you know? That's cool. So she's Sending us pictures.
    Or a painting and. Yeah, she painted a it looks kind of like a Pikachu sitting on top of a Saturn. A texture. Yeah. You can text or she'll send you a picture. I'm gonna say no, I'm gonna say it. It doesn't need to be a tooth. Cool. Okay.
    Let's take a look at something else. Some things take.
    Place.
    Okay.
    The, animal figurines. Is it like you tell the figurine what animal noise? Or do you choose, like a cat to make a cat noise? A monkey to make a monkey? Yeah. It's based on the animal. And it looks like as you kind of play with the mouth, it opens up the mouth, and then the sound kind of comes out.
    So it's kind of it's set up based on when you play with the mouth. You know. Computer.
    What are you trying to load?
    So I am going to say that you do find, A what looks to be a little magic bag. An ordinary bag. But you can tell that there's a bit of Enchantment to this.
    I will call over the proprietor and and ask him. What is this?
    And he's like, oh, you use okay. So these are called bags of tricks. Oh, to tell.
    Inside.
    Our fuzzy little objects. And you can throw them from the bag as you do so, it becomes a picture. Oh, and he creature. I want how much it is based on the randomness of the bag. You have very little choice in the matter. Each bag. So there's different bags in the world that have the ability to summon forth various different creatures and other ones.
    So what color bags do you have? I just have this one. Real animals. Yeah. Well, you know, kind of. They're magical beings. Kind of like a Familiar.
    I mean, they don't they'll only stick around for, well, until the next Dawn after it's been pulled out. Or if it's killed. Well, but whoever pulls it out, it's friendly to you. Any of anybody that seems as your Friends, and, it will even, like, take simple commands like, sometimes people have used these to kind of help attack people.
    Person pet. For I like it. Yeah. We are going to say that this bag is.
    When you do get a foul.
    So we'll say it's a tan bag, like ten tricks. So. Tan? What do you mean, a tan? Tan? Oh. Oh. The color. Yeah. It is. He shows you because it looks at his right, and, but he reaches in and he's. As he pulls out, you see this, like little ball of fuzz. And James rolled me a d8.
    For four. So as he throws it forward and it hits the ground, you see it kind of bounce like once. And as it hits that second one, it's as it starts kind of rolling a little bit as it rolls over. You see this big pop out of it and the, the as it's rolling forward, the big starts popping out.
    And then all of a sudden you see these two big legs kind of pop out the sides of it and it poofs up. And now you even see like large feathers on it. And the beak is like this Weird, kind of like it looks like a head of an apples. And this, sheep will say it's blue. Why not?
    The blue acts be kind of like, this is like, And then it kind of starts walking over to the gentleman who, threw the ball out. The shopkeeper. He's like, yeah, well, next beak, I need it. How much is it for this? The check my book and it pulls out a little book.
    I don't know.
    We just say that this,
    It's not very helpful.
    Oh, wow. That's a little bit pricier, It's the better one.
    Yeah. This is going to be, I just know, give me a charisma. Oh, come on, man. But I. Christmas a zero. It doesn't matter. Still based on the dice 11 and 11.
    I can do it for, let's say 6000 Gold.
    Whoa. That's. Wow. A lot. And,
    Actually can play action for an uncommon. Yeah, but that things can roll flake. Three animals in the middle of a fight. Do they actually fight, though? I thought they were just like Friends. You can use a bonus action to combat how the creature moves and what action it takes on its next turn. Or give a general order, such as to attack your enemies in the absence of you.
    Don't pull up the ax. And reasonable. I would get, little weasel three of them and pull up a Rat. But this one has a jackal.
    I don't have 6000 Gold pieces he uses three times a day. You mind if I pull as you? Well, actually. Get out of it. Well, not really, because after magically attuned to it on your side, and I don't know, I'm on. I got to understand you side of it so I can only it only gets three passes in a day.
    You don't have one of these bags. This is the only one I have right now.
    I could probably do a deal for 3000 Gold. If you can.
    Do me a favor. A favor, and then cut it down to 3000 Gold.
    Depends what? The neighbors. Yeah. What's the favor? Oh, it's simple. I just need you to take her somewhere for me.
    Take it. Where is that? A dangerous place? No. It's, insight check. All right. Okay. Do this.
    Roll to four. But it's a 12. Not terrible. It's hard to read. Yeah. I just need you to take it to the, the Port Authority and just tell them to send it to to some place for me.
    With this, get us in trouble. It shouldn't. She write it all down. What's that about? So he writes down, This is where I need to be sent to. It's going to be to, outing refuge. And, he gives you a, name on there. You don't recognize the name of some nobody you met when you were there?
    And, and you take to the Port Authority, tell him that you would like to have it set. Bring me back the receipt, and I will give you a 3000 Gold discount.
    Okay. Sounds good. Oh, we do have it. I'll be right back. You stay here. I'll be right back. And I will sprint this fast, man. So that if you continue shopping, I'll be back. I'll find you. Okay, so in the meantime, I think I'm going to get that cloak. Okay. And I have this 50 Gold.
    Yeah, I'll get the cloak for now. So you, as you guys are doing those trips, let me just take a step back and let me see how Bastiaan and Calliope are doing. Calliope has done her her shopping trips. As you were getting back to the ship, you had just, missed the other guys have got going off on their shopping and, she was finishing up with his reading.
    Is there anything else you guys would like to be doing right now or.
    I don't know.
    Ashton, do you have anything that you're working on? That's the ones that come to me. I'm on mute. Oh, not here to tell me. No, I'm just reading that. I just wanna make sure you guys had an opportunity. Barlow, as you go to the Port Authority, you hand them the letter, you give them the instructions on, where you want to have it sent.
    You kind of looks you over. Then you kind of write some notes and and stuff, and, he gives you a, a paper receipt. I guess you you haven't really paid attention, but there is a bit of receipts when you deal with these guys. Yeah. Most people don't pay attention to the receipts. Give me a perception check, though.
    While we're at the pier. Sure. Now I'll take note of the name that it was to you. If I don't recognize who it is. I saw that name and, like, okay, in my in my Rolex. Inception.
    I wanted to,
    I'm so glad I took resilience in this one. So I'm happy for one.
    Now I gotta feel what window on, there. So the name is a little hard to pronounce. The. Yes, this is actually. Yeah, yeah. It's smoke. Oh, and we've never heard that name before. No, I never heard that before. That's what. So, as, Barlow is walking back off the pier, you do at one point see a Familiar face.
    You see the. I'm a, a religious fellow, talking to a guard and kind of looking in your general direction a bit. As he's talking to the guard. It's the gentleman who you gave the Dead body to back at the church. Okay? One of its members. Yeah. I see you, let him know. I see him.
    Yeah. Does he indicate that he wants to talk or anything as you kind of indicate. He kind of hides his face a bit and kind of like turn. So his back is to you. So he kind of like trying to hide a bit. But how far away is he? We will say he's about like, 30ft away.
    30, 40ft away.
    40ft. And then, Oh, well. Sometimes. What? It's,
    Come on, come on. 12 for, What's the range on Message? Oh, 120ft. I will use my new Message ability and look his direction and Message to him in his head, and he'll hear. A phrase. It's me. You can turn around.
    What do you want to talk about? And I'll. I'll be slowly walking toward as he's looking away from me. At this point, you hear him go, and you see him run like down an alleyway. You see the guard standing there, kind of like looking at the guy running away and kind of looking at you, unsure what to do at this moment.
    Oh, forget the guard and look at the guard and say, what was he talking to you about? What was up with that?
    The gentleman was notifying me that you brought a Dead body back to town. I also noticed that you okay? No weapons on you.
    Weapons or. You mean these are so my hands? Yeah. I have no weapons on me. You found that priest now Dead out there in, the old abandoned church, I guess, those, religious types have been Sending people out there to try and quell the, massive undead that give some storming in, and, we went out into the cabin, found this Dead guy there.
    So I turned him over to him, and he was much appreciated. So, I'm not sure what all that was about. It was appreciated. He also is concerned about it, though. To be fair, we don't know who killed the body. You bringing the body back does not mean that you were not the one that did it. Oh.
    Wait. What's his guard look like? Like, He brings, some. It looks like a kind of guy who's just. This is his job. He's kind of contemplating, actually, give me an insight check or something. I guess. The. Well, whichever one you give me is going to kind of give me a better idea of what you're trying to understand about him right now.
    That's why I would probably be more than. It's like I want to get rid of him the whole time. You go and try a little bit. But I understood it. Well, so. Yeah. So you're not going to really be able to kind of get too far into his persona right now. But what you are picking, I think he he's a guard.
    He looks like. I mean.
    Yeah. It's hard to read. Okay. But I mean, it's he's he's like a very he looks very stereotypical big kind of brawny guy. Probably doesn't look like the smartest guy, but you can. You're picking up a little bit, streetwise about him. As he. Right now, you can tell he's kind of gauging you right now to figure out what he wants to do with you and what he thinks he can get away with.
    Okay, then I will, See what was wasn't said. You didn't know if we were. You know, obviously. Hey, listen, I'm new into town, and, I'm just passing through on my way to another, another continent. We were asked to take a look out there, and we did. Which one was Dead body. So, really, it's just one of the events every time.
    It's just what we do. I turned him in the body, and he was much appreciated. He didn't ask him many questions about body. Knew the guy. So that was it. I mean, really, and just trying to, you know, do will do what's right around here. You know what I'm talking about. You see, like a very stoic kind of look, he's he doesn't want to interrupt you.
    He just wants you to kind of talk. You've been around enough cop, cops, guard types and law enforcement know that this is a pretty usual tactic. They usually don't want to interrupt you because they want to give you an opportunity to kind of confess your sins and everything, you know? At that point, he kind of, says,
    Well, what's your name, fella?
    He does ask you your name.
    Oh, with one of.
    Hey. No. I'm sorry. I'm like, yes, sir. Your name? There's like, staring at him alone, out staring at him. I mean, that's good to know. So. Yeah. What's your name? Is Barlow. Barlow? Well, it's good to. Officer. Guard. Who are you?
    My name is Jeff Janes.
    So it's very. It's about it. And, this this is kind of my beard right now. But you said you're near the town, so I'm not sure, I guess what your affiliation is with anybody here. And I can't say that.
    You here with some Friends, you know, by yourself, right? Not here by myself? No. Just, shipping, transport. I'll tell you what. You give me five Gold, I'll tell the priest that you're good. And I'll make sure that you and your Friends don't get in trouble for having the, weapons and any of the magics that you guys might be doing in town for at least right now, up to this point, oh, weapons and magic aren't allowed in this town.
    I wasn't aware of that. No one told us about that. I wouldn't say they're not allowed. It's just a how do I put this? Having a sword, having a weapon, or doing magic in city limits. And most places actually, it's a reason that if the local law enforcement wants to bring you in, they don't have to have a reason.
    There's you can usually get them registered. I'm just saying that I can give you a little bit of leeway right now and, make sure the, priest gets off your back and convince him that you probably had nothing to do with a Dead priest.
    No, I though, you know, you know, that's a that's a good idea. I think I will. You mind if I just donated five Gold to his church? And you can donate it to my church, and we'll take care of that. Your church? Got it. No problem. And I'll pull out five Gold and I'll see. There you go.
    Guards around. I will make sure that my church of Mask gets the. I've already turned my back. I've been walking away from since the hand in the morning, as you all and I will. And so I walking back, when I get around any corner where you can't see me. And then I'll take off and then spin off that right through.
    So he's in a jail with you and everything. You go there as fast as I can in the back where said it was. All right. You get back the shadow.
    And. All right. I think you were talking, but you're you. You're on mute.
    Right. But how do you like it, Jamie? Shut up! Sam. Anything?
    That's fast. You're back. Yeah. So who's the letter to? Oh. Oh, I have no idea. We can barely pronounce this. Has got too many numbers and letters in it. Both of you guys give me. That's not. That's a lot. His story. Let's do.
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    Yeah. Come on. Here we go. It's, What I will say is with 15, you're picking up a bit of the, And I'll say, especially for Barlow, Barlow's Matt, a few, drowned in life. And you're picking up that this isn't a common name with Joe, but it's definitely. It's kind of like it's it's an ethnic, like.
    You know what I mean? Like, it's a Jewish gotcha.
    So, yeah, I'm not saying it definitely is, but you're picking up. It's somebody probably connected somehow to probably a draw. Ancestry. Nope. And were drawn out doing not very right. So draw our, pretty much the way it kind of works is like the draw the goblins a lot of the kind of monster type of the monster type.
    When you get into the larger Cities, there are a lot more accepted. Well, a little bit more accepted, I should say. And it's only because in the last, like 2000 years or whatever, that there have been enough kind of like times and treaties where some of them have been instrumental in keeping things safe. So they have become a little bit more accepted.
    So there are draw. But yeah, it definitely can be, especially when you get into like smaller city, the more rural areas. Yeah, it will probably be a bit of a problem. But there was probably been a few at least now seeing, I mean, well, no, just because the fact that it being the port or, being a port city, it and it could.
    It got more traffic before the winter situation and it's, it's been kind of coming back, especially now with their kind of, exports of the magic stuff that, you would have seen a few. Especially as they got closer to the nighttime. They do tend to be, not so pleasing of the daytime. Some of them, it seems, don't have as much of a, sunlight intolerance.
    Got it. But. So approaching something. Here you go. Here's a receipt, and it kind of looks a little. It looks it over real quick. Kind of looks it up with the Light on it a bit. Not. He folds it up, puts it into a pouch. He grabs a town pouch and he says, okay, give me the 3000 Gold and it's all yours.
    You've. All right. How much Gold do I have?
    Barlow's down five identifiable. Those are.
    Three. I'll get to that. Let's see. See, I don't mind getting worn off for my rest for five Gold. It's worth it. Yeah. I don't have it. I'd have to take it out of the box. We don't have the Ender box on it. So, it's 3000 Gold. Yep. All right, I'll hand over, 300 flat, so I to pick it up to unbox later.
    And the over the, the bag. And so thank you very much for that point. You see him start looking around and start kind of putting their wares away. I have made what I need for the day, and it's good to go. I think you've made for the rest of the year. Excellent. Yeah, well, they're still after it gets complicated with the, economics of the magic wares.
    I have to kind of pay this certain percentage back that other people still had more of luck and let me know if, there's anywhere you can get another one of those bags. So a really, that's a really fun little thing. There. Now, where did you come across it? Well, I can't really tell my secrets on that. But if you, have some way I can,
    Well, what's your name? Shadow. Shadow? Shadow. Let's see here. Pulls, a little book. Let's give me one second here. Kind of. You see them kind of moving their hands a bit, okay, but kind of close up. The book sounds good. If I come across another one of those book, bags, I will let you know. Shadow.
    Great. Very good. I didn't actually catch your name. What was your name? My name is there.
    Sir. Pleasure doing business. And something happening.
    Everything with black.
    Well, one black. Just green. Like all of them. Just like. Kind of like all my tabs. Everything like, last for a second. And then the whole map is black. It's like. But my computer's like. Question.
    So, yeah, he's been in the shop way.
    Okay. Yeah.
    Probably start heading back to the ship. What was that? You also got the cloak? Yeah. What you're saying? We're there. Any. It's just a quick thing. I was like, it's more like a mantle than a cloak. So it's just. Gotcha kind of thing, you know what I mean? Do you have anything that helps you with stealth mean?
    No. Yeah. I don't.
    Could you use something that helps you with stealth? Sure. Could. Could anybody?
    I mean, I don't. Who do you think needs it the most? I mean, you were pretty still. Yeah, yeah, we got two of them that aren't quite.
    Obviously, I don't have the team. It might be nice here. Yeah, we can take it back and see and see who could definitely use it. I think I will get two of those animal sounds, though. Okay, I think I want to get a tiger and a monkey. I'll say they have those. Okay. Okay. And I want to pick up, when you said there was a place that had, like, the scars as well.
    So I'm just looking for any sort of, Textiles, fabrics, yarns specifically. Anything that, not standard colors, some sort of fantastical, bright, shimmery, pieces of fabric, maybe, you know, some patterns, a few pieces of Silk. Yeah, a few little pieces. I'd say that you'd be able to find, all types. Okay. Various colors, and some very unique, kind of like, almost like metallics.
    Oh, yes. Perfect. Yeah. So there's a there's a pretty good supply. And this just happened to be like a two day where there was a little bit more of a artsy kind of flair to the, merchandise in this quarter. So it was good timing on that. So it's no problem there. I'll find out what that is and I'll spend some money on it.
    Yeah. Yeah, I'll, I'll spend a few hundred of you goals or whatever. Hope you guys, I hope you guys don't mind, but I think I'm tapping out. Okay. Let's run. You're Muted yeah. I'm super tapped. No worries. So we won't go into the dungeon then today then no combat. No I, I was going to push you guys towards the dungeon.
     
     
     
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    26 Oct 2024
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    Thornwinds
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