Adventure Log

Lucian was tasked by the Grand Mages of Balepeak to travel to Wolrost, and stumbled upon the adventurers Poggy Woggy and Ana.   The adventurers all make their way to Wolrost, and happen upon a festival on their way into town. A mysterious bard was found playing extraordinary music on his piano on stage in front of a crowd, and after his performance walks towards the food. Lucian and Ana approach the bard and congratulate him, to which he reveals his name to be Aaron Urn. Poggy Woggy inquires what this festival happens to be celebrating, and is informed by a commoner that they are in ToshoCon, to which Aaron elaborates that it is a convention for libraries. Many people have traveled far and wide in search of the rarest books, most of which can only be found here.   As Lucian attempts to critique the historical inaccuracies of a "History of Balepeak" book he had found, a yell was heard from a nearby tent. Lucian finished his notetaking and dashed to the tent with the other adventurers, and found a group of six goblins that had surrounded a quivering man in a chef's outfit. He promised gold for their help in defeating the goblins, and thus they swiftly vanquished the enemies.   The man revealed himself to be Perrywinkle Cobblepot, and offered some of his "Gold Award" soup as payment. Poggy Woggy demanded monetary payment, and started threatening Cobblepot if not paid. Following an altercation with Ana, Poggy Woggy departed the tent. Perrywinkle Cobblepot proceeded to calm down, and then explained that he could split the prize money of a nearby food competition with the adventurers, which was negotiated to 75% going to the adventurers. Ana quickly accepted the deal, and starts the A Watched Pot Never Boils quest.

Continuing through the witch's lair, the group was met with a blob of grey ooze, which was quickly defeated by Lucian's Create Pit spell. Moving past that encounter, the group encountered a riddle set up by the Witch of Litwell to safeguard her room. It read:

"One sentence uttered, you may contrive.
If truth you speak, then you shall drown.
If falsehoods I hear, you'll burn alive."

As the rest of the adventuring party remained stumped, Aaron uttered "This sentence is false." The door, sensing the literary paradox, opened and revealed the witch. She quickly cast Fireball on the group, but was overrun and Ana stabbed her through the face. After looking through the witch's remains, there was a distinct lack of Magic Carrots. This caused them to look even further, and discovered a hidden shaft with lots of loot, a few notes, and loot. There was a note from the witch referencing a necromancer, and a note mentioning a caravan headed to Dusross filled with new recruits for the Paladin Posse.   The group made their way back to the Moonlight Tavern and collected their reward. However, the gravekeeper seemed concerned, and said that his gravesites were still being disturbed, despite the witch being dead. Combined with the mention of the necromancer on the witch's note, they deduced that it must mean the necromancer is responsible for the grave disturbances. They inquired with the mayor of Litwell about the necromancer, and he offered 15 Platinum per person as reward. The group rejoined the gravekeeper, they investigated the disturbed gravesites. The evidence pointed towards necromantic power that surrounded the gravesite of an orc warrior, and they followed the tracks to what appeared to be the necromancer's crypt.   Session XP: 917 / Player

The group moved through the crypt, realizing that the stones combined with the elemental order displayed in the riddle to make a binary code. The riddle mentioned "thirteen souls", and when setting the binary code to the value thirteen unlocked the sword from the stone. When combining the sword with the riddle, the door to the necromancer's crypt unlocked and allowed them to descend the stairs.   When the group turned the corner to face the necromancer, they had their weapons and spells readied, and Yahn Waggu shot the first skeleton he saw. The necromancer walked up to investigate, but as soon as he was in sight, Lucian Staleus summoned a horde of frogs which grappled the necromancer into a newly summoned pit. Yahn Waggu finished him off with a quick shot from his bow, and as soon as he was dead the skeletons collapsed.   Lucian Staleus noticed that the necromancer had a pin which belonged to the Grand Mages of Balepeak and picked it up, which went noticed by Aaron Urn, who said nothing. They traveled back to the Moonlight Tavern and collected their reward. Yahn Waggu met his fellow members of the Paladin Posse and learned about a recruiting station that was paying new recruits 50 gold to sign up. He "learned" that you could put your name down many times to sign up for the Paladin Posse more than once, and got the recruiter to join him on his plan / scheme.   The group traveled with the new recruits up to Dusross and stopped for the night at a tavern on the side of the mountain. There, they met a mysterious woman with an unknown sigil who promised to take them to the guild hall quicker. Using her expertise, they were able to arrive at the guild hall by nightfall. There, they met the leader of the Paladin Posse, Brenden Waggu, the Illuminator, who revealed himself to be Yahn Waggu's father. They caught up on new adventures, and discussed the highly technical proceedings of acquiring lions to become couriers for the guild. Fascinated by this discussion, Lucian Staleus remarked that he knew a noble name Maria Farquaad that might be able to get them courier lions.   Brenden Waggu, the Illuminator, thoroughly satisfied with the prospect of adding lions to the guild, then sat everyone down and explained that he could give the group their Dusross spices if they could solve a mystery for him. Aaron Urn talked up the deal to 250 platinum per traveler (except Yahn Waggu who would get his dad's bow) and 3 lions, in addition to the spices, which Brenden Waggu, the Illuminator enthusiastically agreed to with multiple slaps of his ink-stained hand on a picture version of the contract. After the deal was made, Brenden showed the group to the crime scene, where Paladin Orson had been found last week, charred to a crisp. A quick search revealed a scroll, which was identified by Lucian Staleus to be a Scroll of Fireball.   They asked around the Paladin Posse guild hall for information, and received the following:
  Chad (Out by the Stables): "Yeah, I heard about that, but I didn't really see anything. Well, I guess I did see someone walking across the courtyard, but people always do that, right?" Further questioning reveals that he is describing Sullivan.
  Brad (In the local tavern): "Was drinking real heavily that night, somehow got back to my room but I woke up with a bruised knee. Don't remember falling, but that's how it goes sometimes."
  Sullivan (In the meal hall): "I was in that swordfight practice that night, saw the flash of light but I thought it was the reflection off my sword. Only heard what happened to Orson after the practice, though I can't say I'm too unhappy. We didn't really get along, always thought he was smarter than everybody else." Spits into the nearby bucket
  Iriel (By the fountain): "Wish I could tell you what happened to him, but I stayed back in the tavern. Was there all night. I feel bad I missed my meeting with Orson, I was supposed to help him with his healing magic but I had a bit too much. After I heard about what happened to him, I must say I felt much worse..."

The party fell to the ground through the portal, feeling the rain on their faces. The first thing they noticed was the yelling, then the birds. So many birds. Their one mistake: being evil birds. They asked for the relic, but within thirty seconds they are engulfed by Lucian Staleus's black tentacles reaching from the ground and the fire from the magical melodies of Aaron Urn. Moments later, the party was captured by the New New York Police and handcuffed. Lucian protested at first, but eventually submitted to the arrest.   Meanwhile, Ste-Van, having stayed out of the fighting on account of his utter confusion about suddenly being shoved into an armed confrontation, was completely ignored by the officers. Moments after the group was taken away, some members of the Interdimensional Protectorate rounded the corner and asked him about the group. They kept mentioning how he wasn't supposed to be there, and had a strangely detailed knowledge of who the party was. They asked Ste-Van to come with them back to their base so they could further gather information.   Back at the Rusty Dog Tavern, the Interdimensional Protectorate kept asking more about the group and their motivations, but soon realized that Ste-Van had no idea why he was there. They informed him that the Vangrian was attempting to contact creatures in other planes and have them build portals, so that it could escape their universe and consume the other. The portal to Kofos was incomplete which caused him to be sucked into it as well. They explained that they needed to send this information back with Lucian Staleus, and they needed the party's relic to make the portal back to Kofos.   Back with the rest of the party, they were locked into jail cells, and one-by-one started being interrogated. After numerous rounds of questioning and frustration on part of the interrogator, the New New York Police became convinced that Yahn Waggu's bow was the relic they had detected. Frustrated, the interrogator Brad figured he had extracted as much information as he needed out of the party and led them to the back of the police station. He ordered the party to be taken out, but just at that moment, Ste-Van and the Interdimensional Protectorate ran through an open portal, blasting police officers back. They freed the party and grabbed their items, and proceeded to usher them all into the portal. Aaron Urn cast one final spell by slamming his piano into the ground, knocking Brad into Lucian Staleus's magic pit. He ran into the portal with the rest of the party, and with a quick snap of the portal closing, the party was safe.