Session 107 - March 17th 2022 Report
General Summary
1305 - 1st Moon of Fall (Duro) 4th Day
- Beartrum gathered some berries and a flower to give to Sybil on Olly's advice. The meeting went well and Beartrum went to sleep in his den over the day. The party then makes plans for the next 4 weeks on how to make Beartrum a part of the party and what they need to do now that they are back in the Benroth area.
- Roth invites the grandmothers/town elders over for dinner to discuss getting additional rooms in the cottage, and they suggest a smaller guest house for more rooms, as it would be smaller, easier to build, and would not be interfere with the main building.
- Beartrum is given a green cloak like those that the Barony guard wear and he wears it when he is out at night. He also has two light-weight wool cloaks, one black and one burgundy that Ari makes up for him.
- Tristian works with the carpenter and thatcher, 100 gold for 2 castings of Wall of Stone and 35 gold and goat to get flooring, a room and the basics of furniture in to that is able to host guests. Finer furnishings, linens, and mattress would have to be purchased outside the Barony. Tristian also enlarges Beartrum's are to include a cold space (stacked stone shelves) and a small sleeping den.
- Alethra is able to work with the local tanner to get a large mattress, a seat for dinner and two pillow made out of the alligator skin that Roth took from the trip to the dwarven city. As well as 1 fuzzy/fur pillow and a giant bear shaped doll for Beartrum to sleep with, would take a week to get done and it costs 12 gold.
- Roth then sends messages to Arannis, Gregory, Korfel and Katrina. They all make plans to visit at some point over the next 2-3 weeks as their schedules allow. They are happy to wait a few days until the guest spaces are ready for them.
- Roth and Tristian go with Beartrum on various walks around the woods, hunting trips, and nature explorations in the late evening. Ari trains with Soot and Beartrum, turning into various creatures and helping work on group tactics.
- Alethra takes time to spare/train with Beartrum as well, working on close quarters fighting styles and how to move. The party gives him a +2 ring of protection which he then also begins to practice fighting with.
- Alethra and Tristian take a nature walk in the afternoon, both quite awkward and bond over the idea of a dwarven mushroom dinner at the Gold Room during the winter.
- Tristian needs to return to Benroth, but is happy to use the spell to also transport people there. Gregory and Katrina will use this to transport via plants as Tristian leaves.
- Gregory and Katrina arrive, Katrina trying out the guest cottage with Gregory taking the room in the main house. Both are delighted to meet the bear and Gregory is delighted to have his ring back. Olly empties the ring as soon as she sees Gregory so she can get fireball put back into the ring. Katrina was happy to take care of any clerical things in town, impressing everyone with her skills. Gregory is learning a lot from the owl bear and enjoying time in the country.
- Gregory and Katrina are also told how the goddesses apparently blessed the awakening spell, which they approve of.
- Ari and Alethra return to Benroth to check on Judith, the house, the mushrooms, and to do some shopping. Both brooms are ready, Roth's even has a basket and toy broom for Olly. Alethra buys a mini bag of holding for herself (200g) and a cold stone for Beartrum's room (30g). Ari then goes clothing shopping for Beartrum, getting him a more fancy kilt and jacket in a royal blue (15g). They source a hat is disguise from Ari's bard college at 425g. This will be for when Beartrum needs to be in town.
- Tristian offers to open a tree back to the Barony for Ari and Alethra, and Alethra says they will contact them if they need it, and thanks him for offering.
- Ari when picking up the hat of disguise gets the wine from the elven wineries that her grandparents were collecting and does another fitting of her court dress.
- Ari and Alethra fly back on the new brooms, with survival checks of both 25 and 32, they easily return in 3 hours, though Alethra is a little cold from the winds.
- After they return, Gregory and Katrina teleport back to Benroth and then Gregory returns to his tower, appreciating the time "away from it all".
- Ari presents the royal blue outfit to Beartrum for "formal events" and he especially enjoys the hat that came with it. He then works on using the hat of disguise, which is a top hat. He is getting used to the disguise options and says he will have to practice, but a ribbon or bow may be needed on the hat of disguise so it does not accidently fall off. Alethra makes some hooks and hangs some antlers so Beartrum can hang up his cloaks and hats in his den.
- The next days Arannis sends a message, asking if he can arrive the next day, and agreeing to pick up some fancy mattresses for the party before he leaves town. He arrives and is delighted to meet Beartrum and offers some advice on court dress to Ari and Alethra.
- Ari while training turns him into a giant barn owl so that he can fly around like a bird. Since in bird form Beartrum cannot talk, he flies around very high, and Ari has to tempt he back down with bacon covered in blackberry compote, as the time on the spell polymorph was about to end.
- Arannis lets the party know the black dragon items will be ready near the end of winter, and he would be delighted to attend Ari's party. He is also pleased with the Roc feather Roth gave him, and will speak with Gregory about what can be done with the Roc's eyes and what items could be made with them.
- Sadly, Arannis does not think that Beartrum is ready for court this year, and if he does go to Benroth, he will need to be disguised as a horse or some other large animal. If Beartrum wants to stay at the home in Benroth, he is welcome, as it is a private residence. The stairs may be very hard for him to navigate, so there will need to be a discussion on who is where and when. Arannis offers to take Ari to the elven capital for her Undercommon lessons with the librarian there.
- Arannis reminds the party that they are expected at court opening and Roth will have his investiture ceremony for becoming a baron. He is then happy to stay for 4 days and then return to the city.
- The last week is mainly spent working on combat tactics, Ari turns into a Direwolf, and then sets up a programmed illusion of a bullette in certain combat tactics. The illusion only goes off with a sword in a specific area.
- After 4 weeks the party then rolls either a persuasion or animal handling check. Roth 27, Merry 30, Ari 26 and Alethra got an 11. Since the party was so good to Beartrum, he wants to stay with his new family since the charmed part of the spell ended.
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