Session 113 - June 2nd, 2022 Report
General Summary
1306 - 1st Moon of Spring - Lafali (8th Day)
- The party teleports into the university with Beartrum as a horse. Alethra takes Beartrum back to the house to have lunch prepared by Judith. And let her know what is happening with the party.
- Ari and Roth go to see Magmabrew about the jackalope. She is not interested in a dissection of the creature, and she suggests showing it to Lady Marisha. The owls in the grove are brought up as Roth and Ari are going to go back and investigate.
- Roth and Ari go to see Tristian and Lady Marisha about the jackalope and the circle of owls. Lady Marisha says the creature is very rare and she would like to use it for one of her classes. She will take care in preparing the creature, save the meat and send it to the house in about a week.
- Marisha and Tristian are interested in the circle, agreeing to go with the party and Arannis the next evening. Marisha is not sure about the grove and wants to make sure it is safe and not a threat. Tristian is a little sad that Alethra is not there, but is happy to see her the next evening. Marisha is sure to have the greater restoration spell prepared in case Roth goes into a madness from his experimental spell, and Roth crushes 100 gold worth of diamond dust just in case.
- Roth and Ari return home. Ari sends a note to Arannis about going to the owl grove with Tristian and Marisha the next evening at 7 pm, and he agrees to meet the party at the university at the appointed time.
- During lunch the party talks about ways to hide the door to the mini-mansion with illusion spells, rocks, and possibly jade pieces in a lead box.
- Beatrum takes a nap in the afternoon and Alethra works on the puzzle book (DC now 16).
- Ari picks up 3 small jade stones for the programed illusion spell for a rock. She then goes to see Korfel, and learns about placing spells on an object. She then orders two sets of googles with darker glass a large pair for Bearturm and a small set for Soot. 10 gold and ready in 3-4 days.
- Roth goes to the blacksmith and orders a small leaded box, about 4 by 4 by 6. It is 3 gold and will be ready the next morning. Nim the gnome crafter shows Roth a little clockwork duck, and mentions he should pass along to Merry that it is complete, as she has bought several other clockwork items from them in the past.
- Ari goes to the town square and enjoys an apple by the fountain while plotting some mischievousness for a later date.
- Roth goes in the morning to pick up his lead box and then have tea with Katrina in the Raven Queen temple. He casts the telepathic bond, allowing Olly, Katherina, and Soot to chat for a bit. Katrina and Roth learn Soot was born in a crate on the ship (hatched from an egg), then found the party. Katrina mentions that as Soot gets bigger she will no longer teleport, but more blur, and she will grow to be a large creature. They have a nice chat, and Roth learns about a relic on the way to the temple, they finish tea and he leaves. Roth finds Ari walking up and down the temple steps, and seems distracted.
- The party and horse Beartrum arrive at the university at 7 pm and meet Arannis, who takes them to Lady Marisha's grove. Roth casts the telepathic bond, not including Olly, and so Marisha and Arannis can communicate with Soot. They all chat for a few, and Beartrum goes back to owl-bear form. Arannis uses the rock to teleport the group after Olly goes to pet-space and Soot goes into the bag for a short time.
- Both Lady Marisha and Arannis spend several moments casting, investigating and looking over the grove and all the owls which are perched around it. After about 30 mins of looking, both are ready to give their opinions on what they have observed. While they are looking Roth attempts to create a telepathic bond with the owls, but the spell fails.
- Arannis was unable to gather anything of note in his searching, he is able to confirm the owls are divination/scrying constructs but not beyond that. He is pretty sure that none of this is dangerous in any way.
- Lady Marisha confirms it is a druid grove of some kind, and it seems to be attempting to create a perfect environment to attract a certain creature for study or research. Maybe an ent? Unicorn seems unlikely but possible. Since the owls are being used, maybe nocturnal creature?
- Roth and Lady Marisha then prepare for Roth to cast a spell. Roth gives Marisha the diamond powder and all his weapons to Olly, then sends Olly to pet-space. Ari casts bardic inspiration and Roth casts the spell contact other planes. Roth connects to a consciousness, as he passes the DC of the spell. Roth asks What is the purpose of the grove - Education. Are the creators of the grove dead or alive - Unsure. Where should we go to find out more about the grove - Pazar. What is being educated by the grove - earth/nature magic. Are the owl connections still active - unknown.
- Lady Marisha has heard of Pazar, it was a druid community that was very small focused on fire and magma/earth magic. It was settled at the base of the extinct volcano and has been abandoned for 700-800 years.
- Ari asked if Lady Marisha knew anyone who lived there or their descendants. Lady Marisha did not, but suggested that if Ari was interested she can request access to the census records in the Elvish capital and try to find out who lived there and what happened to their children/relatives.
- Roth rolls a 30 insight and gets the slightest hint of distain in the way Lady Marisha said Pazar.
- Lady Marisha is sure that this location is not dangerous and the party returns to the city of Benroth via a tree. Arannis bids the party good night, and heads back to his tower. Tristian will walk the party home. Roth suggest Alethra and Tristian stop off for some tea at the Secluded Garden. Roth and Ari have to escort horse Beatrum and Soot home, so those two should go without them.
- Roth returns home and rests, as does Beartrum and Soot.
- Alethra and Tristian have a lovely chat with some tea and then Tristian walks Aelthra home.
- Ari casts dimension door, then disguise self, walks to the main square, and casts programmed illusion on a spot on the stairs in front of the Raven Queen's temple. Every 5th person who steps on the spot triggers an illusion spell where a unicorn will walk out of Melora's temple to the fountain and then dip it's horn into the fountain and spray water/rainbow in the sky. Ari then walks back, dimension doors into the house and goes to sleep.
- Long Rest.
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