Session 115 - June 30, 2022 Report
General Summary
1306 - 1st Moon of Spring - Ruanae (10th Day)
- As the late afternoon/evening, unsure as it is underground, Olly is taught how to activate the rock in the lead box which hides the invisible door of Ari's Magnificent Mansion, and Olly begins to have all sorts of interesting ideas about how to use the box and how it works.
- Roth then tries a wand, a Wand of Secrets, which is supposed to show any hidden doors or traps. Roth is then delighted to feel that there is a hidden door on the bridge. With Alethra's help, the two are able to find a hidden door on the bridge which holds the blueprints to the bridge left by the original builder. The plans are then returned and the door closed.
- Roth begins to play the viol and Alethra starts on work on her puzzle book, but Roth heard something, so he sends an invisible Olly to scout. Olly sees 11 massive dogs, which somehow sense her.
- Roth pops Olly back, lets the party know they have incoming and activates the rock which hides the door. Roth shoots an arrow at the 1st wolf then goes behind the rock. The pack then tries to run by and get past the group, but they do not get that far. Roth tries to deactivate the programmed illusion, but it does not work. Alethra casts fireball, but the hounds are immune to fire. Roth uses shadowblade, Ari casts thunderwave, and Alethra and Beartrum fight and finish off most of the pack. 4 of the 11 original run away.
- The bodies of the creatures then dissolve into fire, leaving nothing left for Roth to try and eat.
- After the battle, the party gets some dinner and Olly has to have her order translated by Alethra. The rest of the party seals inside the mansion for the night, does not bother with watches and has a long rest.
- Party has breakfast and Ari creates the second illusion stone with programmed illusion for the hiding rocks.
- Ari contacts the trader Joran, being told the trader Voz will be there on the 4th day with spider silks, trinkets, jewelry, and a few plants. Ari warns the traders about the possible hell hounds.
- Olly goes outside but does not see anyone. Olly then is told that Alethra knows all about lava creatures and Olly asks Alethra tons of questions about the lava, what is can do, the lava creatures she can create, etc.
- Roth works on playing the harp in the music room, with Ari taking a spa day. After Olly is done with questions, Alethra works on the puzzle book.
- Late afternoon Ari recasts the mansion and the party has dinner/long rest without outside watches.
- Party has breakfast and Ari creates the third illusion stone with programmed illusion for the hiding rocks. Roth works on harp, Alethra works on puzzle book, Ari works with Soot and enjoys the spa.
- The party has breakfast then stays outside the mansion for a bit. Olly on recon flights sees some glows down the tunnels, letting Roth know. The party then prepares for incoming creatures. They see Flame skulls, or glowing and floating skulls that seem to be on fire.
- Olly casts fireball on the flameskulls, but they took no damage, and Olly was very disappointed that it did not work.
- Roth and Bearturm are able to take out the 1st one, but once the rock has been revealed to be an illusion, 2 flame skulls burst through the both cast fireball on Ari, Alethra, and Roth. Olly got sent to pet-space and both Alethra and Roth were able to evade, but Ari took a little damage, the skulls were immune to fire.
- Beartrum got hit with a few magic missile spells and the skulls then began to mock the people who were able to dodge the magic.
- Everyone is shocked that the skulls can talk! Roth even did not know that.
- Ari's lightening sword is able to take down 1 of the skulls, with Beartrum, Alethra and Roth using swords and claws to kill the rest of the skulls. Ari is able to use dispel magic on all 6 skulls to disintegrate them into nothing.
- Party then has lunch and rests the reminder of the day, until Ari re-casts the spell of the Magnificent Mansion.
- Party has a long rest without keeping any watches.
- After lunch, the party uses Olly to do recom and hears the traders along the way.
- The party then triggers the rocks to cover the door of the Mansion, with Roth casting the telepathic bond so that everyone can speak to each other, with Beartrum and Olly included.
- The traders arrived and tried to gesture to a small broach on his jacket, but Ari responds in dwarvish and the conversation continues in that language, with Ari taking the lead and the guards (extra due to the report of hounds), sitting down and taking a break.
- After some negations, Ari purchases all 5 yards of the golden spider silk for 65 gold (a discount), and the party buys all 30 yards of the regular spider silk for 120 gold, with plans to slowly sell them in bits throughout the year.
- Due to the successful negotiations, the trader Voz will throw in 2 mushrooms, and Alethra picks the 2 she does not know, which are called Edge of the Lake and Still Waters in Silent Caves. She also pays 2 gold for a sample of a Hedge Hog Mushroom, which is quite rare and she had at the tasting in the Gold Room. Ari picks up a unique black crystal necklace for 6 gold on a small silver chain. Roth buys 2 small pony kegs of beer from the specialty beers at 10 gold. One is a dark amber called Midnight Calm, and the other a stout called Holiday Heaven.
- Voz plans to contact Ari in 11 "high tides" to speak with her about options for trading and to gather what is required for the next trade in 12 "high tides". Voz learns about the message stones and is able to understand how it works. He then will work on a list of items that are requested as well as a selection of what Ari and her party can offer.
- Ari then picks up a small stone from the area around the bridge for the return next year.
- Ari then dismissed the Magnificient Mansion and casts teleport, taking Ari, Alethra, Roth, Olly, Soot and Beartrum back to the barony for dinner.
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