Session 58 - April 23, 2020 Report
General Summary
Winter DownTime!
1st Moon of Winter Week 1
- Ari chats chat with Sir Gregory, asking him not to tell Roth about the lock pick she requested, and that she would come to the tower with Roth and Sir Gregory, she pays him 275 gold, can cast Knock once a day.
- Roth chats with Sir Gregory, who is interested in the magical tattoo artist, so the date of departure is pushed back until The Fancy Mallard returns to port (now tentative 6th to leave).
- On 3rd day, Lady Hollingsworth arrives for tea at 3 pm, Ari, Roth, Scarlett and Merry are all present. 26 rubies are sold for 1250, Merry, Roth, Scarlett and Baeshra each get 310, Roth gets 320. Lady Hollingsworth was originally interested in 32 rubies of that size and quality, but she will take the 26.
- Ari arranges to have a dinner and theatre outing with Lady Hollingsworth later in the winter.
- Roth and Lady Lavore go on a date, eat at the The Juniper Grove, see a play, The Art of Success at Trade without Trying, and have a drink, there is some flirting and Roth will call on her when he returns.
- At the start of the month, Merry starts learning Sylvan the university library, it will take her 8 weeks to master the language. The first week she plays in taverns in the evening and earns 6 gold.
- Ari does some social rounds, and in the evening plays at the tavern, earning 12 gold. Ari also rents Baeshras boots and flys around outside the city for a few hours. Ari buys a mini bag of holding from Korfel for 200 gold, 2 ft by 2 ft by 2 ft inside, with a 6 in opening. Color is yet to be decided.
- Roth has brunch with Arannis, the court wizard, who was polite, with an information exchange of Shadowfell and Elvish Court, not friendly, just more educational on both parts.
- Roth has tea with Katrina at the Temple of the Raven Queen, and she explains the spell she will use if she needs him, and she thinks it will take a hand or foot, possibly more like an arm or leg to cast the high level spell to bring Roth back, but she is still researching.
- Roth goes to the BookStore at the University and meet the gnome shopkeeper, and bought 2 books in Elvish for Freya The Castles of the Realm and Calling the Ocean. For the Sphinx, book on learning Elvish, both a basic and advanced , Dreams of the Void, and mystery/thriller, and for Baeshra a Herbs and Mushrooms of the Deep. (10 gold a book).
- Ari goes pearl hunting with the gem finding compass, finding 1 pearl worth 15 gold, in the oysters at the dock. She brought them home to Judith, who is very fond of oysters, and was very pleased to have some for herself. Ari then drops off a letter with the court wizard, Arannis Liadon, for him to take if he goes to the the Elvish Capital of Ofanbelle.
- Baeshra takes the 1st week to study human culture with Violet, Day 1 Currency, Day 2 Understanding Humans and Society, Day 3 Understanding the Tribe of Tails in that society, Day 4 & 5, how to behave in society, Beashra then attempts to wear more human clothing (pants). Baeshra than asks the guide about getting kidnapped, and fitting in looking like he does. Violet recommends speaking with a Dragonborn, who look similar to Baeshra about fitting in.
- Baeshra goes to the Secluded Garden Tavern, and meets the Silver Dragonborn owner, Asnoth, who talks to Baeshra about fitting in, and not worrying about standing out. Baeshra also discovers what happens with fire and alcohol mix.
- Baeshra meets Tristian, the second highest Druid at the University to get help about picking a language to learn, and is no help, as he is confused by the question.
- Baeshra then sets up a time to meet with Lady Marisha the second week.
- Sir Gregory meets Fenna the tattoo artist and also would like a tattoo to boost his Dexterity. He is able to find 1400 gold worth himself in the two fancy jewelry stores. Roth then mentions he can check with a contact to get the last 600 gold worth of emeralds.
- Roth goes to the Crocked Quill and asks to speak with Valdalia, and the woman at the counter mentions that the dress worn by one of his companions at court has received a lot of attention. Would Roth know where more of that material. He is not hopeful for getting a supply of the material.
- Valdalia, then asks what Roth is after, mentioning he is human form today, and takes the 650 gold for the emeralds, and she tells Roth to be back in 3 hours. Roth mentions he will need to work on learning Dwarvish. Roth then returns to Sir Gregory, gets reimbursed for the funds, and comes back in 3 hours with the gems.
- Fenna then gives Sir Gregory a tattoo that evening, and Ari, Roth, and Sir Gregory are able to return to his tower via a Teleport spell.
- Scarlett goes to the blacksmith and is creates a trident at the blacksmith, takes 5 days, embellished with oyster and has a slot for the holy water. Go to Golden Goosery for dinner once with herself with Lady Lavore. Once with the glass blower from court Kent Noss.
- Merry continues to learn Sylvan at the university, plays in the evenings, earns 12 gold. Week 3, 8 gold.
- Baeshra consults with Lady Marisha and starts to learn Infernal, and reads the mushroom book and grows/tends the ones downstairs. Baeshra adapts to human clothing.
- Ari goes through the tests of the wizard tower so that she is considered a student as well. Ari then starts working on reading Dwarven.
- Roth works on a mini bag of holding for Olly, learning draconic with Olly and playing the viola at night.
- Scarlett spends time on the boats of local fisherman learning about the local weather patterns, the tides, and local marine wild life.
- Merry and Baeshra continue language studies in the city.
- Roth completes the mini bag of holding halfway through the week. It cost him 145 gold to make.
- Ari and Roth take the folding boat around the island, avoiding the hags, to the small town of Adelen. Ari casts a spell to look human, and Roth is recognized, they have a nice lunch before heading to the ruby mine.
- Ari goes into Giant Eagle form, carrying Roth to the mine, saving a long walk.
- They explore the mine, finding 3 uncut rubies on the entrance level, and they explore 4 upper levels find three sets of jewelers tools, left by the earth elementals from before and an additional 11 uncut rubies, fighting two skeletons, a shadow, and fire worm. Roth takes a lot damage from the worm, and after it was dead he directed it, taking some blood, the heart and some scales. Roth then suggests they call it a day, Ari Dimension Doors out of the mine, then walking back to town. They eat dinner with Freya and Roth presents the books. They then sail back to the tower.
- Roth at the end of the week now speaks Draconic and Ari is transported back to Benroth via tree with a few scales and some blood of the Troqqua.
- Scarlett earns 4 gold performing for the month.
- Baeshra is learning Infernal and growing mushroom.
- Merry is learning Sylvan and playing in taverns, earning 27 gold for the month.
- Ari plays as well, earning 21 gold. Ari visits the thieves guild at Roth’s suggestion, and the guild is looking for 24+ yards of the silk, at least 50 gold a yard, and what an exclusive contract if possible. They are also willing to take her dress for 150 gold. She declines.
- Ari hosts a party of Bards at the house, Baeshra and Merry attend. Baeshra plays bongos and has a great time. Merry asks around the legends of the Feywild, learning about a supposed port to the winter Feywilde near gnomish territory (only a story), and the head of the Bard College Sybbyl Odland claims to have visited it once.
- Sir Gregory and Roth visit the Sphinx Tarataras, using a teleport spell that worked very well, and the secret entrance at the top the larger pyramid. Roth presents reading materials and is surprised that Roth returned. Sir Gregory is allowed to participate in the challenge, with Roth giving him an explanation of what to expect. Sir Gregory runs the challenge while Roth chats with the Sphinx Tarataras, who was pleased to with the books. Sir Gregory completes the challenge, and has an item in his cloak he does not show to Roth.
- Roth begins work on the ring of spell store for Olly, a lesser version that stores 3 levels of spells. Roth also starts to research his new ideas, a new version of his alcohol flask, and a magical steed like Gertrude, possibly a Pegasus or Griffin. Roth spends the month with the Helm working on reading and writing Dwarven.
- Ari and Merry go the theatre with Lady Hollingsworth and see the new court play, The Newest Moon, a comedy of identity confusion and twins.
- Scarlett spends her time on the boat with the fishermen all month. She earns 4 gold playing for the month.
- Merry earns 8 gp playing, and is now fluent in Sylvan.
- Merry researches the Feywilde at the temple of Oghma, for two weeks, finding a small reference book which seems to tell of the lake where she visited with Roth. A person went there, with a time leap of 25 years when he returned. She also looks into what the Fey would appreciate as gifts, looking for value in time and craftsmanship of the item presented.
- Baeshra completes learning Infernal at the end of week 1.
- Ari learns Dwarvish at the university and by the end of the month is 8 weeks into the language.
- Ari has dinner and tea with Lady Hollingsworth and Lady Lavore. Ari then takes the letter she got on Brell from Freya to Professor VonRuffles, who is delighted to receive news from Freya. Then she spends the week nights of one week gambling, and is up 100 gold.
- Scarlett begins learning elvish and gets 4 weeks in (out of 10). She also buys a ring of water walking, 375 gold from Korfel. She earns 8 gold for performance for playing for the month.
- Roth works on Dwarven, finishes up the ring, and helps Sir Gregory create another onyx elephant, and discusses the Clone spell. Roth is able to get good ideas for how to create a mount, when he is ready. Roth also wants to create a clone, as it seems much less trouble than the spell that Katrina was talking about, and he does not have to lose any limbs.
- Merry goes shopping and looking for items to take the to Feywilde.
Rewards Granted
Lockpick that can cast the spell Knock once a day
2 mini bags of holding
1 ring of minor spell storage
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