Session 64 - June 25th, 2020 Report
General Summary
1305 - 1st Moon of Spring (Korlar) 30th Day
Retconned items:
- Roth pays Judith 10 platinum to maintain the house for six months and mentions that she'll get a cut of the mushrooms when they're sold
- The group has a parchment with a list of 11 items to acquire in the 'underdark'
- Onboard the Lazy Lemur, the group has a discussion in dwarvish about Magmabrew, mentioning her being a wizard, maker magical items and paying well.
- Ari bugs Cpt Hokido about how fast the ship is going, climbs to the crows nest and does a kite impression with her flying boots and does air acrobatics. Roth asks if anyone wants to change bunks. Li and Alethra decline.
- Alethra amuses Scarlett by summoning illusory crabs of mist, part of her monk abilities.
- Roth practices the viol, gumbo shrimp was had for dinner and made by the tabaxi cook.
- Watches are held (Alethra/Li/Roth/Roth) Nothing of interest happens on the 1st 3 watches.
- Roth spots the floating brothel (The Lusty Crustacean), at dawn, near the end of 4th watch and mentions it to the captain when he emerges for breakfast.
- Roth is disappointed they cannot detour to intercept the boat.
- The ship is somewhat becalmed around lunchtime, there is a large storm to the north. The crew fishes and waits for the wind.
- Dwarven language practice occurs in the morning for Ari and Roth, Scarlett listens in to part of it.
- Magmabrew recommends only carrying 1 weapon openly in the city of Blazenthrone.
- Magma brew teaches about beer, then casts tiny servant to attempt to catch fish when the ship stops, she is unsuccessful, but Ari does recognize the spell.
- Li asks Magmabrew about dangers on the trip and she says the main source of danger will be crossing land to Brazenthrone. He learns it will mainly be wild animals or terrain challenges.
- 3 days on the water, the party arrive at Resonata in the evening
- Roth leads the group to the Careless Captain; dinner is had at the inn, with everyone enjoying a good meal. Most just stay in the tavern and drink and listen to the band (which is average) and then head to sleep.
- Ari talks to a blacksmith and joins a poker game that night, winning 10 gold and enjoying meeting new people. The game is held in a back room of the blacksmith's store.
- The group discusses the route they're taking with Magmabrew and minor illusion is deployed by both Roth and Magmabrew to convey a map, which is drawn by Alethra. The travel is mostly sea and river, until the party has to go around the edge of the extinct volcano then up the mountain.
- Roth plays the viol and Scarlett calls it a night after dancing and playing the tambourine.
- Li organizes watches over Magmabrew's door (Li/Alethra/Roth/Roth)
- Ari arrives during 3rd watch, around 3 am while Roth is on watch, and they joke about her winning a lot of money.
- Breakfast at the Careless Captain early, Ari has not had a full rest, and is very sleepy. Scarlett is skeptical of the espresso served with breakfast, but tires it.
- Group meets the Captain of the Relentless Skylark and depart promptly, as the cargo was loaded and ready to go when the party arrived.
- The evening was uneventful and quiet. Nothing happened on watch.
- Roth spots a cask floating in the ocean late afternoon and brings it back on to the ship with Ari's assistance to dimension door out and back.
- All parties end up wet, and with the use of the cleansing stone and prestidigitation to make them dry and clean up the deck.
- Cask is full of Summer Wine from the Windsome Wandering Vineyard, a very well respected Elvish winery. Ari once had a bottle and knows how good it is. The cast is about 20 gallons. It was a stretch to get it in the bag holding.
- Li invokes magic for the first time with a cleansing stone, he smiles slightly when Alethra points it out.
- The party and crew enjoy a couple of glasses of wine (3 gallons), they are all very pleased with the find and the crew is very grateful.
- Arrive in Gusten at lunchtime on the 7th day of the 2nd moon
- The crew sends someone to escort the party to the Inn the Fuzzy Gooseberry for lunch and board. Li and Scarlett stay with Magmabrew and the enjoy lunch and some drinks on the patio.
- Roth, Alethra, and Ari go hunting around the city for a few items. They find the Book Nook, and find a very small cramped shop full of books. Roth buys a book 'Brimstone - On Its Uses' (in Abyssal) and 'The Harvesting of Creatures' (20 g) and Alethra buys two books - 'Creation of alchemist fire' and 'smoke in a bottle' both alchemist books on creating fire and smoke potions. Roth gets the name of a magic store The Iron Pixie and the general store The Last Yeti.
- The three head to the Last Yeti, where Alethra buys flasks, alchemist's kit, and grain alcohol (51g). Ari buys peacock feathers for her hair (1 silver) and Roth has no luck getting a wand of detect magic.
- The three then Head to the Iron Pixie; Roth buys 4 scrolls of detect magic (75 g). And Ari looks at the wands and potions available, but does not buy anything.
- Back at the Fuzzy Gooseberry, Magmabrew, Scarlett and Li are chatting.
- Everyone returns and Alethra shows the books to Magmabrew, and she ends up giving an impromptu lecture on making alchemist's fire to the group, also giving Alethra a small notebook to make notes in.
- Next morning, the group heads to the docks on the river side and spot the Pokey Puppy, a magical ship reminiscent of a steamboat, and her captain, Muller.
- The party is assigned to 4 rooms on the right side of the ship in a row and given a quick tour of available areas for their use.
- Li and Ari checkout the other passengers, while Roth hangs out on the promenade. There is a couple of merchants, a farmer, an innkeeper, and two people Roth meet. Li does not have any insight on anything off about any of the people.
- The boat departs mid-morning after all the cargo is loaded.
- Ari hands around the mood orb and the group regroups for lunch.
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