26th Olarune, 1000 YK
- Leonus ran into someone he recognised from his time at Atur Academy! Her name is Jesel, and his divine sense confirms she is a vampire. Oh shit.
- It's early morning, just before sunrise, and she seems nervous (perhaps because the sun will incinerate her). Leonus asks her a few questions, and is very persuasive. She reveals that she was a member of the Order of the Emerald Claw during the war, but disbanded when ordered. Richtus contacted her, threatened to expose her if she refused to help them, which would ruin everything she'd built in Sharn. She gave them access to a property in Deathsgate, she doesn't know what they are doing there, she's stayed away. Leonus persuades her to give an address, and she tells him that if he goes, he'd better kill them. She won't walk away otherwise.
- Dax' Athla and Lozaal arrive back at Clifftop and Lozaal is concerned that Kalshana hasn't messaged him with Sending. They're not sure she has the slots, actually.
- Lozaal thinks if they don't hear from her soon they should contact the Sharn Watch and report a missing persons. Dax thinks Kal can take care of herself, what's the likelihood that she ran off with another Dah'mir.
- Kal had a one night stand! She slept in a bit, and then began to make her way to Clifftop but she doesn't know the way. She'd always just followed other people! She ends up in Overlook.
- At this point, Kal casts Sending to Dax. Kal is in Overlook and no one else is here?? Dax responds that they were supposed to meet in Clifftop. Lozaal is dejected that Kal messaged Dax and not him.
- After she does so, she runs into Olalia! They catch up, she tells Kal that she's made progress! They can't fix her mouth but she can understand speech again!
- Kal then makes her way to Clifftop, as intended.
- Lozaal barges in on Leonus, who is napping in his room. "Good Morning!" It is 6am.
- Leonus rolls out of bed into a combat-ready position. Lozaal tells him they're getting breakfast and Kal is missing.
- Leonus isn't wearing his armour! He's in his UNDERCLOTHES! Scandal! He's also built like a rugby player, he's stacked. Lozaal is impressed. "You're thicker than I expected you know, I thought you were all bones."
- Leonus just shakes his head and begins to get dressed. Lozaal helps him put the armour on.
- Leonus says he has important news and Lozaal assumes he's saying he also had a one night stand! Leonus is like "what? No, I bumped into-stop it, I bumped into the vampire!"
- Lozaal reprimands Leonus for "working" on his night off. Leonus thinks he can do both. "I wasn't trying to find her, I just bumped into her! I swear!" Lozaal doesn't believe.
- They get back to the common room and Lozaal announces "Leonus ditched us to do work!"
- "You are still alive so I guess it went well?"
- Leonus explains what he learned. They then wait for Kal to return.
- Lozaal tells everyone that Leonus is ripped. Dax is confused, Lozaal clarifies that he's "shredded"! This confuses Dax more, he's all in one piece?
- Kal arrives. Lozaal is loudly cutting his toast.
- Kal informs the group that she met Olalia! She understands language again!
- Kal asks Lozaal if he's okay, he seems a bit irritated. He says "Irritated? Me? Never"
- Lozaal then raises the issue that Kal didn't message him, he was worried sick! Not that she was in danger, but that she might've joined a cult or something.
- Kal asks if they're still friends, and Lozaal's player has to walk away briefly because his toastie is burning. Leaves her hanging!
- Leonus' players bird then chimes in with a squawk. Thanks Zeb.
- Kal says she'll make it up to him! He's fine with the idea of her being indebted to him. They're friends again.
- Kal tells them about her night, going home with a half-orc!
- "Dax has questions about sex by the way."
- "Do I?"
- Awks.
- Dax asks if Kal was trying to reproduce. Kal explains that would be a bit awkward considering all the dangerous stuff they do.
- They briefly compare their fleeting companionships with strangers. Lozaal remenisces about the gnome that made him dance naked in the park.
- Lozaal gives Leonus more shit for working last night, and Leonus complains that he just bumped into her!
- Leonus tries to restore order, and says he has an address for them to investigate when they've finished their food.
- Warden (who's player is absent) is quiet becaus he can taste! He's eating breakfast!!!
- Leonus is offended that Warden didn't get the taste mod for the Karrnathi restaurant, but for cheap alcohol in Downstairs.
- They discuss how to approach the Emerald Claw safehouse. What to expect, etc. Leonus thinks they can take em, providing Richtus isn't present.
- Kalshana has no high level spell slots left, she used them all on Sendings and hasn't slept. lol.
- They also briefly discuss Fallen and what they need to do there. Top priority is to get people out.
- Lozaal goes to check if there's any work in Clifftop, and I am vindicated that I was forgetting to prep something! Oops. There is work, but I don't have it prepped.
- He also asks around about work, support staff, etc. for the people they plan to get out of Fallen. There is definitely work in Clifftop that is accessible to those people.
- Dax buys some caltrops and ball bearings to get ready. Lozaal makes sure everyone has a pen and some parchment, since they keep needing those things and not having them, and Lozaal is sick of it.
- Leonus suddenly remembers that he has proficiency with cartographer's tools.
- Kal buys weaver's tools, intending to learn how to use them.
- Dax also buys some flour and a hunting trap.
- Leonus asks about Deathsgate, and is informed of the Deathsgate Explorers' Club, a rival adventuring guild. He's disappointed that he didn't join the guild named Deathsgate.
- Leonus learns about Deathsgate and how it's basically a less economically well-off version of the Clifftop Adventurer's Guild. Lozaal thinks they might be helping the Emerald Claw, which is a baseless assumption but it's not totally out there. They do have a reputation for being less moral.
- "Never make throwaway statements, it always begins a theoryfest."
- They head on down to Deathsgate to investigate the safehouse. Leonus remembers that his drink is in the freezer. Whoops.
- They arrive at the address, a standard tower apartment, though peculiarly with no windows. They send Geck under the door to scout.
- It seems to be a standard Sharn tower apartment, with four bedrooms and a common area in the middle, with the kitchen. The common area has been converted into a workshop of some kind, and crates are stacked up.
- Geck has a look for traps but doesn't find any.
- Dax prepares to pick the lock, but they're on an open street. Leonus and Lozaal get ready to cause a distraction, but Dax has another idea. She goes invisible!
- Dax looks for traps, and after not finding any, picks the lock. She doesn't open the door herself, because she's invisible.
- Warden checks for traps and plays a little practical joke, but the others don't laugh when he pretends to get ensorcelled.
- Lozaal checks to see if anyone is watching them, but no one in particular seems to be.
- Dax re-locks the door behind them, so that it's not suspicious if anyone comes by.
- Dax opts to use her lantern, rather than touching any of the lamps in the apartment.
- Leonus opens one of the crates to look inside. They need a crowbar, which Lozaal provides. It contains 16 blast disks. Leonus lets out a string of colourful swears. There's another crate below it!
- Dax asks about it, and Leonus says "one of these is what blew up in High Walls." Lozaal asks which one.
- There are two empty crates...that's concerning.
- The bedrooms each have 2 bunk beds in, but they're kinda messy. Like people left in a hurry.
- Leonus helps Dax to examine the blast disks. They determine that the disks are live, they can detonate, but they don't know the trigger. They discuss using Identify to get that information. Leonus suggests contacting the Blackened Book and letting them handle it. There are potentially 32 other disks that aren't here.
- Warden summons Nova, and they give Nova a note to take to the Citadel for the detectives. That parchment already paying off!
- Dax ritual casts Identify on the disk. She learns that they are triggered by a command word, but not what the word is. She also determines how to disarm it, and that if she does it wrong they will detonate. Rather than risk disarming them here, she puts them into her Bag of Holding so that they can't be set off. She takes other stuff out of her bag of holding, so that she doesn't accidentally set them off when accessing the bag.
- Dax asks if anyone has Locate Object prepared, and they all remember that Warden was told specifically not to prepare it. He'll remember this.
- We end the session before they decide what to do next.
Leonus's Note to the Blackened Book
Dear Balan Cord and Hasal Dalian,
I am writing to inform you of a bomb, well several, that we have found, at the address of ******* in Deathsgate. There are also potentially 31 others that are somewhere else in your city, put guards on high alert.Kind regards, the Mist walkers.
PS we are still at the location trying to disarm.
Sendings
Kal: "Hi Dax, it's Kal. Sorry if this is loud. Where are y'all, I'm in Overlook but no one is here :( :( :( Kal x"
Dax: "Kalshana, we never said to meet in Overlook. We are all in Clifftop. Are you in danger?"
Kal: "Oh. OH. I'll be there as soon as possible, sorry. Keep thinking I'm forgetting something. I'm fine. No Danger! Sorry! Kal x"