Session 2
Bammon is yelling at the crew to make sure the cultist doesn’t get on his ship but is indeed captured
Fish-Kicker approaches Bammon and asks if he was the one who posted the recruiting notice for crew to hunt down the white kraken
Bammon confirms that Fish-Kicker is skilled and capable enough to join the crew
Fish-Kicker really hates the kraken and its cult
We all make our way to Tedrick’s house, which is on fire and people are still inside
Ell and Fish-Kicker hear people downstairs who don’t sound distressed
Ell tells Bammon, “People. Ain’t distressed. Think they’re squid people.”
Bammon tells everyone to fan out and take out the cultists
Ell walks 20ft away from some cultists, throws at them a fuzzy object from his Tan Bag of Tricks which turns into a jackal, and tells it, “Feedin’ time.”
Bammon draws his sword
Professor Milhouse takes out a syringe, draws some of his own blood, and nocks the syringe dart into his crossbow to utilize his Crimson Rite
Bammon fucks up some cultists and they get sucked into a pitch black void
Milhouse, “If I’d known we’d be murdering people today I would have changed my glasses. Good to know you appreciate the finer things in life.”
Fish-Kicker turns one of the cultists into a seahorse
Drex hears people upstairs, tells everyone, and starts up the stairs
Ell follows, casts Fire Shield (Chill version), and Wild Shapes into a giant boar
We fuck shit up
A cultists escapes through the window
Milhouse brands a cultist and, after they get sucked through the void, he can tell that the guy id to the east and down
A creepy voice says, “You’re out of timeeeeeeeee” and it makes us all feel terrible
After the battle, we find Tedrick upstairs barricaded in a room
Bammon uses Lay on Hands, which is nice, considering Tedrick is missing a hand
Tedrick doesn’t know what the cultists want with the rings
Bammon suggests they leave since the whole house is on fire and filled with smoke
Drex casts Sleet Storm to utilize the ice to put out the fire
Milhouse has been exploring the house; he finds several holy symbols covered in blood, and in the downstairs servent’s quarters is a note with 50 gold pieces crumpled underneath a bed
The gold coins all have the same mark on them: A twisted tree
The note says basically ‘You’ll get the next half after tonight is over, just remember to leave the window open’
We can tell there was a LOT of fighting before we got here; Tedrick put up a hell of a fight but clearly had trouble retreating
We grab Tedrick and leave the house, heading north
We run into AVERCRUMBIEEEEEEEE, MY BOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Avercrumbie is surprised to see Tedrick handless and asks if he’s ok
We ask if he noticed all the explosions
Avercrumbie was, uh, getting ready… for, uh… well, it’s not important…
Milhouse asks Avercrumbie if he’s a shopkeep and shows him the coin
Those coins are minted in Kamangara, they’re pretty rare because they don’t like our raids and all that, the tree is the symbol of the emperor and he doesn't like it when his symbol is blasphemed because he totally thinks he’s a god emperor
Milhouse says the coins were left at the scene of the crime, ergo they paid with them
Milhouse suggests we sail to Kamangara to investigate
Bammon agrees that’s a good starting point
Avercrumbie implies that he may or may not be sailing out with us?
Avercrumbie scurries off, not even closing his shop door
Tedrick suddenly sits bolt upright and asks, “Did they get Johan??”
Tedrick is extremely worried that they’re going after Johan because he had a ring too
Bammon tells Ell to run Tedrick to the ship then meet them at Johan’s
Johan’s house is kiiiinda intact
Sasha Baraxus is outside; a surly elven woman wearing a magnificent hat
Sasha is directing people around; the area is partially cleaned up
There are several unconscious cultists laying out front
Bammon approaches Sasha and asks if everything is ok, including Johan
Sasha tells Bammon that Johan is out on a raid, he won’t be back for a few weeks
Sasha doesn’t know what’s special about the rings and neither does Bammon
Bammon asks if she knows who has the third ring
Sasha confirms the club ring? With the eye? It was a fabric and spice shop owner in Green Garden
We pass a shop called Haberdash Haberdash; there are no lights on but the open sign is up
We enter and it’s completely empty
Bammon, Milhouse, and Fish-Kicker go inside and Bammon smells blood towards the back
Crawn, Drex, and Ell go around outside to the back and find a pool of blood that leads behind some crates
Bammon finds a one-handed man face down in a pool of blood in the fitting room area
Crawn finds a young homeless man with his throat cut; in his hand he clutches a scrap of white cloth that looks an awful lot like a cultist robe
He still has some coins on him and apparently hasn’t been robbed; the gold coin is shiny with a twisted tree stamped on it
Insides the store we find an alabaster kraken that looks like it got kicked out of the way
Ell finds tracks that were scuffed, as if the foot owner(s) were in a hurry
We track them to the east but in an alleyway they just disappear
Ell casts Detect Magic and figures out it’s conjuration magic in a 10ft diameter on the ground
Milhouse stays in the shop and inspects everything; he finds a deck of hard with decorative backs, foiled work on an intricate paisley design; all the cards are blank
When the group returns, Milhouse has laid out the cards looking at them like a puzzle
Ell still has Detect Magic up and his eyes hurt; he can’t even look at the cards
Milhouse, “This might be a clue, yes. How much do you think they’re worth? Yes…”
Bammon suggests a gold, and Milhouse leaves a regular gold coin on the counter
Milhouse draws an M on one of the cards to mark it
We decide to go to the castle and find a small hole in one of the walls
There are guards standing around staring at a lanky half-elf guy stuck in the hole
It’s….. Viticus
Bammon tells the guards that they need to stop all ships from leaving the harbor
They’ll need to get one of the high captains to approve; currently in town are Ash-Heart and Guanyin
Bammon and Crawn pull Viticus out of the hole in the wall
Viticus and Ya Boi still study together
Viticus saw some cultists run to the graveyard
We figure that the manticore probably ate them, so we go straight back to the docks
Captains Ash-Heart and Guanyin are there listening to Avercrumbie
Guanyin tells Avercrumbie that it doesn’t matter what the president of the thieves guild says and it doesn’t matter what he says, the answer is still no
Avercrumbie desperately explains that he NEEDS to take the Trench Lane
Avercrumbie asks Bammon for support as we all approach
Bammon tells him to hold a minute and asks the captains to hold all the ships here
Guanyin asks why; after explaining, she tells Bammon she can hold the ships for a few days
Bammon explains the three people whose hands and eye rings were stolen
Guanyin nods then turns to Avercrumbie and raises an eyebrow
Avercrumbie starts to panic hearing about the haberdashery and says we have to warn Johan
Avercrumbie gives Guanyin the BIGGEST PUPPY DOG EYES EVER
Guanyin says that if he can get ALL the high captains to agree, she’ll give him access to the Trench Lane
Avercrumbie tells Bammon that he needs to go with him to fight the kraken
Bammon asks why
Avercrumbie takes him to the side, explaining he needs to do things before it’s too late
Avercrumbie tells Bammon he’s dying; he’s 87
Bammon doesn't want to put Avercrumbie in danger or be responsible for his death
Avercrumbie already made arrangements for someone to have tea with his mom every Tuesday
Bammon reluctantly agrees and asks what the Trench Lane is
Avercrumbie whispers, “Where the dead go…”