Session 5 - 3/13/2024
Ell thinks this puppy used to be some sort of fey creature
Bammon and Fish-Kicker would swear they’ve noticed Zup teleport
It has been one week since we fought the cultists in Binsogim
We haven’t heard anything about cultists since then
We’ve heard rumors that weird stuff has been happening in the other big port cities, including Harrogate
Going against one of the high captains of that city, and parts of the city are falling apart; it’s one of the older ports in Sogim
Speaking of Johan, we recall hearing that he was raiding in the East
The cultists hideout seems to be able to move around, or the one prisoner cultist teleported
A week after heading out, Captain Guanyin tells us that one of her peers has been looking into the kraken cult bullshit, which does not surprise us
Apparently the cultists are infiltrating some key ports
Guanyin wants several eyes on the ground in Harrogate to casually infiltrate Kamangara and let her know what happened to it in particular
Guanyin tells us that if Avercrumbie can get approval from all the High Captains, he’ll be allowed to use the Trench Lane
On our way there, Ell catches a 15lb silver-spike cod; they are mild and flakey with a buttery texture, best when pan fried with herbs
Drex catches a white and grey speckled 7lb frostbite flounder; delicate and sweet flavor, ideal for poaching in a light wine broth
On the second night, Ell and Drex hear soft singing coming from Avercrumbie’s room
There is a shimmery pink light
Ell has heard him sing this song before in the past; it’s both happy and sad, but Avercrumbie has never translated the lyrics
As he finishes singing, the light fades
Avercrumbie comes out and tells us he’s going to get a snack and take a walk around the ship
Drex notices that the light briefly flashes and he hears a voice
The next morning, the sky looks a bit… odd; it has an unnatural crimson glow to it
Bammon, Crawn, and Fish-Kicker can tell this is artificial; it wavers and wobbles like a bad effect
…and now the sea is a thick, black ichor
Bammon checks him compass, which points to the east, where we’re heading
It’s moving around bit but not too much
Bammon casts Detect Magic but can’t determine the school; he’s never seen anything like it
Fish-Kicker climbs up into the crows nest and spots burning ships mid-battle; terrible carnage
Ell, Drex, and Fish-Kicker see a body floating in a water, then the body flips upside down and there’s a weird starfish on its face, then the body sinks rapidly
Ell and Fish-Kicker see a man clinging to a barrel; Drex pulls him up
The man is badly wounded; Bammon heals him with Lay on Hands but it has no effect
The man is bleeding from several wounds; inside the wounds is black ichor
Fish-Kicker heats up a dagger to cauterize the wound; everyone notices the putrid stench and a scream that sounds like a scream layered on top of another scream
Bammon and Ell get hit by specks of the ichor blood; the specks smell of faint burning and there are faint etch marks left on his clothes as the speck moves
Belowdecks, Milhouse is investigating his cards; on one card he sees a building next to a river with a water wheel on the side of it
We use water to dilute and move/control the ichor into the ocean
The dude who was injured is now alright; he was on The Good Ship out of Zhengheim
Milhouse comes up from belowdecks with some of the ichor in a vial
Milhouse asks how and why we jumped dimensions?!??
Milhouse tells us the black ichor is not natural to this plane
Bammon, Milhouse, and Ell go below decks to make sure all the ichor is gone
After confirming there’s no more ooze, Milhouse asks Ell for his eyes
Ell brings one of the crew with him to make sure Milhouse doesn't take his actual eyes
Milhouse shows Ell a card from the magical deck he found in Binsogim, the card deck that was was blindingly bright when Ell had Detect Magic
Now the deck looks blank and normal, except for the one card with the mill on it
Ell tells Milhouse it looks like a mill from the mainland
Milhouse does not take Ell’s literal eyes
After Ell leaves, the other dude asks, “Why did you lie to him? That was the four of clubs.”
Ell didn’t see the four of clubs