Session 7 - 3/27/2024
Dee’Bo the flying monkey is on the ship when we get back!
Dee’Bo hands Bammon a scroll from Captain Guanyin; due to a last minute “meeting” she’ll be heading to the Port of Tosanvik
WE FISH
Drex catches a rock-hard fish, a crag-shard cod; its scales are used for crafts and jewelry
Ell catches a very large, 6ft long silver fish with glowing blue dots, it’s 150 LBS HOLY SHIT, it’s some sort of sturgeon and it has ROE; Ell puts it in cold storage to identify when we get into port to see if he’s a goddamn millionaire now
Our sailing is uncannily good; the wind seems like it’s trying to help us there
We find a sharkman chilling on a raft in the middle of the ocean talking to an elf
We slow down and the shark welcomes us; Clan Leviatide welcomes all!!
He is selling SPICES!!! The shark sells Ell the spices BOGO!
Ell buys Abyssal Anise, Kraken’s Kelp Powder, Siren’s Saffron, Tide-Turner Turmeric, and two pouches of Leviathan’s Lavender for 30G total; also Arcane Oil and a rope
Ell gives him several different land spices from his Heward’s Handy Spice Pouch
The elf, Coraline, asks Bammon if she can travel with us; Bammon says sure
Coraline introduces us to her faithful pup Marasa
Ell tells Coral that we have a dog, too, and looks at her expectantly
Zup teleports onto the deck and Coral is smitten
The drow crewmate has noticed we’ve changed course; he doesn’t want to go where we’re going because there’s some slimy lizard guy he hates
The shark doesn’t know the normal name of the fish Ell caught, but Coral says it’s a Celestial Sturgeon, an incredible delicacy that tastes like heaven; it’s impossible to be angry or scared or grumpy when you eat this fish
Ell tells Coral that Drex fishes too
Coral tells us that there’s a rumor that a massive city ship is down at the bottom of the ocean
Coral starts heading down to her new room and finds Milhouse, who is not happy to see her until she mentions she’s a musician
Milhouse asks her to play some music and she pulls out her lute to play a bouncy ragtime tune
Milhouse shudders and closes the door; Coral leaves a note that she plays all sorts of music
We discuss the events of last session
Bammon asks Milhouse if he did something crazy to summon the tentacled beast
Milhouse did not; he was testing a hypothesis
Ell can tell that he’s leaving something out (not by choice) but he’s not lying
We arrive in Tosanvik; we see Captain Guanyin’s ship and a massive iron ship
We hear that Guanyin went to Goldenscale Castle
The Binsogim castle was kinda run down since it was just used for meetings; the Goldenscale Castle is bursting with luxurious items and decor, tapestries of sea battles and dark forests, small chairs that are too small for normal people, servants bustling about, flashes of red
Milhouse heads to the Magicorium Alliance University
At the castle, a butler approaches Bammon and asks of the nature of his visit
Bammon tells him we’re looking for Captain Guanyin
The butler escorts us to a lavishly decorated room; a fine-scented smoke is in the air
Around a table sit Guanyin, a dragonborn, and an elf, all playing cards
We explain the chaos in Binsogim, the monster we fought, and the runes we saw
Theon wants from Avercrumbie the heart of an ancient dragon in the forests of Kamangara in exchange for his signature on the Trench Lane permission slip
Guanyin tells us about a shortcut through a moongate, which are basically fey gates, but we’d rather just sail there
Theon tells us he’ll pay us each 500 gold if we burn down the university here in a way that doesn’t get back to him
The university’s books ARE all insured
Sylessa Baraxus will give her permission if we bring back her son’s ring
We strongly consider burning down the university but need to check with Milhouse first
We find Milhouse in the university library and take him back to the ship to discuss
Milhouse thinks it’s deeply suspicious that someone is willing to pay 500G to burn down a library filled with knowledge
Milhouse tell us to do whatever we want, he’ll be spending the night at an inn
We decide to scope out the library first instead to see if something is up
Crawn and Drex go to recon the place but a janitor sends them down a trick staircase into the basement filled with water
Fish-Kicker also goes and finds that most of the books have been donated by one person who uses a dragon sigil
Fish-Kicker also finds a dusty room that no one has used in a long time
Crawn and Drex get attacked by a terrible creature and they spend the next three and a half hours trying not to die, but the dice do not care about what they want
Eventually Fish-Kicker heads back to the crew and tells them that he couldn’t help Crawn and Drex, at which point Bammon and the crew rush to help
We eventually kill the beast but holy shit